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| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 33 of 115 01 December 2011 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
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Well, november went away so I thought I'd recap a little. Judging from my study chart, my study time varies a lot,
but I'm not worried. I've started a new job and it takes up a lot of my time so that's probably why. I decided to focus more on my core polish course and less on flashcards, drills, assimil or whatever else because I want to progress in that more and as of now I am quite behind the schedule I originally set for myself. When I was doing book one, I was finishing one lesson a week, at least (sometimes two). For the second level I am presently doing, I find the lessons longer and harder and I can't always do one a week, so that was a disappointment... But I'm getting over it. Whatever the time it takes, that's the time it takes. I've also been watching a lot of polish tv and film this month and I didn't count it. I still don't understand much but it's fun (and without any subtitles). I'm now at lesson 10 of my second level book (on a total of 20). I don't feel I've had any breakthrough though, so I'm kind of longing for one... Also, I hadn't written my polish classes on my chart but I added them in the average numbers below (4 lessons a month for 90 minutes each). As for mandarin, it's been very slow going but that's what I set myself up for : a very slow going process. For a few days now, I've been very regular with my Pimsleur though, and the fact is I really enjoy this method of learning. I finished lesson 10 of Pimsleur I this morning and it's going well. I think I really love this language, it's very musical. To do these lessons more often, I started including them in my daily chores. When I have cleaning up to do, I put on my headphones and do a lesson. I wash the dishes, the tub, the floor or whatever and I just breeze through both the chore and the lesson! Practical indeed. I'll try to keep this up. I never do two different lessons a day, but sometimes I'll repeat the same lesson during the same day or the following one. Anyway, I counted my average study time for november (it is less than october so I'll have to do better next time and get back to an average of 2 hours of polish study a day): November 2011 average total : 114 minutes a day average polish : 95,3 minutes a day average mandarin : 18,5 minutes a day total minutes of study : 3415 minutes and here are the entries I forgot to post... 08/11 -brak, nothing 09/11 Polish - Hurra 60 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 10/11 Polish - Hurra 120 min 11/11 Polish - Hurra 50 min - Flashcards 20 min 12/11 Mandarin - Characters 60 min 13/11 Polish - Hurra 120 min 14/11 Polish - Hurra 100 min - Flashcards 50 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min - Characters 10 min - Assimil 25 min 15/11 Polish - Hurra 130 min - Flashcards 30 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min - Characters 30 min 16/11 Polish - Hurra 120 min Mandarin - Characters 15 min 17/11 Polish - Hurra 30 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 18/11 - brak, nothing 19/11 Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 20/11 Polish - Hurra 30 min 21/11 Polish - Hurra 60 min 22/11 Polish - Hurra 120 min Mandarin - Characters 15 min 23/11 Polish - Hurra 60 min - Flashcards 30 min 24/11 Polish - Hurra 60 min 25/11 Polish - Hurra 30 min 26/11 Polish - Hurra 275 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 27/11 Polish - Hurra 110 min - Flashcards 40 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 28/11 Polish - Hurra 70 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 29/11 Polish - Hurra 85 min - Flashcards 30 min Mandarin - Pimsleur 30 min 30/11 Mandarin - Pimsleur 60 min - Characters 10 min Edited by Homogenik on 01 December 2011 at 6:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 34 of 115 02 January 2012 at 4:56am | IP Logged |
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Well I've joined the TAC 2012 Polish Team Żubr so I will be updating this log more often I hope and also I will set
myself some goals for the year. The coming weeks are very busy because of work but I'll make time. December hasn't been very productive, sadly, but hopefully january will be better. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5965 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 35 of 115 06 January 2012 at 4:45am | IP Logged |
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I hope January is better. I'm glad we have a good team here and that should encourage all of us. The links and resources you have listed here in you log look very helpful. I'm having a difficult time locating quality low-cost learning materials, but I think I have enough to get started. Polish and Mandarin at the same time is very ambitious! Welcome to the bison bunch!
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| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 36 of 115 14 January 2012 at 4:40pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks!
January is already well started and I'm lagging behind but I'm starting to find some balance now with my job so I should be able to get back to languages in a more serious way. I'll post more details soon as I have made a tally of my december progress. I know that I have studied much less but I expected this to happen. I think it's around 60 minutes of polish a day so it's still good but it's a far cry from my 2 hours a day of october or november... But I'm not worried, it'll pick up. I also adapted my log sheet (it basically reads like a calendar), and I print one every month, write the total minutes I have done each month and make an average. Hopefully the current lull will motivate me to double the efforts. I'm now finishing lesson 13 of my second book so it's good (and my learning doesn't face any particular difficulties right now, except the usual). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 37 of 115 16 January 2012 at 4:12pm | IP Logged |
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Okej, oto są moje rezultaty studiów :
for november : average polish : 95,3 min/day average chinese : 18,5 min/day average total : 114 min/day total minutes : 3415 for december : average polish : 63 min/day average chinese : 21 min/day average total : 84 min/day total minutes : 2610 Analysis : I've constantly dropped the number of polish study time ever since I started to take note of it, so that has to change. Especially since december saw a huge drop in minutes of study... Something to keep in mind... I'll try and bring that average back to 90 min/day at least for january. Edited by Homogenik on 16 January 2012 at 4:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 38 of 115 31 January 2012 at 1:44am | IP Logged |
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No, już koniec styczniu! Był bardzo trudny miesiąc i naprawdę nie dobrze się nauczyłem... Nie jestem zadowolony o
siebie, absolutnie nie. Miałem zbyt dużo pracy... Ale jeszcze mam nadzieję, że będę mógł kończyć książkę drugą przed marcem, bo mam tylko cztery lekcji do zrobienia : jedna w tygodniu, to jest możliwe... Także muszę kupić bilety do lotnicze na podróż do Polski w przyszłe lato... It's already the end of january! It was a really difficult month and I really didn't study well... I'm not satisfied at all. I had too much work... But I still have hope that I'll be able to finish my second book before march because I only have 4 lessons left in it : one each week, it's still possible... I must also purchase my airplane tickets for my trip to Poland next summer... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 39 of 115 31 January 2012 at 2:48am | IP Logged |
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Jedzisz do Polski! Jak ekscytujący! Już wiesz które miejsca i miasta idziesz zwiedzać? Planujesz kupić wiele polskich
książek? Jak długo idziesz? Przepraszam za wszystko pytania, ale jest wiadomość bardzo ekscytująncą. Także nie mogę wierszyć, że mogłem czytać co napisałeś po polsku! (I hope what I wrote was understandable) Have fun organising your trip and good luck with the new month! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 40 of 115 05 February 2012 at 9:59pm | IP Logged |
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Tak, pojadę do Polski w sierpniu, aż uczyć się polskiego w intensywnym kursie. Mam nadzieję, że wszystko
będzie okej. Będę mieszkał w małej rodzinie podczas mój podróż, więc to musiłoby być bardzo produktywne. Yes, I'll be going to Poland in august in order to study polish in an intensive course. I hope it will all go well. For the duration of my stay, I'll live with a nice family so it should be very productive. February started well for me, I'm studying regularly and without much problems. My chinese Pimsleur is really becoming difficult though. As for polish, I'm trying to finish volume 2 of my Hurra series this month! I'm doing lesson 16 now (out of 20) so it's not an impossible task. I'm trying to study more in the bus because I can easily do 20-30 minutes more a day like this (otherwise, the bus is just wasted time). My rates for january : average polish : 58 min/day average chinese : 12 min/day average total : 70 min/day total minutes : 2170 As I expected, things took a down turn, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be so it's still time to pick myself up... Edited by Homogenik on 05 February 2012 at 10:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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