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| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5234 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 721 of 766 30 April 2015 at 1:28pm | IP Logged |
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I'm not doing too badly. I've done all the films in French and only have a few more to do in Italian. Reading is a problem, although I'm about halfway in both French and Italian. But I have to work my arse off to complete.
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| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4581 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 722 of 766 30 April 2015 at 11:03pm | IP Logged |
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I've achieved what I wanted to with books and feel like I've made loads of progress,
though I think that most of that progress probably came in the first 100 books rather in than in the second 100. I'm still reading for pleasure, but feel like I need to go back to some more formal vocab learning now to improve any more. I've reached over 100 films now and my listening skills have improved from barely being able to tell where one word started and the next ended to being actually able to enjoy TV series :) The improvement there feels far more dramatic than with my reading. I'd love to complete a double challenge but honestly don't think I'm going to manage it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 723 of 766 01 May 2015 at 10:57am | IP Logged |
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French: near to achieve.
Spanish: 30% (both for films and books) Japanese: 30 % films and 14 % books Turkish: 25 % films and 15% books This month I plan to work on Japanese and Spanish. I'd love to achieve a half challenge for Spanish and for Japanese films, and 25% for Japanese books 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4907 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 724 of 766 01 May 2015 at 11:28am | IP Logged |
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French
I'm well on the way towards achieving my double film challenge for French, but only about 55% of the way on the book side. I should be able to make it, but I've been focusing on Hindi recently. My French reading has really improved to the point where it's pleasurable (with the support of a popup dictionary). Hindi I'm less than one film away from achieving the film part of my half challenge in Hindi, but quite a way from finishing the book half. Now that I'm focusing on Hindi, the pace might pick up. I'm not sure I'll get to 50 books, but I will definitely get close. My ability to read the Hindi script was getting rusty, and although I've only read 6.2 books, I've made large improvements. A few weeks ago, I calculated I would have to read 8 pages of Hindi per day to complete 50 books. That's now gone up to 9 pages per day, so the goal of actually finishing is getting a bit more remote. But the benefits have been great, and I imagine I will be able to complete a full challenge next time around. Ancient Greek I've really fallen down on this one. I don't like the audio version of the Greek NT I bought, so the film half just wasn't happening, and I have only read about 60 pages. However, that's 60 pages more than I read the year before, so I'm grateful for the push the Super Challenge gave to try it out. Summary French: 55% books, 75% films (of 200 films) Hindi: 6% books, 99% films (of 50 each) Ancient Greek: 2% books, 3% films (of 50 each) 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 725 of 766 25 May 2015 at 5:39pm | IP Logged |
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If I listen to a Norwegian audiobook while reading it in Portuguese, can I count it as a Norwegian book instead of a Norwegian film or only as a Norwegian film?
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 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 726 of 766 25 May 2015 at 8:12pm | IP Logged |
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Only as a film, as far as I understand.
You can read the text in German or French and count it as that though. Edited by Serpent on 25 May 2015 at 8:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Soffía Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4548 days ago 22 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic | Message 727 of 766 22 August 2015 at 1:19pm | IP Logged |
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Quick question: is it possible to participate if I don't have Twitter? Perhaps in an unofficial capacity?
Also, if I sign up now, can I count the books I've read since the beginning of this year, or do I have to start from scratch? Thanks and apologies if this has been answered before. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 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 728 of 766 22 August 2015 at 2:14pm | IP Logged |
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You can participate perfectly officially without using Twitter :)
The current challenge started in May 2014, so you can count everything you read since then, as long as you're sure that you read it when the challenge was on. (Repeats count with no penalty) The forum/thread might be pretty quiet. Cristina is currently improving her Russian in Siberia :D Many members are now more active at http://how-to-learn-any-language.org, though the SC thread hasn't been active there either. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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