Postby PeterMollenburg » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:21 pm
Right now I perhaps should be getting on with catching up with the Tour de France, or going to bed as I am actually more tired than I should be, but obviously I need some rest.....
I want to talk about my new multi-lingual language learning plan even though I should be immersing myself in French exam prep and be focused on the task at hand... This plan will kick off late November 2019.
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Version française :
PROJET DE CINQ LANGUES
le français
le norvégien
le néerlandais
l'espagnol
l'allemand
Les règles
* 5 langues au total.
* 3 heures d'études intensives chaque jour divisées en 4 séances de 45 minutes.
* 4 langues seront étudiées activement, par roulement.
* 1 langue sera mise en suspens chaque mois.
* Dès que la langue qui a été mise en suspens pendant un mois sera reprise, je l'étudierai deux fois (deux séances de 45 minutes) chaque tournée de langues, alors que les autres ne seront étudiées qu'une fois chaque tournée. Au même moment une autre langue sera mise en attente.
* Alors, le premier mois aura l'air comme ça :
Les quatre langues activement étudiée :
le français le néerlandais (le FR en suspens le 1er mois, le NL sera étudié 2 fois chaque tournée, jusqu'au prochain mois)
le norvégien
le néerlandais
l'espagnol
l'allemand
Ainsi, les séances, par roulement :
45 min de néerlandais
45 min de norvégien
45 min de néerlandais
45 min d'espagnol
45 min d'allemand
Si je commençais lundi, par exemple, les trois premiers jours apparaîtrait comme ce qu'on voit ci-dessous :
LUNDI
45 min de néerlandais (total = 45 min)
45 min de norvégien (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min de néerlandais (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min d'espagnol (total = 3 hrs)
MARDI
45 min d'allemand (total = 45 min)
45 min de néerlandais (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min de norvégien (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min de néerlandais (total = 3 hrs)
MERCREDI
45 min d'espagnol (total = 45 min)
45 min d'allemand (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min néerlandais (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min norvégien (total = 3 heures)
ETC
Le prochain mois, le français serait reprise et je l'étudierais en deux séances de 45 minutes chaque tournée de langues, le néerlandais serait étudié pendant 45 minutes seulement une fois chaque tournée de langues et une autre langue serait mise en suspens (l'allemand, par exemple).
English version (same as French version, just written in English):
FIVE LANGUAGE PROJECT
French
Norwegian
Dutch
Spanish
German
The Rules
* 5 languages in total.
* 3 hours of intensive study each day, divided into 4 sessions of 45 minutes
* 4 languages will be studied actively, alternating through them.
* 1 language will be suspended each month.
* As soon as the language which was suspended for a month is taken up again, I will study it twice (two 45 minute sessions) each round of languages, while the others will only be studied once per round of languages. Meanwhile another language will be put on hold.
* Therefore, the first month will look like this:
The four languages actively studied:
French Dutch (FR suspended for the first month, NL to be studied twice each round of languages, until the next month)
Norwegian
Dutch
Spanish
German
Thus, the sessions, alternating through:
45 min of Dutch
45 min of Norwegian
45 min of Dutch
45 min of Spanish
45 min of German
If I started on Monday, for example, the first three days would appear like below:
MONDAY
45 min of Dutch (total = 45 min)
45 min of Norwegian (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min of Dutch (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min of Spanish (total = 3 hrs)
TUESDAY
45 min of German (total = 45 min)
45 min of Dutch (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min of Norwegian (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min of Dutch (total = 3 hrs)
WEDNESDAY
45 min of Spanish (total = 45 min)
45 min of German (total = 1.5 hrs)
45 min of Dutch (total = 2 hrs, 15 min)
45 min of Norwegian (total = 3 hrs)
ETC
The next month, French would be back and studied in 2 sessions of 45 min through each round of languages, Dutch would return to one 45 min session and another language would be suspended for the month (eg German).
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A couple of points.
*Why all languages at once? First, because we're intending to go to Europe around 2022, and I'd like to arrive with a good smattering of several languages under my belt as opposed to being advanced in perhaps only 2 languages. Secondly, I'd like to start teaching my kids more about other languages and more of other languages, and for this I feel a slow growth of several languages at once is better than an all out assault on another language all the way to an advanced level which could take several years. I'm also motivated to try this, as opposed to sticking to just one or two languages. Motivation counts for a lot.
*Why 45 minute sessions? An hour seems a little long when learning five languages. 45 minutes always for less time between study sessions before coming back to language XYZ the next time. 30 minutes seems too short to progress enough within a session.
*Why suspend a language each month? I wanted to incorporate/try some of the theory behind the 'bow-wave effect' by cycling a language out of active study each month. It may make for more progress on the whole, as breaks can be stale. Years of consistent French have taught me that breaks are worth a shot because I've become a little stale at times.
*I reserve the right to fail at this. Try not to criticise without reflection (still, valid questioning is welcome) - it's worth a try, right?
*I reserve the right to add or remove languages. German may conflict with Dutch, so I might decide to learn Russian or Arabic instead. I might feel I can add more languages and be happy with even slower progress forward. I might get frustrated and want to reduce the number back to 4,3,2 or 1. Who knows, but it's worth trying, I think, even if to only learn that it's not practical.
*Were I to not miss a day, I'd learn 219 hours of each language each year. Not awesome, not miserable.
* I plan on using predominantly French and Dutch outside of my intensive study time as my go to languages for reading, listening etc (entertainment). So these languages will still get more overall time than the rest, which is logical given they are the most important at this stage in my life.
Now, I need to get focused on the French exam in November, which by the way if I decide to skip again, this plan will still go ahead. If I fail or pass the exam, this plan will still go ahead.
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