How many hours a day do you spend on your target language?
How many hours a day do you spend on your target language?
I usually spend 1-2 hours. Any more than that and I get too tired. At my pace it takes about a year and a half to 2 years to get to where I can read and listen. But I reckon it could be cut down if I was spending more time a day.
I heard that training diplomats spend 8 hours a day on the language they're learning: a full time job. Imagine that. I'd be completely exhausted and my brain would be buzzing by the end. You reckon you could do that?
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Yeah, I feel you. I've taken a similar approach with about 1.5h per day, but having a variety of activities to do each day. I usually do flashcards, writing a (quite) short text (see my post history) and if I still feel like it, watch some TV-shows, play games or read something. This way I can keep it relatively fresh and engaging.
Btw, what languages are you guys learning? (Is "guys" a gender-neutral pronoun yet? If not, what would you recommend?)
I'm learning Spanish, Swedish and German. I'll probably learn all the major European languages at some point.
Oh, very cool. I'm actually a native German speaker, so if you ever have a question, I'd be happy to help / correct your writing.
Thanks a lot for the offer :D
I'm actually coming to Germany for a masters in March. So my focus is definitely gonna be on that. My German is still very weak. Maybe because I kept getting distracted with Spanish where I'm much closer to fluency :P
I'll need to focus squarely on German for everyday life even though the masters is in English.
That sounds like a lot of fun and good learning opportunities :)
All the best with your further studies.