Two Asian Languages at Once?
School hasn't even started yet but after a super relaxing summer, I'm a little freaked out. I signed up for Preadvanced Japanese and Beginning Mandarin. I think both are going to be really heavy. It seemed like a good idea at the time because I'm thinking of going to grad school for Japanese history and I've heard that languages are really important. If I don't try this now, where else am I going to learn? But now I'm thinking I might go crazy doing two tough languages at once along with two other classes. My Japanese isn't even that good. What business do I have learning Chinese on top of that?!
FWIW, I could drop one of the languages and still have a full credit load.
So my questions are, have any of you ever done Japanese and Chinese at the same time? Is it doable? Am I going to get the two languages horribly mixed up? What should I be careful of?
Will this really improve my chances of getting into grad school? What if I end up doing badly on both the languages? How will it look if I do one of my languages P/NP?
Am I nuts???
(cross-posted sparingly to asianstudies , linguaphiles , and historystudents)
FWIW, I could drop one of the languages and still have a full credit load.
So my questions are, have any of you ever done Japanese and Chinese at the same time? Is it doable? Am I going to get the two languages horribly mixed up? What should I be careful of?
Will this really improve my chances of getting into grad school? What if I end up doing badly on both the languages? How will it look if I do one of my languages P/NP?
Am I nuts???
(cross-posted sparingly to asianstudies , linguaphiles , and historystudents)