{"id":1017,"date":"2013-04-26T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:47:52","slug":"the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2013\/04\/26\/the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-language-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Roller Coaster of Language Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve just decided to learn a language, and You. Are. Pumped. We’re excited for you, but we also feel the need to warn you, learning a language can be a bit of an emotional roller coaster…<\/p>\n

Stage 1: SO! EXCITED!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re going to learn Spanish and impress your boss. You\u2019re going to learn Arabic so you can finally speak to your husband\u2019s family. You\u2019re going to laugh along when the ladies at the nail salon make fun of you in Chinese, because the joke will finally be on them, right? Yes, you\u2019re super excited right now, it\u2019s all going to be SO MUCH FUN.<\/p>\n

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Stage 2: Very Confident<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve picked up some study materials, enrolled in a class, harassed every Brazilian-looking person in a 12 block radius to practice the 10 words you know in Portuguese. It\u2019s new, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s exciting! You\u2019re going to be fluent in no time!<\/p>\n

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Stage 3: Moderately Less Confident But Still Determined<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hmm\u2026 you\u2019ve made it past the first lesson, and all of the pleasantries are over. No more \u201cBonjour!\u201d, a lot more \u2013er, \u2013ir, and \u2013re verb conjugations. You feel so close to understanding all these new concepts, but you just keep getting STUCK.<\/p>\n

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Stage 4: Struggling<\/strong><\/p>\n

What IS that letter? Am I saying this right?\u00a0Okay so speaking this is a little more difficult than expected. You may or may not have hocked a loogie on your cat while trying to roll your R\u2019s, but he\u2019ll get over it.<\/p>\n

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Stage 5: Paralyzing Self-doubt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well now it\u2019s just ridiculous!!! You know a few hundred words and you can ask for “more bread, please”, so you don\u2019t really need to know anything else anyway, right? Subjunctive mood? Genitive case? Ain\u2019t nobody got time for that.<\/p>\n

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Stage 6: Regret<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wait, what was the word for \u201cbread\u201d?\u00a0\u2026I shouldn\u2019t have quit learning, languages are awesome. What was I thinking?<\/p>\n

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Stage 7: Renewed Determination<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jump back to Stage 1\u2014remember how TOTALLY FUN AND INTERESTING this language is!? Remember that you want tell your mother-in-law that you don\u2019t actually like her cooking\u2026 in GERMAN!? That\u2019s right, get motivated again.\u00a0Find some new resources to make things fun. Watch funny Youtube videos in Italian. Read the Harry Potter novels translated into Dutch\u2014they were written for a 14 year old? You don\u2019t care, nothing can stop you now!<\/p>\n

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Stage 8: VICTORY!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You just had a conversation in another language\u2026 and they understood!\u00a0That\u2019s right, your Thai food order came out right, and It. Was. Delicious. Then of course you tried to ask the waiter for the check, and accidentally asked for his phone number. But, whatever. You\u2019re conquering a new language, and it\u2019s awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You\u2019ve just decided to learn a language, and You. Are. Pumped. We’re excited for you, but we also feel the need to warn you, learning a language can be a bit of an emotional roller coaster… Stage 1: SO! EXCITED! You\u2019re going to learn Spanish and impress your boss. You\u2019re going to learn Arabic so…<\/p>\n

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