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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4882 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 33 of 117 16 January 2015 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Ave, Caseari!
I was going to skip TAC this year, but reconsidered after reading this thread. The most (only) successful TAC team that I was on was the Romantics team a couple years ago, so I was happy to see this one forming. And I also like Serpent's "drastic" rules on the first post. I think that will help a lot in keeping this a solid team. Also, I like the members! With that: my target languages over the next year are Italian, French, and Spanish. I've been working on French steadily since June 2011, and consider myself an independent learner at this point - I learn more from native materials than courses or works in translation. It took a lot of slow, steady work to reach this point. French is now my bench-mark language: when I get frustrated with other languages I look back on my old notes and remind myself that it can take years to reach a good level, and that doing a little bit each day really does add up. Spanish is my most erratic language. I'll work on it intensely for four months in preparation for a trip, feel confident about where I'm at, not do anything for six months, then work at it again. Overall I've put a lot of effort into it (Assimil, 36 chapters of FSI, four levels of Assimil), and so the structure of the language seems imprinted in my brain, even if it takes a lot of work to reactivate it. I've been working on Italian steadily since January 2014, and it will be one of my main focuses through the summer. I think I'm at a point where I can work on Italian and Spanish at the same time, but ... we'll see. ___________________________________________________ My log is here: Kanewai 2015 ___________________________________________________ And some good resources that I like are here: Audible - A good source for audio books, and the only place I know to buy affordable Pimsleur courses. I love Pimsleur, but think that it's way over-priced. You can buy it with credits on Audible, and it works out to about $60 per level. The only drawback is that the audible format doesn't work on mp3 players, though it works on an iPhone. Mubi (subscription) - A great source for independent and foreign films. They curate 30 films at a time, adding and removing one per day. I've seen some trippy films that I would have never encountered otherwise - the site really likes their avant-garde filmmakers. MHz Networks (free) - Streams foreign detective tv series. Right now it's all Nordic and German shows, but it's worth checking in each week; they've had good Italian and French shows in the past. It's an American site, so folks in other countries might need to use some internet magic to watch. DramaFever Latino (subscription) - Latinos know their drama. Lots of shows from Spain, Mexico, and Argentina featuring killer women, doomed lovers, and ninja warriors fighting the Holy Inquisition. You can watch the first episode of each series for free. Edited by kanewai on 16 January 2015 at 9:47pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4629 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 34 of 117 16 January 2015 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Engrenages Braquo Flics Profilage Les Dames 19-2 (Quebecois) Les hommes de l'ombre Les Beaux Mecs Les Bleus, les premiers pas dans la police Mafiosa Mensonges (Quebecois) No limit Omerta (Quebecois) Unite 9 (Quebecois) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Meddysong Triglot Groupie United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 3600 days ago 56 posts - 84 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, French Studies: Italian, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 35 of 117 17 January 2015 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thank you, Crush. It's just dawned on me that it might come across as though I'm ignoring you. I've "liked" your posts but, of course, the forum won't indicate to you who did.
I'll bear it in mind - thanks for pointing it out to me :)
No comment!
Ace - thanks! And the good news is I understood all of the description on Amazon except for one little bit: " ... i no se'n vol anar del pis on viu abans d'acabar la novel·la que està escrivint ..." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| suzukaze Triglot Senior Member Italy bit.ly/1bGm459 Joined 4595 days ago 186 posts - 254 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Spanish Studies: German, French, Swedish, Japanese | Message 36 of 117 17 January 2015 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks a lot sillygoose1, I'll be sure to check them out! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5229 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 37 of 117 18 January 2015 at 12:47am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hummm... I knew I shouldn't have read this thread. Now I'm considering signing up. But of course I only do 2 Romance languages and I don't have any interest in taking up any more rods to beat myself with. :)
So tell me good friends. What is the difference between the TAC for Romances and what I'm already doing? I read all your logs anyway, and I write in mine for the Super Challenge. I'm kinda lost on what a TAC is exactly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6590 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 38 of 117 18 January 2015 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Well, the difference is that if you join, the others be required to read your log too ;D win-win!
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| suzukaze Triglot Senior Member Italy bit.ly/1bGm459 Joined 4595 days ago 186 posts - 254 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Spanish Studies: German, French, Swedish, Japanese | Message 39 of 117 27 January 2015 at 11:48am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hey all!
Proper introduction now that I've got my computers back. My study experience with Spanish is limited to three years during my Bachelor degree at university, taking both language and literature classes. I never used courses or other kind of study material after graduating, but only focused on native material; mainly documentaries, cartoons and books. This year I simply want to maintain my previous study plan; watch films and read some books in order to keep the language alive. With French I'm planning to make some substantial progress and improve in my current weak areas, which are the active ones; speaking and, even more, writing. During my first year of self-study I relied on Pimsleur and Assimil, I then moved to native material to boost my comprehension skills. This year I would like to do more textbook work and speak to natives/advanced learners, as well as continuing to watch videos and read books. I hardly use Facebook, but I do have both a Twitter and Skype account. Feel free to send me a PM if you'd like to add me :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| nikolic993 Diglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 3773 days ago 106 posts - 205 votes Speaks: Serbian*, English Studies: Italian, Mandarin, Romanian, Persian | Message 40 of 117 27 January 2015 at 1:03pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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My Log.
Ciao a tutti! I'm Aleksandar, 21 years old, from Serbia. I've been studying Italian for a little under a year and a half now. I also started learning Romanian a couple of weeks ago because my mom is Romanian. Italian goals: Reach C1 speaking level in the next 3-5 years. Romanian goals: Short term goal: Be able to converse with my mom about everyday topics. Long term goal: Reach full native fluency before 30. Methods for both languages: Assimil and Colloquial Series. Speaking with friends and family. Listening to podcasts and watching movies. Reading books. (Intensive and Extensive reading) Listening to music and translating lyrics. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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