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| 40pancakes Newbie Australia Joined 5813 days ago 38 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French | Message 1 of 7 02 January 2009 at 4:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I completed 4 and a half years of Japanese in school. For the first half of that time, I excelled - I had no difficulty grasping the content. As time passed, gaps in my knowledge appeared and I found it harder to keep up (though I wasn't trying very hard).
The point is, Now that I've finished school, I have developed a love for languages and am currently towards the end of Pimsleur French I. I am travelling to the Mediterranean next year and have the most interest French, and so thought it would be good to learn more than superficially. The question is, in the next 6-8 months before I leave, would it throw me off if I started to revise my Japanese and get up to scratch, whilst simultaneously studying French? Edited by 40pancakes on 02 January 2009 at 5:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| burgler09 Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6056 days ago 72 posts - 88 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 2 of 7 02 January 2009 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Definitely not, you'll be completely fine doing both. There are times, when I'm talking to 3 different people on the internet in 3 different languages. You'd be surprised how your brain works and adapts to that particular language.
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| 40pancakes Newbie Australia Joined 5813 days ago 38 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French | Message 3 of 7 02 January 2009 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks a lot. I had a feeling this might be the case; it sounds as though the TIME for studying multiple languages is the main factor, which is not a problem for me. I have a year before I start university, and learning languages is one of the main things I plan to fill that time with.
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| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5923 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 7 03 January 2009 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
I realize my advice is going to be somewhat hypocritical, because I have (and currently am) studying more than 1 language at a time, but it's most out of necessity. Anyway, yes you can learn more than 1 language at a time, but... It's far more efficient to go after them 1 at a time. If I could go back in time and change just one thing about my language studies, I would do just that - tackle one language at a time. Again, it depends on what your needs are etc... I'm going to be needing both French and Japanese soon, so I can't really put either one off to the side... but if I could, I would. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 40pancakes Newbie Australia Joined 5813 days ago 38 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French | Message 5 of 7 03 January 2009 at 5:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmmmm. I thought it would be more efficient. But what about sufficient French study (enough to progress at optimum pace) combined with light Japanese study/revision? Would it be worth it?
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| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5923 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 6 of 7 05 January 2009 at 12:51am | IP Logged | ||
It's just that personally, when I study any language, I supplement whatever grammar I'm doing with lots of authentic/native resources - kind of like a mini-immersion environment. So that makes it hard for me to work actively on more than one language at a time... although I'm doing a much better job than I thought I would be balancing French and Japanese, so who knows. I think that it would be easier to balance multiple languages if you don't go for the immersion-like environment... but then there's other factors; like how much time you have and how well you can manage that time. If you're really not sure, you can always try it out and see what works best for you. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 40pancakes Newbie Australia Joined 5813 days ago 38 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French | Message 7 of 7 07 January 2009 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks a lot. I think I'm going to see how it goes, as I have quite a lot of time on my hands. Edited by 40pancakes on 07 January 2009 at 7:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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