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iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5185 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French)
| Message 201 of 432 09 April 2014 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
If your kindle doesn't have page numbers, an easy way to figure out page count is to google the book in print version, find out number of pages and then figure it out with your percentage count on the kindle. Ex: A descoberta de América pelos turcos by Jorge Amado has 128 pages in print form. I've read 32% so far this week = 41 pages. Voilà.
Edited by iguanamon on 09 April 2014 at 4:34pm
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6520 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) 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 202 of 432 09 April 2014 at 5:10pm | IP Logged |
YnEoS wrote:
Sorry to have a billion newbie questions about this challenge but...
Is Reading-Listening (reverse L-R) a valid method to use in this challenge, and would pages be counted the same as with regular reading?
And is there any sort of standard for how we should go about counting pages when reading off a kindle or from websites? |
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LR is valid in any variation (but obviously with L1 text/L2 audio you count only the audio). If you read in a strong L2 and listen in a weaker L3, that's also fine. I've done that with Italian-Danish. Basically, if you listen and read in two non-native languages, both count.
But note that if the text and audio are in the same language, you have to choose which counts. It's up to you whether it's reading with a recording or listening with a transcript, but you count them only once per language.
Edited by Serpent on 09 April 2014 at 5:18pm
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| rlnv Senior Member United States Joined 3874 days ago 126 posts - 233 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 203 of 432 09 April 2014 at 5:24pm | IP Logged |
Can reading Assimil New French with Ease count toward the reading, say 1 page for each lesson?
After a couple of months, I'll be increasing my reading of native books and plan to rapidly ramp up during a few months into the challenge, but would like to get a few pages knocked out early.
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| YnEoS Senior Member United States Joined 4177 days ago 472 posts - 893 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish
| Message 204 of 432 09 April 2014 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
If you read in a strong L2 and listen in a weaker L3, that's also fine. |
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What if you're reading language is the weaker of the two, and you're perhaps passing over a few written words here and there, but for the most part are able to follow most of the text through the comprehensible audio?
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6520 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) 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 205 of 432 09 April 2014 at 7:08pm | IP Logged |
This is also fine :)
Assimil is also okay I think. But consider using an easy reader or something like GLOSS.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5089 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 206 of 432 09 April 2014 at 7:17pm | IP Logged |
Or Culture Talk :D
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4832 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 207 of 432 09 April 2014 at 7:23pm | IP Logged |
rlnv wrote:
Can reading Assimil New French with Ease count toward the reading, say 1 page for each lesson?
After a couple of months, I'll be increasing my reading of native books and plan to rapidly ramp up during a few months into the challenge, but would like to get a few pages knocked out early.
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Lessons are shorter near the beginning, and longer at the end. But last time I read it all, and figured the whole 113 lessons is near enough to 100 pages. I didn't count lessons done while "doing" an Assimil lesson, only what I read just for reading.
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| rlnv Senior Member United States Joined 3874 days ago 126 posts - 233 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 208 of 432 09 April 2014 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
This is also fine :)
Assimil is also okay I think. But consider using an easy reader or something like GLOSS. |
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Thanks. I'll also be using easy readers and maybe GLOSS, and then progressing into other native material as I get better.
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