Timeline for Learning German helpful for any other language learning? [closed]
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| Aug 7, 2014 at 1:08 | comment | added | Hulk | I'm afraid it would still be hard to give a complete and definitive answer to that question. Anything thats more useful than "Yes, it will help you to learn other European languages, especially those of neighbouring countries" would require carefull comparison of similarities and differences to each of them to avoid being primarily opinion based. Also, how much it helps depends on what you already know - if your native language is Chinese, things will be different than if it is Dutch or English. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 0:57 | history | edited | Hulk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:12 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:56 | comment | added | Tom Au | I have clarified the question and wonder if it can be reopened in its current form. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:55 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 12, 2012 at 14:45 | comment | added | Tara B | I know this has been closed, and I agree that it probably is off topic. But I just want to say that I disagree with the approach most people are taking in their answers: I think that learning ANY language helps in learning ANY other language, because you learn more about languages by learning a language different from your own. I know the question says 'directly helps', but I think that is a direct help. | |
| Sep 12, 2012 at 12:23 | history | closed |
Baz Em1 RegDwight |
not constructive | |
| Sep 12, 2012 at 10:58 | answer | added | Yves | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 21:21 | answer | added | ExpectoPatronum | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 13:05 | answer | added | Joqus | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 12:34 | comment | added | I'm with Monica | @Em1: In my opinion this question is constructive, it is just off topic. But you and elena basically answered it. | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 9:08 | comment | added | elena | This would also depend on what your native language is. Are you already familiar with cases and grammatical gender? If you aren't, learning German will teach you these concepts and you will be able to use that knowledge when you learn another language that has these concepts. | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 8:43 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 11, 2012 at 7:02 | comment | added | Em1 | I'm not quite sure right now, if I'll vote for close, because not constructive. However, here's my opinion: I think not. I could imagine it might be easier to learn a second Romance language if you already speak another one. But I doubt that German will help you learning those languages. On the contrary, if you speak German well, it will be easier learning Dutch and English but at the very least you already know one of them ;) | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 3:01 | history | asked | shambo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |