Forgetting and learning languages

http://www.lingq.com/

Some more on how not to forget languages that we have learned.

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Education

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• language
• learning
• LingQ
• forgetting
• languages

[supermonk3y07]

I know that you've probably said the number of language you speak, but how many of them are they? I noticed the languages you're strongest at are the most important/widely spoken in the world (minus Japanese), and noticed your Spanish is decent/very good. With those 4 languages alone, you could probably communicate with about 90-95% of the world population. Also I wonder if you speak Hindi, Arabic, and/or any southeast asian language.

[lingosteve]

@supermonk3y07 11 and working on Czech and Korean. Arabic and Hindi, not yet but one day.

[telekinovice]

is it possible for a 14 year old that wants to learn japanese to forget english ?

[lingosteve]

@telekinovice no

[laoshu505000]

Heh, so what if it was accented.

[laoshu505000]

No, I think you should be proud of any language you attempt to learn because not everyone has the will power to get out there and do it. It takes a lot to be able to attempt learning a language. Just because your Russian and Portuguese is probably not up to par with your other languages, you should still be proud of them. Besides, they will be up to par as time goes by right.

[supermonk3y07]

@telekinovice why are you asking this. You are still young, while you people normally learn best at around 0-12 years old, you can still learn a lot better than someone in their 20's or 30's. If you really want to learn a language, I would recommend you to NOT WAIT. do it now or as soon as possible. Learning languages, as well as anything is better when you are young..also why do you want to forget english? Almost every person WANTS to learn it

[rtablada]

i hav this problem. Tagalog and English are both my mother tongues, but living in the UK means i'm more exposed to using the latter as my staple tongue. that in turn my ability to recognise filipino words and the rate i read filipino texts has deteriorated. My spanish is the same also so it my potuguese and japanese. it is a sad fact, but thnx for this vid, i can do something about it.

[JuliatheCoolest]

Your Russian accent is really good for a non-native speaker!

[cliveog]

Hmm, so the 'secret' of learning a language is to do an intensive course then go to a country where they speak the target language for *6 months*. Then you won't forget it. Fair enough, but, ahem, a bit obvious, isn't it?

[Chezrocksall]

Hey everybody, this is Cesare 160 and I have a new channel now called Chezrocksall. I am a polyglot like Steve is and I am fluent in 37 languages and am almost fluent in French. Please check my profile to see what languages I speak first, then if you want any lessons of any of my languages, please reply to this comment mentioning the language you want to learn and me to teach and help you. Thanks.

[Cesare160]

Thanks, well now I know 28 languages fluently, when I posted that comment, it was about a month ago.