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Radioclare’s tac log 2015 (*jäŋe/*ledús) | ||
Tags: Macedonian | Serbian | Serbo-Croatian | Croatian | Esperanto | Total Annihilation Challenge (TAC) | ||
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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 241 of 292 29 June 2015 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
A nice person on Lang-8 corrected my text for me :)
That's the corrected version, obviously :) I was reasonably happy with my level of mistakes though. There were still stupid case errors, but I made a massive effort to concentrate on aspect this time around and it paid off because I think I only had three corrections which related to aspect. I think that's a big improvement considering how many verbs there are. I also learned some really useful things from my corrections. For example that "in a meeting" is "na sastanku" rather than "u sastanku" and that "pomolo šetati" means "to walk slowly" whereas "malo šetati" means "to walk a little bit". These are the kind of distinctions which it's difficult to learn from textbooks. I really need to make an effort to write more frequently. Edited by Radioclare on 29 June 2015 at 10:25pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| basica Senior Member Australia Joined 3534 days ago 157 posts - 269 votes Studies: Serbian | Message 242 of 292 30 June 2015 at 1:06am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
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Tvoja priča je smešno :) Srećan sam jer ne moram da nađem sto :)
Good work! Must've taken you a bit of time to write, but yeah it definitely paid off in that I noticed how few errors you made - my stories are usually filled with seas of red :P It was actually interesting for me to read because it's so different to how I am used to seeing Serbian (plus it allowed for opportunities to acquire new vocab :P ) though I understood pretty much all of it bar a couple of vocabulary items it was just interesting to see the preference of infinitives, the use of some different vocab than what Serbians use - all in all an enlightening experience :) What I find woks best for me is writing a little bit everyday. I write about a 100 words a day, and I've noticed that this month it's come to about a total of 3500 words. I find these short stories are easier for me to make into a habit than if I were to attempt to write something a bit longer. Anyways, really did like reading your story and look forward to reading more of them! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 243 of 292 01 July 2015 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
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Yes, I think it took me over an hour to write and probably another 30 minutes rereading it and making corrections! I was impressed when I logged into lang-8 and saw how frequently you had been writing :) I originally had a goal to write 50 words per day this year, but failed miserably. Do you write your words at the same time each day? My main problem - apart from struggling to find time when I feel suitably awake to write something - is trying to find inspiration of something to write about. I have mainly tried to deal with the latter problem by following rdearman's suggestions of what to write about, but haven't really succeeded in solving the former. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| basica Senior Member Australia Joined 3534 days ago 157 posts - 269 votes Studies: Serbian | Message 244 of 292 01 July 2015 at 3:20pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
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During the week it's pretty easy for me. During morning tea I do memrise and perhaps some anki, if I don't get
anki in then I'll wait till lunch. I'll have my lunch and then in the last half of it I'll finish off anki and write my story. On the weekends I usually do it late in the evening. Because I usually stick to around 100-150 words I can write something up in about 15mins. As for topics, I usually try to think of a new topic so I can expand my vocabulary but if I am feeling lazy I will write about my day (and you notice those days I tend to have the fewest mistakes :P ). I think if you're looking to make a habit, it's easier to just force yourself to write something every day than to try to think of a strategy beforehand. Just write something, no matter how monotonous or boring. With writing the stories and listening to Glossika I committed to doing them everyday no matter how I felt. With the stories there are some days where I write nothing of interest and I am just looking for that 100 number, other days I am well over the limit and could write more, but don't have the time during my break to do so. Same with Glossika there are days where I hardly do more than listen to the files, but most days I do much better. What works for me is the not breaking the chain - that's what motivates me at least. The time factor though I understand, can't really make any suggestions about that as from your story it sounds like you have a pretty full on schedule and it doesn't seem like you have much leeway. Hope you do work something out :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 245 of 292 02 July 2015 at 12:00am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
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Thank you basica - I find it really interesting to hear about other people's schedules,
and yours is obviously working really well :) I think I need to choose a time of day when I'm going to write Croatian and just try to stick to it whatever happens, otherwise I'm never going to improve! I'm really enjoying Glossika, so thank you for the recommendation. It's really different to what I've done before and it helps motivation to have a change :) 2 persons have 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 246 of 292 02 July 2015 at 5:55am | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
Oh really? ;) Sounds like you've improved a lot since you joined HTLAL though ;D The idea definitely sounds great, no need for such negative thoughts :))) (One of the best tips I've seen over the past year is to avoid the temptation of catching up on your daily goals if you miss them. I mean you're not going to brush your teeth twice if you wake up and realize that yesterday you dozed off and didn't brush them before bed) LOL, I hope my post is not discouraging :P Good luck!!!!! Maybe you could write about Budva, haha. 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 247 of 292 02 July 2015 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
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:)
I can definitely feel a lot of improvement since the start of 2014, but I feel like almost all of that improvement came in 2014 and that I haven't really achieved anything in 2015. We're now halfway through the year and any progress towards the goals at the start of this log has been minimal...
I've written 5617 words over 183 days, so 30.7 words per day.
No. I started working through the BCS grammar book making useful notes (and they really were useful) but stopped at some point in March.
No. I had a brief burst of activity during one of the 6WCs but otherwise I haven't actively learned any vocabulary for months.
Hmm. Well I did spend time at the start of the year working on my handwriting and I was happy with how it had improved, although it's still not completely natural for me. The adult novel I had turned out to be unsuitable, so I've given up on the idea of reading it. I did read three books for children in Cyrillic though.
I've read 2 149 pages in Croatian/Serbian this year, which works out as 82.7 pages per week, so I have achieved that :) I've watched 2 529 minutes, which works out as 97 minutes per week so actually I've achieved that too, which is a pleasant surprise for me :)
Hahahahahahaha. Erm, no. And let's all agree we're not mentioning Macedonian ;) I don't think my problem at the moment is that I'm trying to catch up on daily goals (although that is good advice!) but that I don't have any daily goals and so I'm currently doing whatever I feel like, which too often turns out to be nothing useful, so I think I need some better habits, perhaps starting with the daily writing one. And yes, writing about Budva could be fun :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||||||||
| solocricket Tetraglot Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3674 days ago 68 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Icelandic, Korean, Polish | Message 248 of 292 02 July 2015 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||||||||
You're clearly doing tons of stuff in Croatian/Serbian, so anything's useful! I really think passive learning is incredibly important-- sure, it can't be quantified in quite the same way, but any time spent getting used to a new language is great! Personally, I tend to have phases of intensive book learning/SRS study followed by weeks of slightly less productive passive learning through reading and listening. I wouldn't fret about yearly goals so much-- you seem to have accomplished a ton! 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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