How to Learn 11+ Languages!
Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by kheudorfer in Language Learning
A newly published book, “The Gift of Tongues,” explores hyperpolyglots–people who learn 11+ languages; (an interesting review of the book is found here).
It turns out that many hyperpolyglots rely on good ol’ flashcards to develop these skills: “At the end of his story, however, he finds a surprise in Mezzofanti’s archive: flashcards. Stacks of them, in Georgian, Hungarian, Arabic, Algonquin and nine other tongues. The world’s most celebrated hyperpolyglot relied on the same tools given to first-year language-learners today.” No wonder people love our declarative method!
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This sounds wonderful! I speak five languages (three romance and two germanic), and I cannot imagine speaking eleven languages!
If the languages weren’t all similar though, I might be able to do it, it would take decades probably though to perfect eleven languages – and then to maintain those skills.