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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4623 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 25 of 28 23 October 2013 at 12:56pm | IP Logged |
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If you are passionate about learning a language and using it, can that not make you "come alive" so to speak. Can a switch to another language actually shift your position on the introvert - extro(a)vert spectrum?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 26 of 28 23 October 2013 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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No, but it can shift your need to be more outgoing in order to practice your language -
Arguelles is a good example. If you have read the Language Hacking Guide's interview with Arguelles then he asserts exactly this - he becomes more gregarious when speaking foreign languages, in order to practice, although he is generally introverted. This is exactly my point - Arguelles is a typical example of someone who is not energized by conversation or interaction with other socially, but he is not shy and very able to communicate and contact people in order to practice his languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5561 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 27 of 28 23 October 2013 at 3:44pm | IP Logged |
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One of the most interesting things I learned from this forum was the difference between
introversion/extoversion and shyness/sociability thanks to this learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23742&PN=21 ">postfrom Splog and the related video linked in the first post. Actually, I'm not sure what the opposite of "shyness" is. Probably "attention seeking" is closer. Obviously people fall somewhere on the scale, just because you're not shy, doesn't mean you're a full blown attention seeker. I think there probably is a tendency for introverts to be shy, simply beacause they are interested more in thinking than in socialising, so they will have had less practice at social skills and be uncomfortable in those situations. There quite a few people on this forum though, who are introverted but not shy, and although I expect it must be rarer, I think it is also possible to be a shy extrovert. Edited by schoenewaelder on 24 October 2013 at 2:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4623 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 28 of 28 23 October 2013 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
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Well you do get people who cover up their shyness by being loud. Like you say, being introverted or enjoying solitude doesn't imply that you are actually uneasy about approaching people, or speaking in front of a group, should you have the desire to do so.
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