As a moderator, I contributed to this instance and tried to discuss languages (Languages on Autism Place) or playing Minecraft (Minecraft on Autism Place) but sometimes I get torn between pursuing languages (and their corresponding cultures, countries, and being able to talk to them) or focusing on my regular daily life speaking English and practicing foreign languages as a second pastime.
I know some speak foreign languages here, but does anyone else practice foreign languages besides who I know?
I speak English. That’s a foreign language for me… Does that count?
Yeah, that’s cool. What’s your first language?
French. I know a bit of Spanish too but not much.
Where do you speak French?
Well, uh, you know what they say…
All work and no play make Jack a dull man?
So, I really liked French in college (3 years!) and taught myself Esperanto, and thought, “I know! I love languages… I’ll get a minor in linguistics!”
Yeah, no. I discovered pretty quickly that linguistics has nothing to do with learning to speak a bunch of languages, and was just endless sentance diagramming and instructors who are fascinated by glottal stops.
So I went and lived in Germany for a couple of years and learned to speak that, and then had to stop the fun and start a career. Now, I have forgotten all of my French and most of my German, and my Esperanto is crap, too, and so I’m back down to measly English.
It’s actually the opposite for me; Love learning about different languages grammar rules, phonologies, scripts/orthographies, evolution of languages, and stuff like that, but I always struggle to learn languages (even struggled learning English as a kid), but nonetheless, since I am trying to move to Puerto Rico, I am trying my best to learn Spanish, although it’s hard since I already have trouble with auditory comprehension of language (regardless of what it is), combined with the fact that Spanish speakers tend to speak faster than English speakers
That’s awesome, I’m glad you found it enjoyable. Did you tale linguistic classes?
I natively speak English and Korean, learned to speak somewhat decently in Japanese and tried to learn a bit in Filipino, Esperanto, Spanish, and Punjabi thanks to my friends
For me personally I find that trying to learn my friend’s native languages is more encouraging than any other course as I just want to better understand what they’re saying as I frequently make friends that aren’t fluent in English. Although due to frequently translating for my family though I find that I can understand them regardless of imperfect English skills, not sure how that works🤷♀️
Sorry I went off tangent but I hope this acts as a decent reply for what you’re looking for~🤗
