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JJ asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 9 years ago

Difficulty in learning multiple languages at once?

Hi, so right now I am learning German and I am trying to figure out what I want to do next semester. My major is German and I will be in second year German next year and a TESOL(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) minor, so I'd like to teach English abroad. But, I am also planning on learning Mandarin and Russian. So, next year I can take a Mandarin class at the same time as German, but I am wondering how difficult it would be to learn two languages at the same time and then the semester or year after, potentially three languages. I feel like I pick up languages rather quickly, but I know Mandarin is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn. So, I was wondering if anybody has previous experience in learning multiple languages at the same time or suggestions on how I should spread out studying for multiple languages. Thanks so much in advance!

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    i'll tell you that it's very difficult to learn more than one language at once,but,why?

    when i started learning spanish,i was keen to learn it,but the days passed by,and i stopped studying it,because i could not study english and spanish at once,because i released i was not interested in learning english anymore,my brain got me to think that the spanish was more important than the english so i decided to drop my spanish course,not to stop learning the most spoken langiage in the world.

    Source(s): did you understand everything i wrote,did i make any mistake? i get nervous while writing in english
  • 9 years ago

    It was kind of difficult, but I've done it. I was learning German, French and Italian at the same time. It was relatively easy and now I speak all of them, including Russian, English and Serbian. But considering that you'd like to learn Mandarin, it will probably be harder. You can try learning German and Russian together and then start with the Mandarin.

    Good luck. ;)

    Source(s): Own experience.
  • wiest
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    I learnt three languages earlier than I grew to become thirteen however I feel it is plenty less difficult at that age. Anyway, it is not handy however it is not that tough. Those men and women are by and large simply lazy. Learning a language consistently takes a few attempt and it additionally depends upon the languages you realize and those you're finding out.

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