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| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5987 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 145 of 151 24 December 2014 at 12:01am | IP Logged | ||
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2014 is nearly over. How many of you have annihilated German this year? Or at least, how many of you have kept going until the end of the year, even if nothing has been annihilated, yet?
I have wasted far too much text on an end of year summary in my log - but the important thing is that my German has reached a level where things are starting to get interesting. Books and TV are now within reach! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4627 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 146 of 151 24 December 2014 at 12:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I've got it pinned against the ropes, but unfortunately not quite annihilated: managed to pass 3 out of 4 sections of the German C2 exam. I had absolutely no intention of taking a language exam ever, but then somehow found myself signing up and taking the dad-blasted thing. The Super Challenge helped: so far this year I've read 95 books and seen 82 films in German, plus a lot of other stuff I didn't track.
2015 promises to be challenging for me, so I'm not participating in any of the TAC teams, but will instead do my own thing this time around. It's been really interesting reading everyone's logs and different approaches to learning German. The tips about good stuff to read and watch have been great. Cheers and Best Wishes to All. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5014 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 147 of 151 24 December 2014 at 12:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I had a few breaks during the year but I always came back (several times). At last, I
started to intensively work on my German in the November 6wc and I keep going. I am not awesome, I am still far from my B1 goal, but I am still going and on the good way. :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4878 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 148 of 151 24 December 2014 at 1:38am | IP Logged | ||
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My passive skills haven't improved that much this year, mostly since I never really
challenge myself. Lately, my German teacher suggested we read "Herbstmilch" by Anna Wimschneider, which has to be the most difficult book I've ever read, thanks to its rather oral style, and the use of old fashioned and/or Bavarian terms. I'm still around, in other words ;) Next year might be interesting though - If I can't find any Master's degree course in Norway that accepts my british BEng, I might end up going to Germany instead, because I sorta speak German, and the likelihood of someone accepting my BEng might be higher... Edited by stifa on 24 December 2014 at 1:40am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| AlOlaf Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5153 days ago 491 posts - 617 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Danish | Message 149 of 151 24 December 2014 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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The seductive allure of YouTube videos annihilated my ambitious German reading challenge. That's really not so tragic, though, because I'm mainly interested in speaking and I had many excellent opportunities to converse this year. Except for a lapse in July and August, I managed to write German stuff in my log pretty regularly all year, and I think writing's the next best thing to speaking.
I really do need to read all these heavy-duty German books I've got. Maybe 2015 will be the year I really hunker down to brass tacks and push the envelope. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6066 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 150 of 151 25 December 2014 at 11:09am | IP Logged | ||
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My year-end summary is here.
It was not a year to annihilate anything, but at least I kept on reading stuff. Now that my Italian classes are coming to an end, maybe there will be room for my German C1 project. We'll see. In any case, I won't be joining a TAC team for German in 2015. Ich wünsche Ihnen frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 2015! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5231 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 151 of 151 10 January 2015 at 11:28am | IP Logged | ||
Not a productive year for me. Last time I tried to do something was for the January challenge or something like that. However, I somehow managed to retain some German inside my head so I thought I'd mention it here...
and I didn't think I could have pulled off something like that, so I don't feel too bad about the outcome. Edited by mrwarper on 10 January 2015 at 11:29am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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