Is It Possible To Learn More Than One Language At A Time?

No! Anyone who has a deep interest in languages in general and has invested their time into really learning a language is going to want to move on to the next one before the first is truly learned (it can be an overwhelming impulse).

Curiosity is natural, but you need to decide whether you want to fully learn to become fluent in the first language or are just gathering a little knowledge of different languages here and there. You can even end up not being particularly proficient in any language by doing things this way.

Right at the beginning you will need to make the decision. You go for ONE language, and then you set your target. How many hours in each week can you dedicate to studying, and stick to them.

You can decide for yourself whether you want to become functionally fluent or simply to be able to hold a basic conversation. But focus on one language, take it to where you are happy, only then move to the next one.

Even if you are a pretty smart cookie, the language you study is fairly straightforward and you use the very best language program there is; to learn a new language requires a lot hard work and commitment over a long period of time. Even for a very easy language, you will probably need hundreds of hours of hard work to speak it correctly. Don't waste your time in studying a bit of this and a bit of that, thinking that in the end you might learn how to speak them all. You won't.

If your heart is set on learning a little bit of a few languages, then you need to find a method to optimise your learning potential.

Make yourself a promise once you have chosen your first new language, Spanish for example. Stick with it until you have reached your desired goal. There is no harm in buying a couple of grammar books for French and German, you can even do a couple of lessons for fun, but know in your own mind that it is only for fun until you have finished with the Spanish.

Don't get carried away and do an entire volume of German while you are only half way through the Spanish still!

So, as an overall view, learning more than one language at a time is not such a great idea.

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