/lit/ - Literature

Learning another language is pointless when everything worth reading has been translated to English and everyone worth talking to speaks English.

>>16655466
You're wrong. My mom doesn't speak English.

>>>/int/ has an entire wiki of resources to help you

>>16655456
Learn the basic grammar and some core vocabulary. Then just read and listen a lot.
You can also use spaced repetition if you're into that kind of thing.

>>16655456
Pimsleur basic lessons first, then pick a grammar book and use anki for vocab while advancing on more Pimsleur for pronunciation.

>>16655456
Learn basic grammar, basic vocab, start with easy texts and increase the difficulty while picking up more vocab.

Start with DuoLingo

>>16655456
learn vocabulary first

Randomly move to a remote town in a foreign country and pick it up piece by piece in conversations with a cute farm girl

>>16655466
>and everyone worth talking to speaks English.
this is such a witless anglo fucking thing to say, holy fuck.

>>16655466
> everything worth reading has been translated to English
no

>>16655466
It's kinda sad, but you're right. That's the power of a lingua franca. No one would deny that power to Latin back in its prime, but people seem to seethe about English because "muh eternal Anglo".

>>16655470
I speak to you mother in the physical language of eroticism.

>>16655466
t.