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tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3984 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 9 of 12 18 January 2014 at 4:46pm \| IP Logged
	Here is my weekly update. This is my third week studying. The first two weeks were more of a warm-up than any thing else. So, this is my first full week attempt and I think it went well. I'm still tweaking my Spanish studies and tryiing new things. As of now I've settled on five daily studies: -- Listen to one lesson of Pimsleur's Latin American Spanish. This includes just reviewing a previous lesson. Sometimes I just don't get it on the first attempt. -- Read five pages of Spanish Demystified by Jenny Petrow. -- Read five pages of Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish by Margarita Madrigal. -- "Plant" five new words on Memrise. I'm studying the lessons named "1500 Spanish Word Intro" and "Learn Basic Mexican Spanish." -- Practice or study at least one section of Spanish on Duolingo. I'm still trying to figure out how this site works. I tried a site called Lang-8 but find it a bit confusing. I may try it again later. I may also try a language exchange later. I don't have enough confidence to try one know. I started following a telenova called "Qué Pobres Tan Ricos." I'm already confused and behind. It was suggested to me that I might want to start with the Destinos telenovela first. I did find one site that has daily recaps of telenovelas: http://caraycaray.blogspot.com/ I hope everyone has a good week studying! Here is my daily log: 13 enero 2013 Reviewed Pimsleur LA Spanish I lessons 1, 2 & 3 "Watered" Memrise flashcards Started Duolingo exercises 14 enero 2013 Watched last night's episode of "Qué Pobre Tan Ricos" Practiced on Duolingo Practiced with Memrise Listened to PLAS, lesson 4 Started chapter 1 of Spanish Demystifieid 15 enero 2013 Watched SpanishThatWorksOrg pronunciation videos on Youtube Watered flashcards on Memrise Read-Listen to two chapters of the gospel of Matthew in Spanish. Continued chapter 1 of Spanish Demystified Listened to PLAS, lesson 5 Practiced on Duolingo Watched last night's episode of "Qué Pobre Tan Ricos" 16 enero 2013 Watered flashcards on Memrise Read-Listen to two chapters of the gospel of Matthew in Spanish Reviewed PLAS, lesson 5 Listened to PLAS, lesson 6 Practiced on Duolingo 17 enero 2013 Planted five new words on Memrise Finished Phrases level on Duolingo Started Basics 2 on Duolingo Listened to PLAS, lesson 7 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Edited by tomgosse on 18 January 2014 at 4:48pm 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 10 of 12 18 January 2014 at 5:34pm \| IP Logged
	I'm impressed by your commitment! That's a packed schedule! I'm using Memrise for Tagalog, and I'm really enjoying it. That said, I think that Duolingo works better for me. I like how Duolingo builds vocabulary and sentence structure at the same time. My main suggestion for Duolingo would be to read the discussion for an exercise when you don't understand, or when you see that there are lots of messages. The program itself doesn't explain anything, it just builds on itself. There are usually good explanations in the discussion thread linked on each exercise. (I just wrote a review of Duolingo on my blog. I'm linking it here because I think it might be useful:) Duolingo review I'll second the recommendation to watch Destinos before diving into other telenovelas or Spanish language shows! It's slow and cheesy, but it works. My comprehension grew by leaps and bounds when I watched the entire show. (confession: I did skip some of the recap episodes because I was getting impatient) I know you already have a lot of resources, but I can also highly recommend the podcasts on Notes in Spanish for developing listening skills and expanding vocabulary: Notes in Spanish re: adding links to your posts - they often add a space in the copied and pasted link, to discourage spamming. So you can either remove the space, or you can wait until you have enough posts to add in a hyperlink (which you can do with the earth/chain icon when you're composing a post). So, for example, in the Lobos thread you copied and pasted your log: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=37763&PN=1&TPN=2 You'll notice that there's a space in the middle: T ID instead of TID You can edit your post to remove the space. Anyway, I look forward to following along on your log! Happy learning! 1 person has voted this message useful
tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3984 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 11 of 12 25 January 2014 at 5:21pm \| IP Logged
	Well, I'm still plodding along with my studies. I hit a bump in the road during the middle of the week. On my way to do some errands I hit a pothole and got a flat tire. I had to get towed to my service station, get a loaner car and it cost me $300. I decided to blow the day off and spent my time watching cartoons. The next day I got back on the language wagon. I've noticed that I'm requiring more reviews of each Pimsleur lesson. I'm up to lesson ten and wondering if I should go back to lesson five or six and just review before I move on to a new one. Tomorrow is my wife's birthday, so I'm taking a day off to buy her a nice seafood lunch. Here is my weekly log: 19 enero 2013 Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced one lesson on Duolingo Listened to PLAS, lesson 8 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified 20 enero 2013 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Reviewed PLAS, lesson 8 Planted five new words on Memrise Practiced one lesson on Duolingo 21 enero 2013 flat tire day, took a break 22 enero 2013 Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Listened to PLAS, lesson 9 23 enero 2013 Reviewed PLAS, lesson 9 Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo 24 enero 2014 Listened to PLAS, lesson 10 Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish 1 person has voted this message useful
BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4614 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish	Message 12 of 12 26 January 2014 at 10:00pm \| IP Logged
	Sometimes breaks are just what we need. :) Sorry it had to be due to a flat tire though. I'm doing Pimsleur in Russian and am going slow-slow-slow. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the goal is to be are 80% comfortable with the material before going on, so I'm sure repeating is fine (and maybe gives you a nice confidence boost if an earlier lesson seemed hard initially and now seems super easy). My belief is that as long as you are consistently working on learning the language, it will pay off over time. Were any of the cartoons you watched in Spanish? If so, your brain was still at some level absorbing the language, even if it just felt like fun. 2 persons have voted this message useful

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tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3984 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 9 of 12 18 January 2014 at 4:46pm \| IP Logged
	Here is my weekly update. This is my third week studying. The first two weeks were more of a warm-up than any thing else. So, this is my first full week attempt and I think it went well. I'm still tweaking my Spanish studies and tryiing new things. As of now I've settled on five daily studies: -- Listen to one lesson of Pimsleur's Latin American Spanish. This includes just reviewing a previous lesson. Sometimes I just don't get it on the first attempt. -- Read five pages of Spanish Demystified by Jenny Petrow. -- Read five pages of Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish by Margarita Madrigal. -- "Plant" five new words on Memrise. I'm studying the lessons named "1500 Spanish Word Intro" and "Learn Basic Mexican Spanish." -- Practice or study at least one section of Spanish on Duolingo. I'm still trying to figure out how this site works. I tried a site called Lang-8 but find it a bit confusing. I may try it again later. I may also try a language exchange later. I don't have enough confidence to try one know. I started following a telenova called "Qué Pobres Tan Ricos." I'm already confused and behind. It was suggested to me that I might want to start with the Destinos telenovela first. I did find one site that has daily recaps of telenovelas: http://caraycaray.blogspot.com/ I hope everyone has a good week studying! Here is my daily log: 13 enero 2013 Reviewed Pimsleur LA Spanish I lessons 1, 2 & 3 "Watered" Memrise flashcards Started Duolingo exercises 14 enero 2013 Watched last night's episode of "Qué Pobre Tan Ricos" Practiced on Duolingo Practiced with Memrise Listened to PLAS, lesson 4 Started chapter 1 of Spanish Demystifieid 15 enero 2013 Watched SpanishThatWorksOrg pronunciation videos on Youtube Watered flashcards on Memrise Read-Listen to two chapters of the gospel of Matthew in Spanish. Continued chapter 1 of Spanish Demystified Listened to PLAS, lesson 5 Practiced on Duolingo Watched last night's episode of "Qué Pobre Tan Ricos" 16 enero 2013 Watered flashcards on Memrise Read-Listen to two chapters of the gospel of Matthew in Spanish Reviewed PLAS, lesson 5 Listened to PLAS, lesson 6 Practiced on Duolingo 17 enero 2013 Planted five new words on Memrise Finished Phrases level on Duolingo Started Basics 2 on Duolingo Listened to PLAS, lesson 7 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Edited by tomgosse on 18 January 2014 at 4:48pm 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 10 of 12 18 January 2014 at 5:34pm \| IP Logged
	I'm impressed by your commitment! That's a packed schedule! I'm using Memrise for Tagalog, and I'm really enjoying it. That said, I think that Duolingo works better for me. I like how Duolingo builds vocabulary and sentence structure at the same time. My main suggestion for Duolingo would be to read the discussion for an exercise when you don't understand, or when you see that there are lots of messages. The program itself doesn't explain anything, it just builds on itself. There are usually good explanations in the discussion thread linked on each exercise. (I just wrote a review of Duolingo on my blog. I'm linking it here because I think it might be useful:) Duolingo review I'll second the recommendation to watch Destinos before diving into other telenovelas or Spanish language shows! It's slow and cheesy, but it works. My comprehension grew by leaps and bounds when I watched the entire show. (confession: I did skip some of the recap episodes because I was getting impatient) I know you already have a lot of resources, but I can also highly recommend the podcasts on Notes in Spanish for developing listening skills and expanding vocabulary: Notes in Spanish re: adding links to your posts - they often add a space in the copied and pasted link, to discourage spamming. So you can either remove the space, or you can wait until you have enough posts to add in a hyperlink (which you can do with the earth/chain icon when you're composing a post). So, for example, in the Lobos thread you copied and pasted your log: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=37763&PN=1&TPN=2 You'll notice that there's a space in the middle: T ID instead of TID You can edit your post to remove the space. Anyway, I look forward to following along on your log! Happy learning! 1 person has voted this message useful
tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3984 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 11 of 12 25 January 2014 at 5:21pm \| IP Logged
	Well, I'm still plodding along with my studies. I hit a bump in the road during the middle of the week. On my way to do some errands I hit a pothole and got a flat tire. I had to get towed to my service station, get a loaner car and it cost me $300. I decided to blow the day off and spent my time watching cartoons. The next day I got back on the language wagon. I've noticed that I'm requiring more reviews of each Pimsleur lesson. I'm up to lesson ten and wondering if I should go back to lesson five or six and just review before I move on to a new one. Tomorrow is my wife's birthday, so I'm taking a day off to buy her a nice seafood lunch. Here is my weekly log: 19 enero 2013 Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced one lesson on Duolingo Listened to PLAS, lesson 8 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified 20 enero 2013 Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Reviewed PLAS, lesson 8 Planted five new words on Memrise Practiced one lesson on Duolingo 21 enero 2013 flat tire day, took a break 22 enero 2013 Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Listened to PLAS, lesson 9 23 enero 2013 Reviewed PLAS, lesson 9 Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo 24 enero 2014 Listened to PLAS, lesson 10 Read five pages of Spanish Demystified Planted ten new words on Memrise Practiced two lessons on Duolingo Read five pages of Magic Key To Spanish 1 person has voted this message useful
BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4614 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish	Message 12 of 12 26 January 2014 at 10:00pm \| IP Logged
	Sometimes breaks are just what we need. :) Sorry it had to be due to a flat tire though. I'm doing Pimsleur in Russian and am going slow-slow-slow. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the goal is to be are 80% comfortable with the material before going on, so I'm sure repeating is fine (and maybe gives you a nice confidence boost if an earlier lesson seemed hard initially and now seems super easy). My belief is that as long as you are consistently working on learning the language, it will pay off over time. Were any of the cartoons you watched in Spanish? If so, your brain was still at some level absorbing the language, even if it just felt like fun. 2 persons have voted this message useful