m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 217 of 231 20 September 2009 at 6:08am | IP Logged |
20/09/09
TAGALOG: 1 hour
Comic Book: "Doraemon (Tagalog Version) Vol. 9" p100-190 - COMPLETE!!! Doraemon Series Now Finished. Hooray!
ARABIC: 4hr 30m
Alif Baa with DVDs: Unit 7 + 8 + 9 +10 p116-151 - COMPLETE!!! I finished the whole book+DVDs! hahahahha
NEWSPAPERS
French (AIM: Find new Vocabulary)
Read newspapers; at least front pages of:
-Le Monde
-Liberation
-Le Figaro
-Le Nouvel Observateur
Tagalog (AIM: Find new Vocabulary)
Read newspapers; at least front pages of:
-Radyo Internasyonal ng Tsina
-Philippine Star Ngayon
-Journal Online
-Abante Online
-Abante Tonite
Edited by m.alberto1 on 21 September 2009 at 6:29am
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 218 of 231 21 September 2009 at 6:39pm | IP Logged |
21/09/09
FRENCH: 30m
Grammaire Progressive du Francais: Niveau Intermediare = p36-38
TAGALOG: 30m
TV Series: Lovers in Paris (Tagalog Version) = Ep.1 0m-4m
1.Watch 2 minute segment.
2.Watch 2 minute segment again (2nd time), while noting any new vocabulary.
3.Look up the meaning of the new vocabulary.
4.Watch 2 minute segment again (3rd time), while shadowing.
ARABIC: 30m
Wightwick&Gaafar: Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar = p1-15
Edited by m.alberto1 on 21 September 2009 at 7:40pm
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| Message 219 of 231 22 September 2009 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
22/09/09
ARABIC: 30m
Wightwick&Gaafar: Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar = p16-22
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 220 of 231 22 September 2009 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
OBSERVATIONS:
READING/LISTENING/WATCHING FOR GRAMMAR (Not only for Vocab)
I liked Iversen's post (below) because it opened up my appreciation of using native materials (such as native books/movies/audio) in a way to actively improve grammar, and not only vocabulary.
Before, I only thought vocab and getting the meaning of the text were the main uses for using native materials. Now I know how to actively improve my grammar, particularly for Tagalog, where I am currently using native materials.
Iversen wrote:
The question is what you understand by "basic fluency" grammar. If that more or less is the whole morphological system plus the use of conjunctions, infinite verbal forms, the cases that goes with specific prepositions and things like that, then the learning the rest of the syntax will be fairly close to learning the idiomatics of a your target language.
And that can be done through reading, provided that you stay alert to these things and don't focus entirely on the meaning. One trick to do this is to choose a certain grammatical phenomen and then keep that on your mind while reading or listening. It really doesn't matter which phenomenon you choose (it could for instance be prepositions after verbs in English), because being alert to one phenomenon will also make you notice other things in the form of the message. The imporant thing is to avoid being efocused entirely on the meaning.
But those things in grammar that can be formalized and put into a system will be more efficiently learned if you do consult a grammar when you are intrigued by something. And you can only consult a grammar efficiently if you know where to find what in that book.
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 221 of 231 24 September 2009 at 5:32am | IP Logged |
24/09/09
FRENCH: 30m
Grammaire Progressive du Francais: Niveau Intermediare = p39-40
TAGALOG: 30m
Read newspapers; at least front pages of:
-Radyo Internasyonal ng Tsina
-Philippine Star Ngayon
-Journal Online
-Abante Online
-Abante Tonite
ARABIC: 30m
Master Arabic:A Course for Beginners = Indefinite, Definite, Nominal Sentence
http://masterarabic.freehostia.com/begin/
OBSERVATIONS:
BEGINNER ARABIC
I had originally planned to use the PDQ Linguaphone Arabic course, but to my dismay, it is in Egyptian colloquial arabic, NOT MSA.
Therefore, I had to quickly find another material to get my through September/October, before I receive my textbook for Mastering Arabic and Ultimate Arabic.
I tried Wightwick and Gaafar's Essential Grammar textbook. But reading it was a bit too challenging for me right now. I need the aboslute basics first.
Therefore, I found the Master Arabic website (http://masterarabic.freehostia.com/begin/), which I can go through, and which is suited for my absolute beginners level.
Edited by m.alberto1 on 24 September 2009 at 10:13am
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| Message 222 of 231 25 September 2009 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
25/09/09
TAGALOG: 30m
TV Series: Lovers in Paris (Tagalog Version) = Ep.3 0m-26m42
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 223 of 231 26 September 2009 at 6:34am | IP Logged |
26/09/09
TAGALOG: 1h
Shadowing - TV Series: Lovers in Paris (Tagalog Version) = Ep.3; Ep.4 0-28m50
FRENCH: 2h30m
Listening Input - Movie: Belle-Ville Rendez-Vous = 1 hour
Listening Input - Movie: Decalage Horaire = 1 hour 30 min
Edited by m.alberto1 on 27 September 2009 at 1:51am
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m.alberto1 Diglot Senior Member Australia youtube.com/user/lan Joined 5763 days ago 218 posts - 221 votes Speaks: Tagalog, English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 224 of 231 27 September 2009 at 12:22pm | IP Logged |
27/09/09
FRENCH: 30m
Grammaire Progressive du Francais: Niveau Intermediare = p41-43
TAGALOG: 30m
Shadowing - TV Series: Lovers in Paris (Tagalog Version) = Ep.4 28m50-end
ARABIC: 30m
Master Arabic:A Course for Beginners = Adjective, Nominal Sentence 2
http://masterarabic.freehostia.com/begin/
Edited by m.alberto1 on 27 September 2009 at 3:07pm
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