<p>Has anyone attempted this? I'd say I'm fairly good at keeping up with the work as long as I'm diligent. I plan to take Korean and Latin together. Any feedback or advice would be great. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I’m taking French and German together, and I haven’t had any problems. It’s easier when the two languages aren’t in the same language family, so Latin and Korean shouldn’t be a problem either.</p>
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<p>I’m doing it next semester with Russian and Spanish. Since the languages are completely different, I think I will be fine. Like saman42 said, as long as the languages aren’t too similar you should be okay.</p>
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<p>Many years ago I did Russian 3 and Latin 1 together in back-to-back class periods. I was fine.</p>
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<p>my friend took french and german together. but latin, isn’t that a dead language?</p>
<p>That’s all good to know! Thanks for everyone’s inputs and thoughts…glad I’m not the only one doing this.</p>
<p>@summerchica,</p>
<p>I don’t intend on speaking it, but I’m interested in studying Classics.</p>
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<p>I’m just wondering, why is it easier to study two languages of different families? If you study Latin and Spanish, wouldn’t the similarities make it easier?</p>
<p>Latin may be unspoken, but it IS interesting to learn.</p>
<p>Studying two similar languages makes mixing them up very easy. I can’t tell you how often I’m writing a composition for Spanish and can only think of the French word, or how often I mix up conjugations of tener.</p>
<p>That said, though, I personally still prefer studying two similar languages and forging comparisons to studying two more different languages (Fr and German) and feeling in the dark.</p>
<p>That can also happen with different language families, though- I studied Hebrew and Spanish together and as my background in Hebrew was better than in Spanish, I ALWAYS mixed them up: picture “yo soy ayeifah” (I am tired- Spanish then Hebrew).
If you’ve got a good head for languages, though (which I don’t) it can definitely be done. I have friends who never mixed it up and did awesomely.</p>
<p>I think it would help if you started 1 language first, so that you’re already somewhat comfortable in one of the languages you’re studying. As an undergrad, I majored in Spanish and double-minored in Scandinavian Studies & library science, so I was typically taking classes in 2 & sometimes 3 languages each semester. Spanish & Norwegian were different enough that I didn’t usually get the two confused. However, I had taken a year of Danish in HS, then 2 years of Norwegian in college, followed by 1 1/2 years of Swedish. I had to be really careful about not mixing the Norwegian, Swedish & Danish together in homework assignments, but it didn’t matter nearly so much during “spring term study abroad” in Scandinavia. When conversing with locals, I’d fill in with words & even grammar from the other 2 Scandinavian languages, and was usually taken for a foreigner - from one of the other Scandinavian countries (not from the USA)! ;)</p>
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<p>I’m interested in learning two languages too and this thread as been quite helpful.</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure how it would work in college but I’m hopeful now after reading this. The two languages I’m planning on learning aren’t related to each other so maybe that will help.</p>
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<p>I’m interested in taking both Japanese and Chinese in college. Is this a good idea as I will have an easier time with the kanji/hanzi, or is there a danger in mixing both languages up?</p>
<p>^Personally as someone who is multilingual, I think it varies from person to person and how strong you are in languages. Unless you have a strong foundation in one language, I think you should stick to one and try to master it first. But if you really think your up for the challenge go for it!^</p>
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<p>My brother has also attempted two languages french and german in a sem. He some times explains it as the challenge and fun at the same time.</p>