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| aerozeplyn Senior Member United States Joined 5141 days ago 141 posts - 202 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 114 of 149 26 May 2011 at 7:02am | IP Logged | ||
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congratulations on finishing Pims 3.28 Li Fei :D
about 6 hours ago i finished Pimsleur level 3. I was thinking about telling you i was on level 27 or something to keep you motivated and studying hard...but then again that would be a lie on my part. You only have 2 more units!!!!! congrats!!! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6287 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 115 of 149 26 May 2011 at 2:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Congratulations on working your way through Pimsleur. RE: My Cantonese studies I'll get back to the program before too long. Been focused on getting settled in and trying to brush up on my French. My old Cantonese speaking friends have moved out to the suburbs so I don't hear a lot of Cantonese in my day to day life. There certainly are a lot more Mandarin speakers in town than their used to be. RE: Portuguese Portuguese would make a lot of sense for me right now since I live at the edge of a huge Portuguese neighbourhood. Really want to work on French, Cantonese, and Italian first though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 116 of 149 04 June 2011 at 3:25am | IP Logged | ||
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It's been awhile since I have posted. The good news is, I FINISHED PIMSLEUR!!! Sorry, but that deserves a shout.
All 90 lessons, most twice through. I may write more later on about my evaluation of Pimsleur Mandarin, but the quick version is that I think it's been worthwhile. It has helped my pronunciation and speaking ability a lot, and I have done it while performing other tasks. I have forgotten some of the phrases and vocabulary, but just reviewing a few of the dialogues brings it back, so that is what I plan to do in spare moments before our China trip. The bad news is, more rocky times at home. The Midlife Mom may become the Single Midlife Mom, and the emotional turmoil wreaks havoc with language studies. So, I have devised the "trauma" language study program, and here it is: -listen to anything Chinese while driving and walking around (good distraction from racing thoughts) -watch an episode of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf each day (so silly it's impossible to be sad while watching) -do SRS as possible -read Chinese in bed. The harder, the more sleep-inducing, which is a good thing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6372 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 117 of 149 04 June 2011 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I hope eveything works out for you. I can't imagine how crazy your life must feel right now.
On language learning matters...congrats on finishing Pimsleur! A very nice feather to have in your cap. Edited by newyorkeric on 04 June 2011 at 3:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6287 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 118 of 149 04 June 2011 at 4:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Congratulations on finishing Pimsleur!
Have you been able to find anything to practice reading? Children's books are a good place to start. Chinese subtitles on your favourite TV shows work well too but the region code on DVDs may make that difficult to get. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6287 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 120 of 149 04 June 2011 at 5:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I was thinking more along the lines of your local video shop won't be selling your favourite TV series with
Chinese subtitles. I guess you can find anything you want on the Internet anyways so not a huge issue perhaps. It must have been all the long bus rides I was stuck on in Taiwan back in the day.... I got used to watching movies in English with Chinese subtitles. The audio was turned down so low I could barely hear the dialogs and wound up reading the subtitles in Chinese. Too strange but it is either that or stare at everyone else stuck in traffic. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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