Students are often intimidated the list of language course offerings, afraid of the wrong choice.“Which is the best language to learn? Which is the easiest?” are two questions they ask, often uttering them in the same breath. But that's okay, because there will be one answer. Whichever language you wholeheartedly choose to study will be the best and the easiest. To be a successful learner you need the chance to hear, read and speak the language in a natural . Language learning requires an enormous amount of concentration and repetition, which cannot be done entirely in the classroom. Will you have access to the language you live, work and travel?

The most important factor is personal motivation. The motivated to learn a particular language you , the easier the language will become. The easiest language to learn is the with the culture that inspires you and the history that touches you spiritually. There is no point learning a language if you are not interested in the people speak it.

The bad news is that language is really easy to learn, but the good news is that we humans are hard wired for a great of linguistic flexibility, as as we know how to turn on the learning process. If the rewards and benefits of the language are clear to you, you will be to get those rusty language synapses sparking in your head and start the words rolling. Good luck!

Adapted from an article by Dominic Ambrose