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 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 9 of 12 28 January 2014 at 8:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Dankjewel, Kez! Indeed, it becomes easier and easier each day, especially reading. The other day I thought to myself: Hey, I have barely studied Dutch and here I am reading about (Swedish) politics, ecomonics etc. OK, a lot of international vocabulary, but I'm still somewhat surprised.
Hekje - if it's a work day, I usually study anytime between say 7PM and bedtime. My ambition is to do a daily shadowing session of ~15 minutes. Sometimes I find the time, sometimes not (but then I'll do that session next day). Stay tuned for an update... Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 30 January 2014 at 1:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4260 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 10 of 12 29 January 2014 at 9:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jeff, I find I get bored easily with just using a course (I'm using Assimil), do you find that with "Nederlands voor
buitenlanders"? I'm supplementing with reading parallel texts, and scoping out some grammar books, but it's a bit tough going since I've got huge gaps in my basic knowledge. Keep up the posting, I'm finding it useful! 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 11 of 12 30 January 2014 at 1:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm more or less where I left off last time (during my flirt with Dutch), so while I haven't listened to/read/shadowed anything "new", it's still a long while since I did anything with the language. And in that respect, it's new/exciting enough.
Compared to (my previous experience with other courses from) Assimil, "Nederlands voor buitenlanders" doesn't have much silence, nor slow dialogues. Of course this is something that keeps me wanting to finish the book. It has 45 short lessons - the first CD (well over 70 minutes) covers lessons 1-32, and the second CD is ~36 minutes long. So, lessons that are 2-3 minutes long, without breaks, repeats etc. is just what I want. As I've mentioned, I skim a grammar now and then, as well as read the (rather dry) book about Sweden. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4701 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 12 of 12 30 January 2014 at 2:43am | IP Logged | ||
Cool! I've been trying to get down a good routine for Indonesian. Dutch already fits into my schedule because I can just read on my commute, but Indonesian tends to get pushed later and later until I feel too tired to study. Still working on finding that sweet spot. :-P 1 person has voted this message useful |
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