Whether I'll be able to study something like Arabic when I'm 40 and teaching full-time I aspire to be a PhD in either English or comp lit, my main concern being The time I leave, and the ability to start a third language (German?) before grad My current college plan will allow me good proficiency in Greek and Latin by Taking an intensive Greek class currently. Some background about myself I am a college sophomore, linguistics and English major, Again, I don't expect fluency, just a basic Lifetime plan, and hopefully later in my life I can tackle languages like Japanese,Ĭhinese, Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit etc. After an initial rigorous grammar study, I wouldĭevelop my skills in these languages mostly by reading and grammar review. To cover a good deal of the major European tongues (French, German, Italian, Russian,
Learning would proceed from essential literary tongues like Greek and Latin, and then It's literature, starting with the easiest texts and working my way up. With the target language I can develop my understanding of the language through reading
I realize language learning is never really "finished", so my hope is that Linguistics approach, and develop enough vocab to deal with the most basic texts of the I will approach target languages with a combination grammar cramming and historical I realize this is no simple task, so I'm wondering how possible the I want to learn a good deal of languages so that I can access their would be a bonus, acquired at a much later date. Some background: My interest in language learning is purely literary.
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