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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5217 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 65 of 432 30 January 2014 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks Serpent - I haven't decided what Languages to include in my challenges yet: so I've got a couple of months to decide and get myself to a point where I can read half decent material...... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 66 of 432 30 January 2014 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have to disagree, Serpent. 2 pages might not be enough for a Super Challenge, but it
corresponds to almost 10 Assimil lessons, and aboout 4, 5 Living Language lessons of actual, native content. Especially when read intensively (which is the case with Papiamento though not always with Georgian). Apart from 2 pages I also do 2-5 minutes of audio for Papiamento. I'll have to check bookdepository :) Well, if I can sign up for a full French and a half Norwegian challenge, I see no problem, as it is what I'll be doing anyway. Most people do challenges and join consistent threads in order to keep track and keep themselves motivated, but I have a rather stable routine myself and since it's multilingual I think I already do the tiny bits I can handle. 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 67 of 432 30 January 2014 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Sure, whatever works for you. I just mean that the "do something every day" thing is overrated. It's good for unmotivated beginners, but if you already speak the language, it's much better to have longer sessions. Honestly if I tried to read a book in such small portions, I'd spend way too much time remembering what happened during the previous pages :/
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 68 of 432 30 January 2014 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ah I get what you mean. I don't know, I like it this way because surprisingly it helps me
keep focus. The sessions do get longer when the level goes up and when the priority does too. In the case of audio, I do get long enough sessions. It's just with reading that I prefer to take small chunks. Even outside languages, I usually grab two books and read, like, 5 chapters from each, alternating. In what concerns the SC, I do 20 French pages a day and I think it's a maximum, even if it means 60 pages a day then resting for three days. It's as much as I can usually take and I don't think I could do this with English, for instance. And I rarely read 20 pages a day from non-language books in Portuguese either. I may read, at most, 80 pages a week. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5863 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 69 of 432 31 January 2014 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd like to sign up for Spanish and Catalan, but do you need to have a Twitter account to do it? Twitter's blocked in China and i'd really rather not have to deal with that.
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 70 of 432 31 January 2014 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
No, it's not obligatory. It is for the convenience, something sums up the numbers for you and lets you know how far you are and how far the other are. But you can participate without. Last time,I kept just a word document and my log and counted the progress every once in a while myself. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5863 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque | Message 71 of 432 31 January 2014 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Cool, thanks. That's what i did a few years back with a 50 books, 6 months challenge i made. So you can count me in for Spanish and Catalan, time to put my new e-book reader to use!
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| Ironic Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4626 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 72 of 432 02 February 2014 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like the idea of B) after all it is a super challenge. The 100 pages is one book unit
thing I like and the stars I like as well. I'd definitely like to do a SC for Spanish this year. Sounds like a good challenge. Edited by Ironic on 02 February 2014 at 8:16pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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