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| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4834 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 9 of 16 18 April 2012 at 8:10pm | IP Logged |
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How did you get on in the end? Did you ever finish programmatic?
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 10 of 16 19 April 2012 at 12:21am | IP Logged |
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I'm surprised nobody suggested shadowing last time around. If you still want to improve your speaking fluency, it's a great idea.
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| camdo2 Newbie United States Joined 4487 days ago 26 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 16 19 April 2012 at 6:54am | IP Logged |
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That's... brave of you to do three hours a day of FSI Programmatic. I couldn't even fathom doing that. Good luck.
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| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5048 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 16 19 April 2012 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
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well i did not finish programmatic but rather reached the middle of volume 2.
I think my most important decision was to learn with a tutor everyday for the 2.5 months of summer. that was back in July-August-September. I could easily finish Programmatic but i stopped learning active Spanish somewhere between October and November. There's not really any good excuse why i stopped. i guess part of it is the fault of having a new girlfriend and starting the second year of UNI which both take a lot of my time. I still though watch Colombian television on the internet from time to time and to my surprise my listening skills have remained intact. My girlfriend wants to learn Spanish too so my best bet now to get back again into learning will be doing FSI sessions with her in the evenings. What about you guys, has anybody reached his goals? Edited by talkl on 19 April 2012 at 9:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5048 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 16 09 August 2012 at 1:58pm | IP Logged |
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broke up with the girlfriend so now i have spare time.
i have been learning for the past 2 weeks, doing FSI programmatic volume 2 unidad 32-33, talking to natives and watching movies. It seems like since October 2011 until now, my Spanish not only hasn't suffered but gotten better. Im starting to talk more fluently when i get the chance to practice over skype. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5048 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 16 08 September 2012 at 12:00pm | IP Logged |
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So i am visiting Colombia in a month, already have my ticket and all.
It makes invest so much time perfecting my speaking ability. It will be interesting to see how my Spanish held up in Colombia. An update will follow 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| talkl Diglot Groupie Israel Joined 5048 days ago 51 posts - 61 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 16 25 February 2013 at 9:30pm | IP Logged |
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Game Over. I´ve done it. Im fluent in Spanish.
it took me only 2 and a half years, not 3 months like supposedly I thought it would. countless hours of learning paid off. my last message was about my then upcoming trip to Colombia. As it turned out, throughout the whole month till the flight, i worked my butt off to practice my Spanish at skype with natives colombians. The whole 2 weeks i was there, i got to practice so much that by the end of the trip i knew i could be classified as fluent. A lot of stuff changed since the trip. I got a Colombian girlfriend, broke up with her. And well you can say that now i use my Spanish by watching local television and listening to the radio. i want to give a warmth gratitude to all who have read my blog. don´t think i would come back till maybe i will feel like tackling another language. I enjoyed this forum a lot. Last i would like to summarize a journey of 2.5 years into a few sentences. Here is what was my way of learning the Spanish language (in order by frequency of use): 1) Spanish Programmatic 2) livemocha.com 3) skype 4) http://www.noticiascaracol.com/informativos/septimodia 5) local radio 6) books Thank you all Edited by talkl on 25 February 2013 at 9:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5051 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 16 of 16 26 February 2013 at 12:05am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the septimodia link. I'm always trying to improve my listening comprehension. And congratulations on
your success! 2 1/2 years is longer than 3 months for sure, but getting good ALWAYS takes more time than you think it will. And now Spanish is yours, something to enjoy using rather than "work on." I might even be inspired to try skype. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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