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| Chris Ford Groupie United States Joined 4741 days ago 65 posts - 101 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 9 of 99 02 October 2012 at 2:55am | IP Logged |
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Sorry, didn't read the rules, please delete. Edited by Chris Ford on 02 October 2012 at 9:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5081 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 10 of 99 02 October 2012 at 6:23am | IP Logged |
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Course: French With Ease
Estimated Start Date: From November Prior experience with this language: None, except for phrases from films, etc. (Bonjour, s'il vous plait, etc.) Any outside resources you might use: After Assimil I'll use other resources for strengthening and building on the foundation I get with Assimil, but not really while I'm still using Assimil. While studying Assimil, I'll use a phrase book, a dictionary, a grammar, and as much input (films, radio, etc) as I can fit in. Why you chose this language: I've always wanted to learn French. It's beautiful, useful, and practical. I'm joining this experiment because I want to see if I can get a good grounding in French using Assimil for half an hour a day (and extra on weekends). I'm busy enough with other languages, university subjects, and work, but I want to see if Assimil's claims are true. Personal Predictions: If I promise myself to study Assimil at least half an hour every day, at the end of six months, I may not be able to converse fluently, but I predict I'll have a sound understanding of French, an ability to understand. And I'll have a solid foundation to work with, and can spend the next six months adding to it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sabotai Senior Member United States Joined 5880 days ago 391 posts - 489 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Japanese, Korean, French | Message 11 of 99 02 October 2012 at 9:06am | IP Logged |
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Course: Chinese With Ease (Vol 1 and 2)
Estimated Start Date: Nov 1st Prior experience with this language: Very little. A few ChinesePod.com lessons. And I do know some of the characters (the meaning, anyway) from learning the Kanji for Japanese. Any outside resources you might use: A grammar reference for more detailed explanation of the grammar points. Maybe a book for learning some of the characters too. Why you chose this language: Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean are 1a, 1b and 1c on the list of languages I want to learn. I've already put in a good deal of work into Japanese and Korean, so that left Chinese for this. Personal Predictions: I doubt it'll get me to even an A2 level, let alone B1. I just hope that I attune my ears to the sounds of the language, that I learn to speak the tones well and that I learn a lot of the characters. I suspect that I'll need to go through the course at least once more afterwards to really absorb most of it. 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 12 of 99 02 October 2012 at 10:26am | IP Logged |
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Course: Italienisch ohne Mühe heute
Estimated Start Date: ~ 08 November Prior experience with this language: I (= language book hoarder) have some old textbooks/bilingual short stories and once in a while I read in them, but I never really studied Italian, so apart from greetings and suchlike phrases no "real" prior knowledge (not even basic tourist survival level...) Any outside resources you might use: A grammar and a dictionary (just in case), music (as Italian music is already on my MP3 player I'll continue listening to it), maybe podcasts Why you chose this language: I thought I pick a "normal" language for a change ;-) One that doesn't cause questions like: Is that a real language? Where is it spoken? Why would one want to learn that? I thought about choosing Spanish where I'd be a false beginner (but only around A1 as I forgot most of it), but as I've just started Portuguese I thought Italian would be the safer option for the experiment. Personal Predictions: Hm, I hope I end up with a passive B1/active (strong) A2 at least. I'll test this either with natives here in Luxembourg or (if I find a good offer) a short trip (perhaps a long weekend?) to Italy next summer. Other languages I'll do informally: I'll continue my other languages (French (Assimil + native materials), European Portuguese (Assimil), Kurdish, Luxembourgish, Armenian (Assimil + other textbooks) and Welsh) in my own slow pace. Focus is on French as I need it. Edited by Mani on 03 October 2012 at 8:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Goindol Senior Member United States Joined 6072 days ago 165 posts - 203 votes | Message 13 of 99 02 October 2012 at 2:19pm | IP Logged |
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Russian (Le Russe, 2008 edition)
Estimated Start Date: November 30, to give myself more time to Italian before starting a new language Prior experience with this language: None Any outside resources you might use: I'll try to seek help from Russians in my area Why you chose this language: My community has many Russian immigrants, and I would like to better communicate with them Personal Predictions: Higher end of A1? It will be a low stress endeavor, and I'll try to learn as much as I can. Other languages I'll do informally: Italian, French 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 14 of 99 02 October 2012 at 5:53pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Le Nouveau Russe Sans Peine (or its Italian edition if I find it again).
Estimated Start Date: November 1st Prior experience with this language: A couple of lessons from the same book and from Russian without toil Any outside resources you might use: Online translators and something on handwriting. Why you chose this language: It's my doorkey to other slavic languages and a path to resources covering minor ex-USSR languages. Personal predictions: I would have to start Russian sooner or later, so, better take the chance. I think this time I'll do it right, I'll use audio. I hope to be quick with this book and then move on to Russian without toil or Le Russe. Other languages I'll do informally: I'll keep doing Mandarin Chinese, Georgian and Norwegian (the latter with Assimil). Russian will replace French, but risks being replaced by Spanish after the challenge. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6536 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes Speaks: English* | Message 15 of 99 02 October 2012 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Italian with Ease
Estimated Start Date: Nov 15th Prior experience: none Any outside sources: I'll cross that bridge Why this language: no particular reason Predictions: I'll be able to say things that are related to the course lessons with an American accent Other languages I'll do informally: working through a French textbook, audiobooks, and homework assignments 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6907 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 99 02 October 2012 at 10:56pm | IP Logged |
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The day the Cantonese course is out, I'm looking forward to taking part in the challenge. I can't guarantee that I'll stick to the passive->active wave method, though.
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