“How to learn 30 languages”

“How to learn 30 languages” May 29, 2015

 

The rebuilt Reichstag Building
The German Reichstag in Berlin
Photo by Jürgen Matern, Wikimedia Commons
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There’s a great deal in this article that strikes me as absolutely true and insightful:

 

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150528-how-to-learn-30-languages

 

I don’t profess to be a hyperglot, but I’ve noticed that my personality does indeed change a bit when, for example, I’m speaking German or Arabic.  I can’t become fully Arab.  That would be a bridge too far for me under the best of circumstances, and, anyway, by reason of appearance alone, I could never pass for an Arab.  But I can sometimes become a native German-speaker, and that’s a curious experience for somebody from southern California.

 

Posted from Berlin, Germany

 

 


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