July 22, 2019

Maintaining Old Languages While Learning New Ones

27 minutes

How can you keep an older language fresh while starting on a new one?

Do you have to worry about forgetting everything you've learnt within weeks?

This week, head over to the blog for detailed notes and an article on this topic:

Click or tap here to read the blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

Conclusions:

You can’t just forget a language, but in order to keep it fresh you need to engage in maintenance activities and accept a learning curve when you immerse again

Learning more languages, even at the same time, is awesome

But don’t expect miracles, consider your goals and limitations

Interference is a normal process of language acquisition

Thank you to Bonnie for this episode introduction.

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Links:

Metalinguistic Awareness in Multilinguals: Cognitive Aspects of Third Language Learning: Language Awareness: Vol 8, No 3-4
What Gets Easier When You Study More Languages? by Fluent Language
How to Learn Several Languages At The Same Time by Fluent Language
The Fluent Show: Q&A: How to Re-Learn a Language You’ve Forgotten
An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching (Learning about Language)
Spanish-English code-switching among low-fluency bilinguals — Study by John M. Lipski
Language Habit Toolkit - Fluent Every Day

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