akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5290 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 1 of 12 28 December 2010 at 7:27am | IP Logged |
Hey guys! My plan is to start a bimonthly Swedish log, starting in January. I'll try and be regular with my posting and such. I just started Swedish a couple weeks ago and I enjoy the language very much, it feels so easy after all the intensive Spanish I've done.
So here's basically the rundown of things:
Materials: Speaking Swedish course
http://sv.wikipedia.org
A reliable Swedish Dictonary
I know that I don't have very much materials, I'll get my hands on some more later on.
Goals: I plan on having a strong A2 level by summer, so I plan on studying around 6 hours a week. Hey I still have Spanish I have to work on!
Edited by akprocks on 29 December 2010 at 12:54am
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Jaynie Senior Member Denmark Joined 5914 days ago 51 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Latin
| Message 2 of 12 28 December 2010 at 2:46pm | IP Logged |
I look forward to reading your Swedish log! I'm studying Danish on Team Å, and I am also planning to spend a lot of time reading Scandinavian history in 2011.
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akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5290 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 3 of 12 04 January 2011 at 4:31am | IP Logged |
I'm off to a very strong start. Here I go with my first 5 hours logged, not bad huh?
I understand en and ett, have memorized basic phrases and am starting to muck around with pronouns.
Week 1 (Dec 27 - Jan 3)- 5 hours
Edited by akprocks on 04 January 2011 at 4:31am
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Jaynie Senior Member Denmark Joined 5914 days ago 51 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Latin
| Message 4 of 12 05 January 2011 at 3:51pm | IP Logged |
A great start indeed! Congrats!
(BTW, I went to see the Swedish film Luftslottet som sprängdes / The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest over the weekend. Only a week into studying Danish, I was already able to get a little sense of the difference in the sound of Swedish as compared to Danish.)
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akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5290 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 5 of 12 12 January 2011 at 6:44am | IP Logged |
I'm giving on Swedish for a bit until April, I have a language camp for Mandarin for free and my personal motto is I never give on a good oppurtunity to try a language. I'll be writing back soon
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akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5290 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 6 of 12 29 March 2011 at 4:30am | IP Logged |
OK, this was the weakest TAC performance ever, but I was honestly swamped with languages. So to make good on my last post I ordered Teach Yourself Danish and switched from Swedish because I have Danish friends and want to practice with them. I'll record my progress in about a week and tell you all how Teach Yourself is going.
(If your wondering Mandarin worked out well and I plan to continue at a later date.)
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akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5290 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 7 of 12 01 April 2011 at 3:15am | IP Logged |
My teach yourself Danish is excellent, and even better than my Welsh one, which I enjoy immensely. I'm really pumped and have just finished Unit one. After all these 'hard' languages I've been working on, Danish is just like a breath of fresh Germanic air!
Hours spent so far: 2
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Jaynie Senior Member Denmark Joined 5914 days ago 51 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Latin
| Message 8 of 12 01 April 2011 at 4:21am | IP Logged |
well, I think it is great that you switched to Danish. You are motivating me to help revive our little Team Å! I don't have the Teach Yourself Danish, but maybe I can order it. I've been using Hippocrene Beginner's Series and some other miscellaneous resources.
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