Hello Rena, apart from English which is my mother tongue, I speak and learn Spanish (Advanced level C1) , French, (High intermediate) B2) Italian and Brazilian Portuguese (both low intermediate B1) I found out last year that I am high-functioning autistic when I was diagnosed by a psychologist last year. It certainly helps if you have already reached quite an advanced level in at least one of these languages. It also makes It easier for you if the languages you are learning are all in the same language family. (Group) In my case, they are all Romance languages and I learnt French and some Spanish at secondary school. I seriously started learning Italian and Portuguese in my late 50's. I take (receive) lessons online in all these languages with native teachers. On Italki you can choose between community or professional teachers who are very goodand who are almost exclusively native teachers (with very few exceptions) Tips: 1) Choose different days and times to study each individual language. You might choose to learn French on Tuesdays, Italian on Wednesdays and Spanish on Fridays. This can help you to separate each language so that you do not become confused or mix up the languages. 2) Ideally allow your teacher to create an immersion experience for you during your class by only speaking that language during the lesson, unless you get really stuck and need to ask/explain something in your mother tongue. I have made more and better progress in my French by doing this than when I tried asking/ explaining things in Spanish, too. So I speak from experience here! 3. Find a language exchange partner who is also ideally a native speaker with whom you can regularly practise. 4. When you have built up enough vocabulary over time so that you can write some basic sentences in your new target language, try to translate a few sentences from your new language into your mother tongue with the help of your native teacher during your class. I hope this helps you. 😀

Hi Rena, Such a nice question you asked! As a teacher who is also learning new languages, I believe that the best thing to do is use your target language frequently, daily if possible. You can find international friends, language partners, teachers, etc. If possible, use that language in your job. Wish you luck!