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TAC 2011 (Team ÇÜ): The Continuing Saga | ||
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 81 of 135 07 June 2011 at 3:30am | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 117* (1 May 2011)
SPANISH 80 minutes: focused listening to Colombian radio (reports on the royal wedding). 60 minutes: read articles about the royal wedding & looked up all new words. 20 minutes: continued course on LingQ (205-390 words). 15 minutes: worked on first lesson of Assimil Spanish. 10 minutes: listened to Shakira songs while reading along with the lyrics. 20 minutes: listened to Spanish music while on my walk. 120 minutes: watched a Spanish movie (Pan's Labyrinth). 60 minutes: started reading a "Modern Spanish Grammar." Spanish total: 395 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 395 minutes (6h35) --- *ENTRY 118* (2 May 2011) GERMAN 30 minutes: read a six-page article ("Wozu Schönheit?") in German. 120 minutes: read a 42-p. story ("Die Verlobung in St. Domingo" by Kleist). German total: 150 minutes SPANISH 30 minutes: watched video reports on bin Laden's death. 30 minutes: read news articles about bin Laden's death, looked up all new words. 30 minutes: background-listened to Colombian radio. 30 minutes: continued course on LingQ (390-456 words). 3 minutes: watched various videos in Spanish. 25 minutes: read more "Modern Spanish Grammar." 15 minutes: read Spanish lyrics while listening to the songs in question. Spanish total: 163 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 313 minutes (5h13) --- *ENTRY 119* (3 May 2011) GERMAN 80 minutes: German class. German total: 80 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: listened to Spanish radio. 12 minutes: started watching a telenovela, "Rebelde." 20 minutes: started watching another telenovela, "Te sigo amando" (1-2). Spanish total: 42 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 122 minutes (2h02) --- *ENTRY 120* (4 May 2011) GERMAN 52 minutes: watched part of an Austrian movie, "Komm, Süßer Tod" (no subs!). 30 minutes: read various German poems. German total: 82 minutes SPANISH 25 minutes: listened to Spanish music. 40 minutes: watched more "Te sigo amando" (3-6). 10 minutes: read more "Modern Spanish Grammar." 75 minutes: read a simple article in Spanish while hand-copying it (couldn't figure out 14/665 words without recourse to a dictionary – 99.98% comprehension rate). 45 minutes: watched Mienteme (Lie to Me) episode 1 in Spanish. Spanish total: 155 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 155 minutes (2h35) --- *ENTRY 121* (5 May 2011) GERMAN 80 minutes: German class. German total: 80 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: continued LingQ course (456-494 words). 24 minutes: watched news videos on BBC Mundo. 10 minutes: read a word frequency list (#s 1-200) & looked up ones I didn't know. 15 minutes: read Spanish sentences. 30 minutes: read a simple article while hand-copying it. 20 minutes: listened to Spanish radio. 40 minutes: L-R'd the first section of a Cervantes story "La española-inglesa." Spanish total: 149 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 149 minutes (2h29) --- *ENTRY 122* (6 May 2011) SPANISH 60 minutes: read news articles in Spanish, looking up all unknown words. 40 minutes: listened to Spanish podcasts. Spanish total: 100 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 100 minutes (1h40) --- *ENTRY 123* (7 May 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: spoke German at a party at my German professor's house. German total: 10 minutes SPANISH 40 minutes: again L-R'd the same section of the Cervantes story. 60 minutes: read aloud a short story while hand-copying it. 14 minutes: listened to various podcasts. Spanish total: 114 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 124 minutes (2h04) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 82 of 135 07 June 2011 at 3:32am | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 124* (8 May 2011)
SPANISH 10 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in Spanish. 15 minutes: watched Destinos episode 1. 54 minutes: listened to podcasts in Spanish. Spanish total: 79 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 79 minutes (1h19) --- *ENTRY 125* (9 May 2011) GERMAN 52 minutes: watched the rest of "Komm, süßer Tod" without subs. German total: 52 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 52 minutes (0h52) --- *ENTRY 126* (10 May 2011) GERMAN 80 minutes: German class. 20 minutes: two phone convos in German. 104 minutes: watched "Komm, süßer Tod" again with subs. German total: 204 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 204 minutes (3h24) --- *ENTRY 127* (11 May 2011) GERMAN 30 minutes: surfed the web in German. 60 minutes: German tutorial. 10 minutes: had a German conversation. German total: 100 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 100 minutes (1h40) --- *ENTRY 128* (12 May 2011) GERMAN 30 minutes: surfed the web in German. German total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 129* (13 May 2011) GERMAN 12 minutes: read an article in German. 10 minutes: had a conversation in German. German total: 22 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 22 minutes (0h22) --- *ENTRY 130* (14 May 2011) FRENCH 70 minutes: watched a French movie (Le dîner de cons). French total: 70 minutes SPANISH 45 minutes: listened to Colombian radio. 60 minutes: worked with Unit 1 of the FSI Spanish Basic course. Spanish total: 105 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 175 minutes (2h55) --- *ENTRY 131* (15 May 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: listened to the news in German. German total: 10 minutes ESPERANTO 5 minutes: typed up another "word of the day" entry. Esperanto total: 5 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: did focused intensive repeated listening to two short podcast episodes. 22 minutes: listened to Colombian radio (Caracol Radio). 15 minutes: listened to my favorite Spanish song ("Sin tu latido" by Luis Eduardo Aute) thrice, once while reading the lyrics & singing along. 80 minutes: watched episode 1 of a new telenovela (Águila Roja) with English subs. 20 minutes: read aloud part of a short story while hand-copying it. Spanish total: 147 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 147 minutes (2h27) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 83 of 135 07 June 2011 at 3:37am | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 132* (16 May 2011)
SPANISH 25 minutes: listened to Spanish audio from LingQ. 5 minutes: listened to "Sin tu latido" again while reading & singing along. 15 minutes: learned to play & sing "Sin tu latido" (working on memorizing it). 80 minutes: rewatched episode 1 of Águila Roja with Spanish subs. 90 minutes: watched "The Ladykillers" with Spanish subs. Spanish total: 215 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 215 minutes (3h35) --- *ENTRY 133* (17 May 2011) SPANISH 40 minutes: read aloud a Spanish story, looking up all unknown words. Spanish total: 40 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 40 minutes (0h40) --- *ENTRY 134* (18 May 2011) FRENCH 30 minutes: listened to French music (Johnny Hallyday). 20 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in French. 10 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 60 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (1h00) --- *ENTRY 135* (19 May 2011) GERMAN 30 minutes: surfing the web in German. German total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 136* (20 May 2011) GERMAN 30 minutes: surfing the web in German. German total: 30 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 30 minutes (0h30) --- *ENTRY 137* (21 May 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) --- *ENTRY 138* (22 May 2011) GERMAN 5 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 5 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 5 minutes (0h05) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 84 of 135 07 June 2011 at 3:39am | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 139* (23 May 2011)
SPANISH 5 minutes: listened to relatives speaking Spanish. Spanish total: 5 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 5 minutes (0h05) --- *ENTRY 140* (24 May 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 5 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 5 minutes SPANISH 25 minutes: listened to audio from LingQ. 28 minutes: listened to Spanish podcasts (BBC Mundo). 30 minutes: read the first 3 lessons of my "Easy Spanish Reader" aloud, and then typed them up. Spanish total: 83 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 83 minutes (1h23) --- *ENTRY 141* (25 May 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 15 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 15 minutes SPANISH 20 minutes: read more of the "Modern Spanish Grammar." Spanish total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 45 minutes (0h45) --- *ENTRY 142* (26 May 2011) FRENCH 15 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 15 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 20 minutes SPANISH 42 minutes: did FSI Spanish Basic Course (SBC) tapes 1 & 2 (Unit 1). 6 minutes: intensive focused listening to Spanish audio (news podcasts). 21 minutes: background listening to "Corazon Chilango" podcast. 40 minutes: listened to MT Spanish CD 1 tracks 1-7. 30 minutes: started lesson 1 of "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish". Spanish total: 137 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 137 minutes (2h17) --- *ENTRY 143* (27 May 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: conversation in French. 10 minutes: took an online French test. French total: 20 minutes GERMAN 15 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 15 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: finished lesson 1 of Madrigal. 15 minutes: conversation in Spanish with my uncle. 36 minutes: did part of FSI unit 2. Spanish total: 61 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 61 minutes (1h01) --- *ENTRY 144* (28 May 2011) FRENCH 20 minutes: read part of a French children's game book ("Placid et Muzo"). 10 minutes: conversation in French. French total: 30 minutes SPANISH 90 minutes: watched a Spanish film ("Y Tu Mamá También"). Spanish total: 90 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 120 minutes (2h00) --- *ENTRY 145* (29 May 2011) SPANISH 15 minutes: practiced speaking Spanish. Spanish total: 15 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 15 minutes (0h15) --- *ENTRY 146* (30 May 2011) GERMAN 20 minutes: conversation in German. German total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 20 minutes (0h20) --- *ENTRY 147* (31 May 2011) GERMAN 90 minutes: started reading a German Krimi novel ("Erst eins, dann zwei…" by Erika Kroell). German total: 90 minutes SPANISH 2 minutes: watched a short Spanish video podcast. 28 minutes: listened to Spanish podcasts. 6 minutes: finished FSI unit 2. Spanish total: 36 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 36 minutes (0h36) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 85 of 135 14 July 2011 at 3:37pm | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 148* (1 June 2011)
FRENCH 40 minutes: read aloud a French article while copying it over. French total: 40 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: intensively read an article in German. German total: 20 minutes ITALIAN 20 minutes: read aloud an article in Italian. Italian total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 80 minutes (1h20) Note: I took the first French test on this page (http://www.francaisfacile.com/test-de-niveau-francais.php), got 16.7 points out of 20. --- *ENTRY 149* (2 June 2011) GERMAN 15 minutes: conversation in German. 20 minutes: made a singable (rhymed/metered) English translation of a German song ("Über sieben Brücken" by Karat, a gorgeous one). German total: 35 minutes SPANISH 25 minutes: did lesson 2 of Madrigal. 20 minutes: listened to Assimil tracks 1-3 intensively on repeat. Spanish total: 45 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 80 minutes (1h20) --- *ENTRY 150* (3 June 2011) SPANISH 6 minutes: intensive repeated listening to a Spanish podcast episode. Spanish total: 6 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 16 minutes (0h16) --- *ENTRY 151* (4 June 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: watched an interview in French. French total: 10 minutes SPANISH 18 minutes: read part of an article in Spanish about the Romani language. Spanish total: 18 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 28 minutes (0h28) --- *ENTRY 152* (5 June 2011) FRENCH 20 minutes: read French online. French total: 20 minutes GERMAN 15 minutes: read German online. German total: 15 minutes SPANISH 25 minutes: read aloud a Spanish poem ("Los poliedros y las sustancias" by X-504) while copying it over. Spanish total: 25 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (1h00) --- *ENTRY 153* (6 June 2011) FRENCH 20 minutes: read part of an old French war propaganda book. 16 minutes: watched interviews in French. 10 minutes: listened to podcast news in French. French total: 46 minutes GERMAN 10 minutes: watched interviews in German. German total: 10 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: watched interviews in Spanish. Spanish total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 66 minutes (1h06) --- *ENTRY 154* (7 June 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: read more of "L'homme de Londres". French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 205 minutes: read more "Erst eins, dann zwei" (great Krimi!). German total: 205 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 215 minutes (3h35) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 86 of 135 14 July 2011 at 3:39pm | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 155* (8 June 2011)
GERMAN 10 minutes: practiced speaking German. German total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) --- *ENTRY 156* (9 June 2011) GERMAN 40 minutes: read more "Erst eins, dann zwei". German total: 40 minutes SPANISH 23 minutes: watched subbed video interviews in Spanish. 7 minutes: LR'd an article about hairdressers (from veintemundos.com). 22 minutes: background-listened to an annoying Colombian podcast. Spanish total: 52 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 92 minutes (1h32) --- *ENTRY 157* (10 June 2011) FRENCH 10 minutes: practiced speaking French. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 10 minutes: practiced speaking German. German total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 20 minutes (0h20) --- *ENTRY 158* (11 June 2011) GERMAN 14 minutes: listened to German music. German total: 14 minutes SPANISH 35 minutes: listened to Spanish music. Spanish total: 35 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 49 minutes (0h49) --- *ENTRY 159* (12 June 2011) FRENCH 45 minutes: read part of a French book ("La bretagne que j'aime") while copying it over by hand. French total: 45 minutes GERMAN 40 minutes: listened to German music. German total: 40 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 85 minutes (1h25) --- *ENTRY 160* (13 June 2011) FRENCH 21 minutes: watched video interviews in French. French total: 21 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: watched various videos in German. German total: 20 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 41 minutes (0h41) --- *ENTRY 161* (14 June 2011) FRENCH 11 minutes: watched a video interview in French. 10 minutes: read more of "La bretagne que j'aime" while hand-copying. 5 minutes: looked up all words I didn't know so far in "Lbqj". French total: 26 minutes GERMAN 130 minutes: finished "Erst eins, dann zwei". German total: 130 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 156 minutes (2h36) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 87 of 135 14 July 2011 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 162* (15 June 2011)
FRENCH 20 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying. 5 minutes: watched video clips in French. 15 minutes: read French online. French total: 40 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 40 minutes (0h40) --- *ENTRY 163* (16 June 2011) FRENCH 60 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying. 90 minutes: watched "How to Train Your Dragon" in Fr w/ Fr subs. French total: 150 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 150 minutes (2h30) --- *ENTRY 164* (17 June 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: practiced speaking German. German total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 10 minutes (0h10) --- *ENTRY 165* (18 June 2011) GERMAN 5 minutes: watched a video interview in German. German total: 5 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 5 minutes (0h05) --- *ENTRY 166* (19 June 2011) FRENCH 60 minutes: read aloud a French phrasebook to myself. French total: 60 minutes ITALIAN 60 minutes: listened to music in Italian. Italian total: 60 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (0h60) --- *ENTRY 167* (20 June 2011) FRENCH 5 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying. 3 minutes: watched a video interview in French (no subs, but understood it all!). French total: 8 minutes GERMAN 40 minutes: started reading "Deutsch fürs Leben" by Wolf Schneider. 30 minutes: listened to German music. German total: 70 minutes ITALIAN 4 minutes: watched a video interview in Italian (no subs, understood a lot). Italian total: 4 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 82 minutes (1h22) --- *ENTRY 168* (21 June 2011) FRENCH 40 minutes: did Assimil lessons 104 (W1) & 48 (W2). 7 minutes: reviewed Assimil lessons 98-104. 20 minutes: did Assimil lessons 105 (W1) & 49 (W2). 20 minutes: practiced speaking French with my family. 50 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying & looking up unknown words. 110 minutes: watched "Paris, je t'aime." French total: 247 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 247 minutes (4h07) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 88 of 135 14 July 2011 at 3:46pm | IP Logged |
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*ENTRY 169* (22 June 2011)
FRENCH 10 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying. French total: 10 minutes GERMAN 40 minutes: did lyric study (reading/copying/translating song lyrics). German total: 40 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 50 minutes (0h50) --- *ENTRY 170* (23 June 2011) FRENCH 68 minutes: read more "Lbqj" while hand-copying. French total: 68 minutes GERMAN 25 minutes: read more "Deutsch fürs Leben". German total: 25 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 93 minutes (1h33) --- *ENTRY 171* (24 June 2011) FRENCH 30 minutes: read & translated sentences from "Inductive French Grammar" by Lamb. 20 minutes: started reading "Le malade imaginaire" by Molière. 20 minutes: started reading "Espaces" (an intermediate-level workbook). French total: 70 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 70 minutes (1h10) --- *ENTRY 172* (25 June 2011) FRENCH 30 minutes: read French in forums online. 15 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in French. French total: 45 minutes GERMAN 30 minutes: read German in forums online. 15 minutes: wrote a practice journal entry in German. 10 minutes: wrote an email in German. German total: 55 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: sang a song in Spanish with my band. Spanish total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 110 minutes (1h50) --- *ENTRY 173* (26 June 2011) FRENCH 60 minutes: read French in forums online. 30 minutes: listened to an episode of "Tire ta langue" (Fr radio show). French total: 90 minutes GERMAN 90 minutes: watched an episode of Tatort (no subs). German total: 90 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: sang a song in Spanish with my band. Spanish total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 190 minutes (3h10) --- *ENTRY 174* (27 June 2011) FRENCH 60 minutes: read French online. 30 minutes: copied over VDMs (viedemerde.fr), looking up all unknown words. French total: 90 minutes GERMAN 40 minutes: listened to & sang along with music in German. 90 minutes: conversation with a new German friend. 20 minutes: read blog entries in German. 30 minutes: read comics in German (totaberlustig.de). German total: 180 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 270 minutes (4h30) --- *ENTRY 175* (28 June 2011) FRENCH 45 minutes: read "Lbqj" while hand-copying & looking up new words. 20 minutes: copied more VDMs, looking up all unknown words. French total: 65 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 65 minutes (1h05) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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