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| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes  Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 9 of 26 14 April 2013 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 10 of 26 14 April 2013 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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So, I decided to enter the Super Challenge for May 2012 to December 2013, but since it's passed the midpoint, I'll do a half advanced challenge (which is equivalent to a "regular" challenge) in English (B2 -> C1). I'm entering now just so I could try it out so that when I do it on another language, I'd know roughly how fast I read or how well I understand a film etc.
My reading material will be my university textbooks, which I'm reading fanatically since exams are looming on the horizon. I read textbooks faster than I would a novel, and I make notes as I go along, so please forgive me if I seem to progress too fast or if I don't look up the unknown words merticulously (usually they can be overlooked). I'll compensate for that by counting the books only once, even though I'd have to read and re-read them many times throughout the trimester. Occasionally I'll read books whose pages are twice the size of those in a "normal" novel, and I'll count each page as two - I'll make a note of these books when I blog my progress. Done so far: Books: 0/10000 pages Films: 0/150 hours Today's goal (Apr. 14, 2013): p1-56, p273-372 of PARKIN & BADE MICROECONOMICS - CANADA IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 7TH ED - 156 pages Ok, I made the mistake of stating that this is for TAC challenge, but it's NOT... Just edited it to make things correct. Edited by cacue23 on 15 April 2013 at 1:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 11 of 26 14 April 2013 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Done with the goal. The fact that I'm doing a challenge does seem to make me do the readings, without it I would have slacked off. The rest of the day will be spent reviewing the material (and I vowed not to count anything twice).
Done so far: Books 156/10000 pages Films 0/150 hours 261 days left Tomorrow's goal (Apr. 15, 2013): p57-152, p177-226 of PARKIN & BADE MICROECONOMICS - CANADA IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 7TH ED - 146 pages Edited by cacue23 on 14 April 2013 at 9:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 12 of 26 15 April 2013 at 2:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I just had a hard time actually registering to the challenge. It's apparent that I'm no tech person. You guys will see some error messages on Tweeter, one of which telling me it did not understand what I said. I find that somewhat funny.
The whole 150-pages-in-3-hours thing was just a skim-through. I did understand what it was talking about, though I'm now re-reading it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 13 of 26 16 April 2013 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Finished my goal for today, and watched in addition 3 hours of Michael Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do video series. The series is very educational, and it ties in pretty nicely with the economics stuff I've been doing - there are even vocabulary overlaps. Also, I got some almost-free books from the sale at a local library. These books are in French and on just about any topic - including the secret police force of Quebec(!). I'll save them for some other time.
Done so far: Books 302/10000 pages Films 3/150 hours 260 days left Tomorrow's goal (Apr. 16, 2013): p227-272 of PARKIN & BADE MICROECONOMICS - CANADA IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 7TH ED - 46 pages p1-50, p95-136 of MANKIW, KNEEBONE & MCKENZIE PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, 5TH CDN ED - 92 pages 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 14 of 26 17 April 2013 at 3:31am | IP Logged | ||
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Done with my goal today, plus watched 1hr of the justice video during lunch time.
Done so far: Books 440/10000 pages Films 4/150 hours 259 days left Tomorrow's goal (Apr. 17, 2013): p137-296 of MANKIEW, KNEEBONE & MCKENZIE PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, 5TH CDN ED - 160 pages 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 15 of 26 18 April 2013 at 4:37am | IP Logged | ||
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Didn't have time for any videos today, but done with my goal.
Done so far: Books 600/10000 pages Films 4/150 hours 258 days left Tomorrow's goal (Apr. 18, 2013): p1-100 of FAHMY LECTURE NOTES ON STATISTICAL METHODS - 100 pages 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4304 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 16 of 26 18 April 2013 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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So, my Pimsleur French II came. Since they are sending me identical-looking packages on 7 different languages at the same time (trial version), I was quite proud of myself on being able to sniff out the French material in the first package I opened, which proves that I do have a quickness in picking out French stuff. After a not-so-successful trimester of French studying, I do need something to keep me going, and my package-picking today is just the thing. This might not sound convincing to others, but as long it convinces me, it's a valid argument, and French is again secured of its once-shaky seat on my language wish-list.
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