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my languages
Dec. 20th, 2005 09:49 amI do not speak any language "well enough" to be able to name:
* different parts of a car, different kinds of cars
* different kinds of clothing precisely (glossary of winter clothing is a great lesson in English for me)
* names of different vegetables that one might eat
I also lack the ability to make the following distinctions: frog vs. toad, aligator vs. crocodile
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with being a global nomad... I think it has more to do with being a geek.
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Third language acquisition
I believe that, in some ways, L3 acquisition must be closer to L1 acquisition than to L2 acquisition. After acquiring L1, most people's brains start becoming inflexible to new languages. After acquiring L2 fluency, one's brain becomes flexible again.
* different parts of a car, different kinds of cars
* different kinds of clothing precisely (glossary of winter clothing is a great lesson in English for me)
* names of different vegetables that one might eat
I also lack the ability to make the following distinctions: frog vs. toad, aligator vs. crocodile
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with being a global nomad... I think it has more to do with being a geek.
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Third language acquisition
I believe that, in some ways, L3 acquisition must be closer to L1 acquisition than to L2 acquisition. After acquiring L1, most people's brains start becoming inflexible to new languages. After acquiring L2 fluency, one's brain becomes flexible again.
