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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5396 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 9 of 96 07 January 2011 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Nu, pogodi! - Day 2
Study-and-click: 4 hours (7 total) Current text: Евгений Замятин, "Мы" New words clicked whilst listening and reading: 193 (346 total) New words clicked whilst listening only: 174 (317 total) Reading test score: 70% (--, "Дневной дозор", Глава 2, 100 words) Current estimated reading level:  A2
I awoke today with words like "государство "and "интеграл" swimming around my head. I could clearly hear the narrator's voice repeating odd words from time to time, and took this as a good sign that the Russian I learnt yesterday must have been sinking in during sleep. I'm also finding that the little knowledge I already have of prefixes comes in really handy for identifying word stems and guessing new words in context. @aloysius It sounds like you were in the company of international royalty all day yesterday. ;) The Russian audiobook I used for "The Little Prince" has several narrators and music in the background (the author is read by Геннадий Бортников, and the little prince is Артур Клановский). @Préposition
Part of the beauty of this method is that I don't try too hard to remember. I just cross-reference the meaning of Russian words I don't understand using the parallel English translation for a couple of pages. Then I go through the section again a couple of times (first listening and reading, and then just listening), and click any new words I didn't know before and now do. I find that the ongoing story gives me plenty of natural review, and it's a real thrill to see all these new words popping up again and again later on in the text and realise that I can now understand them. You can probably get a better picture of the overall process in this post.
I tried to give Russian a go last summer using dialogues from the Princeton Russian course, but unfortunately health issues got in the way. Then I wanted to try again later in the year, but with moving from Germany to England, I couldn't quite find the time. So I'm hoping third time lucky here! ;)
When I first tried to make a go of it in July 2010, I initially scored 50%, which rose up to a lucky 83% after a hit-and-miss week (approx. 20 hours). And the last time I tried to fit in a few hours of study-and-click, around the beginning of December, my reading score had already fallen to a paltry 71%. So I'm not really surprised that my reading skills in Russian have slumped even lower over Christmas, especially having only put in 4 hours' review over half a year. However I reckon the few hours I put in yesterday must have dabbed a bit of oil on the rust and awoken some sleeping vocabulary. I also suspect the prolog in my testing novel is a little more difficult than successive chapters; however, I definitely feel like I'm starting to follow the text much better already.
Let me know how you get on if you decide to give it a try, and I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have. Udachi! :) Edited by Teango on 11 March 2011 at 10:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| Préposition Diglot Senior Member France aspectualpairs.wordp Joined 4954 days ago 186 posts - 283 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 10 of 96 07 January 2011 at 11:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
Thanks for the answers! I'll have a better look at it, but it definitely sounds like something I could do with, so I'll let you know how it goes, and I'll keep on I on Ну, погоди! 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 5396 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 11 of 96 08 January 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Nu, pogodi! - Day 3
Study-and-click: 3 hours (10 total) Current text: Евгений Замятин, "Мы" New words clicked whilst listening and reading: 122 (468 total) New words clicked whilst listening only: 137 (454 total) Reading test score: 78% (+8%, "Дневной дозор", Глава 3, 100 words) Current estimated reading level: A2
I jumped up a few more per cent in my reading scores today, and am looking forward to opening my birthday presents tomorrow (who knows, there could even be a language book inside one of them)! :) Edited by Teango on 11 March 2011 at 10:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5807 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 96 09 January 2011 at 7:33am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Birthday, eh? Well, this has nothing to do with Russian, but you posted the world's most bizarre birthday song ever for me on my log on my birthday, and it's payback time!
Sorry it's only English (you could translate it!) but it's the weirdest one I could find on short notice: Once a year we celebrate With stupid hats and plastic plates The fact that you were able to make Another trip around the sun And the whole clan gathers round And gifts and laughter do abound And we let out a joyful sound And sing that stupid song Happy birthday! Now you're one year older! Happy birthday! Your life still isn't over! Happy birthday! You did not accomplish much But you didn't die this year I guess that's good enough So let's drink to your fading health And hope you don't remind yourself The chance of finding fame and wealth Decrease with every year Does it feel like you're doing laps And eating food and taking naps And hoping that someday perhaps Your life will hold some cheer Happy birthday! What have you done that matters? Happy birthday! You're starting to get fatter Happy birthday! It's downhill from now on Try not to remind yourself Your best years are all gone If cryogenics were all free Then you could live like Walt Disney And live for all eternity Inside a block of ice But instead your time is set This is the only life you get And though it hasn't ended yet Sometimes you wish it might Happy birthday! You wish you had more money Happy birthday! Your life's so sad it's funny Happy birthday! How much more can you take? But your friends are hungry So just cut the stupid cake. Such lovely sentiments! Of course none of it is true for you - except, I hope, the cake-eating part. Listen here: Happy Birthday from the Arrogant Worms Someone had a lot of fun with clip art, but it is very unnerving that the year count stops at 37! May there be an abundance of language-nerdy gifts, much productive study, the reaching of proficiency, and all other good things! Resume your diligent and inspiring studies now . . . if you can! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5982 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 13 of 96 09 January 2011 at 8:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Hi Teango, I hope you have a wonderful birthday and enjoy opening your presents tomorrow. Hopefully there is an exciting language book or Russian novel inside. :)
С днём рождения! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! ¡Feliz cumpleaños! Grattis på födelsedagen! お誕生日おめでとうございます！ Breithlá sona duit! And even though you haven't studied it this year... Χρόνια πολλά! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5174 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 96 09 January 2011 at 9:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Gratulerer med dagen, Teango!! May the day bring you lots of nice presents, and much deserved joy and happiness.
Kind regards, Cristina 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6319 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 15 of 96 09 January 2011 at 11:46am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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С Днем Рождения! Всего наилучшего!
About the studies: what is your source of parallel texts? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6197 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 16 of 96 10 January 2011 at 12:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Hey Teango!!!!
If I could, I would buy you a humongous birthday cake, filled with an army of Cossack dancers. When the dancers jumps/spins out of the cake, I would storm into your appartment dressed in one of of those bear costumes. The whole spectacle would culminate in a 24-hour balalaika Kalinka marathon to celebrate your big day! ;D But I guess I just have to resort to the mainstream approach: HAPPPY BIIRTHDAY!!! You're great! Hope your day and your year will become the best ever! //M. Medialis Edited by M. Medialis on 10 January 2011 at 12:04am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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