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| 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 129 of 142 14 November 2013 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
Ouahaæ - you shock me :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 130 of 142 18 November 2013 at 1:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought it was nothing new =D I like BCSM and Czech better, I even promised Chung I'll
join his studies for these two and for Estonian asap (which means in a couple of years =) The beginner's section of Russian pod is over. I decided to stick to Living Language only fpr the time being, as its lessons are rather long and have audio. Anyway, I took a look at the advanced lessons at the russian pod and they don't seem so advanced! They actually seem easier than the ones on my previous textbook because they got translation and audio. So I'll probably go for grammar (that is, theold TY) once I'm done with LL and then I'll resume the podcast. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 131 of 142 21 November 2013 at 3:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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It was busier than usual today at work, so, after I did the background activities
(podcast, the English and the Georgian series) there wasn't really much I could do. So I decided to take the day off schedule and focus on reading the forum and trying to come uo with new dialogues for the Dialogues Challenge. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 132 of 142 21 November 2013 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had to skip just the French reading, the French film, the Chinese series (which I'm
fortunately about to finish), the 2nd Chinese textbook (Étape par Étape) and I only read the first page of 4 of a Georgian text at EGS. That means I could still do the Norwegian grammar reading, the Georgian reading and the Norwegian reading. I can still finish some of these tasks at home, but I better not worry that much about them now. Tomorrow is a new day. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 133 of 142 26 November 2013 at 12:01am | IP Logged | ||
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It turned out that I could accomplish everything last Thursday and last Friday too (both
were busy days but I could finish the pending tasks while back at home). I think my study routine is quite flexible even though it is still exhaustive. Today was specifically tiresome, but I had a nice time specially with French. And I even got time for some writing and for helping someone practice English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 134 of 142 26 November 2013 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Time for an overall update:
Russian I've cut down in half my Russian resources. I've finished the podcast lessons for beginners and the upcoming ones are too advanced. So, I'm sticking to Living Language. I like the dialogues, and I'm focusing on them. Still not enforcing case endings. I may leave the unavoidable torture of exercises for when I take the old TY. I found a podcast for Brazilians, but it got only 24 lessons, so it might not bring me much further. It will be only a waste to start over and only get some improvement in the final couple of lessons. I should be doing some L-R by now, but I'm just too busy with every other language. Georgian The book I ordered still haven't arrived. I'm still working on Teach Yourself for English speakers, which is a good book, even if too vague sometimes. It is ok since I've been through other books before, and it is actually a good point that it covers aspects of grammar in a non-linear way, that is, i didn't have to wait till the second half of the book to be acquainted with some of the most important verbal forms. Still reading the neverending Lord of the Flies, at two pages a day, that is. Might take the beginning of 2014. Then I will take texts that matter. As for EGS, I'm about to finish it. Kinda. 100 pages left as a whole, but only 8 out of 63 texts. So, I should expect the final texts to be rather long. It got harder, I must say, and sometimes I skip some sentences after understanding them only vaguely. The good thing is that it is doing well for my German, which is also improving slowly and warming up for next year. Needless to say, reading texts in Georgian with translations in German, neither of which I'm profficient at, has proved to be a real mental struggle and I'm glad to see some progress. Norwegian It remains as my multimedia language. Anki with audio, TV series, bilingual reading and two grammar books a day. I really want things to get easier in a few months, though, so I can enjoy it rather than study. French Not much evident progress in terms of listening skills for native materials, I think I'm improving day by day. I'm watching a film with subtitles in English, Rien à déclarer (nice comedy) and I'm taking the chance to really analize the colloquial expressions. Reading an easier book with more contemporary vocabulary. I expect to work more on writing dialogues for the Writing Dialogues challenge and I want to take part at the Rencontres Francophones more often, last week's was particularly crowded and I couldn't attend it. Papiamento As I just posted at my Papiamento's log, this language is under low maintenance. I keep watching an YT video and reading two pages from a teenager novel. But I have a special project on hold! Chinese The language I don't learn "officially" at HTLAL, but at which I had been spending a lot of time, with fun and tiresome sides. I currently have 5 "slots" when it comes to my Chinese learning schedule: a) An Anki deck with sentences b) A textbook for studying characters with sample sentences (currently Tuttle's) c) A podcast, still at the beginners' level . There are so many starter, pre-beginner, post-beginner, pre-intermediate levels anyway. Lessons are still easy for me and I get to know one or two new words here and there, but it is something I do on the background, so I don't want to try harder podcasts just like I didn't want to for Russian. d) A pre-intermediate or intermediate textbook - currently the great Étape par Étape, lesson 27 e) An educational series from CN.TV, still Happy Chinese f) A cartoon, still Pleasant Goat & Big Big Wolf. Finally understanding and enjoying it, even if only about 60% sometimes. That accounts for more than 1 hour of study each day. It's been two years and a half and I really want my Chinese to reach somewhere. I'm a bit more confident and I think I should start writing dialogues for my Chinese. === That's it for the moment! Hard to think of a way to insert a new language there, even if not as a fresh start. Though I want to try some new language and I still haven't actually benefited from studying Georgian and Russian, that is, I haven't read or watched much that would allow me for a good use of the languages. So, I have to endure to the fact it will take still several months till I can reap the seeds I've sown in the pebly grounds of Russian, Chinese and Georgian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 135 of 142 12 December 2013 at 10:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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While I have already evaluated my Norwegian and Georgian as TAC languages at their
respective logs and I think it is still a little bit early for an yearly overview of all languages, I think my Russian situation won't change much. My focus was indeed on reading skills. I went through 3 Assimil books but retained very little. On the other hand, I'm starting to get used to the sound of the language, even though my active skills are non-existent. I can't imagine how to formulate a sentence in Russian. Things are likely to change next year. I'm really, really glad the Russian team is going to continue with most of my fellow cosmonauts. That might bring the extra motivation I need. I'm sure I'll become more interested in Russian once I move up from the A2 plateau, just like it happened with Chinese. I need to do with Russian the same I did with Chinese, that is, to watch native materials I like with subtitles. Preferably TV series, maybe cartoons are actually better. There is that site people always suggest with video lessons but which I can't open anywhere but home. I also have trouble finding time for Russian at my busy schedule which is getting even busier with the addition of German - even with cutting away Norwegian textbook study - and, later in the year, Estonian. Actually I need to be successful with my goal of basic reading for Russian if I want to start Estonian with peace of mind. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 136 of 142 12 December 2013 at 11:17pm | IP Logged | ||
You’ve summed up my thoughts perfectly! The journey with Russian is still so long that it’s such a relief we’re doing it with trusted companions. I hope you’ll enjoy leaving behind textbooks to move on to native materials: I’ll be in textbook hell for a few more years, I’m afraid. Anyway, with the stamina you’ve shown with Chinese and Russian, I’m quite sure you’ll find German a walk in the park in comparison. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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