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IF multilingualism is indeed one of the “great achievements of the human mind,” as Vildomec (1963, p. 240) asserts, it is regrettable that few linguists have studied polyglots and what it is they know about language learning. For their part, polyglots have not provided us with much information either; in the 20th century, texts by polyglots on language learning, in particular texts that relate how they actually learned their languages, are rare.
One text that relates personal language-learning experience is Dr. Kató Lomb’s Polyglot: How I Learn Languages (2008; Hungarian: Így tanulok nyelveket [1995, 4th ed.]). A collection of anecdotes and reflections on languages and language learning, it belongs to a select group of similar texts by polyglot linguists such as Bloomfield (Outline Guide for the Practical Study of Foreign Languages, 1942), Pei (How to Learn Languages and What Languages to Learn, 1973), Pimsleur (How to Learn a Foreign Language, 1980), and Stevick (Success with Foreign Languages, 1989). The text is further distinguished by the fact that it is the document of a learner who acquired most of her languages (16 in all) as an adult. But the most remarkable aspect of Polyglot: How I Learn Languages may be that few other books relate as authentically the experience of learning and using a foreign language in the real world.