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| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 105 of 158 16 October 2012 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
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Total: 7000 New: 0 Reviews: 348 Time: 48 mins 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 106 of 158 17 October 2012 at 12:14am | IP Logged |
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@aftonbladet: Tack för dina rekommendationer, tyvärr gillar jag inte kriminalromaner, men
jag ha beställt några andra böcker från bokus.se. Lycka till med din spansk! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 107 of 158 17 October 2012 at 12:15am | IP Logged |
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@juman: I would recommend all sets - there are a few strange words but overall it is a
very good collection for a beginning study of vocabulary. I purchased the four sets one after another (3000, 5000, 7000, 9000), in order to set targets, though in hindsight, each set doesn't really build upon the previous so much - they just introduce new themes. You could just purchase the 9000 set and divide it up yourself, and save a little money. If I were to do it again, I would still purchase the four sets - it's one less thing to worry about. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 108 of 158 17 October 2012 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
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@montmorency: There's the rub - accompanying sound files would certainly be useful, if
it were easy enough to find them and to incorporate them into the deck. In the long run, it probably doesn't matter - I'm sure there are some words I'm pronouncing incorrectly, but any issues should be addressed given time with audiobooks. Testing your theory of reading comprehension, on the first page of my hardcover copy of Harry Potter och De Vises Sten: out of 272 words, there were 13 which were unfamiliar, though most of their meanings were fairly easy to deduce. To be honest, if the intensity is there in this approach, I'm not feeling it. If anything, it's more an enjoyable, thoroughly addictive game, which one partakes in while strolling through the bush, or lounging in front of the television, or while commuting, rather than a grueling slog to be administered in a padded room by trained specialists. Please don't be intimidated by the numbers in this log - a minute in heaven is quite different to a minute in hell. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Roman Diglot Groupie Spain Joined 5458 days ago 42 posts - 52 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Italian, French | Message 109 of 158 17 October 2012 at 11:14am | IP Logged |
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Very interesting log!
I'm thinking about giving it a go in German. Do you think is it better to put my language in the question side and German in the answer? I don't know Swedish but, German having three genders would it be wise to put it there, isn't? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 110 of 158 17 October 2012 at 11:33am | IP Logged |
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Thanks Roman. I think it's best to have your native language (Portuguese, English) in
the question side, to which you must provide the German translation. You should definitely learn the gender of nouns when doing this. With German, plural forms can be helpful as well. e.g. Q: the horse A: das Pferd -e (the -e indicates that the Plural is "die Pferde"). I highly recommend you find a large existing wordlist or set of flashcards already made, rather than entering them manually yourself. That way, you can begin learning straight away. Best of luck to you - German is really a beautiful language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Roman Diglot Groupie Spain Joined 5458 days ago 42 posts - 52 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Italian, French | Message 111 of 158 17 October 2012 at 11:44am | IP Logged |
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Thank you for the tips!
I already found a Spanish-German deck with 7000+ and a PT-German deck with 10000 cards and I'm tempted to do something like you're doing. I just don't know yet if I set it to 100 or 200 new cards a day plus reviews. Any thoughts? Edited by Roman on 17 October 2012 at 11:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4494 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish | Message 112 of 158 17 October 2012 at 12:23pm | IP Logged |
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Have a quick look through both decks, assess the quality. Find the best one (nouns with
genders, some idioms may be useful, not a whole lot of bizarre words), load it up, and get started. I'd be tempted to set it to 200 new cards a day first, or even higher if you can manage it - you can always dial it down if it starts to get out of hand, and depending on how much time you have. Some days I was able to do 400 new words, some days I only had time to do the reviews. It's important that you know how to pronounce the words properly before you start. Brush up on your pronunciation if you need to. One last thing - once you choose a deck and get started, I would strongly recommend this being your only German study - not think about tweaking the process, trying different decks, or doing other courses - until you have finished the deck. For me, having complete trust in the process, even when the occasional bizarre word comes up, has been critical in maintaining focus. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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