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TAC 2015 - Rare Languages Team Thread | ||
Tags: Telugu | Hawaiian | Albanian | Team Thread | Malay | Sanskrit | Georgian | Tagalog | Indonesian | Thai | Rare Languages | Farsi/Persian | Hindi | Hebrew | Dutch | Arabic | Total Annihilation Challenge (TAC) | ||
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| redflag Senior Member Australia Joined 3844 days ago 123 posts - 182 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Indonesian, French | Message 17 of 113 28 December 2014 at 6:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi all. I'm doing Indonesian for TAC, starting off at A1. As I live in Australia and Indonesia is our closest neighbour
there's more Indonesian resources around than I image in North America, Europe or elsewhere. Several evening colleges have classes and my local language bookshop has a healthy selection, as does the local library - authentic materials as it's catering to the Indonesian community itself. My log is here, it's also for my French study. http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp? TID=39662&PN=1&TPN=3 I'll just cut and paste what I put there for Indonesian as a bit of an introduction: I did a month or so of Indonesian earlier this year but am basically starting from beginner. Doing it for personal interest reasons but also for work, it's not necessary for work but will potentially be useful. I think I'll be starting with Teach Yourself Indonesian or Colloquial Indonesian since the "self-study" book I bought earlier in the year was really unsatisfactory. Potentially I will do an evening class at some point but not first thing in the year as I realised the French conversation class I enrolled in is on the same night as the one I was eyeing. I have quite a few Indonesian books, kids books, teen books and adults (a John Grisham and a Danielle Steele novel) and my local library has a large Indonesian collection. I went through the first page of the Grisham book when I was dabbling in Indonesian before and was pretty amazed at how much headway I could make (with a dictionary of course) - I don't want to overplay the "easy-ness" claim about Indonesian because no language is easy to achieve proficiency in but the particular grammar characteristics do mean you can make a lot more headway in the beginning than most, I think. I've also pre-ordered Glossika Indonesian but it's only 25% complete according to their website so I'm not holding my breath. Beyond that I've put off thinking much about Indonesian til I get back from my holiday middle of next week. Edited by redflag on 28 December 2014 at 6:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6063 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 18 of 113 28 December 2014 at 9:24am | IP Logged | ||
G'day. Welcome aboard. One Aussie flag coming up. As soon as you give us a target level, that is. How far do you think you'll go with Indonesian this year? A2? B1? Native? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| redflag Senior Member Australia Joined 3844 days ago 123 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Indonesian, French | Message 19 of 113 28 December 2014 at 10:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, sorry! Let's say ... B1.
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| Sooniye Diglot Groupie Sweden Joined 3899 days ago 44 posts - 52 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Spanish, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Croatian, Hindi, Hungarian, Albanian | Message 20 of 113 28 December 2014 at 11:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello all, nice to be on the team! And thank you Luso for captaining the team!
I am going to study Albanian, I am pretty new at it, an A1 I would guess, but have dabbled in it for quite some time. Now I decided it was time to actually study it for real. This is my first TAC. I hope to reach a solid A2 when 2015 draws to an end. My log is the following: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp? TID=39745&PN=1&TPN=1 Looking forward to read your logs about all exciting languages! P.S. Edited for adding my goal. Edited by Sooniye on 28 December 2014 at 11:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rem Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3759 days ago 66 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Czech, French | Message 21 of 113 28 December 2014 at 6:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi. I’m not currently studying any rare languages, but I see that a few people here are
studying ones that I have an interest in and intend to tackle myself further down the line. I hope you don’t mind if I eavesdrop on your threads occasionally? I think I will find it useful to see how other people are approaching them. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4870 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 22 of 113 28 December 2014 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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After failing phenomenally at the three months mark last time, I've decided to give Persian another go this year. While my expectations for what I might achieve are pretty low, it would be lovely to be part of this team so I don't lose sight of the language again. I'll be reusing my old log, now appropriately titled "Stop and Go Persian". Although I don't want to study Persian too seriously, I think your policy of logging at least bi-monthly will help to keep me accountable. I'm simply aiming for keeping engaged with the language and thereby making some subtle progress. My current level is around A1, but I don't really want to set a goal around CEFR levels, if you want to put something down, I'd be comfortable with calling my goal A1+. It would be great if I could finish one out of "Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation", "Sprachkurs Persisch" and "Assimil Le Persan sans Peine", maybe study a few song lyrics. It all depends on how challenging my Korean and other life goals for 2015 will prove to be.
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4146 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 23 of 113 29 December 2014 at 12:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Kumusta kayo! (Hello / How are you)
If you'll have me, I'd love to join your team! I started learning Tagalog last spring. My husband is Filipino, and I decided that I'd like to learn enough Tagalog to participate in dual-language conversations with his family. It's been slow-going so far, but I'm not in any rush. This fall hasn't been great for language learning. Life got in the way. But I'm ready to jump in again! current level in Tagalog: A1ish (although - as far as I know - there are no language tests in Tagalog) goal for 2015: I'd be happy to reach the equivalent of a shaky B1 my TAC15 log Last year I didn't join Team Rare, in part because of a complete misunderstanding of the word "rare" and in part because I didn't start learning Tagalog until May. Instead I joined Team Coconut, which completely fizzled and died. I followed Team Rare as an observer, and I'm really looking forward to learning with all of you this year! Salamat! (Thank you) Edited by Stelle on 29 December 2014 at 12:39am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Magdalene Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5038 days ago 119 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, German, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 24 of 113 29 December 2014 at 9:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm glad to see the team growing; lots of good logs to follow. And Luso, thank you for captaining the team this year.
May I suggest some ideas for challenges? I liked many of the ones from last year, like the cultural presentations, and I brainstormed a bit today. Culture-related topics - Discuss a holiday, festival, or cultural celebration. - Share a recipe, or just talk about food. - Talk about a plant or animal (wild or domesticated) that is more common or culturally significant in the country or region of your target language. - Share a folktale or talk about a mythological being/creature. - Share a book, movie, and/or TV show in your TL. - Share a song in your TL. Optional: include a literal translation along with a natural-sounding one. - Share a poem in your TL. Optional: include a literal translation along with a poetic one. Language-related topics - Favorite word(s) in your TL. Optional: include example sentences. - Spoken slang and, maybe, swearwords. - Internet slang, textspeak, or chatspeak, e.g. lol, omg, wtf, brb. - À la Splog, look up conversational connectors, like filler words or transitional phrases, that make one's speech sound more natural. Meta or study-related topics - Compare your rare TL to another language you study or have studied. How do you approach the languages differently? - What are the best and worst resources you've used for your TL? - What advice would you give a beginner to your TL? The last two topics would be better to have at the end of the year, after we've spent more time with our rare languages. 8 persons have voted this message useful |
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