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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4442 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 9 of 14 06 May 2015 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Depends on the individual. Personally I prefer to study a language to an advanced level before proceeding to
another. On the other hand, I was brought up in another country and relocated. Before my English became proficient, French was in the school curriculum. Some people like Moses McCormick the polyglot like to study 5 languages at a time. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 10 of 14 06 May 2015 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'd say it depends on: a) How much the new language is related to the ones you already speak (including your mother language): closer => easier => less stress => you can start earlier b) How much time you are dedicating to the one you are currently learning: are you actively investing in it or is it just maintenance? High investment => less availability => hold on a bit longer c) How the two are related: not over-emphasising interference, if your knowledge of L2 is still shaky, do you really need the confusion L3 brings? Closer but weak => confusion => hold on a bit longer Considering these factors (and probably others you can come up with), I'd say you can move along a continuum between B1 and C1. I can see no instance where you should wait for C2, and A1 or A2 is more or less tantamount to beginning the two at the same time.
No, but that's more of a personal choice. If I were to start, say, Catalan and Romanian, to add to my Romance languages, I'd probably be able to manage it. Not ideally, but it would be feasible. I guess many forum members could even do a lot better, but they are a rare breed. ;) In any case, one would have to play into his/her strengths and be motivated. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 11 of 14 07 May 2015 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was about to write something like Luso's post (thanks for wording it better, Luso).
I would add one point: -How much do you need the second language. If you just need to learn two languages because of travel and job opportunities that are at the reach of your hand, go for it. As I've recently discovered, it would have been extremely awesome had I added basics of Hungarian to the languages I am currently learning. Really, even the low levels like A1/A2 can be extremely benefitial in some situations, while it is usually unimportant whether you reach C1 in your original TL now or in a year. From my experience, you can start two languages at once, if you've got the free time. If not, than keep to one. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5260 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 12 of 14 07 May 2015 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My two cents worth: There are different categories of learners- experienced learners and those who have yet to learn a second language. For experienced adult language learners, I can't say it any better than Luso. If one is an adult raw beginner who has yet to learn at least one second language to a high level on their own, then I don't recommend starting multiple language study.
There are many reasons, primarily having to do with said lack of experience in how languages work and how one may learn best individually. Learning one language to a high level (as an adult- student learning is different because of enforced structure and routine in a school environment) is like giving one's self a huge gift that will pay multiple dividends in other, even non-related, languages. Dealing with multiple languages at less than intermediate levels is quite a lot to have on one's plate as a raw beginner in language-learning, in my opinion. Not that it can't be done and not that it can't be fun, it is probably not as an efficient way to learn a language. Those raw beginners who are successful doing this are rare here in my years on the forum. Of course, there are exceptions to any rule, observation or opinion. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 13 of 14 07 May 2015 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The more relevant questions are: Do I want to study another language (NOW)? Can I make time to study another language?
This implicitly answers the original question: it depends. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 14 28 June 2015 at 11:37am | IP Logged | |||||
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For me it depends how close a new language would be to my main focus language. At the moment my main
focus language is Russian. That means that I do not hesitate to dabble in languages from other language families, but I have stayed away from Polish, which I would like to be my next main language, because I need to speak Russian first. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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