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Alanjazz
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Studies: Portuguese

Message 17 of 18

19 May 2013 at 5:44am | IP Logged

Hola a todos, aquí estoy nuevamente.

Lunes 6 de mayo - lectura: 2666, 1h20m, película: Medellín: sumas y restas 30m

Miércoles 8 de mayo - película: Infancia clandestina de Benjamín Ávila 1h50m, conversación 2h

Sábado 11 de mayo - película: María eres llena de gracia de Joshua Marston, 1h40m

Domingo 12 de mayo - lecciones sobre sujuntivo, pronombres 20m, película: Mariposa negra de Francisco J.
Lombardi 2h

Lunes 13 de mayo - película: Abre los ojos de Alejandro Amenábar 2h

Martes 14 de mayo - película: Sin vergüenza de Joaquín Oristrell 2h, lectura de 2666 30m, música 30m

Miércoles 15 de mayo - conversación 2h15m, escritura 30m, lectura de 2666, 1h15

Jueves 16 de mayo - lectura de 2666 1h, escritura en lang-8 45m

Viernes 17 de mayo - lectura 1h, escritura 45m

Sábado 18 de mayo escritura 2h, lectura 15m, música 20m

Horas añadidas: 24h45m

Total: 112h30m

Páginas: 1032 (p.632 de 2666)

¡Qué felicidad! ¡Más de cien horas total, y más de mil páginas! No paro ahora y no voy a parar.
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casamata
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Studies: Portuguese

Message 18 of 18

28 May 2013 at 12:57am | IP Logged

Alanjazz wrote:

Avid learner, thanks for reading :)

Casamata, thank you for your response. Thanks for your correction too, I always appreciate it, as long as it's
well-intentioned (because I have been in situations where it is meant as more of a jab at my level of Spanish than
coming from a place of wanting to help me along. Probably every language learner has been in this situation.)
We'll have to see what happens with my level. At the moment, I am planning on taking the C1 exam in August,
and my goal is to have as many hours of Spanish as possible logged before that point. I am going to try to
change to the Spanish department at my job, and so add more hours during the day. If I fail the exam, fine, if I
pass it, even better. Either way, it will motivate me to work harder.

I am going to start a Spanish movie club with other Spanish enthusiasts in my town and so that should be fun.

It isn't very important to me whether or not my estimation of reaching C2 at 1000 hours is correct or not. What
matters is reaching the highest level possible, logging as much time as I can, and moving to Colombia or another
Spanish-speaking country as soon as I can. Thanks for your music and movie suggestions, I didn't know about
many of them, and I am always excited about new movies :) I will post the next update soon. I should really get
into a habit of doing this daily so I don't miss a minute.

I am also going to look for job opportunities in Colombia. That's where I would like to learn, ideally, but
Argentina, Mexico and Peru also seem interesting. AND I don't want to teach English.

Good luck! Sorry if my post was jerkish; it wasn't my intent. Now that I think about it, the classics in Spanish may not be that great in improving practical Spanish. You're probably not going to use words like "ciénaga" or "mortífero/a" in daily life. (Some words from the Da Vinci Code and 100 years of solitude)

Have you checked out Spanish books with normal, everyday language? Your library may have some you can check out. Careful with the translations from English, however, I've seen some really bad translation jobs! You really have to make sure that a native translated it well. :)

What type of Spanish do you like? The two I know most about are Mexican and European Spanish, and a bit about Colombian and Dominican Spanish.

Edit: ¿Qué te pareció "María eres llena de gracia "? No me gusta el español colombiano tanto porque en algunas partes del país no se usa el tuteo! Puede llevar a muchos malentendidos ya que el sujeto (primera persona singular o tercera persona singular)no está muy claro a veces.

Otra cosa: los días de la semana se escriben en minúscula.(al igual que los meses)

Edited by casamata on 28 May 2013 at 1:02am
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