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| screamadelics Newbie United States Joined 6993 days ago 34 posts - 35 votes | Message 25 of 31 16 October 2005 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | ||
True, but you can never truly finish a long, well-written novel -- there's always more to it and you get more out of it every time even if you know its basic structure. Stopping one Dickens novel to start another means stopping the first and most important/structural go-through to start another. Perhaps an epic poem would have been a better example, but all art forms, writings and languages included, always have more and are always unfolding even if they're as familiar as your nose. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7021 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 26 of 31 17 October 2005 at 6:07am | IP Logged | ||
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I see your point. Each time you re-read a book or poem, or each time you re-appreciate a work of art, you experience a different "sensation".
However, if this always occurs, why bother learning any other language at all, since you would be constantly improving and being "surprised" by developments in your mother tongue. I mentioned previously that I prefer to study more than one language at a time because it keeps me from becoming bored. In fact, I know that I will not finish any of them, but for me, the learning process is far more enjoyable than the outcome. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ferdi Tetraglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 7081 days ago 41 posts - 41 votes Speaks: Turkish, Dutch*, English, German | Message 27 of 31 06 November 2005 at 5:29am | IP Logged | ||
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i have this same problem too wanting to go learn Spanish , but actually i should proceed to fluency in German and turkish first :( but it's just difficult to stay with the languages when you can speak it almost good , then the fun and mistery connected with learning of a foreign language is a little bit gone:O
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6955 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 28 of 31 15 November 2005 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm facing similar problems, made even worse by my studies at uni. I'm pursuing a general Foreign Language degree at UC Riverside, which allows me to study up to three languages under one major. In my case, this is German, Japanese, and Mandarin. In my spare time I don't know which language to focus on, and at times I get bored with all three! At such times, the temptation to "move on" to another is overwhelming-- the thought process being, "I'm studying the others in school, so they will take care of themselves, and I can devote my spare time to something else". This, of course, isn't true. But even if my interests were confined to those three languages, I'd find it difficult (if not impossible) to concentrate on one at a time.
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| emkoshka Newbie Australia Joined 6955 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 29 of 31 15 November 2005 at 11:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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First post! :)
I like the sound of that Foreign Language degree, Lucky Charms! I've just finished a three-year university diploma in Russian and despite being very passionately committed to it, I'm in need of a new language, a new challenge. I'm deciding between Japanese, Korean and Arabic, and planning to revive my German skills with another diploma starting in 2007. I'm glad to find that I'm not the only one grappling with a certain wanderlust for languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6955 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 30 of 31 16 November 2005 at 12:47am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, you certainly must have a thing for difficult languages. :)
I was also thinking of going back to get another language degree after I finish this one. I just love studying languages in school. I'm very happy with my Foreign Language major, but the problem is that I can't excel at any one of them. I think that listening yesterday to all the sound bites on this site saying "Remember, the key to success is to focus on one language at a time and study it every day!" in all the languages of the world must have had its effect on me. :( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| David Hallgren Triglot Groupie Sweden davidhallgren.se Joined 7001 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 31 of 31 16 November 2005 at 5:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Being fond of different writing systems I'm currently studying Japanese and Chinese. I've studied Japanese for some time and I'm currently in Tokyo to study at a University here for a year. When I saw that I could take a Chinese course as well once a week I didn't hesitate a second since I've studied it on my own a little and really wanted make the transition from basics to actually learning the language. The great thing is that since the Chinese class is intended for the japanese students I'm the only foreigner and everything is in Japanese. That means that even when I "wander off" to another language I still study my main language simultaneously. The same goes for the Chinese characters since many of them have similar meanings. At first I was a little afraid of confusion but actually it has only made me pay even more attention to the meanings of the characters in both languages and thereby actually helped rather than the other way around.
To put it simply, use your wanderlust as a strength that can help you in your studies rather than a weekness that is to be overcome. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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