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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4715 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 17 of 99 03 October 2012 at 4:51am | IP Logged |
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Course: O Novo Francês Sem Custo
Estimated Start Date: I'd like to start now ahahah but I'll wait until November 1st =) Prior experience with this language: I'm taking a French "quick course" at university right now, but since the lessons are reaaaaaaaaally basic and it's a "quick course", by the end of it I'll have about 30~32 hours of study, which is not much. Also, I already flirted with the Assimil course some years ago, but I did only about 2~3 lessons and gave up, I probably won't even remember it. Any outside resources you might use: Only the "quick course" I'm taking, but it'll be over by the end of November. Maybe films as well. Why you chose this language: I think French is a really beautiful language, and it's amongst the most spoken worldwide. I intend to do an "Eurotrip" in some years, and I want to be able to speak the country's language during it! Personal Predictions: Well, I'm Brazilian, so most French sounds won't be a problem for me (except for the "u"). Besides that, I have an advanced knowledge of Italian, so I think it's gonna help me A LOT with both grammar and vocabulary. I'm aiming for a B1+/B2- level, let's hope! =) Other languages I'll do informally: I'll try to keep up with my Russian and Dutch studies. Edited by fabriciocarraro on 03 October 2012 at 4:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Slothrop Newbie American Samoa Joined 4777 days ago 14 posts - 17 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, Italian | Message 18 of 99 03 October 2012 at 4:49pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Russian with ease (2011 edition)
Estimated start date: ~November 20 Prior experience with this language: Online resources on the alphabet (namely, http://langintro.com/rintro/first.htm). Any outside resources you might use: See above; also Anki, if I perceive the need, but only with vocabulary from the course. Why you chose this language: Rich literature and cinema (if I can watch a silent movie and understand the intertitles at, say, the end of the passive wave, I'll be happy); I like how the language sounds, and I like the look of the written text. Personal predictions: I expect it to be hard, but I'll follow strictly the method and see where it takes me. That part about the silent movie is half serious; but maybe I'll be able to watch Stalker without subtitles as well haha, and understand short Wikipedia articles about known subjects. My aim (for now) is just passive understanding. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 19 of 99 03 October 2012 at 10:07pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Le Suedois sans peine
Estimated start date: 1st November Prior experience: approximately 5 hours of study, after that life got busy. I have learnt the pronunciation with FSI and I did the first lesson of assimil, that is all. Outside resources: Only a dictionary (for the cases when I can't understand either the Swedish (based on similarities with English or German) or the French) Why you chose this language: I've wanted to learn it for a long time. Great authors of thrillers and detective stories, Abba :-) and I hope to discover more music bands (preferably more rock or metal, but I'm not oposed to folk and other styles as well). Personal Predictions: I want to do a really passive passive wave, which means only reading, listening, repeating no active grammar study from other sources, no scriptorium, no writing out the lessons, no srs. That will be very different from my studies of other languages (my best previous attempt with assimil was German. I couldn't resist writing everything and getting other and more traditional sources.) And the active wave will be really active, translating to Swedish, writing things out, using srs. Just without the outside grammar study. So, I suppose I will be at B1 with my passive skills. I hope for A2 active skills. And I will know I can do something like that every day, piece by piece for half a year, which will be more of an acomplishment than the actual skills, I guess :-) Other languages: I'll maintain the rest and probably actively study one or two of them, if the time allows it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| melkior79 Newbie Japan Joined 4631 days ago 16 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Latin, French | Message 20 of 99 04 October 2012 at 11:24am | IP Logged |
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Course: New French with Ease
Estimated Start Date: Around 12th of November Prior experience with this language: Absolutely Nothing Any outside resources you might use: Online dictionary. Why you chose this language:Always wanted to learn a European language. Interested in French writers. Hoping to make the French Assimil Corpus accessible to me, particularly the Latin course. I want to go to Tahiti with my wife one day Personal Predictions: I have no predictions other than I will follow the Assimil directions and do between 30-45 minutes a day from November until the middle of May. Edited by melkior79 on 04 October 2012 at 11:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| nuriayasmin70 Diglot Senior Member Germany languagesandbeyoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4521 days ago 132 posts - 162 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: SpanishB1, Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian | Message 22 of 99 05 October 2012 at 7:09pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Ungarisch ohne Mühe (Hungarian)
Estimated Start Date: probably November 15 Prior experience with this language: none Any outside resources you might use: I'm likely to buy a grammar and I have a Hungarian colleague. Why you chose this language: I had first thought of Dutch as it's relatively easy to learn but Germanic languages don't really fascinate me. Well, I plan to visit Hungary next year, like East Europe in general and want to learn a language from a different language family than my current target languages Spanish and Czech Personal Predictions: I've never worked with Assimil and Hungarian is a completely unknown language to me, so it won't be easy. However, I'm curious how far the course will take me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| July Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 5273 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2 Studies: French | Message 23 of 99 06 October 2012 at 5:13pm | IP Logged |
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Course: El frances sin esfuerzo.
Estimated Start Date: November 1st Prior experience with this language: A beginners course exactly 10 years ago. I hope that's not cheating too much - since it's not really a totally new language, but I really can't remember anything much (anything remaining has been overwritten by Spanish) and certainly can't make a sentence myself, so I'm certainly not more than A2. Any outside resources you might use: Nothing I know of yet. We'll see. Maybe some TV. Why you chose this language: That course ten years ago in Montreal was so much fun, I'd love to go back to Quebec someday and be able to communicate well with everyone, and I've finally reached a solid B2 in Spanish. Hopefully a little bit of French won't damage my Spanish level too much at this point. Personal Predictions: I'd love a B1 communicative level in French and to be able to understand everything people say to me. I have a commute to work at the moment, so I see myself spending about twenty or so minutes daily. Edited by July on 06 October 2012 at 5:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BartoG Diglot Senior Member United States confession Joined 5447 days ago 292 posts - 818 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Latin, Uzbek | Message 24 of 99 07 October 2012 at 10:47pm | IP Logged |
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Course: L'Egyptien
Estimated Start Date: November 5, 2012 Prior experience with this language: Years of buying secondhand Hieroglyphic books and not reading them. Did the first week of the course a month ago, then let it drop. Any outside resources you might use: No. Why you chose this language: I recently learned enough Sumerian to read simple building inscriptions. There's just something fascinating about ancient languages in unfamiliar characters. Also, a family friend brought back a papyrus with some text on it and I'm curious if it really says anything. Personal Predictions: I actually did An Assimil Experiment with Alsatian some time ago. However, because I was around A2 in German, it wasn't a completely new language. Based on that experience, I'll start strong but end by staggering over the finish line. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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