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beano
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 Message 25 of 28
23 October 2013 at 12:56pm | IP Logged 
If you are passionate about learning a language and using it, can that not make you "come alive" so to speak. Can a switch to another language actually shift your position on the introvert - extro(a)vert spectrum?
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 Message 26 of 28
23 October 2013 at 3:23pm | IP Logged 
No, but it can shift your need to be more outgoing in order to practice your language -
Arguelles is a good example. If you have read the Language Hacking Guide's interview with
Arguelles then he asserts exactly this - he becomes more gregarious when speaking foreign
languages, in order to practice, although he is generally introverted.

This is exactly my point - Arguelles is a typical example of someone who is not energized
by conversation or interaction with other socially, but he is not shy and very able to
communicate and contact people in order to practice his languages.
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 Message 27 of 28
23 October 2013 at 3:44pm | IP Logged 
One of the most interesting things I learned from this forum was the difference between
introversion/extoversion and shyness/sociability thanks to this learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23742&PN=21 ">postfrom Splog and
the related video linked in the first post.

Actually, I'm not sure what the opposite of "shyness" is. Probably "attention seeking"
is closer. Obviously people fall somewhere on the scale, just because you're not shy,
doesn't mean you're a full blown attention seeker.

I think there probably is a tendency for introverts to be shy, simply beacause they are
interested more in thinking than in socialising, so they will have had less practice at
social skills and be uncomfortable in those situations.

There quite a few people on this forum though, who are introverted but not shy, and
although I expect it must be rarer, I think it is also possible to be a shy extrovert.

Edited by schoenewaelder on 24 October 2013 at 2:07pm

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 Message 28 of 28
23 October 2013 at 5:04pm | IP Logged 
Well you do get people who cover up their shyness by being loud. Like you say, being introverted or enjoying solitude doesn't imply that you are actually uneasy about approaching people, or speaking in front of a group, should you have the desire to do so.


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