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French

19 (10.5%)

Spanish

14 (7.7%)

German

18 (9.9%)

Russian

8 (4.4%)

Mandarin

9 (5%)

Italian

5 (2.8%)

Greek

3 (1.7%)

Czech

4 (2.2%)

Hindi

3 (1.7%)

Arabic

5 (2.8%)

Farsi

3 (1.7%)

Portugese

3 (1.7%)

Japanese

10 (5.5%)

Vietnamese

3 (1.7%)

Korean

4 (2.2%)

Turkish

3 (1.7%)

Hebrew

4 (2.2%)

Polish

7 (3.9%)

Dutch

6 (3.3%)

Pashto

3 (1.7%)

Creole (Haitian)

3 (1.7%)

Swedish

9 (5%)

Bulgarian

3 (1.7%)

Mongolian

4 (2.2%)

Swahili

3 (1.7%)

Other

25 (13.8%)

Total Members Voted: 70

[Heron TSG]

Whoops. I meant "has taken at least two consecutive semesters of a foreign language."

[Char13magne]

Whoops. I meant "has taken at least two consecutive semesters of a foreign language."

Two, I thought it was four.......years !!!

[Metroid]

I self-learned the Cyrillic alphabet when I was a kid, but I still struggle mightily with Hanzi even after two years of formal instruction.

It might be an age thing, as you suggested >_>
I'm a senior in high school and learning 汉字 (Hanzi, if you're computer isn't enabled for the characters) is a snap. Then again, I'm in my fourth year of formal education, plus some time in Beijing and a summer course.

[Vector]

Whoops. I meant "has taken at least two consecutive semesters of a foreign language."

Two, I thought it was four.......years !!!

Yeah, it's four years.  Four years is a drop in the frickin' bucket when it comes to learning a language, though (at the high school level, at least).  I've been studying French for 15 years and Japanese for 8, got excellent scores on the AP tests and numerous language awards from my school... and I still don't consider myself fluent.

[chaoticag]

I hear the best way to become fluent is to live in a foriegn language household that expects you to speak nothing but that language.

[Vester]

Since that's technically how we learned our primary language, that should work pretty well.

[Acanthus117]

Yeah, we only spoke English at home till my parents realized that I was horrid at Tagalog... BUT IT WAS TOO LATE DUN DUN DUNNNNN

[Vester]

They probably expected you to pick it up from your friends.

My household is Tagalog - English, with some Bicolano depending on whether or not my mom is really pissed at me.

[Acanthus117]

Haha, I went to an international school. I guess they forgot

[Vester]

International school? In the south?

I knoooow where you went to schoooooool

[Grakelin]

I've done a bit of French. I can handle a lot of the basic grammar. Didn't keep me from failing it in university, though.

[Acanthus117]

I'm in Manila.

[Vester]

Oh, damn. Never mind.

International school? In Manila?

I doooooon't knooooow where you went to schooooool

[Acanthus117]

It's a rather newww oneeeee.....

[Vester]

I gueeessed thaaat.

Also, whyyyy are weeee talking liiike lame ghooosts?