renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 41 of 63 30 January 2013 at 6:41pm | IP Logged |
Stefan wrote:
renaissancemedi wrote:
Ich heiße Penelope. Ich bin Griechin. Ich will die Deutsche Sprache zu meinem Vorteil
lernen. Ich lerne lesen und schreiben. Ich hoffe der Fortschritt bald tun.
If anyone would like to correct this, thank you in advance. |
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http://lang-8.com/ is great to get all of your texts corrected. |
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Thanks, I already know that site but I haven't used it. Thank you for reminding me!
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 42 of 63 30 January 2013 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
Dagane wrote:
I don't know if it's written correctly, but I can understand it perfectly without a dictionary. That means something, doesn't it? I guess Josqin or someone will correct you.
By the way, what do you mean by using the words you know 'creatively'? I guess you're talking about verbs with prefixes and the like, but I'm not sure. |
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I am still at the beginning of Michel Thomas, so I didn't mean prefixes. You learn several words, and suddenly he asks you to say a new sentence, combining what you already know, maybe adding a new word that he gives you as help. For me this is very useful because it sort of unlocks my brain, and makes me realize the potential combinations of words I already know. As much as I like Pimsleur, and I do, I like this aspect of the MT method as well. I feel a bit more involved and creative. Maybe it's an illusion, but it's a good one! :)
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Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4837 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 43 of 63 31 January 2013 at 11:38am | IP Logged |
Hi Penelope, good luck with your studies! I corrected your text for you. You can post your German texts here and I'll correct them when I read them. Have fun learning German! :)
renaissancemedi wrote:
Ich heiße Penelope. Ich bin Griechin. Ich will die deutsche Sprache zu meinem Vorteil lernen. Ich lerne lesen und schreiben. Ich hoffe, bald Fortschritte zu machen. |
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 44 of 63 31 January 2013 at 12:02pm | IP Logged |
Danke schön, Sie sind sehr höflich!
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 45 of 63 04 February 2013 at 10:27am | IP Logged |
I will not be updating this log for duration of the the 6 week challenge. Hopefully, by the end of it, I will be able to produce some sentences in German. The courses I use are assimil and MT. I stopped using anything else, because that slows me down in my effort to get a basic grasp of the language. I will follow these two courses, and after I complete them, then I'll continue with more.
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 46 of 63 04 February 2013 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
An audio recording of the small text above.
The German text, that is.
Edited by renaissancemedi on 04 February 2013 at 4:30pm
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Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4504 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishB2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech
| Message 47 of 63 04 February 2013 at 4:00pm | IP Logged |
renaissancemedi wrote:
I will not be updating this log for duration of the the 6 week challenge. Hopefully, by the end of it, I will be able to produce some sentences in German. The courses I use are assimil and MT. I stopped using anything else, because that slows me down in my effort to get a basic grasp of the language. I will follow these two courses, and after I complete them, then I'll continue with more. |
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It seems a good idea. Too much material could turn into a drawback. Sometimes it's better to focus on a single method rather than exploring too much options at the time.
I think it doesn't matter if you are away during the challenge, since you'll be working on German!
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4351 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 48 of 63 04 February 2013 at 4:33pm | IP Logged |
I agree with you. I am grateful for all the material available, but I seem to be on the first step all the time, because I didn't use them wisely. Greed! It never ends up well.
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