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| expatmaddy Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 4326 days ago 19 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin | Message 1 of 2 22 April 2013 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
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Welcome to my amazingly awesome 5 Target Language-palooza, where I simultaneously
attempt to learn Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. I believe it is possible (but it might not be for everyone). I'll let you know what works for me. This is where I'm starting from: I've been in Korea/India/Egypt for approximately the last 6 months and just returned to the US. I want to hit the ground running with my language studies. I'm also trying to launch a blog, find a job, and finish my degree (in science of all things), so I'm not exactly unbusy. Luckily, learning languages is my favorite hobby, and I do it happily and by choice, even when presented with alternatives. I'm giving myself 5 years to learn these languages well enough to hold a conversation with near fluent ease and read the classics of each respective language in their native forms. I can't wait! I have a high intermediate knowledge of Spanish (which used to be better,but if you don't use it...), a beginner level in French (1 college class), and am self teaching Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. I don't know how much my 100s of hours of anime factor in to my ease of learning, but I know that living in Korea for a few months has probably taught me a lot. What I usually do for each language: Spanish: Waiting for my resources to ship to me, until then doing the core 6000 on iknow.jp to review and reading newspapers daily. French: Until I get my French grammar books back I am using Learn French by Podcast, basic grammar drills, and some old French music to stay afloat and not lose what I have. Mandarin: More focused on reading than speaking at the moment. Character recognition is my main goal, so I spend time on iknow. I also listen to Chinese Pod. I've got a grammar book, but I haven't begun using it yet. Japanese: Japanese Pod, iknow, anime. Korean: This is my major focus right now. I have just arrived home from Korea and would like to be near fluent by the time I go back in 2 years. I have a bunch of grammar and vocabulary books, I spend time on Hanja daily, I made two huge iknow courses for myself to memorize vocabulary, and I listen to KoreanClass101 religiously. I hope to update with progress daily, seeing as I spend at least 10 minutes a day on each language (and usually much more on 2 or 3). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| expatmaddy Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 4326 days ago 19 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin | Message 2 of 2 24 April 2013 at 2:39pm | IP Logged |
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4/23/13 Update:
Worked on Mandarin characters for a little over an hour yesterday. I find it so exciting when I come across a character that I recognize from Kanji or 한자. It really helps to tie everything together. I'm working my way through some Spanish wikipedia articles. Yesterday I read the article on Boston and eavesdropped on a conversation for 30 minutes on the bus, which I absolutely consider practice. Spent the typical 10 minutes each on Japanese and French, and about 30 minutes learning about Korean particles. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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