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Emme
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29 August 2014 at 9:29pm | IP Logged

What sad news.
Even though we didn’t have many occasions to interact, I always had the impression from her posts that she truly was a kind and gentle person. She’ll be missed by many here and in the real world.
My thoughts go out to her family and friends.

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12 September 2014 at 6:10am | IP Logged

This comes as a little shock to me. Do you sometimes think here, "Wow, I wish I'd met this person in real life"? This is what I felt when reading her log. She shared such interesting observations and ideas. I got the impression that she was a wise and fascinating person, finding beauty not only in language learning, but also in the people around her. I am really sad about these news, and feel with her family and friends.

Peter/Jeffers, thanks for volunteering to take over.
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13 December 2014 at 9:28pm | IP Logged

Hey Team Deuxième-istes, I thought you might want to know that the TAC 2015 official thread has started. If you want to make sure you have a place in the main French team, sign up soon.

Also... apologies for not doing anything much after offering to help take over the leadership. I actually have no idea what I should be doing, but I've read all comments posted by team members, and tried to post something back whenever I had the time. In some cases I'm just here to wind people up (e.g. PM and Luke), but I hope I've been helpful to the rest of you. :p
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luke
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14 December 2014 at 1:55am | IP Logged

Jeffers wrote:

I actually have no idea what I should be doing, but I've read all comments posted by team members, and tried to post something back whenever I had the time.

Which is leadership.

Three cheers for Jeffers...

Hip Hip
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14 December 2014 at 7:06am | IP Logged

luke wrote:

Jeffers wrote:

I actually have no idea what I should be doing, but I've
read all comments
posted by team members, and tried to post something back whenever I had the time.

Which is leadership.

Three cheers for Jeffers...

Hip Hip

Hooray!!!!

Edit:
As the year closes... thanks to everyone within and outside of TAC French 2ème who
provided encouargement, followed us, supported us, assisted us, and provided
constructive criticism. And although you're no longer with us thanks Songlines for
your leadership too, I hope you're in a beautiful place.

For those who didn't manage to sustain their motivation... I know how that feels.
Having been there myself, I can only say it feels so much better having done so much
better this time around. And the only reason I say that is so I can make myself feel
better and look down upon my flock.. .ahahahah (evil laugh)... Ahem, sorry Prime
Minister PeterMollenburg took over momentarily.... Honestly this forum has helped
indeed. So truly really, those who didn't do so well I sincerely hope you can do
better in 2015 if you truly want to do so :) For realz... peace up!

WE LOVE LANGUAGES!!! Don't we? I think we do... ummm... sorry phone ringing, no no i
have a mobile... i mean yeah umm someone's knocking at the door, gotta run,

Fry a fat fry in yo face foolz, for realio McFeelio Gorilla non-killer fo'shilla

Edited by PeterMollenburg on 14 December 2014 at 7:38am
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14 December 2014 at 7:58am | IP Logged

PeterMollenburg wrote:

someone's knocking at the door, gotta run,

Fry a fat fry in yo face foolz, for realio McFeelio Gorilla non-killer fo'shilla

My palms are sweaty, my keyboards hot and ready...
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14 December 2014 at 9:38am | IP Logged

luke wrote:

Jeffers wrote:

I actually have no idea what I should be doing, but I've read all comments posted by team members, and tried to post something back whenever I had the time.

Which is leadership.

Three cheers for Jeffers...

Hip Hip

C'est très gentil de ta part, mais j'en suis pas sûr.

Thanks also to PM for his part.

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luke
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26 December 2014 at 8:06pm | IP Logged

Since we're approaching the end of the year, I thought I'd recap what I've been doing as part of Team
Deuxième...

luke wrote:

Luke's Total Annihiliation Challenge Summary

FSI French
Phonology was helpful.

Assimil
French Without Toil and New French with Ease got a lot of study time. They are both great
courses.

I was inspired by TID=32296&PN=1">Expugnator's experience with language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38271&get=last"> Assimil Business French to get the
course. It is a rock solid advanced Assimil course. Word on the street is that it will be discontinued, so if you
love Assimil, it's worth a look. I've been through the course a few times, but it still has more to teach.

Assimil Using
French is another course I like a lot and went through several times this year.

b&index=27&src_vid=59mb_DTOzHI&feature=iv&annotation_id=anno tation_1639870713">Le Sens du
Bonheur by Krishnamurti - I converted the book to mp3 and listened through the whole thing in the
gym twice.

Another one I've been using in the gym is a youtube series called v=rbsWwji_cP0">Philosophie du vivant, which I also converted to mp3. I'm on lecture 30.

I went through a bovary.html"> nice recording of Madame Bovary at litteratureaudio.com. I had a
Parallel Text, and the chapters are not too long.
Madame Bovary is in a lot of Great Book lists. I listened to the audio from Librivox in English while reading
the French. It's a good read.

etit%20Nicolas/un_souvenir_quon_va_chrir.html">Le Petit Nicolas is online with audio and words.
I did this book several times with my own google translate parallel text.

I converted Joseph Murphy - La Puissance de
votre subconscient into mp3s and listened to the two hour audiobook a couple of times while driving
in the car.
FSI Basic
French got a lot of time during my commutes. I've made it to unit 11 of 24. The Prime
Minister helped me with the written exercises for the first 6 units. I've re-reviewed units 1-6 using the
Hard Core FSI
technique.

L'homme qui plantait des arbres (The man who planted trees) got a few days of study. Look for
good links part way down the link above.

I started doing the Routledge French Frequency Dictionary. I'm around word 1200. When I was on
track, I tried to add about 10 words per day.

I listened to Les Quatre Accords,
about three times. It's much easier than real literature.

I've started listening to Radio France International's
News
in Easy French now and then.

I read the Asterex le Galois comic.

I read and listened to the book Petit Nicolas et Ses Copains a few times.

I listen/read Sur la Liberté by John Stuart Mill and Vol de Nuit by Exupery a few times each.

I started French
in Action, the phenomenal everything course. I'm on unit 10 of 52.

Jeffer's revealed TID=39610&PN=1&TPN=1">Lingvist and it captured my imagination. I've logged over 72 hours
over the last 5 weeks. I've hit the end of Memorise and have continued reviewing to the end each day and
I'm scooping up the Listen and Reading sections.

The best part of TAC 2014 has been the interaction with other team and forum members.

My TAC
2014 log starts near the bottom of page 18.

Edited by luke on 27 December 2014 at 2:26am

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