Sudden language amnesia, all multilinguals know it, right? While we can name all tools in a toolbox in French, although that is not even our native language, we cannot say “milk” in English when we have to switch quickly to this language. As we learnt in the first and second article of this series, whenever […]
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We learnt in the first article of this series that our languages like to take a break from us when we don’t use them as often. Thus it takes longer to get them to come back when we suddenly need them and this leads to stammering and forgetting usual words. Whenever it happens, it is
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Quick check What: Vacation With whom: Our partner or with a friend Where: Our home country Why: … It’s complicated, next question. How: ☻ strict time planning – forget it ☻ watch the language – daily reminder ☻ emotional level – different it is! Can you already feel the smell of vacation in the air?
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