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| Swift Senior Member Ireland Joined 4608 days ago 137 posts - 191 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Russian | Message 1 of 16 21 August 2012 at 8:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? I have a B2 in French and I intend to
continue with it regularly until I am fluent. Recently, I've been study pretty intensively and little by little I have started doing everything in French. Thinking to myself (even speaking to myself like a crazy person!), playing videogames, using my phone, reading, etc. I'm trying to immerse myself in the language as much as possible. In fact, I find myself feeling guilty when I do something in English. If I'm listening to a podcast in English, I should be listening to a French one. If I'm watching a football match, I should turn off the English commentary and try to think about what is going on in French. Same with books, films, even talking to other people (which can of course only be done in English here)! I even feel like I should be writing this in French. :P It all feels like a waste of precious immersion time. All this has even led me to sometimes saying a few French words by accident when talking to relatives. Kind of awkwardly funny. Is this just a feeling us language nuts get? I'd love to hear your stories. I think the one thing I have to watch out for is not exhausting myself, though. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| atama warui Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 4701 days ago 594 posts - 985 votes Speaks: German*, English, Japanese | Message 2 of 16 21 August 2012 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Same for me with Japanese, but..
In fact, I spend too much time around here, in English. Can't even use Japanese in my own language log, because this forum hates Kanji and produces 文字化け.. corrupted text. Edited by atama warui on 21 August 2012 at 8:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5693 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 3 of 16 21 August 2012 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think it's a natural phase, once you get to a certain level where using the language is more rewarding than frustrating. For me, that was the point when I suddenly realized how MUCH was available in my target language: culture, lyrics, history, slang, recipes, poetry, literature, jokes, puns, people, places... it was really like a whole new world was opening up, and who wants to stay on the "English-only" side of the fence when that tempting new universe is *right there*? :)
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 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 4 of 16 21 August 2012 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 5 of 16 21 August 2012 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | ||
Excellent reply. That's how I feel exactly. When I learned Portuguese, my English/Spanish world expanded exponentially. I also discovered I could take interactive open learning university courses in Portuguese, from a Brazilian University. I am really enjoying that I can do this entirely in Portuguese. I am learning non-language-related material in my TL. Congratulations, @Swift on your accomplishment. I hope you continue to enjoy your powers in French. Edited by iguanamon on 21 August 2012 at 9:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4828 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 6 of 16 21 August 2012 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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I guess "burn out" can be a possibility, and hopefully varying your activities (which you
seem to be doing), but keeping it in the TL wherever possible, should help. (A minor niggle though: (looking at the wording of your OP): it could also be done in Irish there! - well, maybe.... :-) ). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4689 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 7 of 16 21 August 2012 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I can relate. I am getting that way with German. Every time I pick up a book in English or go to watch an English movie, I feel bad because I'd rather be reading or watching in German. I find myself thinking in German sometimes even when I'm not actively trying.
I never got that way with French but that was more present in other aspects of my life than German is. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 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 8 of 16 21 August 2012 at 10:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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