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| riff Newbie United States Joined 5292 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 15 29 December 2012 at 7:57am | IP Logged |
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Howdy, or should I say всем привет!
This is my first foray into the language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34418">Total Annihilation Challenge. This log will track my progress as I try to learn as much Russian as I can over the course of 2013. I would be ecstatic to reach B2 in Russian by the end of 2013, but I think B1 may be a more realistic goal. In either case, I really want to cross the threshold from A to B. I've studied the language off and on for three years (more off than on), so I've got the basics, but not much more than that. In terms of materials, well, let's just say that I have quite a lot stockpiled, so part of the challenge for me will be to decide which materials will be useful and which won't. A quick sampling of what's on my desk right now includes a dual-language book of Russian stories by Gleb Struve, a set of readers by Otto F. Bond and George V. Bobrinskoy, and a book by Khavronina called "Russian in Exercises." I'll probably use that stuff as a starting point, but of course, I reserve the right to change my mind and do whatever interests me :). I look forward to reading other learner's logs and seeing how they take on Russian this year. Удачи! Edited by riff on 02 January 2013 at 2:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 2 of 15 01 January 2013 at 3:02pm | IP Logged |
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Успехов! У тебя обязательно получится русский язык в новом году!
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 15 01 January 2013 at 3:13pm | IP Logged |
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You look like a good candidate for half a Super Challenge in Russian, if you are not doing it already. Lots of
luck, it is nice to have some more advanced learners in the group. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 4 of 15 01 January 2013 at 4:47pm | IP Logged |
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Hi! I am also on the second Russian team. Just dropping by to say hello and good luck,
and I look forward to reading your log! С Новым Годом! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Wort Groupie Austria Joined 4538 days ago 82 posts - 87 votes Speaks: German* Studies: English, Spanish | Message 5 of 15 01 January 2013 at 6:14pm | IP Logged |
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Hey!
I wanted to wish you good luck, too. And I have to tell you that I have the same problem concerning the materials I'm going to use haha :). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5764 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 6 of 15 01 January 2013 at 6:41pm | IP Logged |
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Привет!
Я тебе желаю больших успехов с твоими языками в этом году. Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| riff Newbie United States Joined 5292 days ago 32 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 7 of 15 02 January 2013 at 1:15am | IP Logged |
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С новым годом! Happy New Year!
First off, thanks to everyone for dropping by. Team MIR is very enthusiastic and active. I'm excited to follow everyone's progress. Since the goals I outlined in my introductory post were rather vague, I’d like to get a bit more specific. First Quarter Goals of 2013 (January, February, March): -Read 200,000 words. -Write 100 grammar exercises (S. Khavronina). -Do 50 assimil lessons (resume from lesson 49). -Memorize 5 poems. I think that will be quite enough for the first quarter, maybe even too much. If I’m not making much progress after the first month, I’ll of course revise my goals. Outside of those stated goals, I’ll continue listening to Russian podcasts and music and watching movies and TV like I always do. In terms of tracking my progress, I’ll aim for weekly updates starting in mid-January when I get back from my winter holiday. I’ve purposefully omitted a "learn X number of words" goal because I’m terrible at using flashcards and SRS software. I’m far from the point where I can read native texts and learn words from context, but I’m hoping that by using graded readers and bilingual texts I can get by without them. Over the holidays I’ve been reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on my e-reader in bilingual format and it hasn’t been too bad. I’ve been able to keep up a pretty good pace with one paragraph of English followed by one paragraph of Russian. My word processor tells me there are about 80K words in the Russian text, so I think 200K is reasonable for the quarter assuming I can keep up a similar pace. The poetry goal is just for fun. In one of my Russian courses we had to learn Pushkin’s Я вас любил poem by heart and I really enjoyed the experience. Sadly I’ve forgotten most of it (this was a few years ago, mind you). I haven’t decided which poems to memorize yet, although Зимняя Ночь by Пастернак seems like a good one to start with. Ну, давайте пойдём! Alright, let’s go! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 8 of 15 02 January 2013 at 2:03am | IP Logged |
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Hi riff!
You’ve got quite a challenging first quarter in front of you. I wish you good luck with your plans and with your progress in Russian. It’s nice to see that someone enjoys learning poems by heart. I’d love to know some, but I’ve always found the process of learning them (whether in Italian or in other languages) quite a torture. Do you have any tips to make poem learning less painful? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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