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| markdtmj Newbie United States neprenezpasmonj Joined 4654 days ago 15 posts - 24 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 16 March 2012 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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I've been lurking for quite a while around here, soaking up opinions and information. I
figured it was about time to make my introductions so we can stop being complete strangers. :) Anyways... Hi. I'm Mark. How do you do? I've always been interested in languages. Unfortunately, I'm also easily distracted by shiny things. ("Italian's pretty! ooohhh! Look at that written Arabic!" And then a week later, "Ooohh! Look at Gaelic's impossible spelling!" Three days later, "Ooohh! Kanji!" Etc etc.) Except for some high school Russian, I never really learned how to say anything.... But I had fun. After a few years of forgetting about languages all together, I inexplicably decided to learn French, as opposed to learning about French. I've been totally focused on it for months now to the extent that my life allows (single dad, blah blah blah...) I started with FSI French Phonology and Anki and random internet finds. The FSI basic course, however, challenged my focus very early on. So, now I'm recently on to Assimil 'With Ease. I quite like it, thus far. The existence of this forum has somehow helped me maintain my focus, despite all the interesting and distracting tidbits about other languages to be found here. I think this forum has helped turn distractions into a serious hit list. Norwegian has caught my eye/ear... And I work with a lot of Bosnians.... But I'll get to 'em later:) Before too long here, I'm going to have to set up a blog and see if I can spew nonsense in French as I'm wont to do in English. That being said, I should stop typing... Cheers, Mark Edited by markdtmj on 16 March 2012 at 6:12am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| manish Triglot Groupie Romania Joined 5537 days ago 88 posts - 136 votes  Speaks: Romanian*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 5 16 March 2012 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Nice one. I'm kinda like that too :( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5253 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 4 of 5 16 March 2012 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Welcome to the forum, @markdmtj! Until you learn your first foreign language to a high level, try to avoid "wanderlust" like the plague. It has been the end of many a language learner's attempts to learn a language. Resistance is not futile. Those other languages aren't going to go away in the meantime. There's no "sell by" date on a language. They'll always be there for you to attempt later. Keep your eyes on the prize and bonne chance.
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| markdtmj Newbie United States neprenezpasmonj Joined 4654 days ago 15 posts - 24 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 5 of 5 16 March 2012 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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:D no worries. I know exactly how wandering halts all progress for
me. I've got loads of experience in standing still:) Besides, I'm having far too much fun feeling my progress. Also, I decided that if I ever do aim at an L3, it'll have to wait until I'm comfortable enough to start it through French. That seems like a reward and a deterrent bundled together. So it's worked so far. Now all that's left is everything else. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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