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| JasonE Groupie Canada Joined 5071 days ago 54 posts - 78 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 27 15 April 2011 at 12:21am | IP Logged |
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So it seems like a lot of people here want to learn a whole handful of languages, and also flirt with several more.
Anyone feel like they would be more or less satisfied with learning only one or two languages? I'm currently learning my first foreign language and I'm confident that I will go on for one more afterwards, but at that point I'm thinking that I will have had enough. I know that this forum is specifically for language enthusiasts, but I was wondering how many here think they will be satisfied once they learn only a couple of languages. I think that I'd personally rather try to become as comfortable as I can at using the languages that I learn. Anyone else feel the same way? Edited by Fasulye on 15 April 2011 at 7:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sanghee Groupie United States Joined 5069 days ago 60 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 2 of 27 15 April 2011 at 12:46am | IP Logged |
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I'm also on my first second language, and I feel like if I can accomplish learning Korean and Mandarin (though, of course, the learning would never end), I'd be immensely satisfied. Any further language is simply bonus, so I don't really have plans after these two and at this moment in time it doesn't matter whether or not I continue learning languages afterward. However, those views could change once I have reached an advanced level in both languages, or if I develop a strong interest in another language besides these two.
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| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5101 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 27 15 April 2011 at 3:36am | IP Logged |
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I'd like to learn a few languages, but I'd be just fine if I just learned French and Russian.
Even my maximum hit list doesn't come close to double digits. I just don't care about most languages in the world. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| djc463 Heptaglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5802 days ago 51 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, German, Italian Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 27 15 April 2011 at 4:14am | IP Logged |
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I originally only thought I would study French, and then I added Spanish and got both of them to a good level. I
thought I'd never learn another language but then the opportunity presented itself to study Russian. Now I'm hooked on language learning. However, every language I start, I want to learn to a high level. Once I start something, I want to keep it and try to master it (a never-ending process of improvement towards an ever-raising bar). So I personally would never "flirt" with a language, just to learn a bit about it. On the downside, it takes me a long time to pick my next language because I'm so careful before embarking on another commitment. I don't want to take on anything I can't handle and spread myself to thin! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| PonyGirl Groupie United States Joined 5020 days ago 54 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 6 of 27 15 April 2011 at 4:14am | IP Logged |
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I would like to think that I will be alright with it if I only master German, Dutch & Afrikaans. I really don't care about being fluent in Dutch, just proficient enough to understand Afrikaans & get by in Dutch.
After that I would love to move on to something more complicated. Probably Hebrew and/or Arabic... or Russian. In reality.... I'll be happy with fluency in German xD 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6373 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 27 15 April 2011 at 10:50am | IP Logged |
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I'd be happy to learn four languages well... but I've already got two more on my radar
that I feel I will just have to learn. I think partly the reason why people continue learning more and more languages is that once you learn one language in a language family it becomes easier to learn the next. The common route is romance languages. After learning, say, Spanish to fluency, someone realizes how easy it is now to learn Italian, they do it because it's fun and easy. They learn Italian and then French and Portuguese become even easier. Plus, it's fun and you get better at it as time goes on. The same is true even for any language within the Indo-European language family even if they aren't in the same sub-family. Edited by zerothinking on 15 April 2011 at 10:53am 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 8 of 27 15 April 2011 at 4:57pm | IP Logged |
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I recommend you don't spend too much time reading this forum. It's dangerous. Once upon a time I was only interested in learning one language. When you start to realise the possibilities, you start to go a bit crazy. All it requires is a lot of hard work, and a lot of time. Edited by schoenewaelder on 15 April 2011 at 4:59pm 11 persons have voted this message useful |
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