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| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5049 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes  Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 17 of 33 06 March 2014 at 8:41am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Thank you everyone again, for the help. The French course of Assimil and Hugo are very
much detailed, and if you remember them all, I presume one can reach B2 easily. For German, it maybe a different issue, but for French, it is adequate. I have also found Living Language French online. Thank you Antanas, for French for Reading. Although it is expensive, I may use it later. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5049 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 18 of 33 08 March 2014 at 12:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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I apologize for this short interjection : But I am experiencing something which is
something called "wanderlust". I have been updating Duolingo a little everyday as I am busy now, and I recently had the impulse to to start Spanish there. Intially, it was a little difficult to do it, but I could differentiate between the two after a while. I feel that French is a bit easier than Spanish, but it depends.Spanish may be easier phonetically, but the grammar is more difficult. Particularly I do not have any strong motivation to learn French, like a travel offer or so. I am simply learning it, because learning languages is one of my hobbies, and French is my premiere amour. I have plans to study a few languages later, and them being : Spanish, German , Japanese and Mandarin. People may say that it is wrong to do so much, but I currently this strong desire to learn Spanish and other languages is on me. I feel guilty but, I don't know. i will be happy to receive some experiences. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 19 of 33 08 March 2014 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
linguaholic_ch, my post is with the best of intentions. Since you are looking into learning yet more languages, perhaps I can be excused for the present post. You use inelegant, if not outright incorrect English constructions in your posts. I do not think you are at an English* level yet. I am pointing this out due to the following reasons: 1. You might want to get to English* level for career or other reasons. 2. Non-native speakers on this forum must be given correct constructs to emulate. A star might imply to someone that the starholder is an authority on proper language usage. Your English* might lead to people learning wrong things. 3. If you decide to improve English, and also continue French, and also work, it would be extremely difficult to pick up yet another language. Disclaimer: As you can see, I am not English* so perhaps I am incorrect, and you are using perfectly good English. In that case, please excuse me. Edited by Gemuse on 08 March 2014 at 1:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5017 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 20 of 33 08 March 2014 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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@Gemeuse:
Give the guy a break. I do not disagree with you, for the most part. But did you need to be this rude? Perhaps a PM would have been a better way to help him? Much better than attacking him in him own thread, IMHO. Edited by napoleon on 08 March 2014 at 3:32pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 21 of 33 08 March 2014 at 3:50pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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I was not trying to attack, and I had considered the PM option; but since I am not
English*, I felt perhaps my opinion was invalid. This way at least people can say "No Gemuse, YOUR English is not good enough". There is also another thing, that I wish that people had called ME out on my crappy English. I only realized recently how bad my prose was after I started learning German and paying closer attention to language in general. And I was like "*%$#, have I been writing such %&%$ for years without realizing?!? FML" Anyway, I realize it might have been rude. I deeply and sincerely apologize to linguaholic_ch. I only wanted to help, and to give feedback which I wish would have been given to me years ago. PS: Dear HTAL, I would really appreciate it if you would correct my English whenever you see any mistakes/inelegancy. &%$& So inelegancy is not a word? I should have used inelegance. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5049 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 22 of 33 08 March 2014 at 4:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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It is not a problem at all. I have changed the setting in English, in my profile.So now, it will no longer appear as English*. I have witnessed this myself, that my writing skills is deteriorating day by day. I don't have any problems in comprehension, and English is the only language I work with, 24/7.Everything I read and write in, is in English. But, when I write essays in school, I suffer from heart palpitations and anxiety of not being able to give my best. This jars my nerves and then, I can't even do a simple math problem. I become a nervous wreck. Expressing myself has been a major problem of mine since childhood. I can't even socialize well, like my peers do. I can't even write a Facebook post properly. My preferences are different, and that's a reason, I do not have any friends like teenagers of my age do. Reading good literature always gives me a boost to express myself, and right now, I have no opportunity to read some books, owing to my exams and my convalescent materials which I have to revise daily. I am not writing this to find an excuse for the flaws in my prose, I am just sharing this because I felt like it was necessary to do so.I have no problems in understanding course books written in English. But I agree that my prose needs work. And I do miss a few words sometimes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4083 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 23 of 33 08 March 2014 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
My advice would be to drop yet another new language (for now). Focus on improving your English (advanced level), and either French or Spanish (beginner level). We must have at least ONE language in which we can express ourselves well. There are a few of us advanced English learners on HTAL. Wanderlust is normal, but if you dont reign it in, you do not become good at anything. Just barely mediocre at a lot of things.
??What do you mean by this? Edited by Gemuse on 08 March 2014 at 5:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||
| linguaholic_ch Triglot Groupie IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5049 days ago 69 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English, Hindi, Bengali Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, French | Message 24 of 33 08 March 2014 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||
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Yes, I will improve my English which is my daily task from now on.I will try to complete
my reading lists of classics which always longed for. For the time being, let me have a solid base in French, then I will see. What do you day? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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