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My experience trying to learn new languages

 One of the things I have tried (and even now at times try) my hand at, with a lot of interest, is learning foreign languages. 

The first time I actually tried to learn a foreign language, I remember, was in 8th grade. I tried learning French through YouTube videos, got scared and frustrated due to the similar pronunciations and no proper guide. I skipped French and tried learning Spanish through YouTube again. I managed to learn a couple of sentences and was overjoyed by it. That gave me a bit of motivation to keep going. But later I found no other easy videos and I gave up. Then I found a language learning app called Duolingo, during that time and tried learning Italian and some Japanese.

Then my school studies caught up with me and due to lack of practice I forgot almost everything I learnt. 

After college started, I got a chance to learn from the basics again as a part of my studies. I was able to learn the very basics of French and join a Korean class as well by God's grace. 

What I learned from this experience is, learning any language, requires patience, consistency, practice and interest. Languages can help us connect with people from various places and also learning languages can be a fun hobby!

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