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| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 1 of 21 30 June 2011 at 6:10pm | IP Logged |
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With the recommendations that using a log helps, I figured I might as well give it a
try. I took four years of Spanish in high school and I will admit I hated most of that time. So much memorization of vocab lists and dreaded reading assignments. This lead to me taking a year of from languages last year which was my first year of college. Towards the end of the year I started to realize I wanted to finish learning Spanish since I had a foundation all ready. So, I started up again this Summer. I have been mostly using Pimsleur and MT with some random websites thrown in here and there. Any tips are recommended of course. My initial goal was to study abroad in a Spanish speaking nation, but as I researched the possible scholarships there were very few for learning Spanish since so many already know it. The main scholarship I will be attempting to earn this year will be the Boren scholarship. I have not decided on the language I will be going for yet, but the front runner is definitely Portuguese. As for my Spanish routine today I will do three lessons of Pimsleur which will probably be all I do. I also have some books from the library Complete Spanish Grammar and one of the Teach Yourself books. I have tried to read Harry Potter, but I find I lack the vocab for it to be any use. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 2 of 21 01 July 2011 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
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Yesterday was quite hectic, yet I still managed to get in 2 Pimsleurs.
Achievements Unlocked Pimsleur Spanish 2.24 Pimsleur Spanish 2.25 Today I will hopefully finish three more. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 3 of 21 02 July 2011 at 2:40am | IP Logged |
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I feel like I am remembering more and more everyday. I am starting to use some Spanish
phrases without realizing it so that is a good sign. I want to amp up my studies, but the holiday weekend poses a challenge for me. After it I will up it. Achievements Unlocked Pimsleur Spanish 2.26 Pimsleur Spanish 2.27 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5014 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 21 02 July 2011 at 10:52am | IP Logged |
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Hey, sounds like you are doing well.
I personally stopped using pimsleur after I had completed the second level, as I felt that it was reaping very small rewards for the amount of effort I was putting in. Have you tried Learning Spanish Like Crasy? If you like Pimsleur, youl love it as it uses the same format, but moves faster and teaches a lot more vocab. Their are certain courses I wish I had used much earlier on in my studies. Definetly get hold of Assimil if you can, and maybe Platiquemos. These two course go a lot further than any others I have seen. If youve got roughly 1 1/2 hours a day to study, then you will get a lot out of that time with these courses. I hope thats useful advice, best of luck with your studies, Ill be following your log! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 5 of 21 02 July 2011 at 9:04pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the advice and support. I will see if I can get my hands on some of those.
My funds are limited which is why I am using whatever is available at my library. I need to make/buy some flash cards soon. I feel Pimsleur is good though just because it gets you speaking sentences which is always ideal. We shall see I want to be fully conversational by the end of August. Achievements Unlocked Pimsleur Spanish 2.28 Pimsleur Spanish 2.29 Pimsleur Spanish 2.30 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lasciel Groupie United States Joined 5365 days ago 55 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 6 of 21 03 July 2011 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
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Have you tried Anki or any other SRS/flashcard program? I've found it's very good for studying extra vocabulary outside of the program's lesson.
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| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 7 of 21 04 July 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged |
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Yeah I am trying to get into anki, but I just can't seem to get into rhythm with it.
Anyways didn't get to post yesterday it was hectic. July 3, 2011 No tuve tiempo. Pimsleur 3.1 July 4, 2011 A lot of free time in the morning which got me through 3 Achievements Unlocked Pimsleur 3.2 Pimsleur 3.3 Pimsleur 3.4 I plan on knocking out the rest of Pimsleur in the next 9 days. I will hopefully get some good language exchange partners also. After Pimsleur I think I will go with Assimil or Learning Spanish Like Crazy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jhois777 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4955 days ago 43 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 8 of 21 05 July 2011 at 9:22pm | IP Logged |
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All of a sudden I got three language exchange partners last night and today. I can
decently talk to them, but it is rough going which is what I expected. The one thing that is difficult is they like to use regional vocab/slang and obviously I do not know all of this. This is just a minor complaint though as it is easily explainable. Anyways I continued with Pimsleur today. Achievements Unlocked Pimsleur 3.5 Pimsleur 3.6 Pimsleur 3.7 1 person has voted this message useful |
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