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| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5229 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 33 of 99 09 October 2012 at 2:18pm | IP Logged |
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Course: O Francês sem esforço
Estimated Start Date: Probably by the end of november. It's gonna be a very busy time, with my finals coming... so it depends on that. Prior experience with this language: Basically none. A couple movies, and I recognize lots of words when reading. Any outside resources you might use: Movies, music. Why you chose this language: Well, I don't have many good reasons. I've only got two options: French or German, and I'm a bit scared of German right now... I think French will be a good language to have under my belt. It's not a lot of motivation, but having access to french-base Assimil should be nice. I might get interested in the language as soon as I begin Personal Predictions: I really hope for B1, since I have a solid knowledge of Italian and speak Portuguese natively. I'm gonna have a hard time trying to keep motivated, but I'll give it a shot. If I give up, I might change to German (Alemão sem esforço), which is a lot scarier but seems exciting. Other languages: I'll try to keep studying Italian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4636 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 34 of 99 09 October 2012 at 7:35pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Russian With Ease
Estimated Start Date: Nov 1 Prior experience with this language: Zero Any outside resources you might use: Nope Why you chose this language: It's in a different family from my other target languages Personal Predictions: Not sure. Probably High A1/A2 It seems like a good amount of people are doing Russian right now. I might do Danish since I don't see that listed. Edited by sillygoose1 on 12 October 2012 at 7:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| aspiringplyglot Triglot Groupie United Kingdom aspiringpolyglot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4577 days ago 40 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Esperanto, Polish, Scottish Gaelic, French | Message 35 of 99 10 October 2012 at 2:15pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Assimil New French WIth Ease
Estimated Start Date: November 1st Prior experience with this language: Perhaps 4 or 5 known words - yes, no, thanks etc. Any outside resources you might use: I gave Pimsleur which I might use to aid in my pronunciation becuase unfortunately I only have the Assimil book and not the CDs. I also have a Teach Yourself Complete French which I may skim through but by no means study it: actively or passively. With any language I like to use a small grammar book from Collins so I might use that for French. Why you chose this language: French, to me, has never been comprehensible and always appears as a sort-of mystery language. I do, however, really like the sound of French and would like to be able to understand French music and in particular French film (as I studied film at university.) Personal Predictions: I have never used an Assimil book before, I've always opted for Teach Yourself and have had great success using these. I would like to think I could achieve B1 across all areas. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ayrrom Senior Member United States Joined 4563 days ago 9 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 36 of 99 11 October 2012 at 6:22am | IP Logged |
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Course:Assimil Japanese with Ease Volume 1, 2007
Estimated Start Date: November 1st (previously intended to start January 1st) Prior experience with this language:None Any outside resources you might use: None - for sake of experiment, had previously intended to use Pimsleur, Rembering the Kanji, Anki but will hold off for 6 months and do Assimil exclusively to see how far it can take me. Why you chose this language:Trip to Japan in May 2014/Previous desire to learn Personal Predictions: Very difficult, but high A1/A2 with hope of B1 eventually, not likely during this 6 months. Only using Assimil Japanese volume one, or passive phase so not sure how far it will take me. I hope for a higher level after adding other materials later. If I finish Volume 1 during experiment, I will move on to level II. Other languages: Will continue working on Spanish throughout. Edited by ayrrom on 11 October 2012 at 6:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| shiningstars Diglot Newbie United States lang-8.com/351461 Joined 4670 days ago 8 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese | Message 37 of 99 12 October 2012 at 2:18am | IP Logged |
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Course: Le Vietnamien sans peine
Estimated Start Date: November 1st or so. Prior experience with this language: Very little. I looked at it briefly for a week or two but that's it. Any outside resources you might use: Dictionary. Why you chose this language: I really would like to learn it; always have. I've also never tried a tonal language before, so it should be interesting. Personal Predictions: I hope to reach at least an A2 level. Perhaps a B1. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marishka Newbie United States Joined 5248 days ago 25 posts - 56 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French, Dutch | Message 38 of 99 14 October 2012 at 9:25am | IP Logged |
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Course: Dutch With Ease
Estimated Start Date: November 1 Prior experience with this language: Eight hours of Michel Thomas Total Dutch Any outside resources you might use: New Routledge Dutch Dictionary Essential Dutch Grammar 201 Dutch Verbs Why you chose this language: I can spend no more than 30 minutes a day on this project, so I decided to choose a language that is not very difficult for native English speakers. Dutch seemed to be an obvious choice, especially since I have also studied German. Zipping through Michel Thomas Total Dutch was the deciding factor, as that experience proved to me that Dutch can be a fun language to learn. Personal Predictions: By the end of the active wave, I expect to be able to read Dutch pretty well, and I hope to be able to have simple conversations in Dutch on a variety of topics. I believe that my greatest challenge will be to avoid burnout from working only with the Assimil book and cds for six months. I have done two other Assimil courses, French With Ease and Spanish With Ease, but did not complete the active wave of either course because I became bored with them and decided to move on to other materials. This time I am going to make an extra effort to stay fully engaged with Assimil by experimenting with different ways of keeping it fresh and interesting. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cheerbelle7 Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4424 days ago 8 posts - 12 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Levantine), French | Message 39 of 99 14 October 2012 at 11:01pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Le Nouvel Espagnol Sans Peine
Estimated Start Date: mid-November (when I finish the intensive French review that I'm doing) Prior experience with this language: some self study with Spanish as a kid (20 years ago). I will be studying Spanish in my second language, French, just to add a little challenge. Any outside resources you might use: Dictionary; meetups Why you chose this language: Because of its utility and because I would like to do some travel in Central and South America. Personal Predictions: I hope to able to hold basic conversations and travel on my own. Edited by cheerbelle7 on 14 October 2012 at 11:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4889 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 40 of 99 17 October 2012 at 1:07am | IP Logged |
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It looks like I can't edit the first page anymore, so here's the spread as of October 16:
Le Breton sans peine - tarvos L'Egyptien - BartoG Le nouvel Espagnol sans peine - cheerbelle7 Le Grec ancien - Kanewai Le Hindi sans peine - Yuhakko Le Persan sans peine - Tadeo Le Russe, 2008 edition - Goindol Le Nouveau Russe sans peine - Expugnator (might switch to Italian base) Le Suedois sans peine - Cavesa Le Tamoul sans peine - seldnar Le Vietnamien sans peine - Bao, shiningstars Italienisch ohne Mühe heute - Mani Norwegisch ohne Mühe - Serpent Ungarisch ohne Mühe (Hungarian) - nuriayasmin70 El Catalán sin Esfuerzo - Flarioca El Francés sin Esfuerzo - July Cantonese - Jeff Lindqvist Chinese With Ease (Vol 1 and 2) - sabotai, jingwumaster (maybe) Dutch with Ease - Marishka French With Ease - pfn123, melkior79, slidemasterx, aspiringplygot Italian with Ease - Kugel, songlines (may do German instead), Laurae Japanese with Ease - ayrrom Russian with Ease - Slothrop, sillygoose1 Spanish with Ease - jingwumaster (probably) O Novo Francês Sem Custo - fabriciocarraro, FireViN 1 person has voted this message useful |
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