How do you avoid forgetting a language?

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Ah, the labyrinthine dance of languages! As polyglots, we juggle tongues like circus performers, but how do we keep them all from tumbling into oblivion? For those of us navigating Portuguese and English with ease, yet feeling the grip of forgetfulness around French and Italian, the key lies in consistent engagement. What if you dived into immersive experiences, like films or podcasts in your target languages? Or perhaps, daily journaling could bridge the gap. Share your tricks, fellow language lovers!

Question for the polyglots out there. How do you avoid forgetting a language?

I speak Portuguese (N) and English (C2) and find it pretty easy to navigate through these two languages. I also speak some French (B1) and have been living in Italy for the past 6 months, which puts me in daily contact with the Italian language (became roughly A2-B1). I have no one to practice French with and I feel like I have been forgetting it. I intend to eventually move to another country and I wouldn’t like to forget Italian as well.

What is your tip to not completely forget a language even though I have no one to practice with? Also, how can you do that without mixing languages up? (Sometimes when I try to speak French I notice I end up mixing it with Italian, or when I try to remember sentences in Russian I end up saying them in German, two other languages that I’ve attempted learning before).

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