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| arsevitch Newbie United States Joined 5378 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 11 07 March 2010 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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is this possible, or would it get too confusing?
What if they are very different languages like Russian and Swedish or Chinese and Swedish? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5470 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 11 07 March 2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Search the forum there is a large number of topics that discuss this exact thing.
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| morganie Newbie United States Joined 5426 days ago 31 posts - 41 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 3 of 11 07 March 2010 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think learning unrelated languages may actually be better, and studying related languages at once may even confuse you. I've tried to teach myself Cantonese and Mandarin at the same time, but after a few days of immense confusion, I just decided to study Mandarin first and come back to Cantonese much later.
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| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5497 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 4 of 11 07 March 2010 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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This has been discussed time after time, so definitely look it up.
If it's you're studying your first foreign language, then I don't recommend it. Perhaps if you can put over an hour into each every day it is possible. Two hours. Everyday. If you've studied another language to a reasonable level before, then go for it. Some people say it's counter productive, and I'm sure it is, but nonetheless possible. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6720 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 5 of 11 08 March 2010 at 12:20am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm doing two languages at once now (Hungarian & German), but I waited until I was at higher intermediate level with my Hungarian before I started German.
It's not impossible (as many others are doing 2 and some a whole lot more!), but I personally find it a little challenging to 'share' around my free time now... I've only been studying my next language for about 3 weeks now. I'm still trying to organise some form of routine for myself.... I'll get there eventually! From my own experience, I would definitely say to work on one language until you have it at an intermediate type level, and only then begin another one. The fact that I don't have to 'study' per se for Hungarian (just immersion really now) makes it a heck of a lot easier to cope with studying for German! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5651 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 6 of 11 08 March 2010 at 4:37am | IP Logged | ||
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You guys have to remember that search is rendered useless for regular members.
Anyway, you can learn two at once, but make sure you learn them at different paces. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Morgan89 Newbie United States Joined 5523 days ago 7 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 11 08 March 2010 at 8:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I've tried it, but I always find that the second language starts slipping into my Spanish, even if it's something totally unrelated like Japanese or Arabic. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that I, personally, cannot do it.
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| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6867 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 8 of 11 08 March 2010 at 10:08am | IP Logged | ||
When you talk about learning two languages at once, there are two challenges you face 1) Language confusion. Are you going to mix up two languages? 2) Time pressure. Can you find the time in your day to study not just one but two languages? 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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