How did you really learn a foreign language?
gruseom: I studied several languages. Here is my conclusion: books and classes are an inefficient way to do it and don't give you the ability to speak and understand the real language. The next time I want to learn a language, I will go live where it is spoken. I'll still have a stack of books with me, but they won't be my primary medium. If I need more bandwidth, I'll try to hire some locals to teach me.The coursework system of language instruction is broken, because it measures your ability to pass a course, and this has little connection to really knowing a language.