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| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7103 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 9 of 36 18 September 2010 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
The case for the defence:
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| Monte_Cristo Newbie United States Joined 5197 days ago 27 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 36 18 September 2010 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yikes, didn't mean to upset anyone. I am only working on one language right now, Spanish. I am a planner, so I like to have everything set out in order before I begin a project. I really only wrote out the entire plan in my introduction because I'm so excited about it, and so people could tell me if it was glaringly unrealistic...and I think I just got one vote in that direction. So, do you think it is unlikely for someone who only knows one language to learn 5 additional ones, or do you just think it will take a lot longer than 10 years? Edited by Monte_Cristo on 18 September 2010 at 7:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| justberta Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5585 days ago 140 posts - 170 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian* Studies: Indonesian, German, Spanish, Russian | Message 11 of 36 18 September 2010 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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What I mean is, how can you plan out your language career at this point?
Your plan should be learning Spanish. After a few years/somewhat of a fluency in this language you can slowly start another one. The first foreign language you learn should be studied for a longer period of time because you aren't accustomed to the process, don't have study habits or skills specific to languages yet. After a few years you will have practical knowledge of linguistics and it will become relatively easier to start new languages. All though this would be after at least 10 years and maybe you would only get 3 to 5 languages out of it... Set yourself realistic goals, it's ok to dream but... You cannot simply become a polyglot overnight, this requires a lifetime of drive, instinct, study, immersion, interest and gift. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Monte_Cristo Newbie United States Joined 5197 days ago 27 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 36 18 September 2010 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Now I understand, thanks. I do get ahead of myself sometimes. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Monte_Cristo Newbie United States Joined 5197 days ago 27 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 36 21 September 2010 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Over the last couple of days I finished up FSI unit 4 and moved on to Unit 5. I'm sort of struggling to figure out exactly how to use FSI. I think it may do me more good to go through level 1 quickly, then repeat it more slowly and deliberately. I'm still adding 25 new Anki cards each day, which is about 12 words as I do both English-Spanish, and Spanish-English. For some reason I just can't get tal vez to stick in my head. If I don't review it every day I can't remember it. I think it may be because the two Spanish words only equal one English.
I've also started doing L-R with El Principito. I plan to continue L-R with the Harry Potter series. I already have the English versions, and I was able to find the Spanish paperbacks for $7-$8. I was also very excited to find the audiobooks online for free. So I'll be able to have the whole series for L-R for less than $60. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Monte_Cristo Newbie United States Joined 5197 days ago 27 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 36 27 September 2010 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I didn't do too well this past week. I've started doing 1/2 a Unit of FSI per day instead of the whole thing, and while I think it is sticking better, it does make for slower going. And I gave up caffeine, so my brain did work at all for about three days, lol. It also seems like El Principito is way too short for L-R, so I'm waiting for my HP books to arrive from Amazon to really get into that. I feel like I should be so much further along by now. I realize it has only been three weeks but I'm impatient!
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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5184 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 15 of 36 28 September 2010 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Good luck on the languages =).
In terms of studying all those languages I suppose it has a lot do with how advanced/fluent you aim to be in your target languages and your learning ability. You'll have a much better idea in a year or two of how realistic your goal is. I can say that when I came back from my 1st trip abroad to Germany I was terribly excited about language learning and I decided I wanted to learn lots of languages. Since then I've found that living in the States there really isn't the motivation to learn anything so you have to crack the whip yourself and it's not easy. Europeans have it a lot easier I'd say but even so it's hard. As for studying I find that rereading books in translation that I really like is the best way to get started. I loved reading the German translation of Mark Twain's a Stroll through Europe (umm it might not be exactly that name in the original I only have the German translation at home). In German it's call Bummel durch Europa and it's hilarious and talks about learning (or rather -not- learning) German. Very recommended. And I loved Patrick Süsskind which was recommended by someone else. He's written a few stories. I read Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer first as it was recommended to me. It was fantastic and is also short. Das Parfum is longer and more difficult obviously but a really really good read. I have never gotten into Goethe personally. I love reading but the really high brow stuff gets to be a bit hard for me. If you like it so much the better - it will probably be easier to find reading material then. As for Spanish - I would say do not start with 100 Years of Solitude (unless you're already familiar with it) I find a lot of Spanish literature is so surreal that even when you're looking up most of the words it's hard to follow because you doubt your ability to understand - it just doesn't sound right (although it may well be right!). So be careful of that. I had the same problem with La Casa de los Espiritus by isabelle allende. I figured if I just looked up most of the words and was patient then it would be good but everything is just so fantastic and outrageous that I didn't trust my ability to understand it. So it's on the shelf to pickup later when I'm better. I had a Spanish tutor and she recommended Paulo Coelho - El Alquimista. It was much easier to read and is also a great story. I recommend that. I'm partway through one of his other books now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5184 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 16 of 36 28 September 2010 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
Where? =D A PM would be fine if you'd prefer not to post it in the thread. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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