learning new language

[Crankin]

I know all of these things, but right now it seems impossible. I actually feel that I can learn languages fairly easily when I have the structure of a class or some immersion, so maybe I can swing some private lessons before the trip. I will start watching the TV. I loved taking Spanish in HS; it was my second foreign language. I took 3 years of French (everyone took French here in MA), so when I moved to south Florida, I decided to add in Spanish. I just wish I had continued it in college!
My son took 2 years of college Italian in a year, in an intensive style course. He lived in the international student dorm, where he had to speak in Italian part of the time, the semester before he went to Italy. He said he still could not understand the TV, etc when he got there. He arrived on Jan. 3d. When we went to visit him in the middle of April, he was totally fluent. So, I guess really does take immersion.
Shooting Star, I remember being in a Chinese restaurant in Montreal and marveling at the trilingual menu and wait staff.