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| LorenzoGuapo Triglot Groupie United States Joined 6442 days ago 79 posts - 94 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: French | Message 1 of 17 24 January 2011 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Do any of you have polyglot role models or people you look up to when it comes to language learning?
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5845 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 17 24 January 2011 at 7:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I never had any polyglot role models and I still don't have them. Polyglottery is my own game and I have my own strategies. But I do have contact with other polylgots and I find these polyglot exchanges very interesting.
Communication about language learning can be very inspiring. But I am not the type of person who orientates on other people. Everything what I do with language learning is my own development. For example here in this forum there is a massive promotion of self-study. But I keep enjoying class learning (now with additional self-study). Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 24 January 2011 at 7:34pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 17 02 February 2011 at 8:21pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Just as Fasulye I have my own strategies and techniques and therefore I don't have rolemodels. But of course I admire people who have done extraordinary things, and I adopt techniques that seem promising.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 4 of 17 02 February 2011 at 9:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I too have my own instincts about what works and doesn't work and so I don't need any role model either. Which doesn't mean I don't admire the progress others have made.
Although we can see how much progress other polyglots have made in their respective languages, we can't see them learning and we can't see exactly what it is they do on a daily basis that might have helped them progress, besides whichever method they profess works for them. I don't feel my achievements could be any better if I copied someone else. Still, that doesn't mean I'm not curious, or that I shouldn't question what could work better for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| portunhol Triglot Senior Member United States thelinguistblogger.w Joined 6250 days ago 198 posts - 299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (classical) | Message 5 of 17 10 March 2011 at 7:09am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Yes! I have to say that I really look up to Luca and Richard (Torbyrne). While I do respect many other polyglots out there Luca and Richard seem to really have things down and I feel like I understand and identify with their version of polyglottery.
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5667 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 17 10 March 2011 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Native speakers. Whenever I start to feel "I am getting pretty good at this", being around native speakers makes me realise I am still at the start and have a long way to go. They keep me motivated. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 17 10 March 2011 at 4:28pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
... or sometimes depressed. I should say I particularly admire those polyglots who have managed to make a living (completely or partially) from language learning or teaching. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5032 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 8 of 17 10 March 2011 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
When I have that feeling, I remind myself that there are times that I don't do things perfectly in my own language, either. Perhaps I didn't know a word or didn't hear correctly. I pick up, ask and move on. I don't let one mistake stop me. Then there are some things that will tell you that you could learn a foreign language in 10 days. I tell myself this isn't true because I didn't learn my own language in merely 10 days. Those reminders help me to be calm, and maybe they will help others. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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