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| MeshGearFox Senior Member United States Joined 6693 days ago 316 posts - 344 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 17 of 30 12 June 2007 at 3:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hm.
A) I've failed at finding summer work. B) If I don't study Russian this summer, next semester is going to be very, very bad. So I think as a matter of course and necessity, I'll end up having to do this. Going for German AND Russian would be nice, and I do have some interest in swedish. Russian's the only one I can see using a lot of time up, though. Basically, though, this isn't a matter of me studying a lot and doing good and feeling good about it. It's a matter of 'Is my first month of Russian next semester going to make me cry?' 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7186 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 18 of 30 12 June 2007 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm in. Intense Russian study beginning Friday. This may very well be what I need to become remotivated with my Russian studies. If I can understand radio broadcasts in Russian (something I've been saying I'd like to do for well over a year) by the end of the summer, mission accomplished. Also, if I find I want to, I may as well start seriously learning German as well. I've been saying I'll do that for a while now, so if all goes well with Russian, maybe I can make some time for German.
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| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6700 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 19 of 30 12 June 2007 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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How funny. I deliberately chose an easy class this semseter so I can go back and review everything I've collected in the past year and a half for Chinese and finally take care of some of my French issues. I guess this fits right in.
In addition, I'll be spending time on Indonesian, because my girlfriend has finally come back. I might also toss in some Taiwanese because I finally feel motivated, but I don't have high level goals for that. Everything else on my list will wait. I won't be making journal entries, however, because that's time that i could be spending on learning a language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jerrod Senior Member United States Joined 6501 days ago 168 posts - 176 votes Studies: Russian, Spanish | Message 20 of 30 13 June 2007 at 12:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I am in with Russian. 6-8 hours per day for the next month. I started a long with my 6WCs.
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| egg_uk Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6416 days ago 203 posts - 204 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 21 of 30 13 June 2007 at 9:37am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm tempted to join in, been getting serious about Spanish for the last month and half, was arond an hour to an hour and a half a day, now im dealing with all the different tenses i'm struggling to be able to focus for more than 20-30 mins at a time. currently doing flash cards, listening to podcasts and using MT. Looking to get some books in Spanish to read and comprehend, so there will be quite a bit of dictionary work.
Looking to try and make at least an hour every day, and two hours most days. I usually dont time myself, but keep a journal of the things i have done. I think if i record the time i put in everyday it will push me to do more, and hopefully achieve a basic fluency by the end of the summer. Dont think ill keep a journal on here of everyday work, but may have weekly or fortnightly updates on how i have progressed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ishikawa Minoru Diglot Newbie Portugal Joined 6759 days ago 31 posts - 33 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Japanese | Message 22 of 30 13 June 2007 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'll definitely join this challange!
In fact, I am already doing something very similar to what the original poster suggested: To abstract myself from the fact I have over 300 pages to read by Tuesday for my Economics exam, every 25 or so pages, I take a 'break' and use that time to watch an translate Japanese shows. Instead of passively staring at the screen, I've actually started subtitling each episode: translating, timing, typesetting and encoding the materials. I am also in the midst of digitizing my flashcard collection. Edited by Ishikawa Minoru on 13 June 2007 at 5:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Polyglot2005 Senior Member United States Joined 7186 days ago 184 posts - 185 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 23 of 30 14 June 2007 at 10:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm in. As the self-proclaimed king of procrastination, participation in this challenge can only be of some benefit to me.
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| sergiu Diglot Senior Member Romania freewebs.com/invata_ Joined 6437 days ago 105 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English Studies: German | Message 24 of 30 14 June 2007 at 10:06am | IP Logged | ||
Good thing to do (or not do),why waste time? However at the end of the summer,I'll write a conclusion to this journey ,my feelings,thoughts and action about and towards German,the-soon-to-be-fluent-in language. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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