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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 33 of 60 10 June 2014 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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That's awesome that you felt comfortable using your French on your trip. That's what it's all about, isn't it?
You may have mentioned it before, but what podcasts are you listening to in French? I'm on the verge of wanting to start listening to podcasts alongside audiobooks, but I'm not sure what to start with. Ideally, I'd like something interesting, but with pretty clear narration. Any suggestions? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| evilado Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4009 days ago 64 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 34 of 60 10 June 2014 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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With the exception of the first podcast, these are all available with the rfi app on my
android phone. I tend to like history and current affairs/news because I understand the context and there tends to be lots of dialogue, discussion, and explanation. Everything on France Culture seems to be a little more sophisticated and academic than France Inter, but with the app and websites I am sure you can find something that appeals to you. Europe1: Au coeur de l'histoire - The host speaks lightning fast, but speaks very clearly with lots of humor and emphasis. Definitely pitched at a lay audience, I pick and choose among the topics available, there's a longer version "Le récit" and a shorter one "L'intégrale" France Inter: La marche de l'histoire - Similar to the above, but the host speaks more slowly and with less enthusiasm. More guests, which can be hit or miss but often include people who speak French as a second language, who are much easier to understand. France Culture: La fabrique de l'histoire - More in-depth with each week having 4 shows around a topic M-Th and a current affairs edition on Friday. Same deal with foreign guests. Culturesmonde - Similar to the above except more dedicated to ideas and current affairs. Les enjeux internationaux - Quite short, 12-15 minutes, dedicated to international affairs. Edited by evilado on 10 June 2014 at 11:23pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 35 of 60 11 June 2014 at 8:07am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you, that's very helpful!
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| evilado Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4009 days ago 64 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 36 of 60 16 June 2014 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Not the best week of language study this week. I was sick, so much so that speaking was
difficult. Plus my girlfriend started her internship 14 hours away. While couple time is usually not language learning time, my days had a lot more structure and motivation when language learning was a now or never proposition. I also reliably got up a couple hours before work and studied while she taught online classes, now that it's just me, the snooze alarm is much more tempting. Which is to say, I've got some work to do to build a new routine. Managed to catch up on all my memrise and log my Super Challenge stuff on twitter. Spanish Finished Diane Uribe's history of France. Really entertaining, highly recommended, I'll definitely be picking another of her series. Trying to wrap up Historia de la revolucion francesa before starting any new books, had a fun language exchange that made it clear that I'm rusty. No problems communicating, just took me a bit to think of words and had to speak around stuff more than I like. And I don't count it for the Super Challenge or anything, but Univision offers free streaming of the World Cup, so I spent quite a bit of time this weekend listening to Spanish. Mandarin Started FSI, currently on Module 2, Unit 5. While the content is nothing new, FSI drills everything I thought I knew so that it is automatic. Had two italki lessons and a little bit on Verbling, too much English altogether, but it's always a little difficult with a new tutor. Looking to increase my number of sessions a week to 2-3. Shopping around with CLO and ChineseClass101, thinking of doing the latter because the website and app seem more intuitive. French After the big trip, not much this week, a couple italki sessions that went well despite "ma voix assez rock-n-roll", got started on Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'azkaban and watched a couple episodes of Buffy. As much as I enjoy podcasts, I still have to focus on listening to understand enough, so it makes listening while playing video games or doing chores a bit counterproductive. Spanish is no problem in this sense, so I'd love to get my French comprehension up to this level. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| evilado Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4009 days ago 64 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 37 of 60 23 June 2014 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Spanish Finished Beve historia de la revolucion francesa, started Diana Uribe's
history of Spain, lots and lots of World Cup coverage. Maybe it a novelty thing, but I genuinely like the Univision commentary more than the ESPN team, who I listened to for the USA-POR game last night. Not sure which book I'll be picking up next, but I need to focus more on movies and TV anyway. Mandarin Went ahead and did the ChineseClass101 buy, I really like the hosts, I like the vocabulary word bank thing, and it's a nice contrast to my FSI. Just starting Module 2, Unit 7. Went to the Chinese grocery and didn't work up the courage to speak any, but successfully bought some sichuan peppercorns with only chinese writing, and several items that I would have no clue about without knowing the Chinese on the label. I'll be back there. French Not much again, a few more italki lessons, though lately it's been a hour-long chat about the world cup, lots of specific vocabulary. Read "Le Horla" by Guy de Maupassant and it gave me nightmares, need to spend more time on movies and Buffy. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5212 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 38 of 60 29 June 2014 at 11:35am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, doesn't he..! (quote above edited for minor typo) I've been going for the recits, so that I'll have time for a greater variety of topics.
The slower pace and FSL guests sound promising - will have to check it out. Many thanks, fellow Deuxièmiste! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| evilado Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4009 days ago 64 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 39 of 60 03 July 2014 at 4:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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@songlines I never feel like a good teammate, but I enjoy reading all the logs and
gathering tips and experiences. Thanks The big takeaway is I'm having trouble managing all three languages. My current system is each day has a focus/secondary language, with Chinese always being the focus and French getting M,T,Th,F, Spanish W,Sa,Su. It's mostly that I am spoiled for choice as to what I can do, and end up skipping around too much. Ideally I should be writing more in every language, but it's like pulling teeth. Spanish A couple conversations, lots of podcasts, started Cuando los chinos hablan de Ana Fuentes. Nothing amazing so far, but a nice read. Picked up La invención de Morel de Adolfo Bioy Casares, but got distracted by other stuff. Mandarin FSI Module 3 Tape 5. A few more italki sessions, about halfway done with cc101 Elementary 1. Each italki session produces about 50 key new vocab words, plus with FSI, cc101, and the HSK4 list, memrise takes up a big chunk of my Chinese time. Picked up "I really want to find her", a Chinese Breeze 300 word level book that I put down a while ago. French A couple sessions with tutors felt a little off as my French studies have slackened to focus more on Chinese. I plan to continue regular tutoring sessions and my Super Challenge of course, but I find it hard to squeeze in grammar drills. Now reading both Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban and L'etranger. Over half done with the Camus, not as in love with it as when I was 18, but it's an easy read and a nice change from the rather repetitive opening section of every Harry Potter. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| evilado Diglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4009 days ago 64 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 40 of 60 03 July 2014 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Also, I'm considering a trip to Montreal in October for my fall break, that should be
motivating and an opportunity to learn some new vocab, accents, and expressions. Might try to add another tutor to the mix, as I am a little bit behind on the italki world cup challenge. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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