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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5218 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 9 of 713 11 April 2012 at 5:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sounds like fun way to revise French or German (or both).
I often have the subtitles when I watch a film on my own - often in a language I am not terribly familiar with. I'd need to include podcasts as I spend (at least) 3 hours a day in the car for the next few months. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4702 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 10 of 713 11 April 2012 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, this is crazy. I might enter with Dutch. Challenges are like crack to me.
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 11 of 713 11 April 2012 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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If the book is a parallel text does that count ? Are language courses written entirely in the TL included ? I'm tempted to join this challenge, though I'm not a huge fan of fiction.
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| fiziwig Senior Member United States Joined 4864 days ago 297 posts - 618 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 713 11 April 2012 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I already have 44 Spanish-language movies in my Netflix queue and 11 Spanish-language novels sitting my shelf waiting to be read, so I have everything I need to get started. Count me in.
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| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5242 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 13 of 713 11 April 2012 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sounds like fun. I'd either go for Dutch or Japanese. Could either 2 or 3 television shows count instead of a movie? And could a manga count as say 1/4 of a book?
Now that I think about it, I'd probably go for Japanese, as I hope to go to Japan in January 2014 (for work related reasons, and because I want to go for a month, with a possible side trip to South Korea or China). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5334 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 14 of 713 11 April 2012 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | ||
Since the rules are rather flexible, I'm assuming we're also allowed to read non-fiction, as long as it's written in our target language. Solfrid? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4687 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 15 of 713 11 April 2012 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Looks like you thought of everything! Great idea! I'm curious why the B1 maximum restriction? My first thought was that this would be a great way to really master an extended German vocabulary, but then I realized that I wouldn't be eligible in German. I'm not yet good enough at French that I'd feel comfortable spending that much time on books and films. Maybe I could try to squeeze in for Yiddish, but Yiddish movies are rare and expensive--I don't want to watch them THAT often.
I did just start reading Harry Potter en de Gevangene van Azkaban (Dutch), though, and I clearly qualify for Dutch. Thing is, I'm trying not to admit that I'm studying it, and accepting the Super Challenge would let the cat out of the bag for good. ;-) BTW, any suggestions on where to find Dutch films/TV in the US, or streamed over the web? I saw a number of people are thinking of doing Dutch, so someone must have some ideas. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4687 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 16 of 713 11 April 2012 at 6:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hmmm...any thoughts on audiobooks? That's been a big part of my all-input, all-the-time language regimen these days, but it wouldn't clearly fall into either category.
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