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| Bbcatcher 08 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4229 days ago 130 posts - 154 votes  Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian | Message 9 of 16 01 April 2013 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks everyone! This is what I was going to do, but wanted to see what what others were
doing. Thanks for the imput! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6361 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 10 of 16 03 April 2013 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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rule of thumb for each skill(reading, writing, speaking, listening) in each language:
2 times a week to maintain 3+ time a week to improve Edited by leosmith on 03 April 2013 at 6:38pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4518 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 11 of 16 04 April 2013 at 3:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have 3 languages at this point that are below B1 level (I have thoroughly dissected
most Breton grammar but keep forgetting vocabulary - wordlists didn't really help). I have also had to focus on improving my Russian (which is B1-B2) so I tend to study them all at least 2-3 times a week (if I have time, on the same day - I have one long-ass commute on Wednesdays which I use to improve Romanian and Hebrew usually). I have noticed improvement in all languages except the one I use the least - that is Breton. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4282 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 12 of 16 29 April 2013 at 6:39am | IP Logged | ||
I think that being a beginner in 7 difficult languages at once, especially if you are not an experienced language learner, would be very difficult and counterproductive so I would probably focus on two or three languages at first and then introduce new languages as your previous one get in the "pleasant cruise-speed zone". I know this is not really the advice you asked so feel free to simply ignore my comment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4088 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 13 of 16 29 April 2013 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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If the present schedule does not work well, you either reduce the number of languages
or alter the schedule. You have to get in touch with your target language everyday, even if you are not beginner in it. I personally will not start a language unless I can allocate at least half an hour to it every single day. But as you have mentioned, there is risk that you might mix them up. You have to experiment whether you can develop the ability to learn multiple simultaneously. If for some reasons you cannot learn half a dozen on the same day but still have to/would like to learn that number, I would say at least you have to study each of them, in two groups of 3, every two day. (But no doubt the outcome will be less desirable) I think the fact that you have not messed up until now indicates either you can study a few at the same time, or your present schedule has not brought you any farther. Edited by Paco on 29 April 2013 at 5:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bbcatcher 08 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4229 days ago 130 posts - 154 votes Speaks: English*, Latin Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian | Message 14 of 16 02 May 2013 at 2:33am | IP Logged | ||
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I forgot to mention that I just got a new job so I haven't learned how to balance the
languages, the job, and school, but I am getting it down now :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4088 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 15 of 16 03 May 2013 at 2:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I suggest you dedicate your morning hours to language learning. In this way language
learning and school and job will have minimal interference on one another. You might calculate how much time you would devote to learning languages, then, instead of burning the midnight oil, rise earlier every morning to study them. You may start by giving half an hour to each of them, and see if there is room for additions. Edited by Paco on 03 May 2013 at 2:25am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Trevinho Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4018 days ago 4 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2, Portuguese Studies: French, Catalan | Message 16 of 16 20 May 2013 at 2:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Reducing the number of languages you study should get you better results. "A man who chases two rabbits catches neither"
Save the rest for a future date. Study each remaining language in 20 minutes bursts with short breaks to recap and review what you have learned. Do as many 20 minute sessions as time permits. It's best not to study closely related languages one after the other so they don't get mixed up in your memory. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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