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| Alfonso Octoglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6862 days ago 511 posts - 536 votes  Speaks: Biblical Hebrew, Spanish*, French, English, Tzotzil, Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Greek Studies: Nahuatl, Tzeltal, German | Message 57 of 74 09 January 2008 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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It seems to me that it was just yesterday I posted here my goals for 2007 and now I have to renew my goals for 2008!!!
German I started improving my German. Now I learn it actively and want to go on doing so. My goal is to reach a good level of reading comprehension and basic fluency when speaking it. Tsotsil I want to improve my reading comprehension as well. Nahuatl I want to review my Grammar and Vocabulary. I don't want to forget. Maybe I'll look for some exercises book as well. Mandarin I'll go on learning basic glyphs, phrases and structures. English, French, Portuguese, Italian and Latin I'll keep on practicing on internet (i.e. Wikipedia, How To Learn Any Language Forum, etc.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PolyglotNZ Pentaglot Groupie New ZealandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6205 days ago 71 posts - 91 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, German, Mandarin, Japanese Studies: Polish, Swedish, Hungarian, Russian | Message 58 of 74 10 January 2008 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
Tsotsil? It is a Mayan language, isn't it? Tsotsil? Eso es un idioma maya, no? Cheers! Edited by PolyglotNZ on 10 January 2008 at 12:11am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DrZero Newbie United States Joined 6314 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 59 of 74 13 January 2008 at 9:04am | IP Logged | ||
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I set my goals up by parts of the year rather than the whole thing. So I want to learn 1,000 new words by the end of February, 1,500 more by my birthday in July, and 2,000 more by the end of December. If I just set a broad goal for the year, I might procrastinate.
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| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6235 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 60 of 74 13 January 2008 at 11:28am | IP Logged | ||
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well, I've realized that I gotta solve my problems and doubts about English and Spanish.....I'd better do it throughout the year before start studying other languages afterwards... Edited by Alvinho on 13 January 2008 at 11:30am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 61 of 74 13 January 2008 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Updated: Since I was praised by our very strict Latin professor at the credit, I now think it's not too ambitious a goal to try to get an excellent mark for the Latin exam in June. They say this prof almost always gives satisfactory or bad marks at exams, but occasionally also good ones and rarely excellent marks. Another new goal is start going through the tips at http://www.getitwriteonline.com, a site for those who want to improve their writing style in English. I've just found this site and I think it's fantastic. I'll try to go through one article each week during the semesters at uni and two-three articles during the weeks when I'm free from studies and have internet access. I'll also do some revision, perhaps once a month. So if everything goes as planned I'll have gone through 48-50 articles by the end of the year, but since things never work the way you expect them to, my plan is to go through 45 articles. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Beverly Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6429 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish | Message 62 of 74 31 January 2008 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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FRENCH
I plan to study for at least an hour a day, watch my DVD's in French and listen to French music. I hope to spend a few months working in France in early 2009, so I have deadline to meet! German No plans as yet, but hope to study in Germany in a few years time. JAPANESE Will try to learn at least one new Japanese word or phrase each week. NORWEGIAN I am trying to learn 10 new words or phrases a week. Am planning a trip to Norway later in the year so I hope to be able to order food, buy a ticket and ask for directions. Edited by Beverly on 31 January 2008 at 1:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Nea Vanille Diglot Newbie Korea, SouthRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6166 days ago 28 posts - 48 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC1 Studies: Korean | Message 63 of 74 02 February 2008 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I'm only really studying Korean, but I'm pretty seriously and committedly studying it full-time here in Korea. I take it 20 hours a week at school, and usually supplement the group classes with self-study for about 3-4 hours a day.
(Background on my current level: pretty basic, but I CAN have conversations in Korean for hours provided people are patient. I can watch Korean dramas/movies with about 50% comprehension. I can't yet read novels or the newspaper.) My goals are: 1) Never slack off on Korean after school like I so often do, and actually study it for at least 40 hours a week, and use it in my free time to chat, watch movies, talk to my friends for another 20. 2) Learn at least 6,000 new words by the end of 2008. 3) Be able to read contemporary novels without a dictionary!! 4) Speak Korean fluently enough by the end of 2008 to be able to have deep conversations and discussions (provided the other person is patient). Very ambitious, but I've come to Korea with the sole purpose of learning the language, and I have nothing else to do. I better work hard so I can move on to Japanese by next year. Edited by Nea Vanille on 02 February 2008 at 8:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cothromóid Triglot Groupie Ireland Joined 6147 days ago 77 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English*, French, Irish Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 64 of 74 03 February 2008 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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IRISH
1) Learn six new words each day. 2) Visit a Gaeltacht (an area in Ireland where Irish is spoken natively). 3) Complete my study of the noun cases. FRENCH 1) Learn six new words each day. 2) Master the subjunctive properly. 3) Read a French novel. Spanish 1) Learn six new words each day. 2) Go to Spain. 3) Learn some Latin-American vocabulary. ITALIAN 1) Learn six new words each day. 2) Go to Italy (will have accomplished this next week!). 3) Complete my self-study course by May (and stop slacking off). 4) Figure out some way to stop confusing vocabulary with Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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