I moved here to America when I was five, and even then I spoke Russian fluently. But I forgot it all as the years have gone by. Now, I'm 16 and my family is buying Russian channels (including the news, children shows, etc.) Considering that TV practically owns my entire life, will I relearn Russian?
2006-11-24 09:58:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You havnt forgotten what you learned, its still there and it will soon surface once you start hearing Russian spoken on the TV...;
2006-11-24 10:09:07 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure. I'm a linguist, and I often read about situations like yours, but I don't know what is successful to help people relearn their native languages. I suspect that you probably will at least learn to understand Russian again if you watch TV in Russian.
(And I think it's fabulous that your family wants to help you with this. They sound great!)
2006-11-24 10:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious answer to this question is a big resounding yes!!!!! Go ahead and have a ball relearning your mother tongue. one thing you should understand is that the brain only forgets and has a mighty power when it comes to remembering. activate it and it will be like recovering lost files from a deleted hard disk.
Cheers!
2006-11-24 10:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by Elias N 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
English is my first language, yet after having left my community England for Budapest at age 14, I talk and picture in Hungarian lots greater advantageous than I do English. now and returned as quickly as I do talk English I slip and throw in some magyar.
2016-10-13 01:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will probably help. The language skill are there.
2006-11-24 10:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't hurt!
2006-11-24 10:01:24 · answer #6 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋