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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6906 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 33 of 40 19 January 2013 at 9:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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It's downloadable from Arguelles' own website:
http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/Sample%20Study%20Cha rt.xls 8 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 34 of 40 03 January 2014 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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With the arrival of the new year I thought it would be fun to post some screenshots here of the language log spreadsheet I created for myself, inspired by Prof. Arguelles.
I use Google Docs which is handy for me to update immediately after a study session with my phone, access at work, etc. There is a sheet for each year and a summary sheet which gives me a big picture view of my progress. First, here's what an annual sheet looks like: 
Of course, each row is a day of the year and each language has a set of columns. Everything is in hours (so, 0.5 = 30min; 0.25 = 15min). At the top I sum each language (see red box #2), split into reading/writing, listening/speaking, and overall total. In red box #1, are the totals for all languages for the whole year: total hours, hours per week, and hours per day. Every 7 days I give the total hours for that week on the left, (eg. red box #3). My summary sheet looks like this: 
On the left I pull together the top-row figures from all the yearly sheets. I also record hours spend with Anki taken straight from its report. In the middle, I have my long-term goal for each language in hours. Finally, I draw some simple bar graphs showing how the time was spread across the various languages. I've been tracking myself with this system for 5 years now and I highly recommend it. As you can see from the totals, I'm no polyglot genius. I'm a part-time dabbler and language tourist. The consensus here seems to be that tracking is only useful if you're putting in massive hours on a ton of languages, but my experience suggests it is quite useful in the opposite case as well. Due to work and family obligations, I can't spend large chunks of my day studying and without a way to keep track it would feel like I was making no progress at all sometimes. d. 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5388 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 35 of 40 03 January 2014 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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That tracker spreadsheet looks lovely! I just started using the iPhone app ATracker which
lets me time myself while doing various tasks I've defined and then creates exportable charts and graphs for myself. I think by the end of the month I'll be able to see how useful the data is. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Zwlth Super Polyglot Senior Member United States Joined 5223 days ago 154 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, French, Persian, Greek | Message 36 of 40 04 January 2014 at 7:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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Very impressive! I'm not sure whether these kind of charts do more than help those of us
with the language bug manage our obsession productively, but that in itself is certainly enough. I only wish my own charts were this detailed and systematic! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4305 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 37 of 40 22 March 2014 at 3:48am | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks, but where on the site was this linked to? I'd like to know what the numbers 456 and 91 mean. Is "91" the volume of scriptorium logs? This chart seems to have started in 2008, so how many years do these sum hours of 4450 represent? Very fascinating to see the numbers like this, anyway. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7202 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 38 of 40 22 March 2014 at 9:25am | IP Logged | |||||
Looking at the formulas and layout: 456 is the number of days in the spreadsheet. It covers January 1, 2007 up to March 31, 2008. 365 days in 2007, 60 days in January (31 days) and February (29 days, 2008 was a leap year), + 31 more for March. 4450 is the total study hours in those 15 months. Professor Arguelles was averaging 9 hours and 45 minutes per day 7 days a week during that period. Edited by luke on 22 March 2014 at 9:34am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6906 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 39 of 40 22 March 2014 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's linked to on this page: http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/polyliteracy.html 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7202 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 40 of 40 27 March 2014 at 7:57am | IP Logged | |||||
91 is the number of days into the current year. January, February and March = 31 + 29 + 31 = 91. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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