Be Polylingual

Well, all goals must be “SMART”, so I figured I’d define “polylingual” for myself. Poly- means “many, several, much”, and that’s a little un-specific and un-measurable, so I’ll define it for myself as four or more non-English languages (English shouldn’t count, I think). I currently know a little French, a little Italian, so it makes sense to flesh those out to be my first two. My husband is from Alaska and is always talking about how beautiful a language Russian is, so that shall be my third. And Arabic shall be my fourth. I would also like to study the differences between American, British, and Australian/New Zealand English, and I’ve met people that distinguished those as separate languages, but I’m not sure I’d be able to.
So then we need a time limit and a way to measure when I’ve achieved it. I think 5 years is a good time limit. That’s one language per year, which sounds pretty ambitious, but I learn languages pretty quickly, and there are programs that can teach you in 6 weeks. I define success in learning a language as being nearly- or native-fluent in it. I’ll have to find some way to test and/or get certification (both to have a way to tell myself and the world that I know this language).