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I learned two languages to an intermediate level. but that was over ten years ago. I am picking them back up again, however this time I want to be a little more careful about retention of those skills. I hate investing time for seemingly no reason especially to have to come back years later just to reinvent the wheel.

how many languages do you know and how do you go about keeping those skills sharp?

I learned two languages to an intermediate level. but that was over ten years ago. I am picking them back up again, however this time I want to be a little more careful about retention of those skills. I hate investing time for seemingly no reason especially to have to come back years later just to reinvent the wheel. how many languages do you know and how do you go about keeping those skills sharp?

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Native English and studied four others over a spectrum of methods and timeframes. Most fluent in Spanish though. Have studied Irish Gaelic, German, and Japanese. Methods have included years of school (including immersion classes), Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, and Pimsleur.

If you don't need to read/write then Pimsleur is superb.

I want to learn Russian and Lithuanian - the latter has one of the longest histories of any language!

I like learning languages because it demands discipline and keeps the mind flexible/growing - anti-aging...

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I did the first few lessons of Pimsleur Mandarin and thought it was kind of funny that it was basically about how to pick up a Chinese girl. I even still remember most of the phrases years later despite only using them once irl, so it's effective I give it that.