Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5848 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map
| Message 41 of 66 04 January 2009 at 2:45am | IP Logged |
cadomniel wrote:
Well, since my university days are over and I no longer have the same amount of time to devote to language learning. At university I was working on three or four at a time and making progress and since I've started working full time I have barely worked on languages at all |
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Yes, that's the way it goes, if you have a fulltime job! When I studied Romance Filology at university, I worked on 6 foreign languages at the same time, but now being employed I concetrate on ONE language for intensive studying and besides this I keep my other 6 languages active by using them regularly. But it does make a great difference, whether you are in the working process or a student.
Fasulye-Babylonia
Edited by Fasulye on 04 January 2009 at 2:47am
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delectric Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7182 days ago 608 posts - 733 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: German
| Message 42 of 66 04 January 2009 at 4:06am | IP Logged |
1 - Pass the HSK 汉语水平考试 Chinese proficiency exam at a high level.
2 - Learn to speak Esperanto fluently.
3 - Start a degree in English Liguistics.
4 - At the end of the year start to learn German or French again.
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Catherine Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6119 days ago 18 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: French, Turkish, Polish, Swahili
| Message 43 of 66 04 January 2009 at 6:48am | IP Logged |
I'm giving myself half-year goals as I don't know what I'll be doing after summer. So by summer 2009:
French: consolidate Basic Fluency by increasing vocabulary and improving speaking and listening skills.
Italian: reach Upper Intermediate level. Increase vocabulary greatly.
Swahili: reattain a reasonable Intermediate level. Relearn lots of grammar and vocabulary.
Turkish and Arabic: not really sure, but I'm aiming to at least maintain what I already know in these languages (which isn't much).
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Catherine Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6119 days ago 18 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: French, Turkish, Polish, Swahili
| Message 44 of 66 04 January 2009 at 6:52am | IP Logged |
By the end of the year I hope to have achieved basic fluency in two languages and an intermediate level in two others. But we'll see how it goes.
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Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5822 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic
| Message 45 of 66 05 January 2009 at 3:34pm | IP Logged |
*Reach basic fluency in German (speaking, not just reading)
*Continue with Swedish; be able to read an average novel and hold a conversation
*Work through "Beginner's Finnish" and have a grasp of the basics of the language
Good luck to everyone! :) I hope we all achieve this year's goals
Edit: And I am not allowed to pleasure read in English!
Edited by Lindsay19 on 05 January 2009 at 3:35pm
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ruby.mein Newbie Spain Joined 5802 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes
| Message 46 of 66 07 January 2009 at 12:31am | IP Logged |
I want to learn speak Spanish and Malay
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Sprogli Newbie Switzerland Joined 5798 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Danish, Swiss-German
| Message 47 of 66 10 January 2009 at 6:54am | IP Logged |
German: achieve basic fluency in speaking and be able to understand 99% of what I read.
Swiss-German: be able to understand spoken Swiss-German at least one third of the time.(Doesn't sound like much, does it?)
Danish: read a couple of books and watch a couple of DVDs.
A language from SE Asia, maybe Indonesian: learn some travel basics.
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Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6235 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish
| Message 48 of 66 12 January 2009 at 12:58pm | IP Logged |
I'll perhaps study Italian next semester.....but I'll start out with a book on my own...
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