Is it hard to take two foreign language courses at one time?

Question

I've taken Spanish I last year, but I really want to learn German, too.

So, my question is, would you find it extremely difficult to learn two languages at one time, or with some studying, could it be done?

How do you know? Have you done this?

Answer 1

my 12yr old son is learning French and German at the moment, and is thinking of taking Latin next year as well!

It can be done, but it depends if you enjoy languages, structure of sentences, grammar etc. The rules of language are similar (its learning the terminology), and if you have an aptitude for languages you'll be fine.

Learning languages as a beginner is hard as it is a steep learning curve where you need to learn alot of new vocab first before you can get to the interesting bit of manipulating it into sentences and conversations etc. You need to be willing to put in practice and revision, certainly in the first few months to get a good grounding - it will then get easier :)

Good luck!

Answer 2

I found it fairly easy. I took french and italian in high school with not much trouble. I will say that it takes some getting used to. I took french for so long, when I picked up italian, I often got them confused, but its easy to distinguish them now. I'd say it takes a couple months to get used to it. don't be worried, if you really want to do it, its definitely possible. good luck!