Weekly Thoughts #1: Cheers! Gaumarjos! Na zdrowie! - Learning Foreign Languages

  Words which I used in the title of this article have exactly the same meaning, but they're in three different languages. "Cheers!" is of course in English, "Gaumarjos!" in Georgian and "Na zdrowie!" in Polish. I will tell you why it is very important to learn foreign languages and how to learn them in easy, fast and enjoyable way.

  I started learning my first foreign language (English) in the second class of primary school. The system of learning totally sucked and I wasn't able to learn quickly enough because a teacher had to explain everything to students who had problems with really easy things like Present Continuous. My mother decided to pay for additional classes which I was attending after school. These lessons were different than the one in school because I had to learn a lot of words from day to day and I almost wasn't learning grammar there. It was almost the best way to learn English very quickly, but still not perfect.
  I remember when I have met the first person in my life who I had to speak in English to. It was really difficult because my English wasn't good enough and a native speaker sounded for me like he was talking without any stops... Really! After a few days of trying talking in English, I was able to talk (slowly!) about simple things like animals or music.

  This year was for me breakthrough in my history of learning English because I decided to be a host of a student from AIESEC for a week. There were four persons from AIESEC in my city. Two Georgian girls (from The Republic Of Georgia not from Georgia, USA) and two men: one Mexican and one Brazilian. I was a host of a Brazilian student, but we were hanging out everyday together with Georgians and Mexican. It was the great pleasure and a marvelous experience for me because I changed myself thanks to them (but I will tell you about it in another article). After one week I am able to speak English very quickly and almost without any serious mistakes. This is why you should use a foreign language you learning even if it's not perfect. Talking to another person in the language you want to learn definitely is the best way to learn it... believe me!

  A lot of people who are English native speakers can now ask me "but why should I learn any other language while my is the most popular and I can talk in English almost to each person?". You should learn a new languages because:

1. It's very healthy for your brain.
2. You shouldn't limit yourself.
3. You will be able to go to another country and talk to people who don't know English in their own language.
4. It's a great opportunity to spend your free time in a clever way.

 Now, you can ask me how to learn a new language when you can't attend classes/buy books/type here your own problem. You should use websites like:

1. Livemocha
2. 101languages
3. Duolingo
4. Babbel
5. Learnalanguage

So start learning a language and have fun! :D