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| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4504 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes  Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 217 of 902 09 December 2012 at 4:12am | IP Logged | |||||
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YESSSSSS!!! I've been waiting for this!!!! Thank you Brun for starting TAC2013. I joined the forum too late and
watched others in TAC 2012 and have been waiting for my turn haha! Languages: Spanish, German (SO tempted to add Russian.. I'm dying to give it a shot!) Team(s): YES! I'm assuming there won't be a German/Spanish team, so I guess I can join both the German and the Spanish team. Question: Since I'm new to this... what now? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5758 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 218 of 902 09 December 2012 at 6:16am | IP Logged | |||||
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joshkaasik,
It's great to see your enthusiasm for the upcoming TAC, and as someone who loves Russian I would encourage you to add the beautiful Russian language to your already fun-looking mix of Spanish and German! No doubt someone else will turn up with better ideas but before I did my first TAC, I started gathering the resources I was going to use. If I were you I'd start gathering resources for Spanish, German and, if you so desire, Russian. The first thing you could do from here is decide whether you want to do Russian or not, and if you decide you do, do you want to be in a team or do Russian individually? Most of us seem to find it much more motivational being part of a team. The Challenge lasts an entire year and of course, that's a long time and no one can be sure of what lies ahead for us in the coming year. The best way I've found to make the most of the time is to draw up a set of goals. In the past I've drawn up goals that have been very difficult to achieve and consequently I 've tended to lose motivation and as a result, the fire burnt out. By all means set goals, but make sure they're achievable. Thinking aloud now, I might try for monthly goals this time around so I don't overwhelm myself too much. I'll probably feel like I've achieved more if I manage 12 or more smaller milestones throughout the year than if I get to the end of the year having only achieved one bigger goal. I tend to organise my thoughts through lists. Every night before going to bed, I write a list of things I want or need to do the next day. I do the same thing for language- learning in various ways. Today I have to learn to write another 10 Chinese radicals and find examples of where each is used, watch part of a Russian мультфильм (animated film) I like called Трое из Простоквашино(Three from Buttermilk Village) and brainstorm the topic of "food" in Mandarin. Perhaps you could do the same sort of thing for your TAC - during the lead-up to it, you could look for resources you enjoy using or for native materials that you could aspire to being able to use. Viel Glück beim Sprachenlernen im kommenden Jahr! Buena suerte con tus lenguas! Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 09 December 2012 at 6:20am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6612 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 219 of 902 09 December 2012 at 6:59am | IP Logged | |||||
Great! I like the idea of a Celtic team too, even if I'm not studying a Celtic language myself .... yet. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6612 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 220 of 902 09 December 2012 at 7:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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Teango:
I put you down for Irish :-) Joshkaasik: I put you on the Germanic and Romance teams. You can refer to the first page of this thread to see the (almost) current lists at any time. Your obligations as a TAC-er are: to make your own log, which can be a completely new one, or you can rename an old one and edit the first page to say what page TAC 2013 begins on. You log name should include "TAC 2013" and the names of your teams. Neither of your teams have chosen clever names for themselves yet, but I'm sure they will eventually. As a TAC-er you will be expected to check in regularly to update your own log and to read the logs of your teammates. The purpose of being on a team is, of course, to help and encourage each other by writing in each others logs. What you write in your log is up to you. Most people start with a little introduction of themselves, their chosen languages, and perhaps their current levels, goals and study techniques. You should update regularly throughout the year. Some people like to keep track of hours they study; others don't. It is common to write about what you are studying, how far you've gotten, interesting things you've found, things you are having trouble with, what techniques you are trying, and so on. You can read some of this year's logs if you want to see examples. Other than that, your only obligation is to do your best in your studies and to be a good teammate. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maïwenn Diglot Groupie FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4361 days ago 56 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Mandarin, Breton | Message 221 of 902 09 December 2012 at 11:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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Languages: Breton and German
Teams: Celtic and Germanic! Benn tuchant! Bis bald! Edited by Maïwenn on 09 December 2012 at 2:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6612 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 222 of 902 09 December 2012 at 11:41am | IP Logged | |||||
OK. I've signed you up. Tarvos should be glad. He's studying Breton too. Maybe he'll make up his mind to stay on the team now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 223 of 902 09 December 2012 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah, if you don't mind, sign me up for Celtic. :)
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| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6612 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 224 of 902 09 December 2012 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
You already were, but I'll take away your question mark. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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