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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 105 of 135 12 September 2011 at 8:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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*ENTRY 242* (3 September 2011)
GERMAN 45 minutes: read 25 pp. of German. German total: 45 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 45 minutes (0h45) --- *ENTRY 243* (4 September 2011) GERMAN 70 minutes: read 45 pp. of German mystery stories. German total: 70 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 70 minutes (1h10) --- *ENTRY 244* (5 September 2011) GERMAN 60 minutes: read parts of various books in German. 30 minutes: conversed in German with my CouchSurfing host. 30 minutes: listened to German music. German total: 120 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 120 minutes (2h00) --- *ENTRY 245* (6 September 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. 80 minutes: hung out and talked with my new German flatmates. German total: 90 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 90 minutes (1h30) --- *ENTRY 246* (7 September 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. 60 minutes: read parts of various books in German. 80 minutes: hung out and talked with my flatmates. German total: 150 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 150 minutes (2h30) --- *ENTRY 247* (8 September 2011) GERMAN 10 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. 30 minutes: read posters/signs in German while waiting for an appointment. 90 minutes: read 67 pp. of various books in German. 28 minutes: listened to part of an audiobook in German. 100 minutes: hung out and talked with my flatmates. German total: 258 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 258 minutes (4h18) --- *ENTRY 248* (9 September 2011) GERMAN 60 minutes: read part of a book about translation in German. 60 minutes: listened to a church service all in German (singing and sermon). 30 minutes: wrote business emails in German. 120 minutes: hung out and talked with my flatmates. 40 minutes: watched a film in English with German subtitles (only counting half the time for this one). German total: 310 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 310 minutes (5h10) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5765 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 106 of 135 12 September 2011 at 11:58pm | IP Logged | ||
Hallo Jinx, Das hattest du bis dahin noch nicht gemacht. Ich habe dich aber gefunden und versucht, dich hinzuzufügen :] In den kommenden zwei Jahren fahre ich bestimmt nach Deutschland. Ich habe auch immer gewollt, nach Leipzig zu fahren, also habe ich jetzt eine recht gute Ausrede dafür! Du imponierst mir immer noch mit deiner Motivation für Deutsch! Weiter so! Jack 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 107 of 135 17 September 2011 at 10:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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*ENTRY 249* (10 September 2011)
GERMAN 60 minutes: listened to a church service in German (singing and sermon). 10 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. 30 minutes: wrote business emails in German. 90 minutes: watched an episode of Tatort (no subs). German total: 190 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 190 minutes (3h10) --- *ENTRY 250* (11 September 2011) GERMAN 60 minutes: hanging out with flatmates. German total: 60 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (1h00) --- *ENTRY 251* (12 September 2011) GERMAN 60 minutes: reading various books in German (a translated Edgar Allen Poe story, part of another translated story, and some of the Duden "Allgemeine Wissenschaft"). 40 minutes: hanging out with flatmates. German total: 100 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 100 minutes (1h40) --- *ENTRY 252* (13 September 2011) GERMAN 15 minutes: read German online. 17 minutes: reading German philosophy in a bookstore. 5 minutes: translating a paragraph of German into English. 15 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. German total: 52 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 52 minutes (0h52) --- *ENTRY 253* (14 September 2011) GERMAN 300 minutes: playing a live-action role-playing game (my first time ever!) with a bunch of German friends (= LOTS of speaking/listening to German, including new "gaming" vocab). 60 minutes: talking with flatmates. 27 minutes: reading German from various sources (online, book in bookstore). German total: 387 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 387 minutes (6h27) --- *ENTRY 254* (15 September 2011) GERMAN 75 minutes: reading German (various books). 20 minutes: conversation with flatmates. 120 minutes: watched "Good Bye Lenin" without subtitles. German total: 215 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 215 minutes (3h35) --- *ENTRY 255* (16 September 2011) FRENCH 70 minutes: reading vignettes about Paris in French. 20 minutes: reading aloud French from online forums. 5 minutes: very brief bit of talking French with a Parisian and a Colombian. French total: 95 minutes GERMAN 75 minutes: reading philosophy in German. 15 minutes: reading poetry (Rilke) in German. 15 minutes: reading German in online forums. 150 minutes: talking German with Germans & foreigners at a "language evening." German total: 255 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 350 minutes (5h50) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5122 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 108 of 135 18 September 2011 at 1:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Jinx,
glad to see that you're squeezing in a little Mandarin study! Li Fei 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 109 of 135 18 September 2011 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, it's already been a while since I last got a chance to look at some hanzi now. I just picked up a brochure for the local Confucius Institute the other day, though, and now it's hard to restrain myself from going and signing up for a Mandarin class! Maybe next semester, if I can afford it... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5008 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 110 of 135 19 September 2011 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jinx, you are my hero! :-)
How is it possible I didn't find your log earlier? Trully, I admire how you are able to keep to all your studies even though you have tons on your plate. And you have included Mandarin to the top of it all (and Persan). I should probably follow your example and keep track of my times spent learning again. Congratulations to your basic fluency in French. I must admit I didn't read through all your lists in detail (I was reading through your log at once) but I am right to say you got most of your fluency skills from Assimil? 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 111 of 135 19 September 2011 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you, Cavesa! :D The semester hasn't started yet, so for the moment I have quite a lot of time for study... we'll see if things change once my classes get going. Actually, I would only attribute maybe 20-30% of my French knowledge to Assimil – I still haven't completed the basic course, even after over a year of working on it! What really boosted me in French was working through the entire old (yellow-cover) Teach Yourself French book and the follow-up, Everyday French (which was boring but helpful), followed by reading whatever I could and having a few hours of conversation practice with a patient friend, and topped off with my short vacation in France this summer, where I reached that all-important stage of stopping being self-conscious about errors and just focusing on communication, regardless of mistakes. On and off throughout the last year I have been working on Assimil, and some of the phrasing from the book has been very helpful indeed, but in my French story, TY still ranks first.
As for German, I've never used Assimil there. I started looking at the "Deutsch ohne Mühe" book but quickly realized I was beyond that level already. Despite this, I think Assimil looks to be a great method (since I haven't ever completed a whole course of theirs, I don't trust myself to say it IS a great method), and I'm really looking forward to using it to start a new language from scratch in the near future! I forget, do you use it? Have you completed any of their courses? 2 persons have 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 112 of 135 01 October 2011 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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*ENTRY 256* (17 September 2011)
GERMAN 90 minutes: read part of a book about Fachübersetzen (specialised translation). 60 minutes: read part of Heine's "Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen". 30 minutes: watched TV in German. 25 minutes: watched episode 1 of a German TV show ("Türkisch für Anfänger"). German total: 205 minutes OTHER 90 minutes: watched a film in Japanese w/ EN subs ("You Are Umasou"). TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 295 minutes (4h55) --- *ENTRY 257* (18 September 2011) FRENCH 40 minutes: read aloud the first two chapters of "Le petit prince" while typing them over. 30 minutes: listened to French music (Joe Dassin). French total: 70 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: read German in online forums. 10 minutes: watched "politisches Kabarett". 60 minutes: watched the rest of "Der Himmel über Berlin" (EN subs). 45 minutes: watched a soccer game commentated in German (only counting half the time for this). 15 minutes: wrote a journal entry in German. German total: 150 minutes ESPERANTO 10 minutes: listened to music in Esperanto. 5 minutes: typed up word-of-the-day entry. Esperanto total: 15 minutes SPANISH 10 minutes: listened to music in Spanish. Spanish total: 10 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 175 minutes (2h55) --- *ENTRY 258* (19 September 2011) GERMAN 60 minutes: talked with flatmates. German total: 60 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 60 minutes (1h00) --- *ENTRY 259* (20 September 2011) FRENCH 90 minutes: read 46 pp. of HP 2 in French. French total: 90 minutes GERMAN 90 minutes: conversation in German with a new friend. German total: 90 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 180 minutes (3h00) --- *ENTRY 260* (21 September 2011) FRENCH 122 minutes: rewatched "Amélie" (EN subs). French total: 122 minutes GERMAN 20 minutes: conversation w/ someone who was selling me a bike. 120 minutes: conversation with new friends. German total: 140 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 262 minutes (4h22) --- *ENTRY 261* (22 September 2011) FRENCH 95 minutes: read 48 pp. of HP 2 in French. French total: 95 minutes GERMAN 118 minutes: watched a German film (Das Wunder von Bern) w/ EN subs. 30 minutes: read 22 pp. of German (more of "Der verschwundene Hotelgast"). German total: 148 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 243 minutes (4h03) --- *ENTRY 262* (23 September 2011) FRENCH 105 minutes: read 55 pp. of HP 2 in French. French total: 105 minutes GERMAN 140 minutes: speaking German at the language evening & with flatmates. German total: 140 minutes TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 245 minutes (4h05) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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