Learning more than one language at a time: some useful tips

Is it possible to learn more than one language at the same time? Luca gives some tips on how to go about multiple languages. You can find his article on his blog: http://thepolyglotdream.com/2012/01/02/learning-more-than-one-language-at-the...

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[KimCyunHi]

So you've been learning languages for the last 20 years. How old where you when you started? Five?

[poliglotta80]

@KimCyunHi I started learning English at the age of 10. I am 31 now. L

[mikyross]

Astonishing American accent! I'd like to ask you a question: Did you choose to sound like a native American or did it just come out naturally as more as you learnt it? As you could easily guess, BE rules of pronunciation are almost always taught in Italian schools and that's the way I learnt it. I can't even end a sentence picking up the standard AE accent.

[poliglotta80]

@mikyross Thanks for the nice words. I made a video on this 3 years ago - Luca speaks American English - but I wil soonl make a video about how I acquired the this paticular accent. A bit of patience :-). L

[rsloma71]

Thank you for this very interesting video. After listening to it some questions came to my mind: how maintaing languages you currently know affect your ability to learn new ones ? Is it possible to maintain, say, four languages and effectively learn another two ?

All the best,

Rysiek

[poliglotta80]

@rsloma71 Interesting question. I will make a video (and the corresponding article) on the topic. It is definitely possibile. I am learning two languages and maintaing 10 others :-) L

[FluentCzech]

Thank you, as always, for the honesty of your videos. There are no false promises nor boasts, but rather a realistic and effective approach that has been proven to work time and again. Given the prevalence of "get fluent in a hurry" messages elsewhere, your videos remain a rare oasis of sanity.

[silent0watcher]

Excellent post. Here is a true expert learner.

[KieranPower]

Hi there I am looking to start a Language Studies degree in both Spanish and German combined its 3/4 years long do you think its possible to learn both of these? as this degree is designed to start from beginner, I have some basic knowledge of German, I am an English Native Speaker from the UK. Thanks

[dTREBLEmaker]

He's been learning languages for 20 years... Thats makes me sad and feel hopeless... ;(

[KimCyunHi]

@amanogawamakoto Everything's relative.:)

[amanogawamakoto]

@KimCyunHi Grammar is never easy :)

[xalesd2]

@KimCyunHi Sure, well the best choice for inexperienced learners is just go and try for themselves if they're able to learn 2 similar languages without mixing them up or not.

[LearningFrenchNow]

Great video!

[KimCyunHi]

@xalesd2 Well, I see your point, I just don't think it's as likely as people suggest. And I'd go as far as to say that it's only more likely to occur at the very beginning stages of learning, and only if you begin two languages from scratch at the same time. After you've been at it for a while, it gets easier to tell if a word "fits" (for want of a better term) or not. I can only comment from my own experience, and being a relatively inexperienced learner this has never happened to me.

[xalesd2]

@KimCyunHi For an unexperienced learner mistaking similar languages with one another is a very likely scenario ;)

[KimCyunHi]

@amanogawamakoto Oh, ok. Then at least Russian grammar will be piece of cake for you. :)