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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5207 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 17 of 319 15 December 2013 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'll join! I'm planning to study Spanish next year, and I don't currently have any interest in Portuguese etc. so this team probably fits me better than Iberia.
I've never studied Spanish before. However, I live in a city full of Spanish speakers and so I've had a lot of Spanish friends over the years; between that and my study of French and Italian, I've managed to pick up quite a decent passive knowledge and I can say some sentences, although there's still a lot of very basic stuff I don't actively know. So obviously I'm currently a beginner, but I hope to activate all that passive knowledge and reach an intermediate/conversational level fairly quickly. My plan is to work through Michel Thomas and then Assimil's Lo Spagnolo (Spanish for Italian speakers), and of course take advantage of all these speaking opportunities and enjoy the wealth of Spanish-language films and TV and books. Edited by garyb on 15 December 2013 at 2:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5535 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 18 of 319 15 December 2013 at 9:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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TAC 2014 Spanish Goals: Detailed
Some of these goals are actually a bit lower than I've done in the past, but that is mostly to ensure I can consistently meet them given that I'm doing the TAC for two languages this year. I don't want to end up with Korean goals so lofty that they stamp out any chance of meeting the Spanish goals (or vice-versa). 1) Find my first real "hook" for Spanish. Korean originally hooked me with music then later hooked me via other routes (like variety TV) as well. As such, even when I'm not learning Korean actively, I'm still getting constantly exposed to it. I need to find my first deeply embedded "hook" for Spanish to keep the language ever-present, even when I'm too busy or uninterested to actively study it. I've tried to make music a hook for Spanish as well, but I'm not sure how well that is working yet. 2) Complete my review pass of Pimsleur Spanish 1-3 then purchase and complete Pimsleur Spanish 4. This one is pretty self-explanatory. 3) Restart and finally complete Assimil Spanish with Ease (even if I have to drop the SRS part to make sure I keep going this time). This one is pretty self-explanatory as well. I would love to get the SRS data entry done rather than dropping it, but if the choice is between finishing Assimil and burning out, I'll take the former option. 4) Start and complete Destinos I've heard enough about this series, that it is worth trying it out. 5) Start active use of Spanish fairly early in the challenge period. No specific requirements on this one, just start actively using the language rather than making this an input-only year. Hmm...my specific Spanish goals look a lot like my general Spanish goals don't they (*copy* *paste* *lightly tweak*). After re-reading them, I realized that the parts that can be easily quantified already have that information. Goal #1 (finding a hook) is my *real* goal for Spanish this year. If I can do that, much of the rest should start to automatically fall into place like it did with Korean. Finishing Assimil Spanish With Ease is my secondary goal, but not reaching goal #1 could easily sink that plan again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LeadZeppelin Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5021 days ago 59 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 19 of 319 16 December 2013 at 2:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Cool, I didn't think there was going to be a dedicated Spanish team! I'll definitely join this. I've been studying for
almost three months now. I'm probably A1. I'm going to focus only on Spanish for 2014 and hope to be around B2 at the end. This is my log. And this is a Google doc that gives a really quick view of everything that I study on a day-to-day basis since I started learning Spanish. I hiiiighly recommend any of you to do something like this. It helps keep me motivated, on track, and gives me a wonderful and concise historical view of what it's taken me to learn this language. Also, I like Stelle's idea to be team lobo. It's short, rolls off the tongue, and I like the idea of the pack that hunts together. :) Let's do it, team! Get psyched for 2014! Edited by LeadZeppelin on 16 December 2013 at 2:52am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4689 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 20 of 319 16 December 2013 at 3:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey everybody. My Spanish TAC 2014 log is up and running. Here (page 3, message #24)
I also like the name Team Lobo. Edited by BaronBill on 16 December 2013 at 3:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5535 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 21 of 319 16 December 2013 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
I missed that suggestion when I was reading the thread previously, but paired with your reason given here I kinda like that suggestion as well. Of course that also means that if both this suggestion sticks and the Gumiho suggestion for the Korean team sticks, I'll be on a wolf team and a fox team this year...hehe 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5395 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 22 of 319 16 December 2013 at 4:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I like lobo too. :)
I just want to let everyone know that I probably won't update with log links and such until next weekend. My week days are super busy (12 hour days, hour long commute, children, homework, dinner, yadda yadda). I may not get back here every day during the week, but I promise I will be back over the weekend. :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4636 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 23 of 319 17 December 2013 at 4:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I made a log here:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=37549&PN=1&TPN=1 1 person has voted this message useful |
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