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Spanky
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Studies: French

 
 Message 1 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:11pm | IP Logged 
Herewith my TAC2011 self-challenge: completing specific study resources for both French and German languages and acquiring a particular number of vocabulary items in Japanese, all by the end of 2011.    I will use this log simply to record my progress, and will continue to maintain a separate log (20 in 20) for my more narrative ramblings.

French (mostly during the first half of the year):

200 hours of study
200 hours of active listening to French media (movies, television, radio, audiobooks, podcasts)

FSI Basic (I and II)
FSI Phonology (for a second time)
Le petit prince and En attendant Godot
BBC: French Steps, Talk French, Ma France and French Experience (parts 1 and 2)
Michel Thomas, Advanced French
French.about.com – 200 article pages or activities

German (mostly during the second half of the year):

250 hours of study

Michel Thomas, Beginner German
Pimsleur I, II and III
FSI, Programmed Introduction
FSI , Basic
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht (all four series)
BBC, German Steps
German.about.com – Beginners Lessons (twenty units)

Japanese vocabulary (throughout the entire year):

1000 new kanji (continuing with Heisig's Remembering the Kanji)
1000 new words via kana


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Spanky
Senior Member
Canada
Joined 5956 days ago

1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 2 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:13pm | IP Logged 
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO APRIL 2, 2011

First quarter - assessment to date

French study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)

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Spanky
Senior Member
Canada
Joined 5956 days ago

1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 3 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged 
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO JULY 2, 2011

Second quarter – assessment to date

French study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)
Japanese kana: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal


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Spanky
Senior Member
Canada
Joined 5956 days ago

1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 4 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged 
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO October 1, 2011

Third quarter - assessment to date

French study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours   (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)
Japanese kana: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal


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Spanky
Senior Member
Canada
Joined 5956 days ago

1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 5 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:15pm | IP Logged 
(TO BE COMPLETED ON OR PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2011)

End of year assessment:

I was mostly (a) awesome or (b) awful this year (cross out whichever does not apply, once I get here).

Goals completed (because I am awesome):

(nothing yet)

Goals not completed (because I am awful and lazy):

French

200 hours of study
200 hours of active listening to French media (movies, television, radio)
FSI Basic I
FSI Basic II
FSI Phonology (again)
Le petit prince
En attendant Godot
BBC: French Steps,
BBC: Talk French
BBC: Ma France
BBC: French Experience, part 1
BBC, French Experience, part 2
Michel Thomas, Advanced French
French.about.com – 200 article pages or activities

German

250 hours of study
Michel Thomas, Beginner German
Pimsleur I
Pimsleur II
Pimsleur III
FSI, Programmed Introduction
FSI , Basic
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht , series 1
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht , series 2
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht . series 3
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht, series 4
BBC, German Steps
German.about.com – Beginners Lessons (twenty units)

Japanese vocabulary

1000 new kanji from Heisig's Remembering the Kanji
1000 new words via kana



Edited by Spanky on 22 December 2010 at 8:19pm

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Spanky
Senior Member
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Joined 5956 days ago

1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 6 of 22
22 December 2010 at 8:20pm | IP Logged 
copy/paste template for weekly updating

Week xx – , 2011

French study:    hours
French media: hours
German study:   hours
Japanese – kanji:
Japanese – kana:
Japanese study/review hours:

French material:

German material:


Edited by Spanky on 09 January 2011 at 1:32am

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Spanky
Senior Member
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1021 posts - 1714 votes 
Studies: French

 
 Message 8 of 22
24 December 2010 at 6:23pm | IP Logged 
Vielen Dank, Kuikentje,

Malheureusement, en ce moment, je ne sais pas assez de la langue allemand pour te répondre en allemand. Peut-être l'année prochaine?

Regards,
Spanky et son Küken

Edited by Spanky on 24 December 2010 at 6:53pm



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