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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 121 of 176 01 June 2013 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Time for a long update - and then I am going to outline my plans for June.
ITALIAN: 48 minutes I didn't get as much Italian done this week as I had planned, but I am okay with that, since I did do a lot of Polish and Spanish. Basically, I spent 8 minutes reviewing flashcards and then 40 minutes completing Lesson 9 of Assimil and starting Lesson 10. LATIN Zero official study time, which is not good. I need to get going with the flashcards next week. However, I did spend an hour explaining the formation and comparison of adverbs to the student I just finished tutoring. (He ended up with an A in Latin, so I must have been doing some things right!) SPANISH: 7 hours 7 minutes FLASHCARD REVIEW & VOCABULARY ACQUISITION (2 hours 43 minutes) I spent 30 minutes looking up new vocabulary, but the rest of the time was spent on flashcard review. Flashcard Count = 5,354 cards. LISTENING COMPREHENSION (1 hour 49 minutes) I listened to the news and to various audiobooks. READING (2 hours 35 minutes) First, I have an exciting announcement: I bought a new book! I was wandering around Barnes & Noble when I came across a copy of Mario Vargas Llosa's El Sueño del Celta. It looks pretty entertaining, and even if it's not, it will still offer me some much-needed reading practice. So far I have only read 15 pages, because I've decided to wait until July to read it (see explanation in next post), but I am very pleased with my purchase. I read two more chapters of Cien Años de Soledad (a total of 50 pages). I still don't like this book very much, but I can't deny that it has helped my reading comprehension a lot. I am on page 237 out of 486, so I am just shy of the halfway point - exciting! :) Anyway, I might read a few more pages next week, but as I will explain in my next post, I will be postponing reading this book until July. POLISH: 11 hours 50 minutes FLASHCARD REVIEW (1 hour 25 minutes) Enough said. LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2 hours 25 minutes) I listened to 5 or 6 chapters of W pustyni i w puszczy on YouTube, which went very well. Then I started listening to Krew Elfów by Andrzej Sapkowski. So far I have listened to the first chapter twice and to most of the second chapter once. This is not going too well. I have only a vague idea of what is going on, which is frustrating, because from what I can tell this is the kind of story I would like. I am not really sure why this audiobook is posing problems for me - perhaps because there are a lot of odd names and old-fashioned words. All I know is that there is a legendary wizard and an elf princess destined for him and that everyone (a bunch of dwarves, elves, and humans with undistinguishable names) is arguing about them and how their lives turned out. And everyone is also arguing about a common threat from black riders with feathers on their helms. Hopefully things will make more sense as I go along . . . I may need to buy the book eventually. WRITING (15 minutes) I wrote a few sentences on this forum and a few emails to my Polish teacher. READING (3 hours 55 minutes) I am now on page 237 of Harry Potter 1, so I have made quite a bit of progress over the last week. I am trying to finish this book in the next few days, since I will be going on vacation (see details in next post). VOCABULARY ACQUISITION (3 hours 50 minutes) This is how long it took me to put all of the new vocabulary I learned from HP into Anki. I made a new rule while reading - I can only write down two words per page to add to my flashcards later. This is to ensure that I am not overwhelmed by word lists, since when that happens I generally don't look up ANY of the words. This way the most important words will be added to Anki first, and I can worry about the names of obscure herbs later. EDIT: I will be writing about my plans for June in my next post, which probably won't make its appearance until later today or tomorrow. EDIT #2: I added more study time. Edited by Amerykanka on 01 June 2013 at 11:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 122 of 176 01 June 2013 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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My plan for June is not very complicated, so I might have time to describe it now. Basically, I am going to be
on vacation for three weeks, and due to traveling constraints I won't have much room for language materials. I will be taking my iPad, so I will continue reviewing my flashcards (in the case of Latin, catching up on all those scary reviews). But my main goal for June is lots of reading. Polish Goals 1. Finish Harry Potter i Kamień Filozoficzny. 2. Read Harry Potter i Komnata Tajemnic. 3. Read as much of Nowe przygody Mikołajka as I can. (This book is easy for me to read, which is kind of the point, since I will be far away from my dictionaries. It will be helpful to read it even if it isn't on par with some of the other books I've read in Polish.) 4. Keep up with my flashcard reviews at all costs!!! Spanish Goals 1. Read La Llamada de los Muertos by Laura Gallego García. (I hope it's not about necromancy - I think it's just a harmless fantasy novel with an overly dramatic title!) 2. Read Harry Potter y el Prisionero de Azkaban. 3. Keep up with my flashcard reviews at all costs!!! I would take more books with me, but, like I said, there's only so much space, and besides, vacation is family time. :) In July and August I will be reading Cien Años de Soledad, El Sueño del Celta, and Harry Potter y el Cáliz de Fuego in Spanish. My Polish plans for July/August include Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa, Kamienie na szaniec, and Stara baśń. I plan on updating this log on Wednesday, but don't be surprised if I don't post again after that until the end of June. I'm not sure what kind of Internet access I will have. Edited by Amerykanka on 01 June 2013 at 9:48pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 123 of 176 01 June 2013 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, and I forgot - I finished reading The Great Gatsby. Next up is The Count of Monte Cristo. Since I
doubt my French will be good enough to read Dumas in the original any time soon, I will have to content myself with the English translation. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6103 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 124 of 176 01 June 2013 at 11:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, holidays are a challenge for me too. I hate breaking from study too long, even to go on vacation!
At least you have enough material to keep the momentum going. Have a great time, and......keep up with your flashcard reviews !! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 125 of 176 01 June 2013 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you - I will certainly try my hardest! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 126 of 176 03 June 2013 at 2:50am | IP Logged | ||
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EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: I finished Harry Potter i Kamień Filozoficzny yesterday after another 2
hours and 10 minutes of reading!!! This is the first book I have finished in Polish in a while (I think since I reread Quo Vadis last spring), so I am very pleased that I managed to break my cycle of starting-and-yet- not-finishing books in Polish. SOMEWHAT LESS EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: Today I spent 50 minutes reading 64 pages of Nowe przygody Mikołajka. It is a lot easier than Harry Potter, but I can pick up some useful vocabulary and get more exposure to the language, so I think it's worth it. It's a nice, relaxing book to read on vacation. NOT-SO-EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: I started reading The Count of Monte Cristo. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 127 of 176 08 June 2013 at 5:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I didn't end up having time to post an update on Wednesday. And since I am totally exhausted today
after my second day of traveling in a row, I'll probably just wait until the end of June to post again. So . . . goodbye for now! :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 128 of 176 08 June 2013 at 8:45am | IP Logged | ||
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enjoy your trip!!!!
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