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| PMartin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4588 days ago 25 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 105 of 141 26 July 2012 at 9:24pm | IP Logged |
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I've decided to scale back on reading for now. Instead of just reading quickly with basic comprehension, I think it might be more helpful to read L1 and L2 together. I'm on the 4th Harry Potter, so I'm reading the orignial alongside a Russian translation. I've found that just reading straight through does not seem to be helping my active vocabulary, which really needs to be filled in with transitional phrases. However, I'm almost done with a cheap Russian version of a Danielle Steele novel--273/378 pages--so I'll probably get back to that and just read straight through.
Here are my updates for the past two weeks. (I've been pretty busy with other things, so really not much to report :(. Film: Modern Family, 2 hrs. Listening: Russian conversations, 2 hrs. Talk: 2 hrs. (mostly just everyday things around 15 min. each) Writing: 506 words on Lang-8 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LangWanderer Diglot Pro Member Australia digintoenglish.com Joined 4539 days ago 74 posts - 97 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, French, Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 106 of 141 30 July 2012 at 2:43am | IP Logged |
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A long-postponed update. Life and thesis have got in the way recently, unfortunately, but life should be a bit calmer from now on. Plus, my thesis research is now mostly based on Japanese-language primary sources, so I'm expecting a peak in my Advanced Super Challenge productivity!
I also went to second-hand book sale at my university last week and picked up, among around ten books, a three-volume hardcover set of Murakami Haruki's ねじまき鳥クロニクル [The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle] for $15 and several books by Hoshi Shinichi for $2. A jumping-up-and-down-in-excitement moment. JAPANESE Books: 76 pages of academic articles Two books, both of which I'm a bit over 100 pages through. I'll report them when I'm finished Films/audio: (284 minutes) - Shinzanmono episode 6 - A two-hour 文科系トークラジオ [Humanities Talk Radio] special on K-Pop. I know nothing about, and care nothing, about K-Pop, but I enjoyed the show - NHK news - One 爆笑問題 [Bakusho Mondai] podcast - The first episode of a history podcast, ねこぽん日本史, that involved more giggling than history - A Youtube series, 日本の形:交際. It's a satirical informational video on Japanese dating. I found it hilarious and I'd recommend it for anyone who can understand Japanese. Conversations: Various chats with Japanese people staying in my dormitory. I'll count it as one half-hour block. My conversation group starts again tomorrow after a two-month hiatus, and that will give a much-needed boost to my conversation goal. Writing: Some emails. I'll count this as one piece of writing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5794 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 107 of 141 07 August 2012 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
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Update:English 4%
Read 6/200 books Scientific jouгrnals Fiction: "The book thief" Poe"Tales" Exibition book: "The beauty of the moment" Watched 10/200 films Films: "Pride and prejudice" "Dune" "Grey's anatomy" TV : "BBC world news" 7/200 pieces of writing comments mails manuscript project 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 108 of 141 08 August 2012 at 9:35am | IP Logged |
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I have updated the participants' list to include the newcomers and changes. Welcome, and please notify
kanewaii of where your updates are:-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| asad100101 Diglot Senior Member Pakistan languagel.blogspot.c Joined 6456 days ago 118 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Hindi*, English | Message 109 of 141 10 August 2012 at 6:13pm | IP Logged |
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Im in for The Advanced Super challenge (200 books, 200 films etc). I am aiming for c2 level in English.
EDIT: If I read xyx magazine, will it be considered a book? or it has to be a novel or a typical book? Plus, if I watch an episode of a TV series, will it be considered a movie or a separate episode, will I have to watch the whole series of 23 episodes in order to be considered a movie? or will I need to watch a normal 2+ hour duration movie? Edited by asad100101 on 10 August 2012 at 7:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5244 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 110 of 141 10 August 2012 at 8:04pm | IP Logged |
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For TV 2 45-minute episodes are 1 movie. I've been counting 4 20-25 minute episodes as 1 movie too. (Most of what I've watched for this challenge is tv, though I will get to some movies soon too.)
For magazines, as long as you think you get somewhere near the equivalent of 100 pages of a book it would be fine - it doesn't have to just be novels. Good luck with the challenge! Edited by Tamise on 10 August 2012 at 8:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| asad100101 Diglot Senior Member Pakistan languagel.blogspot.c Joined 6456 days ago 118 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Hindi*, English | Message 111 of 141 10 August 2012 at 10:40pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for your clear cut explanation. Much appreciated.
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| PMartin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4588 days ago 25 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 112 of 141 24 August 2012 at 3:57am | IP Logged |
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Went on vacation and didn't do much for the challenge, but here's an update:
45 minutes listening to Голос россии 130 minutes watching various shows on Первый канал 200 minutes watching a cool new (to me) show called Доярка Хацапетовки 165 words contributing to an Internet forum Also, while the site was down, I think I logged in a book I finished 1 person has voted this message useful |
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