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| Torbyrne Super Polyglot Senior Member Macedonia SpeakingFluently.com Joined 6093 days ago 126 posts - 721 votes  Speaks: French, English*, German, Spanish, Dutch, Macedonian, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Czech, Catalan, Welsh, Serbo-Croatian Studies: Sign Language, Toki Pona, Albanian, Polish, Bulgarian, TurkishA1, Esperanto, Romanian, Danish, Mandarin, Icelandic, Modern Hebrew, Greek, Latvian, Estonian | Message 1 of 7 28 June 2010 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello everyone,
I have been on this forum for a while now and I have been fortunate to talk with some of you in threads and on Skype too. It's been great to get to know other like-minded people and I am grateful for the opportunity. We all know that a passion for languages amongst people in the real world is tough to find. It is even more difficult to talk to other polyglots on a regular basis. At the moment I have regular chats with some polyglots I have met through YouTube and this forum and I would like to take this opportunity to see what interest there is in extending this further. I am aware there are polyglots out there who have stated their stance on speaking with others over Skype, but I still extend this invitation to those persons also. If you feel you would like to practice a number of languages in one conversation, then please reply to this thread and get in touch. I am not sure how practical it is for a huge group of people chatting, but we could certainly explore getting into groups to speak multiple languages every now and then. I am fortunate in that I do get to use a lot of languages on a daily basis anyway. That said, I have seen the benefit in talking to people in multiple languages in one conversation over the past year since I started doing this. This is an idea that does not need to be kept to polyglots per se as people with a couple of languages in common could do a similar thing. My focus is on using what we are here to discuss and study and I would like to move forward with this. Speaking a language will help to maintain it if you have not got the time to study. It is amazing how a little oil makes those cogs run that bit faster! This is a chance for serious language learners, wishing to speak to each other on Skype, to practice what they know. It should be done with no fear, no judgement and plenty of encouragement. Look forward to hearing from you with your thoughts on this and hopefully making some more Skype polyglot friends! :) All the best, Richard 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 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 7 28 June 2010 at 7:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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For me it is a fascinating experience speaking several languages in one Skype conversation and it's even possible to do this with a small group of people in a conference call. The only requirement is that you have languages in common and a level of communication in those languages. Of course among polyglots you have more languages to choose but it also works well with normal language students who maybe speak 3-4 languages.
A good Skype exchange will create a win-win situation where all participants can offer some language skills and for this receive some language training of other languages. In such a case it's a successful combination, if I for example offer Esperanto-practise to Torbyrne and get for example Spanish conversation as an exchange. But of course when polyglots meet up on Skype, then more languages are involved than only a pair of two languages. I would also encourage people for such a project, because according to my own experience it's very effective language practise and it's a lot of fun and a good amendment to the normal study routine of learning the vocabulary, doing listening exercises, .... and other activities which you are doing on your own. So give it a try, I would say, and make your own experience with it! Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 28 June 2010 at 8:03pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ronp Heptaglot Newbie Australia ronpeek.blogspo Joined 6092 days ago 33 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, German, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Norwegian, Mandarin, Esperanto, Finnish, Macedonian, Hindi, Greek, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Basque, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic (Written), Sign Language Studies: Turkish, Swahili | Message 3 of 7 30 June 2010 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, I would be up for giving it a try. I also think that training in the ability
to switch between various languages is quite useful. It is one thing to be able to converse at length in another language, but switching between them is a different story (quite a funny one as well, at times!), although that might be more of a personal goal for me. Ron 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6314 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 4 of 7 09 July 2010 at 8:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Have you considered perhaps advertising this on YouTube? I imagine you'd be even more likely to find people interested in this. If only I were capable in more languages, this is something I would most certainly be up for!
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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 5 of 7 09 July 2010 at 9:13am | IP Logged | ||
This is perhaps an idea. With polyglot skyping it's always important that some languages are involved which the polyglots themselves want to improve. Torbyrne already speaks German and French on a native level. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 09 July 2010 at 9:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6314 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 6 of 7 09 July 2010 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I understand. I'd rather it be like that, as you say, with at least one language I'm more capable in than the person I'm talking to, so I can help them improve. This isn't the case at the moment, so it would probably end up being more one-sided with me as the "language burden".
One day, though! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sveju Pentaglot Newbie FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5431 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: French*, English, German, Italian, Greek Studies: Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, Serbo-Croatian | Message 7 of 7 18 December 2010 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, I would be up for speaking with other polyglots on Skype as well. I already use Skype a lot to improve my speaking skills. However, most of the people I talk to are not as interested in foreign languages as I am, even if they may claim they are in their profiles on languages websites. So I would definitely enjoy talking to other polyglots.
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