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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 20 24 February 2015 at 10:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Like a number of forum members, I often experience the wanderlust effect, and want to switch my study languages. I was recently trying to figure out is there a specific trigger that causes it. In my case, I think I’ve found it. I’m most likely to experience the effect if I’m listening to the same language spoken by the same speakers. This could also be called the course effect, as most courses use a limited number of speakers on their recordings. The effect is lessened if the majority of the audio is dialogues all in the target language, but heighted if the audio consists of single words or phrases and if it includes English.
I never experience the experience the effect if I’m reading in the language, even if it’s mixed between English and the TL. Having identified the trigger, it makes it very easy to avoid, as I now alternate different types of audio on alternative days. Have you identified what triggers your wanderlust ? Edited by DaraghM on 24 February 2015 at 10:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4706 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 2 of 20 24 February 2015 at 2:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Knowing I understand something I didn't before in that language, and travel reasons
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| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5307 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 3 of 20 24 February 2015 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Those language textbooks on the library shelf that keep waving to me.
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| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6104 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 4 of 20 24 February 2015 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm most prone to wanderlust when:
- meeting someone at random, e.g a tourist asking for directions. I just want to interact, don't care what language it is. - a particular language's sound becomes irresistably attractive (ahh, Latvian....) - I get bogged down in my L1 studies, and crave the sense of progress in a nice new language (which of course will be so much easier and much more fun!!) - food. (Yes, I'm looking at you, pomegranate and pistachio turkish delight). - pretty much any excuse really. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4333 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 20 24 February 2015 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | ||
Seconded. Also, mine is very often triggered when I hear a friend speak well in the language (even if they're not native speakers). My best friend passed me the bug of Nahuatl and German in this exact same way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| robarb Nonaglot Senior Member United States languagenpluson Joined 5058 days ago 361 posts - 921 votes Speaks: Portuguese, English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, French Studies: Mandarin, Danish, Russian, Norwegian, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Greek, Latin, Nepali, Modern Hebrew | Message 6 of 20 24 February 2015 at 5:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I notice that a language I don't study is partially intelligible.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 20 24 February 2015 at 8:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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My wanderlust is triggered when I see second-hand books in an online auction.
Yesterday's loot: Deutsch-Serbisches/Serbisch-Deutsches wörterbuch Praktische Grammatik der Neupersischen Sprache Praktisches Lehrbuch der Slovenischen Sprache Praktisches Lehrbuch der Slovakischen Sprache Phönikische Sprachlehre und Epigraphik Praktisches Lehrbuch der Bulgarischen Sprache Vergleichende Grammatik der Slavischen Sprachen Praktische Grammatik der Suaheli Sprache Türkisch-Arabisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch Praktische Grammatik der Polnischen Sprache Grammatik der Japanischen Sprache und Umgangssprache The total price? Less than €40. ...and the books I DIDN'T win were: Deutsch-Bulgarisches Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch-Persisches Konversationswörterbuch Deutsch-Ungarisches/Ungarisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch Lehrbuch der Neusyrischen Schrift-und Umgangssprache Assyrische Sprachlehre und Keilschriftkunde Grammatik der Hauptsprachen Deutsch-Südwestafrikas Praktische Grammatik der Samoanischen Sprache Lehrbuch der Lettischen Sprache Lehrbuch der Litauischen Sprache Lehrbuch des Ägyptischen Vulgär-Arabisch Praktische Grammatik der Sanskrit Sprache 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5923 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 8 of 20 24 February 2015 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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My main wanderlust trigger is YouTube videos with someone speaking or singing in a language I don't know. Edited by mick33 on 24 February 2015 at 10:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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