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| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4263 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 17 of 18 14 May 2014 at 11:16am | IP Logged |
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Okay, I'm back and and feeling newly motivated by the Super Challenge 2014! Since my last post, I've decided to
definitely drop the Dutch, since we are leaving the Netherlands (sometime soon), and am recommitting to getting my French back up to speed. I would have said, a year or two ago, that my French level was probably a C1; now, feeling a bit more humble, after having difficulty "finding my words" in that language in conversations with my husband. Have realized I need to spend more quality time with French, both reading, listening and speaking, to get back to my former level, and possibly beyond. I wasn't sure if a challenge was the right goal, since I'm not usually into competition, but I already love reading, just needed a push to read more in French. The film/TV watching is a bit more challenging: not that it's hard for me in French (it's not: I usually understand 85 - 95% of pretty much anything, except maybe comedy), but to take the time to focus on a screen, and not be doing 5 other things at the same time. Usually when I watch TV with my husband, I lose track of the program, since I'm web surfing, or reading, or getting other things done. But if I'm going to be serious about getting my French level back up, I need to focus...and it's harder than I thought it would be. Most of us in the Super Challenge seem to find it easier to do the "watching" part - 100 films or TV programs of 90 minutes. I find it much, much easier to do the reading part: when I'm reading, I can get involved in the story like I rarely do when I'm watching. Interesting difference. Getting through 100 "books" of 50 pages will be the easy part, but I guess each of us has different experiences with the Super Challenge, depending on our interests, levels and time available. So far, so good. I'm finding it easier to speak French lately, and don't have to struggle as much to find the vocabulary I need. It's working... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4263 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 18 of 18 18 May 2014 at 11:23am | IP Logged |
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Watched "Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cleopatre" last night, a very funny 2002 live action version of the extremely
popular "Asterix" graphic novels. This is supposed to be the best of the "Asterix" live action films, directed by Alain Chabat (who plays Caesar), and is full of cultural references and sight gags which only get better with each viewing. I tend to use this movie as a test of my French level: every single time I watch - and I have to be completely focused to understand not only the rapidity of the spoken language, but also the wordplay - I "get" more of the comedy. As advanced level language learners know, understanding comedy, especially spoken comedy, is one of the more difficult tasks for a learner. And even after seeing this film more than 10 times over the years, there are still lines I just don't manage to understand...which is frustrating, but pushes me to widen my listening and reading sources to include more popular culture topics. I'm not a teenager, so I'll probably never "get" it all (as my kids don't hesitate to tell me!), but I can make a good effort. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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