|
 |
CZ’s TAC 15 CHN/JPN/KOR | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Learning Log |  | |
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 801 of 844 21 September 2014 at 6:02pm | IP Logged | ||
|
I do like Yura, it's just that I like Sojin and Minah a lot more.
(Languages update in next post). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 802 of 844 21 September 2014 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Ever since university started back up, I haven't had much time to put into languages
aside from translation work that I do for Soompi. I have put some cards into Anki, but at a fairly slow pace. I think the main problem is that MCD cards take more effort to make and review. I will still make them, but use them less often than other kinds of cards. I will go back to simple vocabulary cards for Japanese and Korean, while exclusively using MCDs in Mandarin and Cantonese for now. My plan is to focus on Japanese and Korean while maintaining/slowly learning Mandarin and Cantonese. I don't have the time to study all four, but I can still learn a decent amount over the next two years just using Anki. For grammar, I am going back to making traditional flashcards and reviewing the cards. Anki is really good for this, but it takes much longer to make the cards. I will try to go back to using these two languages actively, but probably not for two weeks, as the next two weeks are very busy for me because of job interviews and such. Basically I want to use traditional flashcards and create my own sentences. I may incorporate reading out example sentences for breadth. The main thing I plan on doing is to get back to translating for my blog and will try to do 50/50 Korean and Japanese. Seeing how beneficial all of the translating I have done in Korean has been for my Korean comprehension and output ability, I want to do this in Japanese as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5533 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 803 of 844 21 September 2014 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | ||
|
It is interesting how translating forces you to fill gaps, or even just gray areas, in your
knowledge. For example, often I can get the gist of something well enough but if I have to explain it to someone I can't as I'm missing too much information to nail down an actual translation. It's similar to the way I know some words in English well enough to understand sentences that use them, but wouldn't stand a chance at trying to explain what they meant. Also to side-step back to the Kojima topic, I'm surprised you aren't following her Twitter account then. That was actually the first "48" account I followed then I just let it branch from there (since it immediately started suggesting several other "48" members). https://twitter.com/kojiharunyan Edited by Warp3 on 21 September 2014 at 8:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 804 of 844 21 September 2014 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Yeah, it really helps with learning those "I know it but I can't translate it" words and
helps with the grammar. For doing interviews, I find it helps in using more natural grammar patterns. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 805 of 844 04 October 2014 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | ||
|
On Wednesday during our last meeting with an accounting firm for the semester, the
accountants were talking about how they became more productive after they started working, since most of them have only been there for a few years (the more experienced accountants rarely come, it's mainly the newer accountants that come to help with recruiting). They were talking about being organized, and goals, especially stretch goals. I think that's relevant to me this year because at the beginning of the year, I just said I would try to study every day and didn't make any goals. I think I am someone who needs some numeric goals and some lofty goals to reach for. A process alone won't work. I need an efficient process in order to reach goals. This year has been my worse year for language learning. Yes, I have good "excuses", but I could still find the time to actually accomplish things. However, I think the ways goals are made need to be adapted to language learning. I need concrete, measurable long-term goals to strive for (aside from the vague "be fluent"). Instead of having medium-term goals and short-term goals, I think I think short-term goals and shorter- term goals. For example, "Creating and testing myself on 1,000 Chinese Character cards in three months" would be the short-term goal and the shorter-term goal would be to make 50 cards and be comfortable with those before moving on. Another example is my translating site, which I do for fun, but it also helps me learn a lot, too. I have 37 translations (mainly Korean, but I have around 8-10 Japanese ones) that I want to translate by the end of the year. However, I work on about 4-5 at a time per week, so let's see if I can consistently do this. I also started watching dramas and anime again after not watching them for about a month. I figured I needed something relaxing to do so that I won't burn out from all the crap I am currently doing. The only times I truly get breaks are when I'm driving somewhere and when I'm sleeping. I'll report in at the end of the month to see how this is working out for me. Edit: I should mention that I'm continuing with Korean, Japanese and Mandarin. I'll wait until I'm at a higher level to tackle Cantonese again. In the meantime, I'll try to find more singers that I like in the Cantopop world. Edited by The Real CZ on 04 October 2014 at 6:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 806 of 844 08 November 2014 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Well, it's been a month, and I have some updates.
In the beginning of October, I added Cantonese and German back to my studies. By the end of the month, I only had time to stick with Korean and Japanese. The reason is that I need to study a lot of English grammar for my GMAT exam. I was studying a lot of vocabulary, but I will be putting a hold on that. From now until February, I will be focusing solely on grammar/output. I can only focus on one aspect until my exam is over and this semester is over. Once February rolls around, I should have more time to spend on languages. I have a 16 hour per week internship next semester and one online class. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 807 of 844 13 November 2014 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
|
For Korean learners:
SBS has resumed putting up the scripts for dramas starting with "Secret Door/비밀의 문". Here is SBS's TV site. I'm happy because that means "Birth of a Beauty" has scripts, and that means "Jekyll and Me" should have scripts as well once it airs in January. With my two favorite actresses having back-to-back SBS dramas, this will give me extra motivation to mine scripts for both series to learn vocab. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Evita Tetraglot Senior Member Latvia learnlatvian.info Joined 6550 days ago 734 posts - 1036 votes Speaks: Latvian*, English, German, Russian Studies: Korean, Finnish | Message 808 of 844 13 November 2014 at 9:21am | IP Logged | ||
This is great news! I've been hoping they would resume putting up the scripts and checking their site now and then. I don't know about any dramas next year though, they can just as easily stop publishing the scripts at any time... But it's good news for now. 1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
