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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6784 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 9 of 14 05 October 2009 at 8:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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To throw another question in there. I'm currently in the process of learning one language, but I want to start up another in the near future. Would you say it's advisable to get well underway in the first one before starting another? This is my gut feeling and I want to get to "intermediate" before I do this.
I've been thinking that while I'm still at the stage of doing basic grammar exercises and trying to straighten out how everything works in Italian, it might not be the best idea to start doing similar activities in another language. I would prefer not to think about grammar terms in both of them at once, that might be confusing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 10 of 14 05 October 2009 at 9:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would recommend learning one language to at least a comfortable intermediate level
before starting another. You want to get a feel for how you best learn a language, and how to teach yourself to think in a foreign language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| healing332 Senior Member United States Joined 5621 days ago 164 posts - 211 votes | Message 11 of 14 05 October 2009 at 10:18pm | IP Logged | ||
This is something that i have wondered about, would it take longer to reach fluency in one by doing two together. Personally I can only focus on one thing at a time but I was wondered if 2 or more confused anyones brains as i know it would do me 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5987 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 12 of 14 05 October 2009 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard that if you only get to a beginner or low intermediate level in a language, then you're likely to forget a lot of it, whereas if you progress to advanced then a lot of it will be retained even if you take a long break. I can't find the place where i read this, but it makes sense to me.
With two at the same time, i don't think this would affect you that much, since you'd be keeping both fresh in your mind. I think you probably just need to have enough time in the day to keep a good level of intensity in each language on each day. I get much more out of my studies if i can spend 2 or 3 hours consecutively, rather than just 20 minutes here and there. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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