{"id":572,"date":"2013-02-04T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2013-08-19T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:55:42","slug":"why-learning-a-language-is-like-riding-a-bike-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/why-learning-a-language-is-like-riding-a-bike-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Learning a Language Is Like Riding a Bike (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You Never Forget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People always say that you never forget how to ride a bike so I guess it must be true. The same principle applies to foreign languages as well. I went more than a year without using Spanish after I had learned it and when I then moved to Spain I hadn\u2019t forgotten much at all. Sure, I was a bit rusty but nothing too terrible. The same applies to Italian lessons, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/italian\/\">although after their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/italian\/\">Italian lessons Leeds<\/a> residents should look for every chance they get to use this wonderful language<\/a>, even if it means eating an inordinate amount of pasta and pizza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It Is Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once I learned how to ride that bike I had brilliant fun riding around the place. I can still clearly recall how we went on picnics on our bikes and the day I went to the local reservoir to hunt frogs. Now that I am older and kinder to amphibians I don\u2019t use my bike as much but I get a lot of pleasure out of speaking Spanish and listening to it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/french\/\">If you take the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/french\/\">French courses London<\/a> offers<\/a> then you can enjoy speaking one of the world\u2019s finest languages as well as listen to some great music. Speaking a second language is one of the most exciting things you can do and there is little or no risk of you skinning your knees while you do it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bligoo.com\/media\/users\/2\/102231\/images\/public\/13153\/mujer_comiendo_pizza.jpg?v=1257273772781\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Never Forget People always say that you never forget how to ride a bike so I guess it must be true. The same principle applies to foreign languages as well. 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