Language learning challenge

A number of the denizens of the forum at How to learn any language are conducting an experiment to see how much of a language they can learn in 6 weeks. They’ve chosen languages they haven’t studied before and there has been quite a lot of discussion about learning techniques and how to measure the results.

Are any of you taking part in this challenge, or have you done anything similar before?

I did something similar with Italian a few years ago when I tried to learn as much of the language as possible in 2 months before going on holiday to Italy. When I got to Italy, I was able to have basic conversations and to generally get by, but I was a long way from fluency. Unfortunately I didn’t continue studying Italian after the holiday and have since forgotten much that I learnt.

By the way, it’s my birthday today – ~~dau~~ dwy ar bymtheg ar hugain ydw i.

April 9th, 2007 in Language, Language learning, Welsh

Comments (21)

dmhApril 9th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

Buon compleanno! ;)

LoganApril 9th, 2007 at 11:58 pm

Ahh, penblwydd hapus i chi! :)

Ben L.April 10th, 2007 at 1:46 am

生日快乐!

Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck!

anònimApril 10th, 2007 at 7:28 am

Feliç aniversari ;)

ZacharyApril 10th, 2007 at 7:31 am

Bonne fête!!

And since I’m in Japan,
（誕生日）おめでとう！

OsianApril 10th, 2007 at 9:24 am

DWY ar bymtheg ar hugain (mae oedran wastad yn fenywaidd). Beth bynnag, PENBLWYDD HAPUS!

TJApril 10th, 2007 at 10:35 am

Lá Breithe Shona Dhuit :)

Aries too???
ummmmmmmm … too much aries in my house …

DeclanApril 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

Bréithlá Shona duit!

urubuApril 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

Selamat HUT!
Felicxan datrevenon!

SamDApril 10th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

Bonne anniversaire!
Selamat Ulang Tahun!
Gratulerer med dagen!

CASApril 10th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

İyi ki doğdun!

PollyApril 10th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

Շնոհավոր Տարեդարծդ, Սիմոն:
(Shnorhavor daretartzt, Simon)

Feliz cupleaños.

С днём рождения.

PollyApril 10th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

Oops, Should have said

“Feliz cumpleaños”

JoshApril 10th, 2007 at 5:53 pm

Bar zilbilmoe da’é, Simon!

OsmanApril 10th, 2007 at 6:09 pm

Doğum günün kutlu olsun!!

I achieved a good level of Spanish in less than 2 months. All of my Spanish friends were surprised. If i had gone on, my Spanish would be great now ;)