g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5980 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German
| Message 121 of 151 09 April 2014 at 10:47pm | IP Logged |
@patrickwilken the challenges are not obligatory.
The only requirement for completing a Team TAC is to keep your own log and follow the logs of your team mates.
And since your own log is such an inspiration, I would ask you to reconsider...
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sabotai Senior Member United States Joined 5880 days ago 391 posts - 489 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Japanese, Korean, French
| Message 122 of 151 10 April 2014 at 12:33am | IP Logged |
1st Quarter review: It didn't go as well as I had wanted for German (or any of my languages, to be honest). I was sick and had migraines often. Not a good winter. But, as the season went on, I focused more and more on listening. Specifically listening without a transcript, and that has helped quite a bit.
2nd Quarter Plan: I want to make an even bigger push towards German this quarter and probably the rest of the year, which means pulling back some on Korean. At some point this quarter, I'll be getting back into doing intensive reading again, as well as spending even more time on my listening.
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Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6059 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical)
| Message 123 of 151 10 April 2014 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
I find this challenge a sign of a good leadership. Rallying the troops, and all that. It shows you have your ear to the ground, so to speak. Well done!
I don't know whether I'll be dedicating a lot of time to German this year. I have regular classes of both Italian (advanced level) and Sanskrit (tough beginning), which are more or less filling my learning slots.
I suppose it made sense to join in the beginning, since I didn't know how things would develop. To be frank, I still don't. At least, it wasn't a New Year's resolution.
To make things easier, I'm going to give myself some more time. If by then I reach the conclusion that I'm not going to be participating at a level I consider appropriate, I'll ask to change my status to observer.
Edited by Luso on 10 April 2014 at 12:36am
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AlOlaf Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5146 days ago 491 posts - 617 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Danish
| Message 124 of 151 12 April 2014 at 5:57am | IP Logged |
Ich bin dabei, aber seit Februar, als mein ursprüngliches TAC-Programm implodiert ist, habe ich kein richtiges Ziel für Deutsch, es sei denn, das Anschauen einer größtmöglichen Anzahl von deutschen YouTube Videos gilt als Ziel. Wie es scheint, habe ich auch ein Suchtverhalten gegenüber dänischen YouTube Videos entwickelt, insbesondere denen, die von den Wikingern handeln. Wäre es möglich, dass ich dabei meine eigene kühne, neue Lernmethode bahne? Oder lasse ich mich bloß in ein schwarzes Loch von sinnloser Ablenkung hineinsaugen? In jedem Fall möchte ich mit dem Deutschlernen weitermachen. Vielleicht fällt mir irgendwann zur Abwechslung mal ein lohnenswertes und machbares Ziel ein, wonach ich streben kann.
I'm in, but since my original TAC program imploded in February, I have no real goal for German, unless watching as many German YouTube videos as possible qualifies as a goal. It looks like I've also developed an addiction for Danish YouTube videos, especially ones about Vikings. Could it be possible that I'm pioneering my own daring new learning method here? Or am I just allowing myself to be sucked into a black hole of mindless diversion? Either way, I want to keep learning German. Maybe at some point I'll think of a goal to shoot for that's both worthwhile and doable for a change.
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patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4531 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German
| Message 125 of 151 12 April 2014 at 10:45am | IP Logged |
g-bod wrote:
@patrickwilken the challenges are not obligatory.
The only requirement for completing a Team TAC is to keep your own log and follow the logs of your team mates.
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If I don't have to complete the challenges I would certainly like to continue participating. I very much enjoy reading the other blogs.
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liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4602 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 126 of 151 27 April 2014 at 8:52pm | IP Logged |
Hello to all! My TAC year didn't get off to a great start for a number of reasons, but
I've taken advantage of the Easter holidays to get my language studies back on
track...and fully intend to stay there! So, yeah, this is just a short message to
apologise for my lack of participation hitherto. I'll stop by some logs over the next few
days to catch up on what I've missed. Bis spaeter!
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mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5224 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese
| Message 127 of 151 03 May 2014 at 10:31pm | IP Logged |
I'm still in, just not as much as I'd like to ;( -- I even made it to one of the challenges (well, almost) so maybe there's still hope...
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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 151 08 May 2014 at 11:21pm | IP Logged |
Any ideas for a May challenge?
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