A brief how-to essay on learning a foreign language

Learning to Speak and Read a Foreign Language
Have you ever sat or stood near people speaking Spanish and get the sneaking suspicion that they were talking about you? No, you're not paranoid. In fact, you're probably right. There is only one defense that will allow you to defend yourself from being the victim of that feeling: learn the language.
Learning a foreign language isn't as difficult as it's made out to be. Actually, English and Japanese are ranked as the two most complex languages in the world today, so no matter what language you chose to learn it's probably simpler than the one…