Questions tagged [multiple-languages]
Questions guided towards multiple languages, whether it be comparing them, using them in tandem, or questions about more than one language in general
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When two people each speak one another's first language as a second language, in which language will they communicate?
Let's take an English-speaking Norwegian and a Norwegian-speaking Englishman as an example. What are the most and least influential variables that influence how they will communicate outside of a ...
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How can I be an interpreter? [closed]
I'm Bangladeshi and my native language is Bangla/Bengali. If I can speak English fluently, can I be an interpreter?
And is there any course for interpretation?
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How to choose a foreign language to learn based on my interests? [closed]
I already know Russian and Ukrainian, I study English.
I'd like to find the next language to learn.
In fact, I'd like to know all the Romance languages, but I should start somewhere.
To begin with, I'...
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Is there data on number of people who do not speak a particular language, or none out of a group of languages?
Similar to this question (What are the most common languages among people who DON'T speak English?), is there any data on individuals who do not speak a language (or none of multiple languages), ...
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Simultaneous intensive summer course in German and French? Or is it too much?
I am an unemployed engineer currently, and I have 0 knowledge of French and German (I am Spanish) so I have a lot of time this summer (virtually 100% availability).
I can enroll in one or two ...
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Where to find the differences in punctuation between European languages?
The languages that use the question mark "?" seem to do it in a fairly uniform fashion, but I have the feeling that the full stop "." and the exclamation mark "!" are used slightly differently in ...
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How should I decide the order of learning each of languages if you learn all of them in the end?
I wonder if you will have learned multiple languages in the end, the order of learning each of them has any influence and if it does, what is the most effective order to learn.
For example, suppose ...
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Does learning a new language while in the target country instead of learning the current language reach the goal of acquiring both faster in the end?
Here is the situation:
I have now been learning French for two months.
I will start to stay in South Korea for one month.
After staying in Korea, I'll stay in France and attend language school for ...
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How to get most language learning benefits from frequent casual conversations with natives?
I know several languages on various levels:
Polish native
English C1-C2
German B2-C1
Russian B1
Spanish B1
I have tons of opportunities to speak to natives:
English - quite a few people at work (...
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What is the better way for structure the learning of 5 languages in 1 year and 6 months?
It's really this, I have a dream to speak Japanese, Korean, Standard Chinese, French and Russian. I know it is hard and very difficult to learn five language at the same time.
Right now, this is my ...
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If you don't speak your native language (e.g. Spanish) can you lose your native accent?
I am practising several foreign languages, i.e. Japanese, Korean, Standard Chinese and Russian (I am A1 in the first three) and my question is what will happen if I don't speak my native language (...
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Is learning Attic Greek a good thing at the same as learning Modern Conversational Greek?
I'm currently reading Plato, Homer, and others in their English translations. I also currently am learning how to speak modern conversational Greek. I also want to learn Attic Greek in order to better ...
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How to look for resources that are available in multiple languages?
In order to efficiently learn multiple foreign languages simultaneously, I noticed that resources provided in multiple languages can act as a big help.
I have been using http://www.goethe-verlag.com/...
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Is there any vocabularies or best practices for a technical support how to communicate in multiple languages?
I am a technical support engineer.
My mother tongue is not English, I still write and speak with a lot of mistakes, constantly improving my English skill, please do not judge me strictly ;)
In my ...
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From an economic point of view, what are the most important foreign languages to learn for Germans?
Discussions about which foreign languages to learn are often based on the number of native speakers a language has. However, on the job market, what languages look good on a CV is determined by other ...
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How many languages did Vera F. Birkenbihl know?
Vera F. Birkenbihl (she insisted on the "F.", which stands for Felicitas) was a German management trainer and author. She coined the term "gehirn-gerechtes lernen" as a translation of "brain-friendly ...
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Original source of Arguelles' statement about learning at least six languages
The Reddit thread Alexander Arguelles’ Six Most Important Languages, which started earlier this year ("5 months ago" from October 2018) states that the polyglot Alexander Argüelles once said that an ...
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How to maintain three foreign languages (polyglot)?
For the sake of this question, assume that you have reached CEFR level B2 (basic fluency) or higher in four languages (one of which is your L1).
What sort of daily/weekly techniques and time ...
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How can I quickly learn to understand a Latin text if I know Romance languages?
After studying French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and now looking at a Latin text it seems like I’m basically there, I’m just missing things.
What are some things I could/should learn to ...
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Updated versions of FSI courses
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) courses (found here, here or here) are free, thorough, and an amazing resource for language learners. But they are quite old - many of the courses are well over 50 ...
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What are the most widespread languages besides English, Spanish, and French?
A great inspiration for some language learners is to be able to speak to a large number or wide range of people in more than one country. To that end, a language learner may want to know which ...
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Can I read nynorsk due to learning bokmål?
Suppose I learn enough Norwegian bokmål to be able to read books and newspapers well enough to follow what is happening, even if I would miss nuances and occasionally misunderstand something. I'm ...
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Using Multiple Languages in your Daily Life or Job [closed]
What are some ways that you can include the languages you have learned in your daily life and job? and what are some job where you could apply all the languages you know?
I know spanish(native), ...
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Should I use my second language to learn my third language? [duplicate]
English is my second language (I do not have a good command of it.) while Chinese is my first language.
I want to have Japanese as my third language. Can I learn Japanese from books/tutorials ...
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Which Austronesian language is simplest to pick up?
I am thinking of experimenting and trying to learn an Austronesian language that my school offers. I have the option of:
Hawaiian
Maori
Tahitian
Tongan
Samoan
Ilokano
Chamorro
Which one is the ...
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Predicting language interference between Danish and Norwegian
I am presently learning Danish, but will soon move to Norway. The languages are very similar, to the level that I can read both without ever having studied Norwegian. Norwegian pronunciation is likely ...
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Approach to multiple language learning goal for a multilingual family
I'm going to live in Japan with my future wife.
She is L1 (first language) korean speaker but lived in Japan for over 10 years making Japanese her L2 (second language).
My own L1 language is German ...
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What are some strategies for effectively studying two unrelated languages simultaneously?
We already have a few questions on this site asking about learning multiple related languages, however, what about learning multiple unrelated languages?
I'm a (mostly self-taught) student of Spanish ...
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How to memorize German vocabulary by connecting it to English?
My background vocabulary is English. Can you help me how to memorize German vocabulary by connecting the words with English?
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How was the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) list of language learning difficulty compiled?
There is a fairly standard ranking of the difficulty of learning various languages for English speakers, based primarily on its similarity to English. (Note: I've seen some contradictory information ...
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Should I start learning another language even if I haven't mastered the last one?
I have studied German for the whole year last year. But I want to study other languages too.
I haven't mastered German yet, and I am seeking advice whether I should start learning a new language ...
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Fluent in English and Spanish; according to scientific research, what order of learning other languages is most efficient? [closed]
I am a native speaker of the English language with 6 years of Spanish schooling. After re-establishing a fluent Spanish speaking status what should be the next language to learn?
Latin seemed like ...
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Does native Finnish and literacy in another language give literacy in Finnish?
Our child speaks native Finnish (appropriate to her age). We are moving abroad. Supposing the child learns to read and write in another language that uses essentially the same alphabet (probably some ...
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What is my first and second language?
First, let's take a look at the meaning of first language by Wikipedia:
A first language, native language or mother tongue (also known as father tongue, arterial language or L1) is a language that ...
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Do people fluent in two languages learn a third, unrelated language more easily?
The question in the title is strongly shortened. In full-length it goes like this:
Do people who speak fluently two languages (which they have learned as a child)
that are quite different from ...
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Why can't I think of anything to say when someone asks how many languages I can speak?
There is this fairly common thing I've noticed, when a multiglot is talking to someone about languages, and they say "say something in x", suddenly all words in that language leave my head and I can't ...
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How can I overcome fear and failure when speaking to native speakers of my L2?
I've been studying Russian language on my own for more than 1.5 years. And I'm still bad at it because of lack of speaking practice. I didn't study everyday as I also paused for several months so I'm ...
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Is there any common approach to learning programming and foreign human language?
Is there any common in approaches to learning foreign language and programming language? Both machine and human languages have common structure: syntax, vocabulary and rules.
Can we expect that a man, ...
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What are the effects of learning a third language in your second language? [duplicate]
How will it affect my language skills if I choose to learn Indonesian in English instead of my mothertongue (Czech)?
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Effect of trilingualism on babies
I'm interested in how to manage languages with small babies.
Is trilinguism problematic as opposed to bilinguism? For example, will the baby take longer to speak than he would if he was bilingual?
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WebCAPE vs AP Exams for domestic prep
I am going to be teaching a foreign language in some capacity and am not sure if I should teach to prep for the WebCAPE exams or Advanced Placement exams from CollegeBoard.
I'll be following ACTFL ...
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required standards for US domestic foreign language education
In reference to my earlier post, I'm going to be teaching foreign languages in some capacity and was advised by a board of education that I ought to understand and incorporate foreign language edu. ...
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Are there any studies on the effectiveness of learning typologically similar languages?
Flimzy previously asked, Are there any studies which address the effectiveness of studying multiple related languages simultaneously?
Genetic relationships between languages (as established through ...
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Are there any physical resources that have basics for multiple languages?
I'm looking for a physical learning resource that contains the basics of multiple languages (I don't care which), so that you could get a sampling of several different languages. Ideally this resource ...
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How can I avoid mixing two or more languages when I speak?
When I speak L2 or L3, I say sometimes some words from the other languages that I know. I also have seen many people who have the same issue, they speak in English in some conference for example and ...
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Are there any studies showing that you will tend to be more fluent in the first L2 you learn compared to your L3?
As an example, take the case of someone who speaks English as an L1, and wants to become fluent in both Spanish and French. If they learn Spanish first and French second, will they tend to be more ...
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Learn languages by memorizing rhymed poems
My native language is Portuguese and I had the initiative to read and memorize Os Lusíadas by Camões, the principal literary work in Portuguese.
So I started to memorize the Divina Commedia by Dante ...
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Is it possible to learn many languages at the same time and become fluent in all of them?
I think the answer would be yes for the first part of my question, but I am not sure what it would be if we seek fluency in all languages that we learn at the same time (maybe 2 or 3 languages).
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Are there studies showing that learning an L2 makes it easier to learn an L3?
Assuming that I'm fluent in an L1 and an L2, are there any studies showing that already overcoming the barrier of learning the L2 aids my process in learning an L3?
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Learning L3 through L1, L2 or L1+L2? [closed]
I can study L3 with L1 or L2 material/textbooks/dictionaries, or combination of L1 and L2 materials (switching daily for instance).
Which will be most beneficial?
My main concern is retention of new ...
