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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 129 of 586 13 December 2012 at 12:15am | IP Logged | ||
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@tarvos: you are the kindest soul - and don' let anybody tell you differently :-)
@expugnator: I look forward to that! I did however listen to a speech given in Brazilian Portuguese today by the Brazilian president, with Russian interpretation on my headphones, and I realized that after three years of "studying" Russian, I understood exactly as much Russian as Portuguese after zero hours of studying Portuguese. I am so going back into depression. Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 13 December 2012 at 12:16am 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 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 130 of 586 13 December 2012 at 2:07am | IP Logged | ||
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I've added my log now for the TAC 2013 by way of introduction. :)
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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 131 of 586 13 December 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged | ||
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That's not fair, Cristina. Your Spanish is wonderful, that's like understanding Russian after having learned Ukrainian for several years =)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 132 of 586 13 December 2012 at 8:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, and just for the record: I am in Brussels right now with only my iPad with me so I will not be able to add
any links to your logs until this week end. I wanted to run an idea by you by the way. In our last Skype session, I raised the question of whether it would be useful for us to have at least one common Russian course that we could use as reference point, and as foundation for our common Skype sessions. Last year Tecktight was wonderful in writing down dialogues, but that s cumbersome, and if we all had the same book it would be easier. Then the beginners could read from the first lessons, the more advanced could read from the later lessons, and we would all have audio to help. I suggested Assimil, but as we all know there are different versions of Assimil. However, it appeared that most of us have the same version, even if it is based in different languages. Tarvos, could you quote the first lesson, and possibly the first 4-5 titles of lessons so that everyone would know what to look for? Perhaps also the edition number, title and year of issue for the English version which is the one most of us are likely to get hold of? Those who do not want to spend money on it could of course always borrow the book, but I suspect it would be useful to have at least one common course, and since the year has not started yet, I assume that you have the option of getting more study material open :-) . 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5764 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 133 of 586 13 December 2012 at 10:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the message about being on your Ipad - I nearly just sent you a load of links
by PM. I agree totally with the idea of having a common course. Having never been part of such a large team before, not for something online anyway, I am not sure how well we'd be able to function without having some material common to all of us. Obviously it can work though or else Team Sputnik would not have been so successful in 2012. Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 134 of 586 13 December 2012 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | ||
Don't worry, Cristina, I am really bad at estimating my own level, so maybe I am already closer to B1 than I thought. I can't believe you're only an A1 as you have already had the experience of using your Russian "for real". I only write some paragraphs in my log now and then - sometimes heavily using the dictionary. I haven't watched any Russian movies yet and I have never spoken Russian to another person, so I don't know how well that would go. I think we can all help each other in our Russian journey, no matter what our level of proficiency is. So, don't be depressed - I'm sure your Russian is fine! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5764 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 135 of 586 13 December 2012 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Whatever our levels, whether we're reasonably advanced as my professors always told me I
should be, or whether we're just starting out, we'll all be able to help each other a whole lot. We should all stop comparing our levels to each other and just enjoy it. I get worried about how I'm going to sound in front of you all when I open my mouth. I'm supposed to have a degree in Russian, and let me tell you, my Russian is no-where near degree standard. But I don't care, because I know I'm going to get better, and I know you guys won't care to judge :) Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aloysius Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6238 days ago 226 posts - 291 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: French, Greek, Italian, Russian | Message 136 of 586 13 December 2012 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||
I would gladly use Assimil. I believe tarvos used this version which exists in French, Italian, Spanish and English. It has 100 lessons. I don't own it but I would get it if we decide to go with that one. I use the older one with 70 lessons which is still available in German. The different editions are discussed here but there are better forum threads on the topic which I couldn't locate right now. //aloysius 1 person has voted this message useful |
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