troglodyte Diglot Groupie BrazilRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5272 days ago 53 posts - 69 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian
| Message 17 of 95 10 December 2010 at 2:17pm | IP Logged |
In 2011 I want to keep studying French and German, and I hope to get to B2 level by the
end of the year on both of them.
Besides that, if I have the time and energy, I'm going to play a little bit with
Esperanto.
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Monte_Cristo Newbie United States Joined 5189 days ago 27 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 18 of 95 10 December 2010 at 3:17pm | IP Logged |
For 2011 I want to acheive basic fluency in Spanish and to start German. I realize that you can't just decide how many hours will equal a certain level of fluency, but for the purpose of measureable goals I'm shooting for 500 hours of active learning of Spanish before starting German, though I may begin working on vocabulary with Anki a little earlier.
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Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7116 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish
| Message 19 of 95 10 December 2010 at 3:18pm | IP Logged |
By mid-2011, I want to
-feel totally comfortable holding a conversation in Turkish, unless it's highly
technical
-be able to read Harry Potter-level books so easily that I read them for fun rather
than study
-be able to understand most of more difficult books (like Lord of the Rings or novels
by Orhan Pamuk) without a dictionary, 100% with (which is my current status on the
books in the previous category)
-read Turkish blogs with ease
-understand at least 90% of most films in Turkish
By the end of 2011... well, I hesitate to set goals. Never having stuck with an
independent-study language this long before, I don't really know how realistic my mid-
year goals are, so I think I'll reevaluate mid-year- to assess, among other things,
whether I feel confident enough with Turkish that I'll want to take on another language
as well. If I do, it will probably be Hebrew or Hindi.
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Bolkonsky Diglot Newbie France Joined 5196 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German, Swedish
| Message 20 of 95 10 December 2010 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
For this new year I just want to keep learning Swedish and German in order to reach a level which enable me to listen and understand broadcast and read and practise as munch as possible in English to master it as well as my native language French.
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ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5327 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French
| Message 21 of 95 10 December 2010 at 6:04pm | IP Logged |
My 21st birthday will be in October 2011 and by that time I hope to have achieved basic passive fluency in French.
As for other languages, I plan to start on Arabic in the next couple of weeks but I´m in no hurry. Doing one or two Pimsleur lessons a week and finding a way to learn and practise the alphabet will be enough for now.
By the end of 2011, I also want to have started doing some work on German. It´ll probably be some low-key exposure and maybe a little grammar study.
Edited by ReneeMona on 11 December 2010 at 11:12am
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Scratch Groupie United States Joined 5227 days ago 45 posts - 57 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 22 of 95 10 December 2010 at 6:05pm | IP Logged |
1. Complete study of New French with Ease.
2. Begin and finish study of Assimil's Using French.
3. Practice French listening skill with watching shows and movies in French.
4. If I get to where I feel comfortable with my ability to read French, listen to and understand French, put it into maintenance level of exposure and begin study of Finnish.
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nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5561 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French
| Message 23 of 95 10 December 2010 at 6:14pm | IP Logged |
In 2011 I'm going to finally achieve near-native fluency in Hebrew and get to basic fluency in Russian.
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arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5263 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English
| Message 24 of 95 10 December 2010 at 6:25pm | IP Logged |
My goals:
1. Start learning seriously Japanese, using Pimsleur and Assimil and other materials.
2. Continue progressing in Arabic and to understand 100 % what is covered in Teach Yourself Arabic and understanding at least 50 % of slow speach and to be able fluently express about everyday life.
3. Re-start my German, French and Swedish to a very serious level.
4. Learn Dutch, Danish and Finnish. As with Arabic - express fluently about everyday life.
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