Language / I want to learn Polish. Where to start? [180]

Hi,
I have worked previously for language schools, including school in US, and Polish is classified as very difficult language. If you want to speak the right way - teach yourself Polish can be only a help. You need to find yourself a professional instructor -trust me - I know what I am talking about.

You can also visit some online dictionaries - here is one I personally like euglossary.com

Language / I want to learn Polish. Where to start? [180]

You probably have never worked with languages before. Consider this - there are 4 levels of difficulties when it comes to languages - number one is the easiest group of languages, and number 4 the most difficult. There are only 4 languages classified as number 4, which means extremely difficult for English speakers. Polish is classified as a level 3 language, which means, that is a very difficult language to learn for English native speakers.

Yes, of course you can study vocabulary and grammar, but most likely you will never be able to be proficient without the instructor.
If you don't believe me, do some research. I know it from my experience working with languages for 5 different language institutions both here in US and also in Poland.

Language / I want to learn Polish. Where to start? [180]

Davey, Please don't get me wrong - I am not here to discourage people. It is great that people do that, and as mentioned I am not here to make someone feel bad about not having "the" instructor. I am super excited about the fact that people want to study my native Polish - this is great.

I am trying to say that Polish is very difficult language. If you communicate in Polish and you are fine, and that is good enough for you - great - keep up the good work.

There are books "teach yourself" even for the hardest languages on Earth, but do they really teach you at the level you are satisfied.

Look, you can even study dictionaries, and you will be able to communicate using Polish, but this is not the case. I am trying to say that without professional instructor, being proficient in a language is impossible, especially hard language like Polish.