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| Bbcatcher 08 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4210 days ago 130 posts - 154 votes  Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 7 26 November 2012 at 1:03pm | IP Logged |
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Hello all,
I currently am trying to learn Serbo-Croatian. However, my motivation for the language is about gone, and I find myself not even wanting to pick up my books, but however picking up the books of the other languages I want to learn. Although, there is another language I want to study, but don't know if I should drop Serbo-Croatian, due to lack of motivation, and not knowing that if it will come back or not. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5774 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 7 26 November 2012 at 2:04pm | IP Logged |
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Take a break. A short break won't do your studies any harm, and may actually be beneficial. You'll have your answer if your motivation returns or not within a few weeks.
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6374 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 3 of 7 26 November 2012 at 3:31pm | IP Logged |
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As soon as I feel my motivation waning, when it's no longer fun to study, I stop and do something else. Sometimes it's another language, sometimes I stop langage learning completely for a long time. I always end up coming back to it and enjoying it so much more. Life's too short to spend your time doing boring stuff.
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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4431 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 4 of 7 26 November 2012 at 3:55pm | IP Logged |
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Totally agree with g-bod and Ari. I am studying Russian and lately my motivation comes and goes. There have been days where I was unable to pick up my study material or even listen to a single line of Russian on my mp3, I felt totally demotivated. Then, three days later, the motivation returned and I would try to find as much time as possible to study and engage otherwise with the language (music, TV programmes etc). So rather than forcing yourself to study if you don't feel like it, you should take a break.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6389 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 5 of 7 26 November 2012 at 5:29pm | IP Logged |
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It might be a good idea to set a specific date for getting back to it. Makes it more likely that you'll get back to it. For example, take a break till the end of the year, and then see if you want to try again. Don't feel guilty if you don't, but do try:)
Also, try some new methods. I LOVE the Croatian lessons at GLOSS, for example. They have Serbian too if you prefer/focus on this variety. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Nguyen Senior Member Vietnam Joined 4885 days ago 109 posts - 195 votes Speaks: Vietnamese | Message 6 of 7 26 November 2012 at 5:39pm | IP Logged |
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Don't take it to serious unless you have a serious reason. Take a break but use what you have accomplished. It is amazing what our own curiosity will take us to. You have likely gone far and we compete with ourselves.
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| Bbcatcher 08 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4210 days ago 130 posts - 154 votes Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian | Message 7 of 7 26 November 2012 at 8:28pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks all for the suggestions. I think a little break will do the trick. I think to kind
of keep myself somewhat interested, I will keep studying it. Probably at most twice a week, with the average just once a week. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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