ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6147 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian
| Message 9 of 54 23 July 2010 at 11:34pm | IP Logged |
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What I learnt today: How to demystify "verbal aspects", thanks to my girlfriend and the excellent video on this subject by Splog... |
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That is indeed an excellent video. Thanks to you for linking to it and thanks to Splog for making it and explaining it so well. I thought I understood the concept of aspect in Slavic languages in general already, and I mostly did but now it just makes all the more sense. :)
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zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5349 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 10 of 54 24 July 2010 at 1:40am | IP Logged |
Good luck mate and I wish you the best. But that is insane. I know you'd be able to do it
^_^.
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 11 of 54 24 July 2010 at 11:53pm | IP Logged |
@ellasevia, zekecoma
Thanks guys!
What with focusing on clearing my in-tray this week, including having to fit in a quick business trip to the UK at short notice, my Russian hasn't exactly started "rushing" anywhere just yet. However there's good news on the horizon in all this...by working this extra bit over the last few days, I've managed to free up many more hours for language study, which will hopefully be reflected in the next few posts. I'm really psyched about this and look forward to upping my game starting tomorrow! :D
Edited by Teango on 24 July 2010 at 11:53pm
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 12 of 54 24 July 2010 at 11:54pm | IP Logged |
"Rushing Russian", Day 4
(Ни пуха, ни пера!)
Study-and-click: 3 hours (10 total)
Other active study: 1 hour (5 total)
Background music: 1.5 hours (5 total)
New passive words: 137 (550 total)
Today's reading score: 82% (+2%, История первая, Глава 4, 100 words)
What I learnt today: The DLI (Defense Language Institute) recommends 10 minute mini-breaks in between 40-50 minute study sessions, and a whole hour off for lunch. Sound like a good idea to me, and I've got a whole day free tomorrow to try it out. :)
Edited by Teango on 29 November 2010 at 10:11am
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 13 of 54 25 July 2010 at 11:12pm | IP Logged |
"Rushing Russian", Day 5
(Ни пуха, ни пера!)
Study-and-click: 5 hours (15 total)
Other active study: 3 hours (8 total)
Background music: 1 hour (6 total)
New passive words: 325 (875 total)
Today's reading score: 83% (+1%, История первая, Глава 5, 100 words)
What I learnt today: Tracking progress is a key factor in successful motivation. It's great to be able to see positive results at the end of the day, looking forward to goals rising larger step by step on the horizon, and looking back at my footprints in the sand.
Edited by Teango on 29 November 2010 at 10:11am
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 14 of 54 26 July 2010 at 9:37pm | IP Logged |
"Rushing Russian", Day 6
(Ни пуха, ни пера!)
Study-and-click: 4 hours (19 total)
Other active study: 2 hours (10 total)
Background music: 1.5 hours (7.5 total)
New passive words: 228 (1103 total)
Today's reading score: 81% (-2%, История первая, Глава 6, 100 words)
What I learnt today: Have you ever noticed how tasty and tender food can be when you prepare it over a whole day in a slow cooker. This is what I was thinking whilst enjoying some delicious stew out on the balcony this evening, and then I laughed...yes, that's exactly how it is with languages too. :)
Edited by Teango on 29 November 2010 at 10:12am
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 15 of 54 27 July 2010 at 11:54pm | IP Logged |
"Rushing Russian", Day 7
(Ни пуха, ни пера!)
Study-and-click: 1 hour (20 total)
Background music: 0.5 hours (8 total)
New passive words: 52 (1155 total)
Today's reading score: 82% (+1%, История первая, Глава 7, 100 words)
Notes: I had some more more urgent work to do today, so I just managed to squeeze in an hour.
Edited by Teango on 29 November 2010 at 10:12am
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5561 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 16 of 54 29 July 2010 at 1:01am | IP Logged |
I've been working full-on all day to meet a deadline, and now it's time to go to bed. So sadly no Russian for me today; just a quick "спокойной ночи" (good night) to one and all. [edit]
Edited by Teango on 09 August 2010 at 11:52am
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