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| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4337 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes  Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 25 of 63 27 November 2014 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
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With every new development that has happened between October and December, it's hard to say what I want to accomplish by the end of next year, but if I may be allowed to state fuzzy goals (that is, nothing set in stone):
- Start learning abjad and then Lebanese Arabic, take it to A2. - Keep improving spoken Italian (may do CILS B2). - Take Nahuatl to a basic conversational level (no easy way to measure this one). - See how far I can take French. - Keep fuddling around with Esperanto. :D - If I'm not a mass of arms and legs by December, take a chance at JLPT N1. If Lady Luck's on my side, this time I may even pass it! An even fuzzier goal is to do German, which I feel is turning into my very personal siren song--I get the feeling that if I do more than fool around with it, it may consume me and drag me to the bottom of the (linguistic) sea. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 6043 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 26 of 63 27 November 2014 at 8:43pm | IP Logged |
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I had to make room in my bookcase for my university textbooks and now I have my books on
Old English, Sanskrit, Middle Egyptian, Classical Chinese and Standard Tibetan sitting on a shelf in my bedroom in clear view. I'm planning on continuing with my current languages of 2014 but I may start one or two of the above if the wanderlust gets too much. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| outcast Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member China Joined 4952 days ago 869 posts - 1364 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Studies: Korean | Message 27 of 63 28 November 2014 at 2:39am | IP Logged |
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2015 will have one main goal for me: Basic speaking fluency in Mandarin by Dec 31st.
I have no speaking ability at the moment, worse than I could do even 6-12 months ago. Mainly because I have not met with my tutor nor have I really practiced speech. However, I do have a good grasp on grammar and I can "recover" my speaking abilities fairly quickly, which at its speak was limited to set phrases and extremely short (3 to 4 words long), independent phrases reshuffling basic vocabulary. My 2015 in speaking is far more ambitious. What I have done is learn how to read and write Chinese characters. I know most will say it is better to speak first, but I decided I want to write the language, so I have focused the last 3-4 months on learning how to write, and obviously as a bi-product, to learn the characters and their meamings. I am good enough now that I can read 3 of 5 characters in a novel like the Little Prince, which I have in simplified form. I think that is quite good and when I grow my vocabulary it will get even easier. In a way I believe I have done the hardest part: learn written Chinese, and now what's left is actually not as hard, since spoken Mandarin and its grammar are some of the easier aspects of the language. I still have to see how tone recognition works in ambiguous situations, but I don't foresee anything that threatening to progress. Beyond that, I will continue to slowly get on with Russian, but at a pace dictated by my Mandarin progress, and maintenance of other languages. I do plan to spend the first half of 2015 focusing on spoken Portuguese which I have always neglected. This will be the time to really get this language firmly in grip, and speak it with confidence. I can speak it today, but I feel far less comfortable with it than French or German, where I now feel completely at ease speaking (even when I know is far from flawless). ps - Depending on how I feel, I might crash course Italian, which I learned to basic level as a child. But this is contingent on my goals above. Edited by outcast on 28 November 2014 at 2:42am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5239 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 28 of 63 28 November 2014 at 10:45am | IP Logged |
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Somehow Robert Burns "To a Mouse" seemed appropriate at this juncture.
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee Wi' murd'ring pattle! I'm truly sorry man's dominion, Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, What makes thee startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An' fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve; What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An' never miss't! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin! It's silly wa's the win's are strewin! An' naething, now, to big a new ane, O' foggage green! An' bleak December's winds ensuin, Baith snell an' keen! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell - Till crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld! But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain; The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me; The present only toucheth thee: But och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects dreaer! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear! Robert Burns (25 January 1759 / 21 July 1796) 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4536 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 29 of 63 28 November 2014 at 11:02am | IP Logged |
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Having concrete goals over the last two years has been really helpful for my German progress, however, I think I'll wait until late December before I commit to any specific goals for 2015.
My main aims at the moment are: (1) substantially broaden my passive vocabulary to take my reading comprehension of books from 98% to 99%, which will require me learning about another 7000 words (so is probably a 2-3 year commitment); (2) to be able to read the newspaper die Zeit comfortably without a dictionary (not sure if this is achievable in a year); (3) start getting really comfortable speaking. Edited by patrickwilken on 28 November 2014 at 11:03am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4050 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 30 of 63 28 November 2014 at 1:47pm | IP Logged |
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I spent the first half of the 2014 learning how not to learn a language and the second
half actually learning something. I will not plan anymore a "B2 in language X, B1 in language Y". This is my plan: enjoying what I do with languages. Studying what I want and not what I feel that I should. My biggest plan is not to experience frustration anymore. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| eebeejay Newbie Canada Joined 4483 days ago 34 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian, Latin, French | Message 31 of 63 01 December 2014 at 11:48am | IP Logged |
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I plan to improve my French this coming year, with the goal of working up the knowledge and confidence to be reasonably conversant in it by the end of the year.
Be a better, more active contributor to this site. Post regularly to my log here. Add at least 2000 words to my French vocabulary. Find a class, meetup or partner so I can practice spoken French. Increase exposure to French by taking part in the super challenge. If it looks like things are going well with French I may try to pick up some German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5970 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 32 of 63 02 December 2014 at 4:22am | IP Logged |
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Attend the Polyglot Conference in NYC 2015. Make fool of self. Edited by meramarina on 02 December 2014 at 4:23am 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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