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ZombieKing
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Message 17 of 27

30 August 2012 at 10:38pm | IP Logged

I don't think doing anki reps should count as a reward xD Anki reps are evil D:

But yes, maybe spreading them out throughout the day will allow you to find free time where you didn't believe you had before, and thus spend more time actively studying.

Edited by ZombieKing on 30 August 2012 at 10:39pm
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Cavesa
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Message 18 of 27

30 August 2012 at 10:56pm | IP Logged

Another thing you can do during whole day without carrying a heavy book is thinking in
the language and writing down vocabulary you lack. It is very useful as it helps you
cover the gaps and all you need is a piece of paper (or a small notebook) and a pen.
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cmmah
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Message 19 of 27

31 August 2012 at 12:49am | IP Logged

Cavesa wrote:

6.Do the teachers of French and Spanish know that their classes are too slow for you? A
good teacher, once they know you are way ahead of the rest of the class, won't mind you
studying on your own during the class as long as they know you are studying the
language. They might even give you advice for your individual studies. Quite a lot of
teachers enjoy the fact a student loves the subject and they want to help. Of course,
there are as well the stupid teachers who want to dumb everyone down to the average, so
it depends on which kind have you got.

The language teaching staff at my school is a mixed bag. You have ones that you suspect could be members of this
site, and speak 6 languages. They're really enthusiastic about their subjects, and like to see people pushing
themselves in the subject.
But on the other hand, you have the 'one lesson ahead of you' teachers who read straight from the textbook, and
need a dictionary for basic words (e.g. someone asked how to say "I wake up" in French. The teacher went to
Google translate. When someone used a word that he didn't know in an essay, speaking exercise, he would tell
them to stick to the textbook, and not go ahead of other students (or himself, which is what he meant!) Luckily I
only had him for one year though!).
I'm not sure what teachers I'll have this year, but I hope it's the former kind! I haven't tried studying my own
material in class though - I think that would seem a bit arrogant, don't you think?
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Message 20 of 27

31 August 2012 at 12:58am | IP Logged

ZombieKing wrote:

I don't think doing anki reps should count as a reward xD Anki reps are evil D:

Not if you love your cards. I recommend sentence cards and cloze deletions.
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montmorency
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Message 21 of 27

31 August 2012 at 1:53am | IP Logged

cmmah wrote:

The language teaching staff at my school is a mixed bag. You have ones that you suspect
could be members of this
site, and speak 6 languages. They're really enthusiastic about their subjects, and like
to see people pushing
themselves in the subject.
But on the other hand, you have the 'one lesson ahead of you' teachers who read
straight from the textbook, and
need a dictionary for basic words (e.g. someone asked how to say "I wake up" in French.
The teacher went to
Google translate. When someone used a word that he didn't know in an essay, speaking
exercise, he would tell
them to stick to the textbook, and not go ahead of other students (or himself, which is
what he meant!) Luckily I
only had him for one year though!).

Dear God, that is awful. Good job you sussed him out.
Unfortunately, I can imagine (at least in the UK), that political pressures, league
tables, public exams, funding cuts and a lot of other things that are anathema to real
learning force teachers to teach in a certain way, even if their instincts are
(hopefully) screaming out against it.

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montmorency
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Message 22 of 27

31 August 2012 at 1:57am | IP Logged

Cavesa wrote:

Another thing you can do during whole day without carrying a heavy book
is thinking in
the language and writing down vocabulary you lack. It is very useful as it helps you
cover the gaps and all you need is a piece of paper (or a small notebook) and a pen.

That's a good idea. You can for example be making up little stories about what happened
(or might have happened using your imagination) on the way, and picking out good words
to look up later and memorise in whatever ways you use. Or mentally compose an essay
(that you may never actually write), and pick out good vocabulary from it to learn. Or
maybe try to translate a few short passages from your textbooks in other subjects. two
birds with one stone.
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Saim
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Message 23 of 27

02 September 2012 at 2:36am | IP Logged

Tsopivo wrote:

Something I would probably do in your case but would certainly not
recommend as it is quite rude would be to discretly work on my own French and Spanish
study during my useless French and Spanish classes.

How is it rude, it's showing initiative, any sane teacher would love that.
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ZombieKing
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Message 24 of 27

02 September 2012 at 4:18am | IP Logged

Saim wrote:

Tsopivo wrote:

How is it rude, it's showing initiative, any sane teacher would love that.

And since the classes are so easy, he can quickly finish his assigned work and do some French/Spanish on his own without feeling guilty.

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