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TAC 2013 Team Alef (Mid-Eastern) TEAM LOG | ||
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| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6064 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 121 of 168 08 January 2013 at 2:25am | IP Logged | ||
I understand your logic. However, I disagree with having that limit in particular. At least in this team's case. Let me explain why: as far as I see it, this is a very special group. Having been built around a geographical concept, it includes languages belonging to several families and with several alphabets. And I find this amazing. Really. I love to be in this team. On the other hand, we have (if I read correctly) 11 persons learning Arabic, 5 learning Persian, 3 learning Hebrew, one learning Somali and one learning French. This does not help if you want to share learning strategies. No matter how interesting it looks on the outside. So, my point is: if we accept just three more people, then (depending on the mix of those three) we'll risk turning down the fourth Hebrew learner, or the second Somali one. Such interesting people would never be able to form a group on their own. Therefore, I suggest we cross that bridge if and when we get there (we still have three "normal" vacancies left), and by then do it case by case. By the way, Johanna, I take this occasion to thank you for your work in keeping this team organised. Edited by Luso on 08 January 2013 at 3:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4455 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 122 of 168 08 January 2013 at 5:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Excellent point Luso, the Persian and Hebrew learners we have are so active and
supportive of each other that I didn't realize there was so few of them. I'll post on the sign-up thread that we're open until further notice then. Thanks, this is my first TAC so I want to make sure everything runs smoothly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hendrek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4885 days ago 152 posts - 210 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Persian | Message 123 of 168 09 January 2013 at 2:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Johanna, thanks from me also for volunteering to organize this.
For the Persian learners, I found a site that hosts a hyperlinked version of The Little Prince in Persian along with audio recordings of the text. I think it could prove useful to folks! The audio is playable with RealPlayer. Here's the link if you would include it on the main resource page: The Little Prince 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4871 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 124 of 168 09 January 2013 at 9:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hendrek, thank you! This is absolutely great. Although it's still far above my level, I'm looking forward to using that page!
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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5447 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 125 of 168 10 January 2013 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for sharing, Hendrek.
How did everyone's first week go? I haven't written my update yet, but I will today. I got off to a slow start, but it was a start nonetheless. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Malek Groupie Christmas Island Joined 4346 days ago 60 posts - 76 votes | Message 126 of 168 10 January 2013 at 6:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I still haven't got to the point where I'm back doing Hebrew yet, but that's what I expected. I'm still settling into my new routine and that simply takes time and effort.
Developing the habit, I've found, is the hardest thing about language learning. I've got everything else sorted (techniques, languages picked, resources, etc). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hendrek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4885 days ago 152 posts - 210 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Persian | Message 127 of 168 11 January 2013 at 5:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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First week has gone pretty well. I got through a few more Assimil lessons and Chai &
conversation podcasts. Not as much as I would have liked, but work has been especially busy recently and I've been getting home late. I agree with Malek that building the good routine around all of life's activities is often the hardest part. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Przemek Hexaglot Senior Member Poland multigato.blogspot.c Joined 6478 days ago 107 posts - 174 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, SpanishC2, Italian, Portuguese, French Studies: Turkish, Hindi, Arabic (Written) | Message 128 of 168 12 January 2013 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi all!
I decided to switch my TAC to individual so please remove me from the group. I will still be reading your logs to learn about your experiences and progress though 1 person has voted this message useful |
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