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| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 113 of 138 17 April 2012 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||
<waves back> I love Assimil and their corniness. The German is BY FAR the best in that regard. French is pretty good, too, though. I am so excited they have just come out with a new Croatian program that is updated, too. =) I don't know if it'll be as corny as the others, though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 114 of 138 18 April 2012 at 5:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would also like to join late if possible as I started my log a little over a week ago.
I'm working on French at an advanced level, around C1 aiming to hit C2, while immersed in Paris for at least a few more months (hopefully another year is in the cards). In addition I've just started Spanish and a little bit of Irish. My long term language goals include Portuguese and why not Italian after that, but those will come well after I have a good knowledge of Spanish. And voilà a link to my log, if you'll have me :-) http://how-to-learn-any- language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31901&PN=1 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4903 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 115 of 138 23 April 2012 at 9:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi sctroyenne! :)
Sorry for the delay, but I just remembered your message now and included your log and languages to our team thread today. Alors, bienvenue au sein du team! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5389 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 116 of 138 26 April 2012 at 12:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Merci ! Bonne continuation and good luck to all the other Romantics !
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 117 of 138 27 April 2012 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Aloha all! I'm back from my wanderings. I'll get back to my log as soon as I catch up
at work (or at least, when I'm not so far behind). I had a pretty amazing trip. Here's my "language trip report." Catalan (Barcelona, 5 days) - I did about fifteen hours of study, so I had no illusions of actually knowing much. There was definitely no practical benefit for this, and it might have actually hurt me in the real world! I'd try to speak, and sometimes some Spanish would come out, and sometimes Italian, and sometimes Catalan. If I was lucky it would be a full phrase in one single language, but usually it was some Romantic mush with a little bit of everything thrown in. But I would still study it again. Italian (Rome, six days) - I did about 65 hours of study, and felt comfortable with basic communication. I loved the Italian language, I loved Rome, and I will be back one day. I tried to do some FSI lessons while in Italy, at the coffee shops or over wine, but FSI isn't really conducive for study while on the road. I think a Teach Yourself-type book would've been better for the level I was at. I guess my accent was good - there were a couple people who tried to carry on full conversations with me, not realizing at first that I could only understand a small fraction of what they said. Derja / Tunisian Arabic (Tunisia, 10 days) - No luck. I spoke French in Tunisia. If I study Arabic again it will be one of the major colloquial dialects, one that has more material for the student. I was also traveling with a monolingual buddy for this part of the trip, so I wasn't as immersed in the language as I was in Italy and Spain. French (Paris, 6 days) - I was also with an English-speaking buddy for Paris. I know that my accent and grammar were atrocious, but I was able to handle almost all basic travelling needs in French. This was a pretty big advance for me. In the touristed areas people would usually switch to English, but otherwise everyone was very supportive and encouraging of my attempts to speak. I listened to Michel Thomas Language Builder in my down time. It was an excellent program to use on the road. Almost every phrase he taught was useful (as in, I'd hear a phrase and think, I could've used that this morning! And then I was ready to use it when the next opportunity arose). Language Builder is fast-paced; I don't think it would've helped me if I didn't have a solid base already. ---------------------------- I'm continuing on with Assimil Le Français en Pratique, and should finish in a couple weeks. I'm going to ease up on the intensity of study for awhile, and just stick to one language and go at an easy pace! Though ... my coworker and his wife are starting Japanese, and it is tempting ... 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 118 of 138 03 May 2012 at 12:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Roll Call ...
Who's left? I haven't seen anything in a couple months from almost a dozen of the group. This is my count of who's still actually posting: Mani Hendrek Kerrie Microsnout Songlines Gary Kanewai Tw561 Quabazaa Cmdo2 Cihlomorka Gatsby42 Sctroyenne Am I missing anyone? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4903 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 119 of 138 03 May 2012 at 9:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Aloha oe! Nice to have you back Kanewai. :) Seems like you had a great trip.
Yes, Japanese is a very tempting language and it's addictive - so consider yourself [as] warned*... About your call, do you think it would be compromising if I'd mark the ones who haven't posted for a while on the first post of this thread? Saying something like: "No update or participation in a members log since (don't know) 1 March 2012." So that we know who's still around? *How would I say that correctly? My English is defective at the moment, there's a whole lot of French ready to sneak in, not speaking of the original German sentence structures floating through my head. Edited by Mani on 03 May 2012 at 9:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 120 of 138 03 May 2012 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
Consider yourself warned! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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