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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 137 of 586 13 December 2012 at 9:54pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks Aloysius, yes, that's the one. How many of you have it or would be prepared to get it?
And I still think we miss some presentations/introductions :-) 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 138 of 586 15 December 2012 at 1:14am | IP Logged |
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Hi everyone,
I'd be prepared to get the Assimil course although the likelihood is I'd not be getting the audio due to being a bit short on money. I might be earning loads in Chinese terms but it translates as virtually nothing in the West. Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 15 December 2012 at 1:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Woodsei Bilingual Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Woodsei Joined 4789 days ago 614 posts - 782 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Egyptian)* Studies: Russian, Japanese, Hungarian | Message 139 of 586 15 December 2012 at 3:15am | IP Logged |
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I love our new team name. MIR. Music to the ears.
Reading all these posts rekindled the Russian flame that was almost dying out from over a month of neglect. I'll post a short intro as soon as I get to a quiet place. In the meantime, I do think Assimil would be a good choice for a common conversational text, and I have both the 1951 and 2011 versions, with English as the teaching language. I also have the audio. I'm really looking forward to Skype. I made some vague noises about it last year, but never got around to actually joining the meetings. I intend on changing all that this year, though :) Regarding the subject of resources, a post on that would be neat. I mostly have audiobooks and matching text, but very limited and admittedly contrived conversational resources, which I'd love to expand. So recommendations would be really helpful. I'm so proud to be on our team again :D 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 140 of 586 15 December 2012 at 4:15am | IP Logged |
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Woodsei, we will surely rekindle the Russian flame just as soon as the New Year begins.
Fires can be reignited quite some time after they initially burn out and something about the New Year seems to rouse a feeling of renewed determination in us. Which version of Assimil Russian should I look into getting? I have no experience with Assimil at all, I've heard there are lots of different versions and to be honest, as I'm living off a Chinese salary, the price tags for Russian (and Greek) Assimil with the accompanying audio are a little scary. The prices just for the books are fine but I'd like the audio because something about not getting the full thing makes me feel like I'm missing out. Is there an easier way to get the Assimil audio? I don't care what language they use for instructions or whatever else - English, German, French, Italian, Spanish (with a little effort), any of those. I'm even debating whether I actually need the Russian audio at all, or whether to just get it for the Greek part of the Challenge. Any advice on Assimil in general or where to get the audio for less than the cost of donating an organ would be very much appreciated. Jack Edited by LanguageSponge on 15 December 2012 at 4:16am 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 141 of 586 15 December 2012 at 9:51am | IP Logged |
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I am posting this on the main sign-up thread and on all team logs.
This is a special announcement for all teams, certain ones more than others: -The purpose of TAC teams is to support, help and encourage each other. “All for one and one for all.” That means reading each other’s logs, and commenting them where appropriate. It also means no more bickering. - It the future all teams will be closed upon reaching 15 members, and new teams will be formed for those languages. Should a new team only attract a few members (about 5-7 depending on the team members prior TAC experience) by the sign-up deadline (31. January 2013), they will be merged with the original team. If in the course of the year, the teams lose half their members, they may also choose to merge. Any team that already has more than 15 members will not be divided, but they will not be allowed to add new members - Each team is to choose a team leader by Tuesday, 18 December. Inform me of your choice by then. The leader must have prior TAC experience unless there is no such person on the team. The leader is to keep me up-to-date regarding their team. - I have created a French team and a Spanish team. Anyone studying those languages may choose to join them if they wish. The original Romance teams will remain in existence for those who are studying other Romance languages or who are interested in multiple languages. Note that even if you are only studying French or Spanish you may choose to be on a Romance team rather than a single language team. If there is enough interest for an Italian, Portuguese or Romanian team, I will create one. However, I would like those who may be interested in such a team to gather at least 5 team members before asking me to form the team. I am sorry to have to make these additional rules, however it is obvious that certain teams are already on the verge of falling apart and a number of more experienced TAC members have noticed this and sent me PM’s requesting that I do something. 2 persons have 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 142 of 586 15 December 2012 at 10:05am | IP Logged |
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I already informed mrwarper and Cristina of this, but since we need a leader, I propose
that it is Cristina. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5326 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 143 of 586 15 December 2012 at 10:06am | IP Logged |
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It looks like we must find a leader :-)
Last year we had a team motto, and I see that one of the other teams have a team song and picture on their first page. Are there any suggestions for either of these? (And then of course team T-shirts will be the next thing:-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4836 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 144 of 586 15 December 2012 at 11:24am | IP Logged |
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I don't have any ideas for a song or a picture yet, but I'd support the proposal that Cristina should become our team leader.
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