ancpem1 Groupie United States Joined 4380 days ago 56 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Greek, Latin, French
| Message 145 of 439 02 January 2013 at 2:29am | IP Logged |
Hi! I'm also on Team Mir, and I look forward to seeing your progress!
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aloysius Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6232 days ago 226 posts - 291 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: French, Greek, Italian, Russian
| Message 146 of 439 02 January 2013 at 2:51pm | IP Logged |
Bonjour Fabricio!
Another year is here and you've got every reason to greet it with high expectations, having done so well in 2012.
Seems like your communicative skills in Russian are coming along really well and it's great to read about your
enthusiasm for French and Italian.
See you around!
//aloysius
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5158 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 147 of 439 02 January 2013 at 3:54pm | IP Logged |
Fala Fabricio!
Tô vendo que você já tá mais adiantado no russo. Basic fluency, what a dream! I've just
started as a false beginner. As for English, I share your goals of improving my skills,
at least the listening ones.
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4707 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 148 of 439 02 January 2013 at 5:26pm | IP Logged |
Wow! So many comments, I'm impressed! Ahahaha
Thanks a lot guys for all the encouragement, I'm sure we're gonna be a hell of a team this year, and learn so much Russian that Pushkin will smile from within his tumb. =) Feel free to come back here often, I'll be following all your logs as well!
@riff I still can't read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with fluidity, I get the grasp of the sentences, but it's still quite overwhelming if I read more than 2 pages at a time, not knowing a huge part of the vocabulary.
I will see you guys around! =)
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5158 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 149 of 439 02 January 2013 at 5:36pm | IP Logged |
Hey guys, are you reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?! It is on my list as
perhaps the first book I'm going to read in parallel Russian/English! Thank you for
reminding me.
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4707 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 150 of 439 02 January 2013 at 6:31pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
Hey guys, are you reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?! It is on my list as
perhaps the first book I'm going to read in parallel Russian/English! Thank you for
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No problem, man =) I read all of them in Portuguese, but in Russian it's still very hard!
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4707 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 151 of 439 02 January 2013 at 6:45pm | IP Logged |
So guys, since Cristina asked, it's time to show you my goals for this year:
RUSSIAN: (from B2- to B2 or C1-)
I can't say I'm at a solid B2 level yet because my level varies a lot depending on my recent exposure to the language, but I hope I'll be able to get to that solid B2 point during this year and maybe, with tons of luck, be able to break the C1 barrier a little bit to get some steps closer to it. I'll try to keep reading my books, and especially practicing as much as I can through Skype!
FRENCH: (from A2 to B2)
I'm very happy with my developments with French and I think I can easily reach B2 by the end of the year if I keep pushing it forward. I'll watch as many French movies as I can, finish my Assimil book and probably some other things along the way, like books or so.
DUTCH: (from A2+/B1- to B1+ or B2-)
I'm not much far from where I was 1 year ago, because I kind of abandoned Dutch on the last months and forgot a looot of things. I'll try to get it all back, and push a little harder towards a B1+, maybe B2- level, but I think I'll give Russian and French more attention.
ITALIAN: (from C1- to C1)
I just wanna maintain it and hopefully improve a little by practicing a lot with my Italian friends!
ENGLISH: (reach Advanced Fluency, improve speaking skills and accent)
I'll basically copy last year's description, because this is a long run. I want to improve my accent as much as I can. Since I'm heading back to São Paulo in february, I'll be able to attend the CoushSurfing meetings there and probably others, so that means practice, practice, practice! =)
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Toffeeliz Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5672 days ago 116 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Russian
| Message 152 of 439 03 January 2013 at 8:40am | IP Logged |
Good luck fabricio! :D You're such an accomplished language learner already, I bet you
will leave us all in your dust this year!
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