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Learning L3 via L2?
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Poll Question: Have you learnt a language using materials outside your native lang?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes, I have, once	6	[17.65%]
Yes, I have, twice or more	22	[64.71%]
No, I haven’t	0	[0.00%]
No, I haven’t, but I plan to	6	[17.65%]
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fabriciocarraro
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Message 9 of 12

12 November 2012 at 2:55pm | IP Logged

I study most of my new languages through English, it's not a big deal. Actually, it made Dutch easier.

Edited by fabriciocarraro on 12 November 2012 at 2:55pm
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Cavesa
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12 November 2012 at 7:06pm | IP Logged

emk wrote:

I leaped at the chance to study Egyptian using French resources. It turned
out to be surprisingly easy (Cavesa is right when HE refers to "small
inconveniences"). Sometimes I had to look up an obscure French word, but it certainly
reduced the temptation to use translation to and from English as a crutch.

Just a detail out of the topic: I'm a girl. :-)
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jeff_lindqvist
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Message 11 of 12

12 November 2012 at 9:25pm | IP Logged

Slightly related thread:
Languages you can read based on others?

Anyone who fits the description of someone who can read something in another language could very well study a new language through it. When I studied Russian at university we used Danish material (way better than anything written in Swedish). I don't even consider Danish (or Norwegian) an "L2", I just read and understand. The best Portuguese material I've seen so far is completely monolingual (as is my main Dutch material).

It's also worth mentioning that a lot of people have one of the world's major languages as their "first" second language. For people who "know" English, pretty much everything can be learned through English. I wouldn't be surprised if there are people in some corners of the world who learn languages (and other higher education subjects) through French, German, Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic...
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caam_imt
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Studies: German, Swedish

Message 12 of 12

12 November 2012 at 10:08pm | IP Logged

I have studied German, Finnish and a bit of Swedish in English. I have also used Finnish
to study both German and Swedish.

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