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| Tilia Diglot Groupie Denmark Joined 4478 days ago 48 posts - 68 votes  Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 26 08 January 2013 at 12:52am | IP Logged |
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Serious with Spanish, flirting with French. (I would have liked to call the log this, but it seemed to be to long)
Inspired by so many serious language learners on this forum I have decided to start a log about my Spanish learning. I will try to write it mainly in Spanish. But first I will post the language goals that I posted in the “language learning goals for 2013” thread. I still stand by them, though I do not really believe that I will get around to German this year. … Spanish: Decide on which intermediary course I want to use and finish it. Finish Harry Potter 1 and read more books on around that level(suggestions?). Move to a place where I can get better internet access, then go crazy with telenovelas and movies. Maybe start using Skype (That won’t be easy for me, I’m introverted, and shy about speaking a language, when I know my accent is probably horrible) The ultimate goal is to get the language to a level where maintaining it is easy.( reading interesting books, listening to real radio etc.) French: Lately I’ve gotten this weird feeling that I want to know at least some basic French. I blame it on this forum. :-) German: I plan to revive the German I learned in school, someday. I’m not sure if it is going to be in 2013 though. I think it will depend on my progress in Spanish. I am still not sure how my brain will cope with me trying to teach myself two (or more) languages at a time. But I guess I won’t find out unless I give it a try. Edit: Danish: Keep helping people learn it. It is fun and interesting and it lets me see my native language in a new way. … Vale! Voy a empezar. Generalmente quiero usar el método: “Haz algo en tu TL cada dia”. Como he escrito tambien quiero encontrar un buen curso de espanol, que no es para principiantes. Aktividades en español que quiero hacer: -Escuchar "Showtime Spanish"(radiolingua.com) y "News in slow Spanish"(www.newsinslowspanish.com) - Escibir en "lang-8" por lo menos una vez cada semana - Escribir en este log por lo menos una vez cada semana. Creen ustedes que sea suficiente o tengo que escribir mas aqui? - Leer libros - leer y escuchar cuentos cortos en Albalearning.com(albalearning.com/audiolibros/) - leer textos y hacer "gold lists"con las palabras desconocidas - usar Anki - Ver videos nuevos de Sr. Jordan(Tontitofrito) en YouTube. Edited by Tilia on 27 February 2013 at 2:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5377 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 2 of 26 08 January 2013 at 1:54am | IP Logged |
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Great. Good luck. Which courses are you considering doing? I too am an intermediate and I am doing Assimil's Using Spanish. It seems very good. I like your motto and your idea to update your log once a week. I found skype somewhat challenging at first, but once you find a good partner or two it really becomes useful.
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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5264 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 3 of 26 08 January 2013 at 2:26am | IP Logged |
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Wow, you're doing great, Tilia! It seems like you just started yesterday! I have a couple of suggestions that may be of help to you.
Global Voices Online has a way to find topical articles in Spanish and translated to Danish- for example: La presión social paraliza desahucios temporalmente en España and the same article in Danish here: Socialt pres sætter en midlertidig stopper for husudsættelser i Spanien You can make your own bilingual texts for study by creating a word (or open office) document and inserting a two column, one row table. Copy and paste the TL into the left column and then do the same for the right-hand column. You'll have your own bilingual Dansk-Español text. I would also suggest that you try Veinte Mundos Listening/Reading Online Magazine for Spanish Learners. The articles are labelled "intermediate" or "advanced" and have free, downloadable, mp3's of the text read in very clear Spanish. You can mouse over underlined words for a definition and usage explanation. Another good resource for you would be the Centro Virtual Cervantes Aveteca which has 52 lessons in B-1 in a multimedia format- all monolingual Spanish. Buena suerte con tus estudios y, quisiera añadir, ¡sigan trabajando tan bien como hasta ahora! 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Tilia Diglot Groupie Denmark Joined 4478 days ago 48 posts - 68 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 26 08 January 2013 at 3:59am | IP Logged |
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Thank you for the links iguanamon. They seem very useful. And thanks for the encouragement.
@James29: Thanks. I consider: Perfect your Spanish (TY), that I can get from the library. I also consider some courses that have Danish as the base language, but I don’t know if they are any good. Maybe I will just try to borrow them all from the library and see if I like any of them. If I want to try Assimil, I will have to buy it, and I am not sure that I will like it, though I have noticed that it has many fans. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tilia Diglot Groupie Denmark Joined 4478 days ago 48 posts - 68 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 26 14 January 2013 at 12:34am | IP Logged |
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Semana 2
Esta semana he escuchado el ultimo episodio de “Showtime Spanish”. Quizas voy/vaya a ecuchar todos los episodios una vez más. Todavia no he aprendido todo que pueda aprender con el curso. De la biblioteca pedí los cursos “Perfect your Spanish” (TY)y “Pimsleur Spanish II” (Sé que “pimsleur Spanish II”no es exactamente un curso “intermediary”, pero pienso que “Spanish I” era/fue bien para practicar hablar y quiero seguir con el segundo curso. Pedí tambien dos libros en Español: “El buscador de finales” y “El inventor de juegos”. No sé si son demasiado defíciles para mi, pero voy a intentarlo. Espero recibir un e-mail de la biblioteca pronto, que dice que pueda recoger los libros y cursos. No he escrito en “Lang-8” esta semana. Intentaré hecer lo mañana. Escuché y leí los 4 noticias en “News in Slow Spanish” de esta semana. Escribí los palabras que no conocia en una lista para hacer un “Gold list”. Con “News in Slow Spanish” me gusta hacer asi: Echuchar sin leer, entonces: Leer sin escuchar (hasta entiendo todo) y finalmente: Eschuchar y leer. He escuchado un poco musica español y leído un poco español en Twitter. Sigo varias organicíones scout de paises latinoamricanos y España. Me gusta mucho la versíon de la lema “ Be prepared” de las scoutas hispanoablantes: “Simpre listo!” Quiere dicir “always ready!” y “always smart!” ambos. Verdad..? Genial! Ay! Eso no fue fácil! I am still very confused with the subjunctive and the past tenses, so I’m sure there are many mistakes. I suppose writing about my week is good past tense practice. Edited by Tilia on 14 January 2013 at 11:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5024 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 26 14 January 2013 at 11:56pm | IP Logged |
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Here are a few links that may be of help :
Espanol podcast ssl4you audiria spanish pod RTVE Democracy Now en Espanol Good luck! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Tilia Diglot Groupie Denmark Joined 4478 days ago 48 posts - 68 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 26 15 January 2013 at 1:13am | IP Logged |
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Muchas gracias! Los "links" van a ser muy utiles para mi. Buena suerte a ti tambíen.
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| AnaV Diglot Newbie Denmark Joined 4338 days ago 20 posts - 21 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: Danish | Message 8 of 26 15 January 2013 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Tilia
Good luck with your Spanish and thanks for being willing to help Danish learners like me :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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