I looked for one, and haven't found (among more recent posts), so I decided to open one.
I'm not a polyglot. I have a list of languages I would like to learn, but I'm not quite on my way. However, I'm pretty excited with what that goldlist method may do to my Latin, so, if it does work (which will happen, I confidently believe), I will apply it to other languages (list below). Not that I'm a fan of the method. I guess each person will have their own ways, and find the methods that fit them best. That one kind of works with me for the simple reason that it makes me commit. I've never had so frequent systematic touch with Latin since whatever course I may have had. I have acquired books, et cetera, often do, whenever I find new ones, but none of them made me commit, though I tried with one or the other. Also I had students, and believed that teaching I would get better, but it isn't necessarily the case, specially because the students I had needed very elementary Latin, and it wasn't so much challenging. (...)
If I get rid of studying Latin intensely for having noted enough progress with that method, I intend to go on reading Latin, but I intend to use the method with other languages, one at a time, of course. I believe some will go faster than others, but here's the list of languages I would like to learn. (I will have to study their grammars too, this is why I believe it will take longer than Latin for me to work, because I will have to make both grammar studies and vocabulary.)
Languages I speak:
- Portuguese (10)
- English (8)
- French (6, intermediate level, and enough for me--for now at least)
- Latin (3 or 4, in progress)
(The numbers represent the grades I consider myself in, for each of them. It's a subjective evaluation, not a factual one.)
Languages I would like to learn:
(in that order, for now)
- Italian
- German
- Welsh
- (ancient) Greek¹
- Czech
- Romanian
- Turkish
- Chinese
¹I might try to squeeze Greek after Italian or German.
I imagine that for languages like German, Welsh, Czech, it will take me from 4 to 5 years to get somewhere. Chinese will probably demand a longer time of me. Italian and possibly Romanian will take me less time, from 3 to 4 years... As for Turkish, I have no idea...
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There are a few polyglots in this forum, I believe...
Let us know! Give us your lists, and stories. (What were the first ones, what methods you use, at which point you considered or decided or realized you were a polyglot, or don't you care about that?)
I'm not a polyglot. I have a list of languages I would like to learn, but I'm not quite on my way. However, I'm pretty excited with what that goldlist method may do to my Latin, so, if it does work (which will happen, I confidently believe), I will apply it to other languages (list below). Not that I'm a fan of the method. I guess each person will have their own ways, and find the methods that fit them best. That one kind of works with me for the simple reason that it makes me commit. I've never had so frequent systematic touch with Latin since whatever course I may have had. I have acquired books, et cetera, often do, whenever I find new ones, but none of them made me commit, though I tried with one or the other. Also I had students, and believed that teaching I would get better, but it isn't necessarily the case, specially because the students I had needed very elementary Latin, and it wasn't so much challenging. (...)
If I get rid of studying Latin intensely for having noted enough progress with that method, I intend to go on reading Latin, but I intend to use the method with other languages, one at a time, of course. I believe some will go faster than others, but here's the list of languages I would like to learn. (I will have to study their grammars too, this is why I believe it will take longer than Latin for me to work, because I will have to make both grammar studies and vocabulary.)
Languages I speak:
- Portuguese (10)
- English (8)
- French (6, intermediate level, and enough for me--for now at least)
- Latin (3 or 4, in progress)
(The numbers represent the grades I consider myself in, for each of them. It's a subjective evaluation, not a factual one.)
Languages I would like to learn:
(in that order, for now)
- Italian
- German
- Welsh
- (ancient) Greek¹
- Czech
- Romanian
- Turkish
- Chinese
¹I might try to squeeze Greek after Italian or German.
I imagine that for languages like German, Welsh, Czech, it will take me from 4 to 5 years to get somewhere. Chinese will probably demand a longer time of me. Italian and possibly Romanian will take me less time, from 3 to 4 years... As for Turkish, I have no idea...
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There are a few polyglots in this forum, I believe...
Let us know! Give us your lists, and stories. (What were the first ones, what methods you use, at which point you considered or decided or realized you were a polyglot, or don't you care about that?)