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| Marc94 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5245 days ago 32 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 38 08 November 2014 at 4:41pm | IP Logged |
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I am studying Russian in Russia and my biggest roadblock is my accent and trying to
remember all the random stresses on words. Some Russians barely understand me when I speak and it can be quite frustrating. What are your biggest struggles in the language(s) you are studying? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4443 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 2 of 38 08 November 2014 at 5:24pm | IP Logged |
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I'm usually busy with computer work throughout the day. When I'm are not at work you are tired and don't want to
push myself into doing anything. Playing music with a band I spend many hours practicing my instrument. There is not a lot of time in a week do get down to studying languages. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6104 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 3 of 38 08 November 2014 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
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That would be a b&stard of an Anki mountain backlog, blocking the road completely.
Should have it blasted within a week. [Edit: On a purely linguistic note, as opposed to study-management, listening comprehension is my biggest struggle at the moment] Edited by Mooby on 08 November 2014 at 5:47pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chiara-sai Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3707 days ago 54 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German, Japanese | Message 4 of 38 08 November 2014 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
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German: adverbs. Hopefully it’s just Kafka’s style and I won’t encounter this problem again once I finish
Die Verwandlung, but every sentence seems to contain a dozen short adverbs and they’re really confusing. Another obstacle is verbal prefixes, it’s hard to remember what each prefix does to each verb, and vice versa remembering which prefix to use with a verb. French: listening. Given how similar to Italian the vocabulary and grammar are, I can already read it quite fluently despite having studied it for just a couple of months. Listening however it’s a whole different matter. I have no trouble following French movies with French subtitles, but take away the subtitles and it could be random noises for all that matters. However I did have the same problem with English and it only took a summer of intense podcast listening to overcome it so I am hopeful! English: my pronunciation is still not perfect, and I fear the only way it’s gonna improve at this point is if I devoted a big chunk of my free time to developing it, and I just haven’t got enough time to afford this… 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4233 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek | Message 5 of 38 08 November 2014 at 6:51pm | IP Logged |
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With English it's listening. There's a lot of problems, but this one is the biggest.
As for the rest... motivation, lack of time and some weird laziness. I am capable of spending more time thinking about how good my German can be than actually studying it. Hahaha... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Xenops Senior Member United States thexenops.deviantart Joined 3824 days ago 112 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 6 of 38 08 November 2014 at 7:03pm | IP Logged |
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Time management in general--think how much I would get done if I banned myself from HTLAL for a week. :P
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| gordafarin Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4097 days ago 12 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Persian, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 7 of 38 08 November 2014 at 7:03pm | IP Logged |
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I am knee-deep in the "intermediate" stage in Persian, and have been struggling with that for the past year or so. Grammar is not really a problem for me anymore, but vocabulary and idioms are a problem when reading or listening to anything unless it's on a very familiar topic.
For a while I was at a loss for what to do, but over the last few months I've developed a plan (primarily: lots of input, lots of vocabulary drilling). It's still difficult not being able to sense my progress as well as I did back when I was starting out, which can be a blow to my motivation sometimes. But the more I keep at it, the sooner I'll be able to enjoy native materials instead of just feeling like I'm "studying" them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4706 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 8 of 38 08 November 2014 at 7:04pm | IP Logged |
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Accuracy and precision.
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