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| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 25 of 37 16 July 2011 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
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The first Skype lesson went well. I told my teacher that I'd really like to focus on
listening and speaking (by far my two weakest skills). She gave me this link for videos that we'll be working with: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/vi deo_s.php (in case anyone else finds them useful). I'm kind of disappointed that I can't even understand the beginner videos. Off do my homework! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 26 of 37 19 July 2011 at 1:29pm | IP Logged |
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Had my second Skype lesson last night! We went over my homework and watched another video
together. To help me with listening, the teacher has me listen to the video once, writing down all of the words I recognize. Then, I go through line by line, translating. If I don't know a word of phrase, she helps me. I was surprised by how much of the second video I understood. It actually gave me some confidence. After going through the video line by line, it's a little bit thrilling to listen straight through again and understand everything. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 27 of 37 19 July 2011 at 1:31pm | IP Logged |
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I think I'm going to start keeping track of time I spend studying again, too. I find it
motivating. 18 July 2011 Arabic listening to podcasts and news: 30 minutes Skype class: 60 minutes total Arabic: 90 min Edited by marvelgirll on 20 July 2011 at 2:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 28 of 37 20 July 2011 at 2:29pm | IP Logged |
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I've been doing more listening while I'm on the train to work.
19 July 2011 Arabic listening to podcasts and news: ~40 min Dutch listened to Pimsleur unit 6: 21min listened to news: ~10 min total Dutch: ~31 min total: ~71 min 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 29 of 37 26 July 2011 at 2:08pm | IP Logged |
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20 July 2011
Arabic listened to podcasts and news: 30 min total Arabic: 30 min Dutch listened to podcasts and news: 20 min total Dutch: 20 min total: 50 min 21 July 2011 Arabic listened to podcasts and news: 20 min homework: 30 min Skype lesson: 60 min total Arabic: 110 min 22 July 2011 Dutch Pimsleur unit 5: ~30 min total Dutch: ~30 min 23 July 2011 nothing 24 July 2011 Arabic reviewed past tense verbs: ~10 min total Arabic: ~10 min 25 July 2011 Arabic listened to podcasts: ~10 min homework: ~30 min Skype lesson: 60 min total Arabic: ~100 min 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 30 of 37 27 July 2011 at 1:20pm | IP Logged |
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26 July 2011
Arabic homework: ~20 min Dutch listened to music: ~90 min total Dutch: ~90 min total: ~110 min I didn't know whether to include the music listening or not. My brain was too tired on the metro in the morning for Pimsleur and now I'm hooked on Dutch rap! I tried to pay attention for words I could recognize. When I came home from work, I showed my dad my favorite song to see if he would be able to understand it. He laughed at how vulgar it is. I like to test his Dutch.. gotta make sure he stays at high level so I can practice speaking with him (hopefully) soon! ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5602 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 31 of 37 29 July 2011 at 7:59pm | IP Logged |
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Sounds like you are making great progress!! How are your Skype lessons going? Are they
very useful? What kind of routine does your teacher have? Perhaps it is something I should try! I think you can definitely count music, especially if you are paying attention to the lyrics. I think it's a great way to help vocab to stick! Best of luck and hopefully you'll be speaking Dutch with your dad in no time :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marvelgirll Newbie United States Joined 5134 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, Arabic (classical), Arabic (Levantine) | Message 32 of 37 25 August 2011 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
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I'm back! I went to visit a friend in New Jersey and then got busy getting ready to
head back to school (excuses, excuses). Now I'm back and the first day of classes was yesterday! I'm taking Arabic 301 this semester, so it only meets twice per week for 1.5 hours, which definitely isn't enough time. Unfortunately, I had to end the Skype lessons (too pricey) so in addition to my homework for class, I'll need to do outside study. I'm really excited because I know a native Dutch speaker at school now! This will definitely be helpful if I can ever get up the nerve to actually speak.. I did a bit of Dutch study yesterday for fun. (And in order to procrastinate on readings for school.) 24 Aug 2011 Dutch MT Dutch Foundations, Disc 1, Tracks 1-8: ~ 40 min total Dutch: ~40 min 1 person has voted this message useful |
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