Polyglot studies in spring 2022

Kazakov, Grigory

doi:10.24833/2410-2423-2022-2-31-138-142

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“…Kazakov in the journal Voprosy Psikholingvistiki (Kazakov, 2013(Kazakov, , 2017(Kazakov, and 2018. Psikholingvistiki (Kazakov, 2013;Kazakov, 2017;Kazakov 2018).…”

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Waves of intensity in language learning: Polyglot Alan Bigulov’s project “10 Languages in 1000 days”

Nikulicheva

2022

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The study aims at identifying individual language learning strategies that allow a polyglot to effectively communicate with unfamiliar native speakers on spontaneous topics within a short learning period of 1000 days. The study was conducted from September 2018 up to June 2021 observing Alan Bigulov’s performance (the polyglot from Vladikavkaz, Russia) in the process of learning ten new, typologically different languages. The study theoretical framework was the psycholinguistic expert performance modeling – in this case, the psycholinguistic monitoring of a person, especially effective in the time management of language learning. Methodologically, the study focused on close monitoring of daily video recordings of Alan Bigulov's communication in the target language, weekly correspondence between the researcher's questions and the subject's answers, and respective linguistic analysis of the subject’s evaluative predicates during the whole 1000-day Project. The research main results have elicited the following patterns: consistent focus on one language; three-level model of a spiral entry into a communicative situation; the effectiveness of the super-intensive start; deliberate wave-like variation of classes intensity; the importance of flexible language classes algorithms aimed at avoiding routine and reaching a new intensity level.

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“…Kazakov in the journal Voprosy Psikholingvistiki (Kazakov, 2013(Kazakov, , 2017(Kazakov, and 2018. Psikholingvistiki (Kazakov, 2013;Kazakov, 2017;Kazakov 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Waves of intensity in language learning: Polyglot Alan Bigulov’s project “10 Languages in 1000 days”

Nikulicheva

2022

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Polyglot agenda over the years: data of round table discussions since 2013

Kulakov

2022

Linguistics & Polyglot Studies

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This paper is a review of organised discussions on polyglottery from 2013 to 2022. The starting point of the present study is the round table “Polyglottery and Education” that took place during the International Conference on Multilingual Proficiency: Language, Polyglossia and Polyglottery (New York, 2013). This event is notable for being the first academic discussion of polyglot issues, which brought together both established linguists and renowned polyglots. It also pre-signified the beginning of the modern period for polyglottery as a movement and a science, the latter being marked by the emergence of regular research publications on the subject. The main topics of the 2013 discussion are used as a reference point to compare with the agenda of subsequent polyglot round tables. The data for comparison is drawn from panel discussions held as part of the Polyglot Gatherings and Polyglot Conferences, on the one hand, and at academic symposiums, on the other, thus embracing both the first and third person perspectives (polyglots as the subject vs. the object of study). Presentation of data from the said events is followed by a conclusion about the dynamics of polyglot discussions over the years. The study shows that polyglottery has become a more frequent subject in scientific discourse. It also demonstrates that the topics addressed at the initial 2013 New York round table (such as defining a polyglot, efficient methods of language-learning, etc.) found their way into subsequent forums and are still relevant among polyglots today. At the same time, new issues have been added to the agenda (using internet platforms to learn languages, studying multiple languages simultaneously, raising multilingual children, etc.). This may reflect the stable and the changeable elements in the structure of interests in the polyglot community.

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Testing polyglot Alan Bigulov’s strategy for superintensive entry into conversational practice

Nikulicheva

2022

Linguistics & Polyglot Studies

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The article is devoted to reality-testing a unique language acquisition technique proposed by the polyglot Alan Bigulov. The novelty lies in super-intensive quick start, which allows a student to begin talking in a target language with native speakers (including speakers of different regional language variants) within seven to ten days on topics related to priority communicative tasks for that language learner. In this regard, the article raises the theoretical issue of priorities and intentions of a linguistic personality in the process of speech activity. The study of polyglottery is included in the ethnopsycholinguistic research agenda on bi-, poly-, and multilingualism. In the theoretical part of the article, the correlation of the phenomenon of polyglottery with multi- and multilingualism is considered. The practical research method consisted in daily monitoring the speech behaviour of a polyglot in the process of super intensive conversational practice in target languages, and then in applying the observed strategies during the author’s own Spanish initial super-intensive language sessions. Language practice sessions were recorded on video to be later analyzed in order to identify effective components of the methodology. Alan Bigulov’s method is based on a synthesis of polyglots’ communicative strategies described in books and articles by Dina Nikulicheva and on his own experiment of learning ten new languages during the project “10 languages in 1,000 days”. The key component of this super-intensive method is the use of Internet language platforms. This makes it possible to communicate each time with a new interlocutor, and to repeatedly practice vocabulary, grammatical structures and topics in new communicative situations. The fact that the student himself directs the process of communication, which involves the preparation of prioritized questions for discussion in language sessions during the days of the super-intensive practice, is an essential part of the new method. The experiment proved the fundamental possibility of using the super-intensive technique by ordinary students in order to quickly remove the language barrier and enter conversational practice already at the initial stage of language learning. Monitoring and analyzing the practice sessions allowed the author to identify the key components of the technique and its potential limitations.

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Polyglot studies in spring 2022

Cited by 5 publications

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Waves of intensity in language learning: Polyglot Alan Bigulov’s project “10 Languages in 1000 days”

Waves of intensity in language learning: Polyglot Alan Bigulov’s project “10 Languages in 1000 days”

Polyglot agenda over the years: data of round table discussions since 2013

Testing polyglot Alan Bigulov’s strategy for superintensive entry into conversational practice

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