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| jockzon Newbie United States Joined 5923 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Studies: Cantonese | Message 1 of 16 04 September 2008 at 10:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is it possible to study and learn 2 languages at the same time? I wonder if I am confusing myself too much? I'm a native English speaker, trying to learn Chinese and Polish. It's not easy, let me tell you!
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6032 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 2 of 16 05 September 2008 at 3:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I believe the issue of confusion is not of much relevance if the two languages are as different as Chinese and Polish are. However, you will have to divide your time which results in less attention given to each individual language and also requires more discipline.
Do it only if you can find the confidence for this sort of exercise with increased difficulty. Personally, I would try to avoid studying several languages at once. Edited by Sennin on 05 September 2008 at 3:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ' Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5938 days ago 120 posts - 120 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian* | Message 3 of 16 05 September 2008 at 4:07am | IP Logged | ||
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And try to avoid studying while tired, it will help you mix a few things up, but if they are as separate as those two then it shouldn't be that big an issue. Even so, it will make you less focused since you'll keep swapping between languages.
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| TDC Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6919 days ago 261 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French Studies: Esperanto, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Persian | Message 4 of 16 05 September 2008 at 7:37am | IP Logged | ||
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The best idea is to build yourself a base in one language first before you go on to the second or third or fourth... or tenth. That way you're not starting two languages at any one time, but have a solid core to add to languages already started.
But with Chinese and Polish I think the two are so remotely different from one another that it would be almost impossible to mix these two up. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| teddo Diglot Newbie South Africa Joined 6408 days ago 22 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English, Polish Studies: French | Message 5 of 16 13 September 2008 at 2:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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May I know why you want to learn Polish???
It'll be a waste of time, if you aren't going to live in Poland for more than a year or two.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6444 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 6 of 16 13 September 2008 at 3:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Saying such a thing in a forum for people who love languages is a bit peculiar, to put it nicely. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| teddo Diglot Newbie South Africa Joined 6408 days ago 22 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English, Polish Studies: French | Message 7 of 16 14 September 2008 at 7:47am | IP Logged | ||
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I know, that lots of people often consider usefulness of language which they are going to learn. According to that, studying polish language isn't practical.
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5922 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 8 of 16 15 September 2008 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, I suppose it's possible to study two languages simultaneously, but almost everyone on this forum whose posts I've read says this wouldn't be the best choice. Even though Polish and Cantonese are very different languages, it's far too time-consuming to attempt both languages at once and expect to achieve fluency in either one. Decide which language you think is most interesting to you and focus on that one first.
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