Sure, also I learnt an incredible lot about English while learning Spanish. (e.g. I didn't know ten and tain in English words means to have) Also I can just abo

Sure, also I learnt an incredible lot about English while learning Spanish. (e.g. I didn't know ten and tain in English words means to have) Also I can just about read Portuguese, and my French, Italian etc are so much better. I knew nothing about how Latin evolved into those languages. Also - I learnt because I was making online friends in Latin America, and 10 years later I've got friends in just about every Latin American country + Spain, almost none of them English speakers. It hasn't been a 'hassle', it's been amazing, life-transforming. ...Well OK, the subjunctive is a hassle :-) There are sites like livemocha and lang-8 that match you with people learning your language, so you can teach each other. I haven't been on those sites much - I almost immediately met a great teacher both times I've tried, who became a dear friend, the first in Nicaragua, the second in Spain. Also I have to say that the word foreign seems very silly and parochial to me. "People from every other country in the world except my own" is a strange category.