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| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5186 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 17 of 33 24 May 2014 at 3:52am | IP Logged |
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I'm going to have to go with the middle of the day. From about two hours after I get up
until about 2 or 3 hours before I go to bed. Minus two hours after I get home from work, although the commute on the bus is fine. When I work I wake up about 10 minutes before I have to leave anyways, so that pretty much leaves the evening. On a good day I can do light stuff just before bed, but usually I'm just too sleepy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Avid Learner Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4662 days ago 100 posts - 156 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 18 of 33 24 May 2014 at 6:58am | IP Logged |
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It wasn't exactly that way in the beginning, but sometimes I will work with Anki right after I wake up, although I am not trying to go through the entire decks. I don't know why, but it's a relaxing way to start the day now. It gives me a feeling of having accomplished something on that day already, too. Every other languages activity waits until the evening on a normal work day, aside from a little bit of reading sometimes at noon.
I don't know many people who have noticed this, but when I studied formally, I nrealized that if I read my notes with attention very close to bedtime, or right in my bed before falling asleep, without even actively trying to memorize anything at all, when I woke up the next day, a very significant portion of it was memorized anyway. Then, it helps if I read everything again earlier in the day, as opposed to the following eveing (although even by the evening, a lot of it stayed anyway). When a couple of vocabulary words won't stick, I write them down and review them before falling asleep. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 19 of 33 24 May 2014 at 1:48pm | IP Logged |
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When I was younger & my day consisted mostly of going to classes, I could study very well in the evenings.
However, as life changed for me (job, child, more adult responsibilities), I found I was just pretty much exhausted in the evenings and not many successful language activities were accomplished. I like to get up early now and do my thing, whether it be a reading or listening activity. When I'm alone & there are no distractions, things go so much better. I'm no longer at the stage where I'd say I "study," as grammar & basic vocab are no longer an issue, but I still make efforts to improve. Even reading in my native English has become a challenge in my tired evenings! There's just nothing left then. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5166 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 20 of 33 24 May 2014 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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Active study that involves taking notes, looking at translations, watching exercises - it should be my first task of the day, even if I only manage to start at 6 pm
Using the language - anytime of the daylight Reading, especially on new topics that require concentration but can be done at one single book/device, no need to look up words/translations etc . - in the evening, before bedtime My worst time are the afternoons. Lunch is the most important meal in Brazil and this is also the hottest time of the day, so all this concurs to make me more tired. When I am short of sleep this is the moment when I feel most sleepy. How do I treat this? I do short tasks, alternating watching films and reading. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 21 of 33 25 May 2014 at 9:39am | IP Logged |
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Both. First thing in the morning before heading out to work, and last thing at night before falling asleep. I've personally found this optimizes memory consolidation, both during the day, and during sleep. Edited by Teango on 25 May 2014 at 9:40am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 22 of 33 26 May 2014 at 5:38am | IP Logged |
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Using the language: anytime.
Real study: Nights. I've always been an owl. Things that are difficult at 4pm (and impossible at 7am) become quite easy around 9pm and I suddenly become Einstein every midnight. That's the peak, between midnight and 2am. Than it becomes worse. But when, not for languages but for necessary studies, I get past the crisis, it gets better around 5am, so I get some morning studying too ;-) I know it sounds crazy but 1.I am really not a morning person, 2.there is much less distraction during the night (no nice weather, no people trying to communicate with me usually, no noises in the building or outside), 3.much less procrastination since the brain knows "I am giving up sleep for this so I'd better use the time well". 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 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 23 of 33 26 May 2014 at 12:31pm | IP Logged |
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Very familiar
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 33 26 May 2014 at 8:18pm | IP Logged |
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Generally, I am very fit in the early morning but my day schedule has changed since I have retired. Now I study my languages mostly in the afternoon. In the evening from 8:00 p.m. on it's no use for me to do studying because my concentration declines when it's late during the day. I am the opposite of a "night owl".
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 26 May 2014 at 8:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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