My son takes Spanish. He has private tutor. We teach him Chinese by ourselves. His Chinese level is above average among ABCs. His English level is above average among ABAs,not nearly as good as some of the ABCs here on this board. LoL.
是滴,我以前有个同学是罗马尼亚人 英语,罗马尼亚语,法语,德语,俄语,西班牙语,意大利语 其中前俩肯定是听说读写都可以的 后面的几个,有的是听说读写都可以 有的是会读,有的是可以听说做基本的交流 我说很佩服他,他耸耸肩说,they are all the same... 其实就是一个语系的,词源和语法结构都是差不多的 照他的说法,一旦学了两种,后面的都非常快,甚至有些连猜带懵就能读懂或者听懂些了 说和写就比较困难 即使是学第二西语,也比学亚洲语系的语言要容易得多 然后说他曾经试图学日语,it's a totally different story 说太难了最后放弃了,然后说中文他压根就没有勇气去尝试
god help us.......with more and more diversity, pretty soon, we will be all learning 4-5 different languages, let along having time to learn the real knowledge in other fields.