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| troglodyte Diglot Groupie BrazilRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5224 days ago 53 posts - 69 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 9 of 34 31 December 2010 at 10:25pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Ron.
Nice goals for 2011. Getting to C1 in both German and French will be hard work, but it'll surely be awesome. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 10 of 34 02 January 2011 at 1:49pm | IP Logged |
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Sat, Jan 01
French: 1hr (Michel Thomas Advanced Course - perfect tense) German: none Enjoyed family events for New Years Day, swimming at the beach and the our magnificent sunshine here in Lake Macquarie, and still managed to start the year off with some French. Edited by tomsawyer on 04 January 2011 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 11 of 34 02 January 2011 at 1:55pm | IP Logged |
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Sun, Jan 02
French: 2hrs 15mins (MT Advanced Course, Hugo's French in 3 Months, vocab [+53]) German: 3hrs 40mins (Fit fuers Zertifikat Deutsch, em neu 2008 Kursbuch, vocab [+57]) Starting to prepare for the Zertifikat Deutsch (B1 German exam at the Goethe Institut). Built a new set of Leitner boxes a few days ago, to replace my old plywood boxes. Working well and looking good. Edited by tomsawyer on 04 January 2011 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5067 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 34 03 January 2011 at 2:41am | IP Logged |
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Wow, tomsawyer . . . if my math is right, you spend about six hours studying today. That's amazing! Do you find it
hard to spend that much time? Do you work in hours-long stretches or short bits? Will you do that much every day? Makes me want to spend more time studying! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 13 of 34 03 January 2011 at 10:20am | IP Logged |
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Hi Lee,
I'd love to be able to, but working full-time and my family commitments don't allow it. Ideally, I like to study 2 or 4 hours a day during the week, and then on weekend days, it depends. Some days might be full of parties, sport and family gatherings, so no study will be done. Other days may be totally free, and I could do up to 10 hours. Every now and again I have a day off, when I feel like things aren't going in. To be honest, I don't find it difficult at all to study for so long - I don't have a television or computer in my apartment, so I have no real distractions and it's easy to get into a time warp and make good progress. I always study in 20 minute blocks, which are timed with an alarm clock that's set at the start of each block. The blocks alternate between French and German, and between vocabulary using the Leitner boxes, working with textbooks, and working with native materials. When I finish a block, I record it in my logbook - the date, the start time, the end time, the duration, the language, and what was accomplished. It's taken me a long time and a lot of experimentation, to find this approach that works the best for me - the changes after 20 minutes keep things fresh, I don't lose focus, and knowing that I only have 20 minutes to get something done makes me a lot more productive than if I had double the time to do it. I hope you're enjoying the TAC so far! Thanks, Rob. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 14 of 34 03 January 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged |
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Mon, Jan 03
French: 3hrs 20mins (MT Advanced Course, Hugo's French in 3 Months, vocab [+51]) German: 40 mins (Fit fuers Zertifikat Deutsch, em neu 2008 Kursbuch, vocab [+0]) Practiced some personal letter writing today in German, and coming to grips with the perfect and imparfait tenses in French. Edited by tomsawyer on 04 January 2011 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 15 of 34 04 January 2011 at 10:43pm | IP Logged |
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Tue, Jan 04
French: 2hrs 45mins (MT Advanced Course, vocab reviews, dictionary) German: 2hrs (Fit fuers Zertifikat Deutsch, vocab [+379]) Practiced some personal and business letter writing today in German. Finished the Michel Thomas Advanced course for French. Edited by tomsawyer on 04 January 2011 at 10:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5231 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 16 of 34 06 January 2011 at 11:36am | IP Logged |
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Wed, Jan 05
French: 3hrs 45mins (MT Language Builder, Hugo's French in 3 Months, vocab [+150]) German: 2hrs (Fit fuers Zertifikat Deutsch, vocab [+200]) Practice tasks for writing and speaking for the Zertifikat Deutsch. More French work on superlatives and comparatives, and running through some common travel-style phrases. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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