User blog comment:Razlem/How do you prefer to learn a language?/@comment-1917865-20100722021542

You're correct. I have not been to Spain, France, or China, and I have no idea other than basic communication how these languages function. Understand where I'm coming from though: a low-budget school with a basic language program. Full linguistic capacity isn't exactly the highest priority.

I didn't mean to say that I'm using Spanish as a base for Romance languages. I meant that the Romance languages have a few parallels which makes learning them slightly easier. French and Spanish are very distinct languages, and depending completely on one to learn the other will not get one very far.

Forgive me if I sound naive, these are just my experiences so far. If I get the opportunity in the future, I'll most certainly study these languages in more detail.