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| GeddyMX Newbie United States Joined 4798 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* | Message 25 of 86 23 December 2012 at 2:05am | IP Logged |
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Spanish: Score a 2/2 on the DLPT
Dari: ACTFL level reading 'Intermediate' , speaking 'Intermediate-High' Pashto: ACTFL level speaking 'Superior' English: to speak and pronounce clearly like a news interviewer 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MerryCrassmas Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States languagewanderlust.c Joined 4902 days ago 62 posts - 68 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English* Studies: German, Russian, Czech, Polish | Message 26 of 86 23 December 2012 at 3:07am | IP Logged |
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My language plans for the year 2013 are going to be preparation for a future goal I have in mind, to get a doctorates.
Currently I am in the progress of getting my BA in Linguistics --I plan to finish in Fall 2013-- but I have plans to enter a PhD program in either Linguistics or Slavic linguistics. The latter requires that I am proficient in one Slavic language--for this I will be focusing on Russian, a good handle in another Slavic language--for this I am going to focus on Polish, and lastly have reading knowledge in German and French. Now I have been studying all of these languages on and off for the last 4 years, but have never achieved proficiency in any of them. German was the closest. In order of strongest to weakest my skills are as follow: German, French, Russian, and Polish. In order of importance for my future goal: Russian, Polish, German, and French. I plan to enter the PhD program by Fall 2014 or 2015, so I really have to dedicate time in becoming useful in those languages--Russian being the most important. I plan to study three languages in 2013 (Russian, Polish, and German). Would you guys think that it is possible to have a very good handle of these languages by Summer 2014? I would rate my German level in the B1-low B2 range, Russian before B2 now high A2, Polish A1. How many hours of studying (approximately) would one need to spend to get from A2 to C1? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| outcast Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member China Joined 4788 days ago 869 posts - 1364 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Studies: Korean | Message 27 of 86 23 December 2012 at 4:25am | IP Logged |
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My goals are simple, but challenging:
Goal 1: French/German/Portuguese C1+ level in all three "Vicinity" of C2 written (which honestly, is not difficult with French being a Spanish native, and kind of a laugh with Portuguese... and my German is getting to the point the language reads naturally and my vocabulary and intuition is reached a point I can guess compound words at ease). So this goal is with hard work and continued exposure, doable. "Vicinity" of C1 in speaking (this maybe a challenge in three languages at the same time, where I am at solid B1 or entry level B2). However, I purposely did not focus on speaking at all during the first year and a half of my language learning, and 2013 is the year of SPEAKING SPEAKING SPEAKING. I know the general grammar inside out in all three languages, my vocabulary is improving rapidly, and my slang/idioms are improving. My pronounciation is I believe more than adequate because I have worked a lot on it. I wanted it to be this way... in my personal study philosophy (studying without being in the countries where the language is spoken), when it's time to speak I want to focus on speaking, not on the grammar, pronounciation, vocabulary, and set phrases. Makes the load of the brain a lot less when you are comfortable with all those. I am getting to that point, and I believe it will allow me to relax and just speak. We'll see if this strategy two years in the making pays off. Goal 2: MANDARIN, MANDARIN, MANDARIN. In 2011 I said I would start intensive with Mandarin in mid-2012, plus Swedish and Italian on the side. WRONG (as anyone here might have expected, things never pan out timewise)... But 2013 IS the year. So MANDARIN here I come. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 5879 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 28 of 86 23 December 2012 at 6:15pm | IP Logged |
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Classical Greek: Finish JACT Reading Greek course
Classical Latin: Pass exam in June Spanish: Read three books Russian: Read one book Mandarin: Improve my speaking and listening skills Sanskrit: Continue with Walter Harding Maurer's The Sanskrit Language. Old English: Continue with The Cambridge Old English Reader If I have time over the Summer I'll start Du's Handbook of Classical Chinese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sabotai Senior Member United States Joined 5721 days ago 391 posts - 489 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Japanese, Korean, French | Message 29 of 86 23 December 2012 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
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Goals
Korean: I have, in the past years, jumped from one language to another. This year, my goal, unless something major comes up, is to focus on Korean for all of 2013. My hit list of resources include Yonsei, Songang, all TTMIK levels and Korean Grammar In Use. I am currently on Yonsei 1, Sogang 1A, TTMIK level 3 and section 3 of Korean Grammar In Use Beginner. I may also try to take the beginner level of TOPIK. Chinese: Slowly work through ChinesePod.com Newbie lessons. I hope to be able to tackle ChinesePod Elementary level lessons by the end of the year. Japanese: Slowly work through JapanesePod101.com Beginner lessons. I have already gone through the Newbie lessons a few times. German: While I have decided to spend my time on Asian languages, I have put a considerable amount of time into German and don't want to lose it, so my goal is to review all I have done in the past regularly so I can maintain it. Other Asian languages: Dabble in a few here and there. Right now I am learning the Bengali writing system and want to learn the writing systems for Hindi and Thai as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| crmaximo Diglot Newbie Brazil Joined 4285 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English | Message 30 of 86 24 December 2012 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
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Goals,
French: Goal 1! Complete the assimil French courses and try reaching B1 English: At any cost, get C1 in passive and active Spanish: Not an ambitious one. B2 in Spanish, what I think it will be very easy, as my native language is Portuguese. Japanese: A2. As I have studied Japanese ten years later, I think that I can remember a lot of things and try to get a short way to A2. If I were studying Japanese for the first time, the task would be a lot more difficult. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 5964 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 31 of 86 25 December 2012 at 12:11am | IP Logged |
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Japanese: Pass the N2 (that is assuming I failed the N2 in 2012, if I passed, then I'll take the N1) Improve on listening comprehension. Get out of the house more and force myself to talk to people.
Finnish: Be consistent. Do something every single day with Finnish, no matter what, no exceptions. (Passive exposure is allowed, but no days of doing nothing in Finnish.) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6436 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 32 of 86 25 December 2012 at 5:43am | IP Logged |
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my main goal is just to complete the super challenge and the assimil challenge. should more or less take me where i want to be (for now) in the respective languages.
new languages: Swedish (assimil and then we'll see), hopefully also something Finno-Ugric like Mari and/or Karelian. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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