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| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 17 of 86 10 January 2011 at 11:15am | IP Logged |
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Day 9
Completed more of Chapter 8 of 20 in Mastering Arabic 50 minutes of Michel Thomas 16.3 minutes of Anki - added 25 new cards Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 2.07 Total Hours: 16.85 Chapter 8, being a review chapter, seems to be taking me a while to get through. I only have a few exercises left though, and should finish it tomorrow. I find that I am not remembering words very well when writing, which is probably a sign that, though they are in my passive knowledge, I need to activate them. At the end of this week I may trying writing a small blurb using as much of what I have learned as possible. I have to say that the Michel Thomas learning approach amazes me. As I mentioned before, I have used MT before, but never the way it is prescribed. I find that the vocabulary and constructions stick so much easier approaching the program as designed and I am thrilled with the ease of being able to say that which I have learned thus far. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| magictom123 Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5594 days ago 272 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 18 of 86 10 January 2011 at 7:56pm | IP Logged |
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I've used MT for Italian and some of the French course and I also find that when done as
per the instructions, it is a brilliant introduction to a language. Good luck with your continued studies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 19 of 86 13 January 2011 at 5:36am | IP Logged |
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Day 10 & 11
20 minutes of Michel Thomas Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 0.33 Total Hours: 17.18 I did not work the last two days plus my best friend is home from Mississippi for a week and a half. Unfortunately I just was not able to make the time to study over the last two days. Now that I am back to work I will be able to resume my studies to their normal numbers. If my mental fortitude withstands, I may try to add some extra time over the next few days to make up for my two days of slacking. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 20 of 86 13 January 2011 at 12:19pm | IP Logged |
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Day 12
Finally finished Chapter 8 of 20 in Mastering Arabic 30 minutes of Michel Thomas Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 0.87 Total Hours: 18.05 I downloaded the new Anki update, and now I cannot open Anki. I am hoping that the problem will be solved soon. Chapter 8 took me so long, that I decided not to do any more today. I will get back to a chapter a day tomorrow. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 21 of 86 14 January 2011 at 11:02am | IP Logged |
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Day 13
45 minutes of Michel Thomas Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 0.75 Total Hours: 18.80 I managed to get Anki fixed. Unfortunately I forgot my bag with all of my work at the apartment tonight (stupid idiot that I am). I do have two observations to make however: 1.) I think I will easily eclipse my goal for Arabic for this cycle, so I may have to modify that. 2.) My spoken Arabic is considerably better than my written. I feel as though Mastering Arabic has not taught a single thing about verbs up to this point (nearly halfway through). As a tool, I have decided that at the end of each month I will check my progress against a CEFR checklist so I can figure out what to focus on to better achieve my long term goals by actually setting short term goals. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 22 of 86 15 January 2011 at 10:26am | IP Logged |
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Day 14
Completed 60% of Chapter 9 of 20 in Mastering Arabic 25 minutes of Michel Thomas 32.3 minutes of Anki Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 2.24 Total Hours: 21.04 Weekly Average: 1.12 Total Average: 1.50 I had all the intentions of the world of getting completely through Chapter 9 today, but during the course of the day I managed to get a great kink in my neck/shoulder and I could only hold out so long. The chapter is a relatively easy one though, and my intent is to finish it when I wake up. I have been having issues with keeping my iPod fully charged and thus have run into some moments where I could not work on my MT while driving to or from work. At some point I should really invest in a car charger for my iPod. I am not thrilled with my averages this week. Hopefully I can bump up my Total Average by half an hour this week, which means I need to put in a good 3 hours a day of work. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 23 of 86 18 January 2011 at 5:52am | IP Logged |
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Day 15 & 16
70 minutes of Michel Thomas 14 minutes of Anki Cards in Anki deck: 127 Hours Studied Today: 1.40 Total Hours: 22.44 Epic fail getting back on the horse. My best friend needs to go home so I can get back to a normal work schedule again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5398 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 24 of 86 18 January 2011 at 10:27am | IP Logged |
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Day 17
Completed Chapter 9 of 20 in Mastering Arabic 60 minutes of Michel Thomas 17.9 minutes of Anki - added 49 new cards Cards in Anki deck: 176 Hours Studied Today: 1.47 Total Hours: 23.91 I need to get back to finish a complete chapter every day. I want to be done with this particular text by the end of this month. I am finding that the things that I struggle to remember on previous days go through a process in my mind going from no clue, to needing one refresher, to needing no refresher. I like noticing things like this as they are encouraging for me. I think that this book is finally going to delve into verbs in the next couple of chapters. After this book I am going to go through a TY and implement some FLR techniques to it in the hopes that it will solidify grammar for me. Unfortunately, I do not have the audio for my TY as I bought it in the used section of B&N. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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