“Change your language and you change your thoughts.”
Karl Albrecht
Beerelli Seshi, M.D.
India’s National Education Policy/Debate
https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Draft_NEP_2019_EN_Revised.pdf
https://www.mhrd.gov.in/relevant-documents
http://www.asercentre.org/p/134.html?p=61
Hindi
http://www.chdpublication.mhrd.gov.in/english/index.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/hindi/guide/facts.shtml
Sanskrit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jones_(philologist)
http://www.samskritabharati.org/
Telugu
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Telugu-language
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45902204
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/urdu/guide/facts.shtml
General
https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India
https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/how-many-languages-are-there-world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
https://www.ethnologue.com/browse/names
Note Added in Proof
I wish to acknowledge that the following YouTube links have been identified just prior to the launch, at proof stage, of this project. I may have conducted countless Google searches using search terms like “multilanguaging”, “multilingual”, “plurilingual” etc. at various points of time during past 18 months since the initiation of this project in March 2019. Although it says that the videos were uploaded in June/July 2018, they never showed up in my searches before, nor do they show up now. I do not know how I even found them, but I did. Sub-searching one search output item might have led me to another and another. In any event, these delightful examples, I believe, strengthen the spirit of my argument advocated and developed here.
Multilanguaging at Small World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqZElAR12k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAi3b1fKINM
Considering the shortcomings of searching as outlined above, I wish to further add that every attempt has been made to search for and mention earlier relevant work related to multilanguaging. I apologize in advance if I have missed any – this is not deliberate, and I would be most grateful to know about such efforts so that the information on this webpage can be appropriately updated. My thanks in anticipation to all those who would be kind enough to provide such information.
Note Added Immediately after Publication of the Press Release
https://www.prdistribution.com/news/how-to-learn-five-languages-simultaneously.html
This Press Release, entitled “How to Learn Five Languages Simultaneously?” was published on March 22, 2021. As I queried the PR distribution report received involving Bing, I was both surprised and excited to know that there exists a plethora of prior attempts at simultaneous learning of multiple languages. A sample of them is listed as follows:
https://www.optilingo.com/blog/general/9-simple-strategies-learn-multiple-languages-simultaneously/
https://www.rypeapp.com/blog/12-killer-tips-for-learning-multiple-languages-at-once
https://learnanylanguage.fandom.com/wiki/How_to_learn_languages_simultaneously
https://polyglotclub.com/help/language-learning-tips/learn-several-languages-how
The common denominator of these prior attempts involves advice for developing good general habits (e.g. sheer motivation, passion, perseverance, discipline, etc.) as the principal requirement for learning multiple languages, which habits are needed for any learning for that matter. While I applaud these endeavors, I was unable to recognize any specific methodology being used in them. In contrast, the multi-language learning methodology used by my innovative program is unique, based on my search of the literature. It involves learning in structured formats, stand-alone, sentence-by-sentence, sentence-by-sentence in five languages (or in seven languages as the case may be) and word-by-word in five languages (or in seven languages as the case may be). These are specific learning tools. Together, they will allow the students to immediately discern the similarities and differences among multiple languages in terms of morphosyntax and etymology. Such a visually correlated system of teaching, I believe, is cognitively empowering and helps students learn to manage language interference or clash with ease and satisfaction. One of the primary objectives of my proposed program as stated on the website is “to promote teaching and learning multiple languages correlatively, simultaneously, effectively and enjoyably.”
