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| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4657 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 9 of 319 14 December 2013 at 6:58am | IP Logged | ||
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Hola Charles! En que parte de Texas vives? (Soy de Texas, estoy curioso).
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| PointsDotsLines Diglot Groupie United States Joined 3998 days ago 76 posts - 110 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 319 14 December 2013 at 7:01am | IP Logged | ||
En Big D:) ¿Y tú? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4657 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 11 of 319 14 December 2013 at 7:07am | IP Logged | ||
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No vivo en Texas actualmente pero crecí en Fort Worth.
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| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5367 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 12 of 319 14 December 2013 at 11:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I am interested in following and/or participating in this. I must admit, however, that I don't read the posts about TAC so I don't really know what it is all about.
I have been studying Spanish for about four years (usually 30-60 minutes a day) and have tracked my progress in my log here. I am probably at about B2 in all skills, but I don't feel comfortable writing because I have never practiced it other than informal texting. This year will be my "massive passive" year. I hope to read many books and watch TV programs. I also need to start spending my Spanish time doing things that are more productive to my life (like read books related to my economics hobby that has been neglected for the past four years or books related to running my small business). One of the big reasons I started Spanish was that I was not intellectually challenged at my job (employee at the small business). As an over achiever, I needed an outlet and a challenge to overcome (just to stay sane while we worked out the transition of ownership). It worked wonders while I essentially "treaded water" at my job. Now I am the owner of the business and really need to focus more on the business than Spanish. The business has struggled horribly over the past several years, but I see bright horizons... as long as I focus on the business. The problem is that I have become addicted to my Spanish habit over the past few years. In terms of a name, I like the title of this thread, "Spanish Team TAC 2014." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4136 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 13 of 319 14 December 2013 at 1:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd like to join! Although I have a general understanding of TAC, I'm not sure about all of the details - do I have to
start a new log? I started learning Spanish at the end of May 2013 and I'm really happy with my progress so far. I couldn't tell you what level I'm at in terms of A2, B1, etc - but I'm able to hold an hour-long conversation with a native without resorting to English, I can listen to the advanced podcasts on Notes in Spanish with full comprehension, and I'm reading Harry Potter extensively (ie. just reading it for fun). My goal is functional fluency. In the long term? C1 or equivalent. For 2014? As far as I can get! I'll be spending six weeks in Spain this spring, walking the Camino de Santiago with my Dad. I'm hoping to get a lot of practice speaking Spanish! When I come back home (at the end of April), I plan on continuing with Spanish and also starting with Tagalog (which is my husband's native language). I look forward to being part of a team! As for names…well, the first thing that jumped into my mind was "lobo" (wolf), maybe because I taught elementary school for a decade, and they ALWAYS wanted animal names. Haha! I recently learned that there are wild wolves in Spain (and Portugal). I had no idea! Unfortunately they're endangered, due in large part to hunting. But there's something special about wolves - they work together and yet are known for being individuals with their own personalities. Kind of a cool name for a team of self-directed language-learners. I also like "rana" (frog) - brings to mind those brilliantly coloured dart frogs in South America. Edited by Stelle on 14 December 2013 at 1:34pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5387 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 319 14 December 2013 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | ||
For those of you who are new to the TAC challenge, I updated the first post to explain a little.
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| PointsDotsLines Diglot Groupie United States Joined 3998 days ago 76 posts - 110 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 319 14 December 2013 at 8:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Gracias por haber organizado el equipo y por la información.
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| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5527 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 16 of 319 14 December 2013 at 10:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was originally going to join Team Iberia, but I've decided to join this team instead for two
reasons: 1) Spanish is really the only Iberian language that interests me at the moment. I didn't think this would be an issue really, but while reading the start of the Team Iberia thread I noticed that my brain was trying to parse some of the Portugese as Spanish and I don't need that confusion right now. In addition, that means that I can follow all the members logs without following logs for languages I'm not studying. 2) The leader of this team (Kerrie) is also a member of the other team I've already joined for 2014 (the Korean team). My Language Log: Click Here --- General TAC 2014 Goals More specific goals (in the form of quantifiable targets, where possible) are forthcoming, but here are my overall general goals for Spanish for TAC 2014. 1) Find my first real "hook" for Spanish. Korean originally hooked me with music then later hooked me via other routes (like variety TV) as well. As such, even when I'm not learning Korean actively, I'm still getting constantly exposed to it. I need to find my first deeply imbedded "hook" for Spanish to keep the language ever-present, even when I'm too busy or uninterested to actively study it. I've tried to make music a hook for Spanish as well, but I'm not sure how well that is working yet. 2) Complete my review pass of Pimsleur Spanish 1-3 and continue on through Pimsleur Spanish 4. 3) Restart and finally complete Assimil Spanish with Ease (even if I have to drop the SRS part to make sure I keep going this time). 4) Start active use of Spanish fairly early in the challenge period. Edited by Warp3 on 15 December 2013 at 12:12am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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