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Ellsworth
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Message 89 of 672

03 January 2012 at 3:56am | IP Logged

I like both Tecktight's and Solfrid's ideas and I hope we can do a sort of combination of
the two! Maybe also as the year progresses we can do a specific subject of the meeting
and all prepare vocabulary for that discussion.
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Woodsei
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Message 90 of 672

03 January 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged

Wow, thanks! I like both Christina's and techtight's ideas too. It does make a lot of sense to me. I was going
to suggest setting up subjects to talk about for each meetup, but Ellsworth already beat me to it:)
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fabriciocarraro
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Message 91 of 672

03 January 2012 at 2:49pm | IP Logged

Sounds great! I totally agree with you guys =)
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Solfrid Cristin
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Message 92 of 672

03 January 2012 at 9:03pm | IP Logged

Tecktight wrote:

I'm glad to hear that you're still alive, Teango.

It seems most of us can make Sunday at 14.00. This works the best for me, as well.

Solfrid, I like your idea. I think that'd be an excellent way to get things off the ground. I also have a suggestion
that might be beneficial. Though I can scarcely believe I am now in the position to be singing praises to my
Russian textbook, it is rather helpful in that it provides many dialogues throughout the text. Each dialogue
covers a basic learning theme (ex: what's in your house, who your family is, etc.) that is acted out through
fictional characters.

My Russian professor used to have us memorize the dialogues and then, during the next class, would pair us off
and have us recite them. The dialogues were very helpful in improving our speaking abilities because they
featured many generic expressions that we had occasion to use again and again. Each pair of students had to
recite their dialogue in front of the class, so the class heard every dialogue multiple times, which helped us
remember them even more.

I think if we implemented this as a part of our Skype sessions, it would give us a good solid base to start the
Skype session with and ensure we get practice, and we can allow for the more free-flowing conversation
afterwards.

I own the Year 1 and Year 2 textbooks, so we will be sustained for a good while. Let me know if this is
something you'd all be interested in it, and I'll type up the dialogues and e-mail them to all of you. My Year 1
textbook is, unfortunately, not with me here in Los Angeles, but when I return to school in about two weeks, I'll
have it, and can type the dialogues.

Edit: The dialogues, by the way, are nothing to be scared of. Each is a few lines long, at most. :)

Sounds like a great idea!
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Message 93 of 672

04 January 2012 at 9:09pm | IP Logged

I'm glad the Skype experiment went well! Every other Sunday suits me fine and the idea of
preparing short dialogues to get us going is an excellent one. I've added my Skype id to
my profile, so you should be able to see it.

/aloysius

P.S. The pronunciation of aloysius is heard on the television series Brideshead Revisited
from where I nicked my nick, but my first name is Jonas - feel free to pronounce it any
way you like.

Edited by aloysius on 04 January 2012 at 9:20pm
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Solfrid Cristin
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Message 94 of 672

04 January 2012 at 9:24pm | IP Logged

aloysius wrote:

Could you write out your skype name in letters - all I can see is a sign where it says "Call me".
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aloysius
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Message 95 of 672

04 January 2012 at 10:10pm | IP Logged

If you hover over the sign you can see it at the bottom of the window, but certainly,
here it
is: ljonask1.

Edited by aloysius on 04 January 2012 at 10:11pm
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Solfrid Cristin
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Message 96 of 672

06 January 2012 at 2:25pm | IP Logged

I have now added all logs to the first post, but for some strange reason I am unable to post the two last ones as a hyperlink. Anyone know what that is?

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