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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:30 PM
Hyperpolyglots usually recommend to not study more than one language at the same time, unless they are completely unrelated (e.g. Spanish & Swahili). Even that is subject to discussion. However, they often say that when you reach level B2 of a language, you start working xxxx the subtleties of the grammar of that language so the work on it is different than just learning the basics. At that time you can add another language as a beginner.
Apr 19, 2014 - 06:51 PM
If you're going to study two similar subjects (for example, Spanish and German, or calculus and statistics), you'll have an easier time if you can separate them somewhat. Stagger the difficulty so you're studying different topics each week, practice on different days or different times of day, use different study aids, that sort of thing. I believe Fluenz German is taught by a different tutor from either of their Spanish courses, so that'll help. The idea is to give your brain a chance to package and store one lesson before starting the other.
Apr 20, 2014 - 04:24 AM
Thanks for the advice. I thought Spanish and German were different enough to fall into this category. I actually found more in common between Russian and Spanish than German and Spanish. I will agree with reaching the B2 Level and actually really starting to work hard because I've found myself actually reviewing a lot to perfect what I do know while slowly learning new things. I've actually had full 30 to 45 minute conversations in both langauges. I'm better at German, but only because I live here and speak it on a regular basis. I just hate to see where my Spanish is at this time. I spent so much more time on Spanish and I feel its been wasted.