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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5001 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 1 of 48 28 December 2014 at 9:27am | IP Logged |
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Welcome to the log of the Spanish team for TAC 2015.
Our goal sounds simple, we just need to keep going from now until the end of the year 2015. Over the obstacles, our time eaters, procrastination or wanderlust temptations, any plateau or steep climb on the road, anything. So, let's start! One of the funny things about learning Spanish is that some of the obstacles we face are exactly the opposites of those of learners of many other languages, don't you think? -monoglots around say: "Spanish is so easy, why is it taking you so much time" while we struggle with the trickier points of grammar, creative uses of subjunctvies and an amount of false friends -we find resources anywhere we look. There are so many we may have hard time to choose in order not to spread ourselves too thin From the experince in previous logs of Spanish learners, including ours, there is a whole ocean of friendly natives, awesome books and movies, great travelling options and resources of the highest quality. Let's take a swim :-) So, enough of attempts to create some fun or well meant pathos in the thread. Here comes our list of heroes (with links to logs added as soon as possible): anamsc arthaey Cavesa IBEP jvv426 TID=39535&PN=1&TPN=6">liam.pike1 TID=39872&PN=1&TPN=1">mgr.graham mitcht s0fist sctroyenne Serpent sillygoose1 TID=39818&PN=1&TPN=1">Stelle stifa TID=39744&PN=1&TPN=1">tristano Some practical notes: Our first and traditional task: Let's pick a name. Suggestions? Second: There is going to be a list of resources in the next post. Your contributions in this thread more than welcome, it would be hard to compile the list directly from logs. ///edit, a side note: I am slowly adding the logs here, sorry about the weird format, no idea why it looks this way, but the links worked when I tried them. Edited by Cavesa on 18 January 2015 at 1:35am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5001 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 2 of 48 28 December 2014 at 9:28am | IP Logged |
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4136 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 3 of 48 29 December 2014 at 12:42am | IP Logged |
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¡Hola Cavesa!
Thanks for getting us started. I'm glad that you'll be our team leader this year! Here's my TAC15 log. I'd say that I'm currently at a high intermediate level in Spanish. I can read young adult novels without much difficulty - and 2015 is the year in which I'll tackle Real Books for Grown-Ups. I can follow TV shows, although I don't catch every single word. I can carry on a conversation in Spanish for an hour plus without using any English. Lots of mistakes - yes. But no English. ;) Last year, I was part of team Lobo. I still like that name. It has a nice ring to it, and I like that wolves are individuals who rely on the pack for support. I also like Rana (Frog). I can't help but gravitate towards animal names, probably because I've spent most of my adult life teaching little kids. Ha! I don't really care what our name is though...I'm happy with pretty much anything. I'm happy to be a part of this team and I look forward to working with all of you! re: resources, would you like us to post them here, or PM them directly to you so that you can add them to the resources section? Edited by Stelle on 29 December 2014 at 12:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Arthaey Groupie United States arthaey.com Joined 5038 days ago 97 posts - 155 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 48 29 December 2014 at 1:49am | IP Logged |
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I only have a second right now to jump in here, but +1 for Lobos!
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4136 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 5 of 48 29 December 2014 at 6:10pm | IP Logged |
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¡Hola compañeros!
I was just updating my log, and I thought that I'd share some free resources that I've used and enjoyed! resources for absolute beginners Language Transfer: Michel Thomas-esque course for beginners Mi Vida Loca: interactive video mystery from the BBC Duolingo: gamified language-learning, good supplement Destinos: introductory course in telenovela form - cheesy, but it works! resources for high beginner and intermediate learners italki: good source of language partners and native text corrections Notes in Spanish: podcast (int/adv are excellent and in Spanish only) Veinte Mundos: magazine-style site with full audio and mouseover translation FSI Basic Spanish: comprehensive (if dated) course with drills and dialogues BBC Mundo: articles in Spanish from the BBC, lots of them short/accessible Extr@: silly comedy for Spanish learners, complete with laugh track native resources for intermediate and advanced learners TV shows (most of these are from Spain, because I've mainly been learning Castillian Spanish): Aquí no hay quien viva (YT): funny comedy set in an apartment complex El internado (YT): creepy and addictive show set in a boarding school Los Simpsons: dubbed cartoon (Latin America) DramaFever Latino: Spanish TV shows with removable English subtitles some shows on DramaFever that I've enjoyed: * Frágiles: dramedy about an unconventional physiotherapist * Isabel: historical drama about Queen Isabel * Desaparecida: crime drama about a missing teenager * El tiempo entre costuras: historical drama set during the Spanish Civil War podcasts Democracy Now: a bit dry and very fast, but full transcripts are available. Definitely has a certain political slant which may or may not be to your liking. (USA) Amnistía Internacional: full transcript, good speed, interesting - but again, comes from a certain political stance. (Spain) Buenos días América: daily half-hour news show (USA) Fallo de sistema: weekly hour-long "geek culture" show (Spain) Nómadas: weekly hour-long travel show (Spain) Futuro abierto: weekly hour-long show debating social issues (Spain) Radio ambulante: intermittent show telling Latin American stories (USA) Edited by Stelle on 29 December 2014 at 6:20pm 7 persons have voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4865 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 6 of 48 30 December 2014 at 9:49pm | IP Logged |
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My log
Good luck to all of you - I look forward to a year taking on the TAC together with you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mitcht Newbie Australia Joined 3733 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 48 31 December 2014 at 7:26am | IP Logged |
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Hi all,
I would class myself as at an intermediate level but have probably not pushed myself as much in the past as i should have to get the best results. Looking forwards to a good year with you all. mitcht log Mitch 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4282 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 8 of 48 03 January 2015 at 8:15am | IP Logged |
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¡Hola a vosotr@s, buenas! Sorry to bother, but where can all of the temporadas for El
tiempo entre costuras be found? I became addicted to the series recently, but I cannot seem to find most of the episodes. ¡Gracias y suerte con los estudios! Edited by 1e4e6 on 03 January 2015 at 8:33am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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