Hey! Do u have any tips on picking a language and sticking with it? It’s so hard for me and idk how to choose or stick with it bc executive dysfunction is :( blah.. and do u have any tips on learning multiple languages at a time? Do u suggest leading 2+ at once?
OK SO I also have executive dysfunction, because I have ADD, which obviously makes learning things Very Difficult(tm) BUT the way I chose, was by picking which language means the most to me. For example, for a while I really wanted to learn Swedish, but in the end, I decided Swedish wasn’t actually something I could see myself using someday in real life. I also don’t consume a lot of Swedish media, so learning Swedish would be mostly useless to me.
I don’t really have any tips for learning two languages at once, even though I am technically doing that. I think it helps that Indonesian and Japanese aren’t TOO similar to each other. That way, I don’t really mix them up when I learn new words, cause they often are very obvious to tell which word belongs to which. For example, I would never mistake the word “merah” for a Japanese word, since it just doesn’t follow the same structure as Japanese words.
I don’t suggest learning 2+ at once. I was learning Japanese before I was learning Indonesian, and they’re both very fun to learn, but I think it’s much easier to focus on a language when you are only learning one at a time. Especially if you’re like me, and have problems with managing your time. For people with learning disorders like myself, you’ll probably feel too overwhelmed by overloading yourself with two languages and may just give up on learning them altogether.
Alternatively, if you have gotten very far along in your studies and are very good at speaking one of those languages, then I think it would be fine to pick up another language if you wanted to.