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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6372 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1 of 28 04 November 2011 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Do you think it's possible to reach and maintain a C2 level in all the G-20 languages. The G-20 economies are:
South Africa China Japan South Korea Russia Turkey European Union France Germany Italy United Kingdom Canada Mexico United States Australia Brazil Argentina India Indonesia Saudi Arabia So these are the 14 languages I'm talking about being C2 in: English Mandarin Japanese Korean Russian Turkish French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Indonesian Arabic 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6404 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 2 of 28 04 November 2011 at 5:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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Absolutely, no doubt about it.
Or did you mean at the same time? EDIT: Ah, I see you wrote "reach and maintain". Then my answer would be "Theoretically, yes. In practice, no." Edited by Ari on 04 November 2011 at 5:12pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5421 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 3 of 28 04 November 2011 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think so. Alone for the first country in your list you would need eleven languages:
Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Northern Sotho Southern Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu Or are you one of those anglocentrics? Edited by Cabaire on 04 November 2011 at 5:11pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6081 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 4 of 28 04 November 2011 at 5:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if it is possible, but I am planning to reach B2, at least, in 12 of these languages (all of them except Korean and Portuguese). I think it's a reasonable goal to be achieved within 10-15 years from now. For many of these languages, you do not need more than 6 months to reach B2. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5588 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 5 of 28 04 November 2011 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, it might be possible - unless you have other commitments, like a job.
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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6081 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 6 of 28 04 November 2011 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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How many of you have a job? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6837 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 28 04 November 2011 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | ||
...or children, or, God-forbid, other hobbies, or...you get the idea. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 5947 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 8 of 28 04 November 2011 at 11:15pm | IP Logged | ||
I do. In the tech business with long hours. Totally gets in the way of language study. (though I make time somehow.) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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