http://www.becomefighterpilot.com/learning-to-speak-a-new-language-for-fighter-pilots/Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:12:40 +0000hourly1http://www.becomefighterpilot.com/learning-to-speak-a-new-language-for-fighter-pilots/#comment-313Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:12:40 +0000http://www.afterburnerclub.com/?p=1828#comment-313I’m out of college but I’m currently taking a class to learn how to speak spanish. One thing that I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn a foreign language is to start by learning to read that language. Rosetta Stone has its benefits but works mainly through word association using words and pictures to help you learn vocabulary. Reading, however, gives context to the meaning of words and helps you understand the language and how it is spoken. Similar to flying, you can know the parts of a plane but that doesn’t mean you can fly one like someone who understands how those parts operate. I recommend starting with childrens books and using a translation dictionary (spanish to english, german to english, etc.) to help look up words that you don’t know the meaning of. Also watching spanish television, or whatever language you pursue, will help you develop an ear for how the language is spoken. Listening to radio or tv, however, only truly benefits you after you have started developing a vocabulary. Also for those who are needing to save money: children’s book in any language cost about $8. The complete series for Rosetta Stone for one language can cost in excess of $600. Weighing the benefits of my experiences with both methods, I recommend learning through reading.

]]>http://www.becomefighterpilot.com/learning-to-speak-a-new-language-for-fighter-pilots/#comment-312Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:26:13 +0000http://www.afterburnerclub.com/?p=1828#comment-312I’m kind of into languages anyway, but I don’t speak any of them outside of English, really. I had some spanish in highschool, which I should learn again (especially since I’m from california and moving to arizona), and I’m finishing my third semester of german. But I wanna be one of those dudes, someday, who can speak like 13 different languages fluently. Some of the top languages on the list are Japanese, Finnish, Russian, Arabic, Icelandic. There are a couple of big ones listed, of course, but generally I feel like the more obscure, the better. =P

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