1. Can I learn a language from just four or five language tapes?

It depends on how thorough you want to learn the language. Some language learning packages claim that their ten or fifteen language tapes can ensure language proficiency. But the stark reality is that there will never be enough time on the language tapes. Learning a language cannot be forced or hurried. It takes time and practice.

2. How do I choose which language to learn?

In choosing a language to learn, availability of materials and resources should be considered. For popular languages such as English, Spanish, French and Italian this is not an issue but it may be difficult to find resources or classes for other less common languages. If you want to learn a language that is spoken in many countries, the ones to choose are English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese. If you want to learn a language to boost your employment prospects, then pick one that is in demand by employers.

3. What is the decisive key to language learning?

The key to language learning is a combination of motivation and sufficient exposure to learn a language. Since it is inherent in humans to learn a language, all the brain needs are adequate motivation and enough native language speaker materials from which to learn.