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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 97 of 130 04 September 2011 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | ||
PROGRESS UPDATE, WEEKS 33-35 (2011)
 Russian (206.4 hours)
Estimated reading level: 90% (B1+) 
Conversation rank: B1  (Майор)
Study update (15.8 hours) TV/FILM (9.4 hours) - Лунтик 134-156 - Зима в простоквашино - Неадекватные люди (2nd wave) - Особенности национальной рыбалки - Место встречи изменить нельзя (ep. 1) - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Охота на тигра - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Король Шантажа - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Смертельная схватка - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Знакомство (2nd wave) - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Кровавая надпись (2nd wave) LISTENING AND REPEATING (2.6 hours) - T Pratchett, The Colour of Magic LISTENING AND READING (1.4 hours) - J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets TRANSLATION (1.6 hours) - Princeton Russian course A CONVERSATION (0.8 hours) CORRESPONDENCE (0.1 hours) Wanderlust confessional - 45 minutes of Latin (Lingua Latina) - 60 minutes of Hawaiian (podcasts) Word of the week With all the gardening I've had to do recently, I happened to learn the word "грабли" (garden rake) - a very useful tool to grab leaves, especially with autumn fast approaching! Notes With so many other issues spiralling around me, it's been an abysmal performance with Russian over the last few weeks. To put it bluntly, I simply haven't had enough energy at the end of the day. So I'm taking next week off, and along with trying to get back on the road to fitness, hope to pull up my socks for the last week of the 6 Week Challenge. @Solfrid Cristin You're far too kind, but thanks anyway. :) Vasilij Livanov (aka the voice of Krokodil Gena) is brilliant as Sherlock Holmes, and my understanding of the Russian is of course elementary! ;) @Buttons Спасибо, Кнопки. It's been a bit hit-and-miss lately...well, more miss than hit really...but I'm determined to pull myself up and out of my linguistic mire of shame this week, and hopefully do my team mates proud. Russian language, you haven't beaten me yet...in the name of KEN, I challenge you! >.< Edited by Teango on 09 September 2011 at 4:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6355 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 98 of 130 05 September 2011 at 1:00am | IP Logged | ||
That's the spirit - I can feel the bravery radiating from my screen! :D For so spake the mighty Russian Language: I will surely reward him who fearlessly attacketh me. Edited by M. Medialis on 05 September 2011 at 1:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 100 of 130 07 September 2011 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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By the power of Greyskull, I HAVE THE POWER! >o<
Thanks Buttons! :D Edited by Teango on 07 September 2011 at 3:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 101 of 130 09 September 2011 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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PROGRESS UPDATE, WEEK 36 (2011)
Russian (227.7 hours)
Estimated reading level: 91% (B2)  - Level up! 
Conversation rank: B1 (Майор)
Study update (21.3 hours) TV / FILM (5.9 hours) - Дело было на Кубани, ep. 1 - Дело было на Кубани, ep. 2 - Дело было на Кубани, ep. 3 - Дело было на Кубани, ep. 4 - Дело было на Кубани, ep. 5 - Лунтик 151-156 (some overlap with last week) - Место встречи изменить нельзя (ep. 1) - completed - Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон: Смертельная схватка LISTENING (4.4 hours) - The Big Podcast, no. 570 - T Pratchett, The Colour of Magic LR JOURNAL (2.5 hours) - J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets MUSICAL LR / SC (2.2 hours) TRANSLATE AND TICK (1.8 hours) - Princeton Russian course A LISTENING AND READING (1.4 hours) - J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets CONVERSATION (1.3 hours) READING (0.6 hours) - Трудно быть богом (easy reader) - Пётр и Пётр (easy reader) STUDY AND CLICK (0.5 hours) - Princeton Russian course A VOCABULARY (0.4 hours, picture dictionary) CORRESPONDENCE (0.3 hours, email) KARAOKE CHORUS (0.2 hours) Wanderlust confessional Other than a brief interest in Marshallese (the Malayo-Polynesian language of the Marshall Islands), nothing much to confess. Word of the week "баранка" (а ring-shaped bread or dry biscuit) - simply because I'm hungry right at this very moment! Notes I'm much happier with my performance this week, although there's still plenty of room for improvement. Everything seems to be coming together, and I think I've finally devised a good study programme to fast-track my Russian over the coming weeks. Amongst the changes, I'll be including more music and creative writing in future, which are aspects I really enjoy! It also seems that both my reading and listening have stepped up another notch recently, as I'm able to understand a lot more now when I watch Russian tv or listen to fast podcasts. Edited by Teango on 09 September 2011 at 10:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aloysius Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6238 days ago 226 posts - 291 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: French, Greek, Italian, Russian | Message 102 of 130 10 September 2011 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Teango!
Big congrats on reaching the B2 reading level! I'm far behind, but I'm trying to follow suit and I know that hard work will get me there in the end. Your post is oozing with confidence, so I'd say you're definitely on the right track and I see you're trying out some interesting new techniques as well. It seems like the 6wc has done its work for you as well as for me as a boost for throwing in some extra study hours, and there's no reason whatsoever for slowing down after tomorrow, when it's over for now. //aloysius 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 103 of 130 12 September 2011 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cheers, aloysius! I'm sure you're much closer to B2 than you think, and congratulations on your impressive hours in the 6 Week Challenge and finishing top in Russian. I'm taking a little break today (as I put in some crazy hours on Sunday), but will be back on the Express bright and early tomorrow. ;)
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| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6355 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 104 of 130 12 September 2011 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes. You both did a more-than-excellent 6WC!!
@Teango: I'm totally impressed by your Hyper-Warp-Speed Engine. Once it kicks in, you leave everyone else behind in a cloud of awesomeness! And you also managed to collect some sweet power-ups too - Here's a B2 fanfare. :D @Aloysius: 99 hours!! That's a lot of hours. Inspiring to see how you kept your fast and steady pace throughout the whole challenge (wow..both fast AND steady....it's like a tortoise on jet-fueled rollerblades). :) Give yourself a pat on the back from me, you're a 6WC hero! :D 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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