Learning 2 Languages At The Same Time? 5 Examples From A Polyglot

heeeellloooo!! i know that many people experience problems deciding between 2 languages, so they start learning them simultaneously. in this video I told whether I find this a good idea or not, giving examples of my personal experiences.

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iclal (иджлаль)
18 years old
living in istanbul, turkey
languages: turkish, french, english, italian, spanish, german, russian, dutch, arabic

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0:00 intro
0:42 english + second language
1:59 fluent + from zero
2:59 learning 2 similar languages
4:56 learning 2 different languages
9:16 intermediate + from zero (similar languages)
11:02 outro

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[Charlotte-tiyk]

I’m a Native English speaker, B2 in Swedish, and have just started learning Turkish. I’ve been studying it for about six weeks now.
I study both languages every day. I’m actually finding that learning Turkish has reinvigorated my Swedish and I seem to be more efficient in picking up things in Swedish than I was before.
The brain is fascinating!

[ahmadalshaghel]

I advised my students at the university to follow you, you will be an inspiration to many people who want to learn foreign languages.

[dancastro]

English b1, espanhol b1, french b1 italian b1, Korean A2, japanese A2, chinese zero, germany zero, and hebrew zero

[swxldblob]

Hey iclal, nice video as always, could you maybe do a video about turkish and about your tips as a native speaker for those who are interested in learning this beautiful language? That would be really nice 😀👍

[alamut]

Being a native Russian speaker who is trying to learn Turkish I can say that Turkish is not a piece of cake at all ;) I already speak English, German, Spanish and French and it wasn't that hard due to the same syntax logic. But Turkish is a different story. My languge goal for 2023 is getting C1 in French and A1-A2 in Turkish. Afterwards I will be focusing only on oriental languges:Turkish, Persian and Arabic because I am done with european languages xD It would be wonderful if you could get someone in your video who has learnt/is still learning Turkish and can give us some tips as a foreigner learning Turkish ;)

Кстати, так как ты еще знаешь арабский, может быть ты сделаешь видео про изучение этого языка в будущем? Будет классно!

[polyglotsjourney]

You can learn more languages at the same time if you have enough time to dedicate to the process. No limit for that. Just as you mentioned a bit, it is important not to learn two similar languages at the same time (from scratch). I had this situation with Italian and French a long time ago and it is very difficult, because you start mixing them and even "inventing" you own words in the language that is at the lower level I would say. Thanks for the video though. It was really great: 😊

[williaminenglish]

So I'm william and i live in Brazil I'm 21 years old and I've been learning English since 2016 and I can tell that I can understand everything in English I'm always facing new vocabs I had read a bunch of books in English but my weakness is speaking due to the fact that I have nobody to practice my abilities to speak but even this I always try to do something about it, I tried to speak in front of the mirror, with my kittens but the thing that enhance my speech was recording my voice in English I did this for 640 days for 10 minutes it's was fun, easy and hard the same time, and after all this I have the gut to recording a video in English then I upload on the Youtube and now it's my hobbie and I hope I can go to the US to speak in English there, and I met a lot of people online I use my English to comunicate with them, I'm always learning new thing. It's so fun making videos in English, in the beginning I was shy but I had to wait a little more to get used to speak naturally, you just have to put in mind that you can do it because it turns out that it's so true!!!

[badesbl]

kanalini uzun bir suredir takip ediyorum, bugun yeniden soyle bi gezinmistim kanalinda. uzerine boyle bir videonun gelmesi cok iyi oldu. tahmin edemeyecegin kadar kisiye ilham oluyorsun, emeklerin icin tesekkur ederim. kendine dikkat et💗

[akashmalajpure]

"Kötünün iyisi" ilk defa duydum ama kesinlikle katılıyorum. Bence iki dil aynı zamanda öğrenmek için verdiğiniz fedakarlık ve çaba değer çünkü sonrasında oluşturan imkanlar hayatınızaa yeni bir anlamı veriyor. Ve bu çok güzel bir şey. Helal olsun, size çok tebrikler ve başarılar diliyorum.

[sd]

English C1-C2, Modern Greek (native), Classical Greek B2, Latin A2-B1, Spanish B2, Chinese A1, French A1-A2, German A1, Italian A1.

[WhitRose]

Hi Iclal, thanks for your insights. I decided to learn two languages at once this year (Russian and Italian) while maintaining my other two languages (French and Spanish). I find it a difficult balancing act. As much as I want to learn Russian and find it a beautiful language, I make progress so much faster in Italian and more fun to study rather than feeling like study. Of course this makes sense as it is my third romance language whereas Russian is my first non-romance/slavic language so it is a harder jump. Also I wanted to say your English is excellent but I hope you do not mind me pointing something out to you I have noticed. In your last few videos it seems you always pronounce the word "video" with a "w" sound instead of a "v" sound which is very noticeable to a native speaker. I have heard this is a common thing for German speakers actually. They are aware they often pronounce a "w" as a "v" in English and then they over-correct by pronouncing even "v" words with a "w" sound. But anyway just a little thing, hope this helps!

[khalilahd.]

I’m currently learning Japanese but I want to start Korean the second half of these year just because this is my first time learning a new language. Maybe once I’m done with these two I’ll be experienced enough to learn two languages at once 😅

[humeiraspriowps]

Merhaba iclal! Yaptığın icerikleri cok beğeniyorum ve bazen birden fazla kez izlemeye ihtiyaç duyuyorum. Özellikle Almanca videoların benim icin biraz daha önemli. Bu yüzden senden ufak bir ricam var. Aradığımız dildeki videoları bir oynatma listesine dönüştürürsen çok mutlu olurum! Başarılar dilerim!

[obylsov]

I started to learn GERMAN! I feel sooo happpy bc unfortunutely, when I decided to start learning german I moved to francophone country so my german plans have been canceled but now, after 1 year, I am b1 in french and i'll continue for both languages. you 're my soruce of motivation. tysm for all your supports <33

[Someone-xons]

Can you please make a video on how you improved your English accent? This year I want to focus on my accent and this would help a lot. ♡

[ulfimzp]

Currently, im trying to learn Greek and Russian at the same time, i also wanna improve my English skills. You're inspiring me to learn more languages!!!!

[sebnemoz]

I`m improving my English ( intermediate level ) and learning Russian (started from begginer level, but my second mother language is Bulgarian and it's not that difficult for me ) wish you all the best ❤


P.S Your Russian is perfect and thanks for recommendations 🙏

[vforvalorant]

This is an old video, but I wanted to share that my German was at a very comfortable C1 when I started learning Korean, and I'm having no problems picking up Korean and it isn't interfering at all with my German - in fact it's given me more energy and motivation for German, in part since I know I can't just be lazy anf immerse because my time is limited if I want to also include Korean.

I think I want to keep up this pattern, speedrunning acquisition in one language until I'm at öeast C1 in comprehension (I find output takes more time and directed effort) before I start learning a new language. It feels to me like I could not touch German for a year and it would all still be there for me when I came back, if I just watched a few videos.

[dalheeim]

Thanks for the video Iclal :) Actually I think you speak German in a really beautiful way, it gust suits you super nicely! I'm sure there won't be any problem even after spending time learning Dutch :) Good luck 😊

[bzylarisa]

Very very very nice video. I myself study multiple languages at the same time, but it really depends on every point she mentioned. It is possible, even beneficial sometimes, but it's necessary to be cautious in some cases. I wouldn't recommend it to a person who has never studied language before and wants to start, though. Other than that, consider what she had explained, and go ahead! Happy learning!