So for awhile now I have actually been shopping around for a 2nd language to dive into. I absolutely love foreign languages and with the success of learning spanish, I wanted to take on another one. And it is true, if you've successfully learned one language, it makes the rest of the ones easier. But I want to put to rest a very common myth about French, Italian, and Spanish. There is a common myth that once you learn one of them the other two are easy peasy. Yes and No.

If you are a native french speaker wanting to go to italian, then it would be true. The two languages are almost exactly the same. But spanish is different from french and italian, trust me...I tried to pick up french this summer through a great company called rocket languages. It is probably the greatest language program that is out there that will bring results for whatever language that you choose. French was so much more easier to remember and pick up after having learned spanish. Because my mind was used to conjugating the verbs and there are similarities between the two languages. But it is not what people are thinking that because I knew spanish, french would be a breeze. The pronounciation in french is vastly different from spanish and it has it's own specific challenges.

But why all this talk about languages all of a sudden? Because I've finally decided as of last nite that the next language I wish to tackles is one spoken in the land of the rising sun..............JAPANESE! What made me come to this decision is that I had been going to the rocket languages website and trying out some sample audio lessons. With each language that they offer, they will send you a 6 day sample course to see if this is something that you want.  Last nite I tried "Rocket Japanese" and it was a match made in heaven!

I then went to another website that I ADORE called "How to Learn Any Language" which is a fantastic site chock full of hints and tips on learning another language. It was made for language lovers for me and contains an individual profile of almost many language in the world and rates their difficulty, usefulness, popularity etc. You have to check this site out! It was really cool to see what the website had to say about learning Japanese and it gave me a realistic idea of the challenges I can expect as well as the benefits I would gain from knowing the language.

So another language learning adventure is beginning for me. With much luck, prayer, and determination, there is no doubt in my mind that I'll be bringing a little bit of "Little Tokyo" to Latin America :)

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 This video makes me want to take diving lessons! That would be such a cool experience to have :)






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