Learning Two Languages at Once Good or Bad?
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Two Languages at once...
One of our readers has posed the question as to whether or not learning two or more languages simultaneously is a good or bad thing. This is a tough question and somewhat subjective. However after looking at my personal experience at that of others I have formed an opinion on the matter.
First, in order to remove some subjectivity I would ask the learner, what is your goal? Do you want to become fluent or at least conversational or are you just a casual learner who enjoys learning the language and it’s culture? If your answer was the second you can skip the rest of this post and continue to learn how you want and enjoy what you do because that is what you want to do. However, if your response was the prior then read on. Does this seem like a choose your own adventure book? Trust me if you read on you are not going to fall into a giant pit and die.
If you are serious about learning a foreign language and being able to communicate effectively your time would be best spent focusing your efforts on one language whole heartedly rather than dividing your time between two or three languages. It’s like a construction worker who only does part of the job at several sites everyday when he could complete the whole job and then move on to the next one the next day. However if you have already mastered or achieved an acceptable level of fluency in several languages and are just maintaining and or fine tuning them it is easy to split your time.
Conclusion:
* If you are a casual learner then learning several languages at once is no big deal
* If you want to become fluent or conversational focus on one language until you have achieved your goal. Then move to the next language.
* Last, if you have already learned several languages it is much easier to maintain and perfect them than it is to be learning four languages from scratch at the same time.
You can also visit another language site by Francois Micheloud who offers his opinion on the matter.
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