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| Animalia Newbie United States Joined 5018 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 8 08 August 2011 at 10:19am | IP Logged |
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Hello guys.
I glanced around and didn't see that the Spanish group had a topic going so here it is. I seen six of us on the twitter score page http://6wc.learnlangs.com/ I will check and see if there is more who are just posting on the 6wc thread on this site. I think we should all post; 1.)Our current level with the language. 2.)Programs/learning we have all ready done in the language previous to 6wc. 3.)What we intend to do during the 6wc. 4.)If you have a skype or other way of communicating with others that you may like to share. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Animalia Newbie United States Joined 5018 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 8 08 August 2011 at 10:27am | IP Logged |
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1.)Begginer I undertstand basic grammer and know possibly 100-200 words
2.)3 years of highschool Spanish... 2 years we had substitute teachers... essentially, maybe 5 solid hours worth of actual learning. 3.)MT4 Basic ( currently on disk 5/8), Advanced, and Vocab builder. Then most likely the Pimsluer Units (I, II, III, and plus) If I get around to it. Watch some movies with subs. Also possibly some L-R if I get a chance to look more into it. (Grammer books, or lessons online you guys will be using would be helpfull) 4.)I have a Skype airricklee if anyone is interested. I'm not sure what else to say so buena suerte. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| oldearth Groupie United States Joined 4898 days ago 72 posts - 173 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 3 of 8 08 August 2011 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
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I'm @shortlex on twitter, FYI.
1+2) At this point I would probably say I'm an advanced beginner. I took 2 semesters in high school (mostly forgotten but quickly relearned) but I started hitting Spanish pretty hard again about a month before this challenge started. I can probably passively recognize between 1000-1500 words, but my active vocab is much smaller. 3) I've been doing a lot of Anki flashcards for vocab. I am also experimenting with something called the "Goldlist Method" which just amounts to making lists of 25 words and writing out defitions by hand every 2 weeks until you've learned all of them. See here. Definitely not the most time efficient, but the visual progress is satisfying. When I'm feeling lazy I put on an episode of Destinos, but so far it hasn't done much for me. I'm on episode 7. I think real Spanish language TV and movies without subs are probably more beneficial and more entertaining. I've been listening to Michel Thomas basic while walking for exercise and I'm almost finished (disk 7, I think). I think it's probably the best thing I've done so far in terms of learning bang for time spent. I'm trying to decide what audio would next fit well into my exercise, but pimsleur seems slooowwwww. I get bored spending half an hour learning one thirty second dialog. I'm looking for a course to give me efficient but systematic exposure to the language. I looked at DLI but got really confused trying to figure out which audio went with which exercises because the files I had weren't well organized. FSI looked better, but I've moved to FSI/Platiquemos because they added the English translations to the audio which could work better for me if I try to learn while walking. I plan to continue with Platiquemos unless I find something even better. I think LR would be fun, but I haven't found the time to make parallel texts. I have audio and ebook texts for Twilight and Harry Potter 1, but I haven't done any work on making a parallel text. I tried listening to Spanish while reading English for a couple hours without preparing a parallel text and found it frustrating. I find it hard to resist stopping to look up words that I think I understand to confirm the definition (that I heard what I think I heard, and that I correctly deduced the definition). Maybe I just didn't give it enough time, but for now I've decided to work with other methods. But if anybody has built a good English-Spanish parallel text then I'd give it another spin. Edited by oldearth on 08 August 2011 at 6:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5037 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 4 of 8 09 August 2011 at 5:42am | IP Logged |
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Hey, shortlex! I keep seeing your updates on twitter. Great job! :)
I'm not studying Spanish as part of the challenge being that I'm already somewhat intermediate. I have my language deficiencies, though, so I'm lurking on the thread and wishing everyone else success. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Animalia Newbie United States Joined 5018 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 8 09 August 2011 at 5:54am | IP Logged |
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One thing I would reccomend if you guys havnt all ready is look at the 6wc in may thread... Since the main language was Spanish there are several good rescources here is the link. ----Aqui-----
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| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5037 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 6 of 8 09 August 2011 at 7:55am | IP Logged |
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Oooh, I'd forgotten about that. Muchas gracias!
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| Neri Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4866 days ago 16 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 7 of 8 09 August 2011 at 2:06pm | IP Logged |
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1) I'm pretty much a beginner, but my comprehension (especially reading) is comparatively strong largely thanks to my command of French.
2) Most of a year in middle school, a few months in elementary school, a bit of reading and listening here and there, and I started Assimil a bit before the challenge. 3) Assimil (French version of the beginner level) and watching or reading whatever I feel like. I'm constantly surprised by my comprehension, but I need something that'll get me talking, as I hope about nine months from now to be able to help Spanish speakers with simple questions at work (minimally). That's when I might move to a place where Spanish is more commonly spoken. 4) @Nerienea on twitter. I have a Skype but I don't feel like posting it for everyone to see and I'm not very communicative in Spanish anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5606 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 8 09 August 2011 at 8:08pm | IP Logged |
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I'm @Lingonerd on twitter.
1) I'm just starting in to early beginner level about now. I decided to start an entirely new language for my first 6WC. 2) Next to none, knowing only very basic touristy phrases and random words. 3) Both Assimil and TY to begin with, and I'm thinking of giving some Lang 8 a go in Spanish and doing some LR if I can find materials. 4) My Twitter is, as mentioned before, @Lingonerd. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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