ReQuest Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5025 days ago 200 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 65 of 88 17 August 2012 at 1:42pm | IP Logged |
Will you start a new language for this challenge?
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Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4861 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 66 of 88 17 August 2012 at 1:55pm | IP Logged |
Either Assimil Using French or a new language. Not sure yet.
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Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4861 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 67 of 88 18 August 2012 at 3:30pm | IP Logged |
I started to watch Dr. House in German. I have the first 5 seasons.
I also thinking about how to continue my languagestudy. I think I need a plan, more structure. I don't like plans, but I think I have to follow some sort of a plan:-)
Edited by Bjorn on 18 August 2012 at 4:11pm
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ReQuest Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5025 days ago 200 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 68 of 88 18 August 2012 at 4:15pm | IP Logged |
It sounds as though you're doing the right thing, at some point language learning materials can't really teach you stuff any longer.
Exposure and grammar books can only help you from that point on. Don't know how far you are though :p.
Edited by ReQuest on 18 August 2012 at 4:43pm
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Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4861 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 69 of 88 19 August 2012 at 2:26am | IP Logged |
ReQuest: good advice
I have dropped Dr House for now. To much sickness and operations :-)
So now I go for Madmen in German. I have season 1 and 2.
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Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4861 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 70 of 88 26 August 2012 at 3:45am | IP Logged |
Haven't done much studying last week. Been occupied with other thing.
I have also been thinking about how to study for the rest of the year.
German
Need more practising speaking German. So I will shadowing the Assimil German With Ease.
Need more grammar knowlegde.
Maybe some more LR.
Luckily I have a Skype-partner wich I speak German with once a week.
Watching tv (3SAT) and movies.
Also thinking about having online lesson with a German teacher. Not sure yet.
French
A last I have started up with Assimil French With Ease.
Here I will follow mostly Assimil's method.
I also have French Using French.
Watching TV (TV 5 Monde Europe), luckily they often have English or French subtitles. Which I can turn on or off. I like that.
And also watching movies.
Vietnamese
Starting up with the tutor again next week.
Learning South Vietnamese dialect.
I need a tutor because of the pronunciation and there are not much resources out there.
After all I'm a newbie in languagelearning.
Had I chosen North Vietnamese dialect I probably done Assmil Vietnamese course first.
NEW! Greek
Damn that wanderlust! :-)
Inspired be the Assimil Challenge I have now decided to try to learn some Greek.
However I will not participate in the Assmil Chalenge since I'm starting now. And also because I'm only doing it "parttime". Meaning I don't have a goal to do 1 lesson a day.
I will be using Assimil Griechisch ohne Mühe with mp3-files from
Assmil Le nouveau Grec sans peine :-)
Yes, they are the same.
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ReQuest Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5025 days ago 200 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 71 of 88 26 August 2012 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
Poli kala!
Lots of luck with Greek ! ;)
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Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4861 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 72 of 88 28 August 2012 at 12:52pm | IP Logged |
Thanks Request.
Right now I'm drilling the greek alphabet.
Resources I will be using more or less.
German
Assimil German With Ease, for shadowing and also the grammar.
Collins Easy Learning German Grammar
German Demystified, Ed Swick
A practise Grammar of German, Dreyer and Schmitt, Hueber
Deutch Prüfungstraining C1, Cornelsen
Mit Erfolg zur DSH B2-C2, Klett
On Skype I have a German that I practise with once a week.
French
Assimil French With Ease
Assimil Using French
frenchclasses.com
Collins easy learning French Grammar
Vietnamese
To support my lessons with tutor.
For southern dialect:
Vietnamese for foreigners Book 1-4 with CDs,Văn Giưỡng, I bought these in Ho Chi Minh.
Modern Vietnamese modernvietnamese (ebooks) 1-4 with MP3's, Văn Giưỡng
Modern Vietnamese modernvietnamese (ebooks) 1-4 with MP3's, Văn Giưỡng
Vietnamese for Beginners Jake Catlett with CD, don,t have it yet, but plan to buy it.
Greek
Assimil Griechisch ohne Mühe
I don't have any plans to go further after finishing this course.
For support I have Greek friends that I can ask and practise with.
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