Learning 6 Languages at the Same Time: My Experiment

Hello everyone let me introduce myself. My name is Darko and I'm 35 years old desperate polyglot from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have been trying to learn second foregin language for years now. I have passed C2 English exam in May 2023 and now I would like to focus on other languages. Short history with langauges I'm going to learn: 

    - Russian, I started learning 10 years ago, but I never managed to pass it beyond the basics

    - Italian, I finished A1 level in 2015 and never had a chance to practise it 

    - Spanish I understand well because I grew up on Spanish-speaking TV shows when I was a kid. This will be the easier part of the blog

    - Czech I studied at the university 10 years ago, but I forgot it. My native language is Serbian, so I'm speaking some Slavic Esperanto as a mixture of Russian, Czech, and Serbian. Would be interesting to see how I separate those languages.

    - German, I had it for 7 years in school, but I was never able to understand it. We shall see how it goes with this new method that I'm using

    - French sounds really hard, and the reason why I will study this language is that I got a free copy of a French textbook.

The reason why I'm doing 6 languages at the same time is the fact that I did them all before, and I never saw someone try it. The plan is to upgrade this blog into a YouTube channel where I will talk about strategies and plans how to learn a language. 

The method that I will be using is Assimil with ease series for all languages. Maximum one short lesson per day for 5 languages. I will do Assimil Using series next for French, Spanish, and German. Italian and Russian, I will move to audiobooks when I finish the With Ease series. For Czech, I was not able to find an Assimil course, so I will be usingthe  Czech step-by-step book. It goes up to B1, which is more than enough.

Later on, I will move to talking with native speakers who want to practise Serbian or English. The goal is to have a nice conversation with them. Nothing too complicated. 

Why Desperate Polyglot? As I said, I started numerous times and failed. Also, I'm in desperate need of time and money. The reason I'm learning 6 languages is that I have a very short, yet very good, focus. I think I will be able to focus on a short lesson, such as Assimil.