LEARNING A LANGUAGE WITHOUT FORGETTING ANOTHER

In learning a second language, our aim should be to attain the highest possible level of proficiency. We should cultivate all five skills: speaking, listening, pronunciation, reading, and writing. Our aspirations should be limitless. Yet we often take our mother tongue for granted, assuming we command it fully when in fact we may not. At times, we even strive so earnestly to master a new language that we begin to neglect our first means of communication. True bilingualism means handling both languages at an equal level. I invite you to read my article on this subject in VivaFifty.