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| *studying* Newbie United States Joined 5694 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 14 19 May 2009 at 10:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello. Now, yes, I have seen plenty of topics that relate to my situation. But, I wante to make a new topic for my specific situation.
Right now, I just started Spanish. I like the languages, but I also want to learn Italian. The thing is, I've read that learning two languages at the same time is not a good idea for beginners of language learning (which I am). However, I've also heard it's helpful. This has also been the case for learning two languages of the same family, where it can be seen as both helpful and hurtful. Something else I have heard is that I can learn a second language once I reach an intermediate level in the first language. So, what do you think I should do? Should I only learn Spanish? Should I learn both? Should I learn a non-Romance language along with Spanish? Edited by *studying* on 19 May 2009 at 10:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5699 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes  Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 14 19 May 2009 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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My opinion.
I learnt Spanish and came to a reasonable level. Spanish is a good organized language. But. Then I wanted to learn Italian for family-reasons ... and I obliged myself to forget all my Spanish, because these languages are from the same family. I gave away all my SP books and dictionaries (what a pity, though). So was it with me ... Staf 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| *studying* Newbie United States Joined 5694 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 14 19 May 2009 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the response.
This is what I though would happen. Now, say I were to learn both Spanish and, let's just say German. Would that work? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5699 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 4 of 14 19 May 2009 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think so, Yes.
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5768 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 5 of 14 19 May 2009 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi,
To be brutally honest, I think that learning two languages at the same time, both from the very beginning, is probably not the best way you could do it, especially if you're a beginner to language learning. In my opinion, this is especially the case if both languages are from the same family - like your situation with Spanish and Italian. I get the distinct impression that Spanish, at least for the moment, is more important to you than learning Italian, and so I would recommend that you concentrate on Spanish until you have a strong foothold in it. I think the situation would be much the same if the two languages you chose were from different families, too, unfortunately. Not only would it be confusing with vocabulary (especially between languages like Spanish and Italian), but I think it would also be a hell of a lot of work to learn two at once, especially from the beginning, as I've already said. Good luck. Keep asking questions! Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| *studying* Newbie United States Joined 5694 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 14 19 May 2009 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for being honest.
You are right, Spanish is, as of right now, more important to me. I'm just gonna stick with learning Spanish so I reach fluency faster and easier (and yes, I know fluency takes a long time!). I appreciate the replies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leonidus Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6328 days ago 113 posts - 123 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, French Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 7 of 14 19 May 2009 at 11:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Get your Spanish to an Intermediate level, this will take you about a year or so, then when you have lost the novelty interest in Spanish, start on Italian. After a while of Italian you'll want to go back to Spanish. Thus, taking turns you should be on your way to fluency in both. You must not underestimate motivation that comes from the novelty factor. Lack of the latter might make you lose interest in the language altogether, so working your way through languages, make sure you maintain a high enough level of that.
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| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5731 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 8 of 14 20 May 2009 at 2:35am | IP Logged | ||
You can, and I could tell you, I have studiued both languages at once. I will say this: you will have a hard time when trying to put sentences together. When I was studying both, I remember saying "Ich tengo" instead of "Ich habe". But yeah, if you really want to learn two languages at once and want to alternate between studying one and the other, go ahead by all means! Just be sure to make two searate "files" in your brain, and put all the German in one and Spanish in the other. (; 1 person has voted this message useful |
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