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| vogue Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4260 days ago 109 posts - 181 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian | Message 17 of 18 26 June 2013 at 9:11pm | IP Logged |
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So I'm terrible at updating logs, but I felt in light of a milestone I should do some housekeeping in this log
and really make sure to stick with it so I can see what I've done in the future for when I tackle my next language (I'm already eying French). However, as I'm now consistently testing at B1 on CEFR practice tests, I feel an update is in order. Pimsleur: My level grew too high for pimsleur, and the lessons became boring. I realized when I could produce the sentences before I was told how to it was time to move on to a new program. I got to level 27 of Pimsleur II. Assimil: I did, indeed, abandon this one as well. However, I may very well try Assimil again when I move onto my next language. (French, Hebrew, Farsi, Russian... so many choices). Easy Reader: I read a few of these, but then got bored (I am noticing a theme). I stuck to Harry Potter and finished books 1 and 2. I now have several native materials that I'm slowly working through (i quattro canti di Palermo and Fimmine Ribelle). I am also reading some translated material on the side, because I find it easier to get through (I switch between 1000 Splendidi Soli and the Hunger Games). Anki: LOVE THIS PROGRAM. I finally shelled out the $25 for the ipad/iphone app as well - though I wasn't happy about that price. It's wonderful, and I did stick to learning 100 new words a day until my deck of 2000 was empty. I retained many of these words. Right now I'm on 50 "new" words a day. I don't think this is for everyone, but more importantly it's not for every language. If I were studying a more difficult language I think this number would be 10. My current weaknesses right now are grammar, and writing. I have an ever increasing passive knowledge, but my active skills are lacking. Reading EMK's log has convinced me to start writing on lang-8. I'm already overwhelmed with the amount of writing I need to do, but so be it. My goal is a modest 50-100 words a day. I do, however, understand 'ne' much better and can use it! My new "show" to watch in Italian is "Catfish." There aren't many episodes available, but I understand it enough to ENJOY watching it. I think when I'm done with it I'll move to more trashy MTV, because the language is not exactly academic. I need to try 16 and Pregnant again, but I watched it briefly when I first arrived and only understood some conversations - not nearly as much as with Catfish. That was 3 weeks ago in a semi-immersion enviroment, so it's possible now I'll be stronger. I also enjoy watching Italian dubbs of "Peppa Pig" with the girl I au pair for. I understand almost all of it in Italian, but I struggle with kids shows in general because of the strange voices. There's a Bert & Ernie cartoon here that I don't understand at all because of the weird voices. I still do not understand much of native media, but I'm getting better with dubbed materials - sometimes up to 100% comprehension on simple things. For example, I watched X-Factor USA last night in Italian with my hosts, and I don't think I'd had to ask any questions about what was being said. However, we watched a native Italian MTV documentary in Italian and I did need to ask for clarification multiple times. We also watched 'Tutta La Vita Davanti' and I only understood main points of conversations. Most intricacies were lost on me. One of the most enjoyable things I do is go out and speak Italian with people my age, students and camp counselors. It's wonderful, and the people are also wonderful! Edited by vogue on 27 June 2013 at 12:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| vogue Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4260 days ago 109 posts - 181 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian | Message 18 of 18 22 July 2013 at 9:08am | IP Logged |
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I bought 50 Ways to Improve your Italian after much hemming and hawing, and I have to say, I'm pleasantly
surprised. I try to get through at least 1 chapter a day, but often times I go through more if I'm already quite comfortable with the concept presented (such as capitalization, or timing). Also, I placed into my university's Intermediate Italian II class today. The 4th out of the 5 levels offered. I am happy. Edited by vogue on 22 July 2013 at 9:25am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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