liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4606 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 153 of 387 20 December 2014 at 11:53am | IP Logged |
@ Josquin, I see that Jeff has added himself to the Celtic team. I guess it's official
with five members! Has anyone given thought to becoming captain? I had a bit of a
disastrous year this year so I'd think it better for me to get back to being an active
member of this forum before taking on a leadership role!
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Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5011 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian
| Message 154 of 387 20 December 2014 at 12:02pm | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
Via Diva wrote:
My English is surely advanced, but I have serious
problems which I've yet to overcome (like, for example, bad listening comprehension).
I'm not like an average advanced ESL guy who lurks around really complex grammar and
vocabulary. This being said, to me it's not actually important too whether I am in
Advanced or in Advanced ESL, I'm gonna do things differently anyway. |
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I think the advanced study group will actually cater to your needs well. Not everyone
will be working on highly subtle grammar/vocab. I even listed Polish, where I can't
really claim basic fluency because I rely too much on the Russian equivalents. |
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I totally agree. Via Diva, join the dark side! I expect the Advanced group to be a mix
or approaches and goals, a heaven to take inspiration from, certainly not a group of
"average lurkers" :-D . I am among those who find obsession with weird "advanced"
stuff annoying, so no lurking of mine is to be expected :-D And working on your
listening comprehension is a quest more than worthy of pursuit in such a team!
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Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4846 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 155 of 387 20 December 2014 at 1:54pm | IP Logged |
liam.pike1 wrote:
Since I am away on holidays now and I won't be back until early January, what happens in terms of being assigned to a team? Do I just get assigned somewhere and then I'll later find out? |
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Languages won't be split up this year, so you will be on the one and only French team. Don't worry!
liammcg wrote:
@ Josquin, I see that Jeff has added himself to the Celtic team. I guess it's official with five members! Has anyone given thought to becoming captain? I had a bit of a disastrous year this year so I'd think it better for me to get back to being an active member of this forum before taking on a leadership role! |
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Yes, the Celtic team is official now! With Mani, who will study Welsh, we even have six members. I can't become captain as I'm already captain of the Russian team. What about Jeff or sctroyenne?
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liam.pike1 Groupie Australia Joined 3756 days ago 84 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto, French
| Message 156 of 387 20 December 2014 at 2:03pm | IP Logged |
Ah, thank you Serpent and Josquin! As this is my first TAC I am not sure about how such things work... if there's
only going to be one French team then I know which one I'll be in!
Thanks for the suggestion, but I won't be able to do Spanish and Esperanto together along with French, at least
not from the start...
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Rem Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3759 days ago 66 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Czech, French
| Message 157 of 387 20 December 2014 at 3:09pm | IP Logged |
patrickwilken wrote:
Via Diva wrote:
I've also offered a name "Gegenwart" for
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I am not super begeistert by 'Gegenwart' as it sounds a bit like the English word for
wart to me - actually 'super begeistert' might be a better name, or "Der Hammer" etc.
If you as team captain start the TAC thread we can start discussing things there.
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I think starting the team thread and discussing the name there would be a good idea.
PS: I kind of like the name "Rätsel". ;)
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Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4236 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek
| Message 158 of 387 20 December 2014 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
Cavesa, Serpent, alright, I'm in :)
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I'll start the German team thread soon then.
hier gehen Sie
Edited by Via Diva on 20 December 2014 at 5:12pm
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liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4606 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 159 of 387 20 December 2014 at 4:53pm | IP Logged |
Josquin wrote:
Yes, the Celtic team is official now! With Mani, who will study Welsh, we even have six
members. I can't become captain as I'm already captain of the Russian team. What about
Jeff or sctroyenne? |
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I think sctroyenne would be an excellent team leader, her log is so organised and
motivating! Of course it's for the individual to decide.
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agta Diglot Groupie Poland Joined 5526 days ago 43 posts - 53 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: German, Italian
| Message 160 of 387 20 December 2014 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
Via Diva wrote:
Cavesa, Serpent, alright, I'm it :)
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I'll start the German team thread soon then.
hier gehen Sie |
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Super! I'll for sure be reading this next year.
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