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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 25 of 29 07 October 2014 at 10:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Good point, it's as if people are more ready to study once a week for years than 7 days a week for a year.
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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5261 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 26 of 29 08 October 2014 at 12:47am | IP Logged | |||||
This is so true. As Woody Allen says: "90% of life is just showing up"- including language-learning. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 27 of 29 08 October 2014 at 4:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've edited the wikia article on simultaneous learning to state that more explicitly. I'm trying to think of more relatable examples - fashion and subcultures come to mind, anything else? Feel free to add to the article too.
I guess the second part also applies. Around New Year, people are trying to increase their overall productivity, many also start unrelated projects like losing weight etc, and when TAC is one of the many changes, it can be overwhelming - both for newbies and for the experienced ones who enjoy language learning and know they will come back to it later. For whom it takes willpower to focus on other things and make them a priority ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4846 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 28 of 29 09 October 2014 at 8:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think we need to be careful not to confuse dropping out of TACs with dropping language learning. I, for one, hardly come to HTLAL nowadays, but I'm still learning languages. I just get tired of posting about my language learning on HTLAL. :)
TACs themselves are a lot of work. You do your language activities every week, and then after that, you need to take the time to log on to HTLAL and write up a blurb about it, or work on a TAC activity. It's extra work in addition to the language learning. Edited by kujichagulia on 09 October 2014 at 8:07am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5765 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 29 of 29 09 October 2014 at 9:09am | IP Logged | |||||
Every couple of years, it seems, I end up seriously underestimating the work involved in blogging about a particular activity, and seriously overestimating the gain in motivation it can give me. 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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