Hey thanks for answering my question! Great advice. I actually really like your response to a later question, too, about breaking out of slumps.
“How did I break out of it? I started dabbling in other languages, revived my Cantonese, and decided to relearn French. All of that brought back my excitement for language learning.”
I find that since I started getting back into French, my interest in Chinese has picked up, too. It seems like if you don’t have a strong motivator outside of just learning the language, then making language learning the overall interest (rather than just a specific language) can help keep the energy up.
I found that when I was just starting to learn Chinese - putting some meaning to some simple characters and sounds - every step was super energizing. But the more you learn, the more that energy wears off. My instinct when I first saw your newsletter was that you’re kinda WILD for learning so many languages at once, but I imagine they each sort of help energize you by providing a lot of areas for breakthroughs of different levels.
Thanks for the thoughts on this! It’s helping motive me out of a bit of a slump, myself! 😅
I'm happy my answers/responses were helpful! When I was only learning Mandarin, I did think it was strange that some people learned multiple languages at the same time since I had no desire to. Now I've found that multiple languages keeps things interesting especially since I'm at different stages in each language.
Subscribed as an aspiring language learner, interested in language, interested in creating constructed languages for fiction. My wife is from the Philippines so learning her dialect has been a fun and interesting challenge.
I think this is great that your methods are more sophisticated than merely duolingo. Duolingo probably would help but you're engaging many of your senses to immerse yourself in language.
I don't know any conlangs but they are interesting! Learning other languages would probably be helpful when creating your own fictional languages. Thanks for subscribing and reading! Good luck with your language studies whenever you start.
I also study other languages when I feel in a slump, picking up Chinese helped me study more Korean! Speaking of, I can't wait for you to start learning it so I can hear your thoughts on it 😊
I loved your favourite words, it's one of my favourite questions to ask language learners 💕
Here are a few random french words that sound nice or funny: virgule, caribou, bouffi, emmitouflé, mesquin, svelte
Thanks for sharing a few french words. I had no idea caribou was a French word!
I'm sure I have more favourite words but of course when I'm asked what they are I forget them all 😅
Korean seems interesting but I know it's not easy. I've heard a few people talk about it being "difficult". I guess I'll find out whenever I do learn it!
Hey thanks for answering my question! Great advice. I actually really like your response to a later question, too, about breaking out of slumps.
“How did I break out of it? I started dabbling in other languages, revived my Cantonese, and decided to relearn French. All of that brought back my excitement for language learning.”
I find that since I started getting back into French, my interest in Chinese has picked up, too. It seems like if you don’t have a strong motivator outside of just learning the language, then making language learning the overall interest (rather than just a specific language) can help keep the energy up.
I found that when I was just starting to learn Chinese - putting some meaning to some simple characters and sounds - every step was super energizing. But the more you learn, the more that energy wears off. My instinct when I first saw your newsletter was that you’re kinda WILD for learning so many languages at once, but I imagine they each sort of help energize you by providing a lot of areas for breakthroughs of different levels.
Thanks for the thoughts on this! It’s helping motive me out of a bit of a slump, myself! 😅
I'm happy my answers/responses were helpful! When I was only learning Mandarin, I did think it was strange that some people learned multiple languages at the same time since I had no desire to. Now I've found that multiple languages keeps things interesting especially since I'm at different stages in each language.
Good luck with your language studies!
Subscribed as an aspiring language learner, interested in language, interested in creating constructed languages for fiction. My wife is from the Philippines so learning her dialect has been a fun and interesting challenge.
I think this is great that your methods are more sophisticated than merely duolingo. Duolingo probably would help but you're engaging many of your senses to immerse yourself in language.
Thank you for this! Good luck in your studies!
I don't know any conlangs but they are interesting! Learning other languages would probably be helpful when creating your own fictional languages. Thanks for subscribing and reading! Good luck with your language studies whenever you start.
It a good point you mentioned. Focusing on one single app or resource might blind you to other aspects of the language, especially native speech!
I also study other languages when I feel in a slump, picking up Chinese helped me study more Korean! Speaking of, I can't wait for you to start learning it so I can hear your thoughts on it 😊
I loved your favourite words, it's one of my favourite questions to ask language learners 💕
Here are a few random french words that sound nice or funny: virgule, caribou, bouffi, emmitouflé, mesquin, svelte
Thanks for sharing a few french words. I had no idea caribou was a French word!
I'm sure I have more favourite words but of course when I'm asked what they are I forget them all 😅
Korean seems interesting but I know it's not easy. I've heard a few people talk about it being "difficult". I guess I'll find out whenever I do learn it!