Languages

Goal

Become quadrilingual: English, Icelandic, Spanish, French.

Current Languages

• English: native-level proficiency
• Icelandic: fluent

Languages In Progress

• Spanish: active acquisition (started December 2025)
• French: planned, will begin after ~2 years of Spanish foundation

Philosophy

Maximize leverage of evidence-based approaches for language acquisition. Key principles:

1. Passive recognition before production: focus on comprehension input in the early stages to increase compliance and reduce burnout. Production follows naturally once a critical mass of vocabulary and pattern recognition is established.
2. Spaced repetition for vocabulary: use Anki with frequency-ordered decks to efficiently build a working vocabulary foundation.
3. Comprehensible input: graded readers, tutoring, and eventually native content, calibrated to current level.
4. Staggered acquisition: establish a strong base in one language before adding the next, while maintaining the first through continued immersion and tutoring.