Thinking of taking a break from spanish to learn Swedish on LingQ

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Hi all. I’m quite new to LingQ and have been using it to learn Spanish. Having become interested in language learning in the last 6 months or so. I feel I am making good progress, considering the amount of time I have spent on this site…

I am still very much enjoying myself in learning Spanish but I wonder if I could divide my time between learning Spanish: a language I studied at school, having never become conversational to any extent… unless you consider memorising essays and speaking them to be conversational (SMH). And learning Swedish: A language I have absolutely no experience in, that has peaked my interest recently.

Reasons I am considering this:

  • I have read on the forums here and elsewhere about how language learners have found their capabilities improved after removing themselves from a language and coming back to it. This does make sense to me, being given a chance to rest and try something new for a short time

  • As mentioned I am interested in learning Swedish, the language fascinates me.

  • I have been learning Spanish for about 7 weeks now and have invested a large amount of time, every day into doing so. And feel I could take on the task.

Lemme know your thoughts…

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I wouldn’t do it–especially something you are “recently” interested in.

7 weeks is not a large amount of time. The “go away from a language, visit another, come back, and be better” happens because of the novelty/changing it up, AND, especially, because you have become a much better language learner. As you are a better language learner overall, you then get better at (whatever) language you encounter. Nothing’s wasted of course, but you’ll get more out of both languages if you move after reaching a certain level.

If I were you, I would decide which language you really want to learn, and to what level, and then go with that one.

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Well, I think that answers it. I’m looking to get to a proficient speaking level in Spanish, uncle speaks it, would be nice to be able to speak it along with him. By proficient, I mean to be able to understand and speak in conversations, not necessarily as well as I speak English, but as well as my uncle speaks Spanish.

I’ll tackle Swedish when I can follow a simple conversation to a degree.

thanks matey!

Edit: That is IF I still want to do it

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