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| peters Triglot Newbie Hungary Joined 4409 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishC2, PortugueseC1 Studies: Czech, German | Message 73 of 99 30 October 2012 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Course: French with Ease
Estimated Start Date: November 5th Prior experience with this language: zero (learned it as a kid for 5 months) Any outside resources you might use: not planned Why you chose this language: By process of elimination, I would have chosen Catalan but Assimil has no courses from English Personal Predictions: B2 or not :) probably A1 in reading/writing, worried about the oral skills. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5853 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 74 of 99 31 October 2012 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, after reading the rules again, I think I will choose Czech for this experiment
Course: Le tchèque sans peine Estimated Start Date: 1st November Prior experience with this language: 95 hours of active study with Hugo's Czech in 3 months and Teach yourself Czech Any outside resources you might use: Maybe Youtube and Czech: an essential grammar (for referencing) Why you chose this language: I love Slavic languages! And Czech women are beautiful! Personal Predictions: Since I already have a head start that almost disqualify me from registering this language, I will likely hit at least the B1 level. Hopefully, it is good enough for me to tackle native materials by then. Other languages: Serbian/Croatian (6WC), Russian and Japanese. French and German will be maintained passively. Edited by QiuJP on 31 October 2012 at 4:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aelstome Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4486 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English*, French, Irish Studies: Japanese, German, Russian, Mandarin | Message 75 of 99 31 October 2012 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Course: Russian with Ease (2011)
Estimated Start Date: November 1 Prior experience with this language: Less than 50 hours just messing around with it. Any outside resources you might use: Speaking with natives. Why you chose this language: It's been on my list for a while now, so it seemed like a good opportunity. Personal Predictions: I'd like to hopefully get to A2, but we'll see. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luna Moonsilver Diglot Groupie Germany lunaslanglog.wordpreRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5076 days ago 77 posts - 99 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Korean | Message 76 of 99 31 October 2012 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Course: Russian with Ease (2011)
Estimated Start Date: November 15~ Prior experience with this language: I've spent maybe a couple of hours trying to learn the alphabet, but I can't even remember that now! Any outside resources you might use: Memrise/Anki to practice the alphabet at the beginning. Why you chose this language: I've wanted to learn Russian for a good few years, and this seemed like the best time :) Personal Predictions: I'd like to get to A2; if I get to B1 I'll be very impressed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 77 of 99 31 October 2012 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Course: Dronov et al., Il nuovo russo senza sforzo, Italian edition of Le Nouveau Russe sans peine
Estimated Start Date: November 1st Prior experience with this language: None Any outside resources you might use: Probably none. But perhaps in the first couple of weeks I might use online resources to familiarize myself with the cyrillic alphabet and Russian pronunciation if I find that Assimil isn't very helpful. Why you chose this language: I think kanewai's original idea was to use the experiment to try out one of our side or wish-list languages, not one of our main target languages, and Russian fits the bill perfectly for me. Personal Predictions: I'm aware that I am at high risk of dropping out without finishing the experiment, but I think that the drop out rate of the participants could be one of the interesting data we can derive from this experiment. If I stick to the plan to the end, I would be more than satisfied if I reach the A2 level in the next six months, as Russian is more difficult than any of the languages I've studied so far. Edited by Emme on 31 October 2012 at 9:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 78 of 99 01 November 2012 at 4:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Hrm. Must I choose only one?
Course:: Le Portugais du Brésil Estimated Start Date:: November 2 Prior experience with this language:: Similar to Spanish and French. I have a lot of Brazilian friends from work, and I Facebook spy on them a lot. :) Any outside resources you might use:: Music, Facebook friends, Anki (maybe) Why you chose this language:: It's one of three. It chose me. :) Personal Predictions:: I would guess maybe B1 if I stick solely with Assimil. I will be doing two lessons a day until I hit the active wave, so for about 3-4 weeks. After that, I will (probably?) slow down to one lesson a day and proceed as "normal." =) Course:: Le Croate Estimated Start Date:: November 5 Prior experience with this language:: Lots of false starts, lots of Bosnian friends. Any outside resources you might use:: Music, movies, Facebook friends, Anki. Unlikely, but possilbe - Colloquial Croatian Why you chose this language:: Lots of Bosnian friends. Like Portuguese, it chose me. :) Personal Predictions:: It's my fist Slavic language, and I will be happy if I can get to a passive B1 and active A2. Course:: Le Turc Sans Peine Estimated Start Date:: November 5 Prior experience with this language:: A few false starts, Turkish dramas. :) Any outside resources you might use:: Anki, Turkish dramas Why you chose this language:: Turkish dramas Personal Predictions:: This is the last language on my Super Challenge list, and I really want to do more than just watch dramas to fulfill my challenge. If I can get to passive B1 or A2, I will be flying high. :) Other languages:: I will be focusing on reading (for the Super Challenge) for Spanish, grammar and audio for French, and finishing Assimil for Italian - I'm on lesson 60 now. I want to add German and Korean into the mix, but there are only 24 hours in a day. But I have Assimil courses for both of them, just in case. =) I would like to invite everyone to join us on the Consistency Log to see how many of us are keeping up with a lesson a day. :) EDIT: The Portuguese course has only five or six lines per lesson (at least at the beginning). I'll probably be doing more than 2 lessons a day at the beginning. I don't know if it will actually "count" for this experiment, but I will report on it anyways, in case anyone else is interested in the course. Edited by Kerrie on 01 November 2012 at 5:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tuco Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 4510 days ago 17 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Italian, Spanish, French | Message 79 of 99 01 November 2012 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Kerrie: don't you get all those similar languages mixed up in your head? When I tried
studying Spanish and Italian at the same time it was a disaster! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 80 of 99 01 November 2012 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | ||
Not really. I started learning them at different times, so they're all at different levels. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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