LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4700 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes Speaks: Czech*
| Message 9 of 15 19 February 2013 at 4:54pm | IP Logged |
emk wrote:
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3) Sometimes, even when I'm well-rested and studying intensely, my French will go "offline" for 2 or 3 days. When it comes back, I'll often see a big leap in my abilities.
The most interesting is surely (3). Why would my French suddenly crash for a few days before improving? The brain is a mysterious place. |
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I have noticed that such slups happen when I learn something unexpected. Like if the brain is reviewing everything I learned so far as it tries to integrate the new information.
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Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 10 of 15 19 February 2013 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
My advice to you is to accept it. For a while, I would often talk of this roller-coaster effect in my log when learning Japanese. We have good days and bad days, and you can be certain that your bad days will eventually be followed by better days. And the results is inevitably that you end up higher than you ever were before.
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leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6551 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog
| Message 11 of 15 19 February 2013 at 5:37pm | IP Logged |
sillygoose1 wrote:
Does this happen to anyone else? |
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Yes, but since I recognized what was going on, I got organized, and now I love learning in spurts
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iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5263 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French)
| Message 12 of 15 19 February 2013 at 6:45pm | IP Logged |
leosmith wrote:
sillygoose1 wrote:
Does this happen to anyone else? |
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Yes, but since I recognized what was going on, I got organized, and now I love learning in spurts |
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That's just one reason why it's good to have you back, leosmith. When a guy speaks seven languages from five different families, it's a probably a good idea to have a look at what he says about the subject of language learning. Thanks leo.
Edited by iguanamon on 19 February 2013 at 7:58pm
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leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6551 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog
| Message 13 of 15 21 February 2013 at 6:20pm | IP Logged |
You are very kind iguanamon.
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shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4445 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French
| Message 14 of 15 21 February 2013 at 10:27pm | IP Logged |
Definitely happen to languages you are trying to master. The languages you use regularly
usually have less problem even on a day you are tired and become less attentive.
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