My first language is Spanish, but I’ve come around to realizing it is my “heritage language” more so than my “native language” seeing as I spoke it growing up, but I never did my studies in Spanish. So currently I’ve been taking some Spanish lessons to bring my Spanish up to par with my English (which I guess is technically my native language).
I also learned Japanese growing up to the point of doing my study abroad in Japan in high school. However, I did not practice it again until about a year ago (I’m 30). I’ve been practicing and becoming more immersed in learning. I’m aiming at the JLPT3 by the end of this year. Not sure if I can reach it but I’ll definitely be able to get JLPT4 at least (I might actually be very close to it already if not already there). I’m taking lessons with a native Japanese and it mostly seems I’m polishing the edges more so than learning brand new grammar/kanji. Vocabulary is probably what I mostly lack if I’m honest.
I began taking French a couple of months ago thinking, it’s similar enough to Spanish that it wont be an issue. I’ve definitely still a beginner in French, but I can definitely get basic communication in French now. I at least don’t think I’d be completely lost when I visit France (she said naively lol).
So here comes the gist of the post. Am I moving too fast? I do believe under my circumstances it’s ok that I’m taking language lessons for 3 different languages at the same time. My main focus is definitely Japanese (I want to reach JLPT1). But I also have other languages lined up I want to learn. I want to learn Chinese, Korean, Arabic, German, and Russian. I started doing the Chinese course on Duolingo recently to just get introduced to the language, but should I hold off on it? At what point am I ready to add a new language to the mix? French and Japanese are different enough - and I know Japanese well enough - that I don’t get them mixed, but when to add a new language to the mix under my circumstances?
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