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| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4666 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 337 of 360 19 December 2014 at 7:37pm | IP Logged |
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You know that two weeks in the rules changed to count in units of pages and not units of
books? The Marathon des Sables isn't tough enough, you're going to run it backwards barefoot :-) You need a good local library with a ready stock of books in the 100 - 130 page range to help you optimise your strategy! Edited by dampingwire on 19 December 2014 at 9:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 338 of 360 23 December 2014 at 8:52pm | IP Logged |
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I’m still only considering my options. Nothing’s settled yet! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 339 of 360 29 December 2014 at 6:58pm | IP Logged |
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Before all the information gathered for Team Asgard is drowned in the flood of threads, in the next three posts I’m going to copy the lists of useful links for learners of Nordic languages. As far as possible, I’ll try to maintain the links updated.
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| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 340 of 360 29 December 2014 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
 Useful links for Swedish: Courses and more: Kom loss på svenska Safir Safir (alternative site) Safir Omvårdnad Safir Byggarbetsplatsen 1 Safir Byggarbetsplatsen 2 Safir Handel Safir Svenska i Tekniska Yrken Safir Transport Safir Företagare Safir Restaurang FSI Swedish Basic Course Schwedisch leicht gemacht: German base course Svenska? Varför inte?: Russian base course Sprich mal Schwedisch: German base course Book2 ielanguages Swedish Tutorials Loecsen Svensk grammatik Digitala spåret Easy media: Klartext: news in easy Swedish 8 sidor Tidsdeckarna: a journey through Swedish history from the stone age to the present (children's 20-episode series with subtitles) Poddradio - Unga Radioteatern (podcast) Unga Radioteatern (streaming) Eld och hans 7 uppdrag - svenska som andraspråk: 23-episode story for learners of Swedish (audio) Gudar och badkar: short stories about the myths linked to the names of the days of the week H.C. Andersen: Andersen’s stories for children (audio) Historiepolisen: children’s series in ten 10-minute episodes about Swedish historical figures (subtitles available) Odens rike: children’s programme about the Vikings and Nordic mythology (subtitles available) Native media: Sveriges Radio: radio state broadcaster (with plenty of podcasts) Poddradio - Radioteaterbiblioteket: radio adaptations of classic literary works (Strindberg, Ibsen, Moberg, Lagerkvist, Goethe etc.) Poddradio - Radioteatern: radio dramas SVT: TV state broadcaster UR: didactic branch of the state broadcaster Dagens Nyheter: major daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet: major daily newspaper Wikipedia: homepage of Swedish Wikipedia 100 svenska dialekter idag: samples of Swedish dialects Edu.fi: Finnish-Swedish distance learning modules for “gymnasiet” Distansgymnasiet: distansgymnasiematerial för finlandssvenskt gymnasium vetamix: video, ljud, bilder och texter för skolundervisning Litteraturbanken: Swedish classics in digital format Project Runeberg: free legal books online Online TV: SVTPlay TV4Play Vocabulary: Frequency list (2000 words) Kelly list Lexin Bildteman downloadable tables for Lexin Bildteman Animationsteman Dialogteman Goethe Verlag’s vocabulary tests Dictionary: Folkets Lexikon with audio tyda.se ord.se Lexin (other languages but English) Forvo only for audio Extra audio from publishers: PONS Mini-Sprachkurs Schwedish PONS Reisewörterbuch Schwedisch LEXTRA Schwedisch Turbokurs LEXTRA Schwedisch Sprachkurs Plus: Anfänger Svenska i Finland Placement & diagnostic tests: Studentlitteratur Folkuniversitet UISS (these tests used to be available on the folkuniversitetet website) Official language exams and certificates: Sfi nationella prov Swedex TISUS Online bookshop shipping abroad: bokus.com Bibliography of language textbooks: Svenska institutet 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 341 of 360 29 December 2014 at 7:01pm | IP Logged |
 Useful links for Norwegian: Courses and more: NoW – Norwegian on the Web: CEFR A1-A2 free online course Nynorsk øvingsrom Nynorsk på 1-2-3: nynorskkurs i teikneserieform Nynorsk Grammatikk for minoritetsspråklege: downloadable grammar textbook (209pp.) with answer key CALST: Computer-Assisted Listening and Speaking Tutor (free to download or to use online) Norsk grammatikk for internasjonale studenter Nynorsk over alle grenser: innføring i særtrekk ved nynorsk rettskriving Ny nynorskrettskriving frå 2012 norwegianlanguage.info Bridge to Norway Norwegian Grammar Book2 Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier on Norwegian dialects Learn Norwegian Basics on memrise.com Basic Norwegian on memrise.com Norwegian with sounds on memrise.com Loecsen Lärobjekt om Oslo - hörförståelse i norska: videogame come listening comprehension exercise with transcript Norwegian L-R: Collection of links Everyday Norwegian Teach yourself Norwegian, a book of self-instruction in the Norwegian riksmal, by I. Marm and Alf Sommerfelt (1944) Easy media: Klar Tale: easy news with podcasts and transcripts CARLA: collection of audio files with transcripts Native media: NRK NRK podcasts Aftenposten Dagbladet VG Nynorske teikneseriar: comic strips as didactic materials (downloadable as pdf files) Nynorsksenteret: teaching materials from schoolchildren to adult education Wikipedia: homepage of Norwegian Wikipedia Ylvis’ Facebookies channel on Youtube Project Runeberg: free legal books online Online TV: NRK Dictionary: LEXIN UiO Bokmålsordboka monolingual dictionary Heinzelnisse Norwegian-German dictionary Forvo only for audio Vocabulary Frequency list: Bokmål (5000 words) Frequency list: Nynorsk (2000 words) Bildtema Goethe Verlag’s vocabulary tests Extra audio from publishers: LEXTRA Norwegisch Sprachkurs Plus: Anfänger Sett i gang I Sett i gang II 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 342 of 360 29 December 2014 at 7:02pm | IP Logged |
 Useful links for Danish: Courses and more: NetDansk Online Dansk Fjern-UV.dk Anders Basby dansg on Danish pronunciation IRSAM Vores fællessprog Vfs parallel Danish/English grammar Danmark til daglig Dansk på arbejde Historien bag Danmark on the history and culture of Danmark Book2 Loecsen Copenhagencast Subjektivt & Objektivt: Danish for the medical profession Self-study guide Learn Oasis Danish Grammar Tsca’s Danish Grammar Basic Danish Grammar Kan du tale dansk? Dansk for voksne Kan du tale dansk? Dansk for børn og unge Lärobjekt om Köpenhamn - dansk hörförståelse: videogame come listening comprehension exercise with transcript Lyssna på danska Easy media: Ligetil Nyheder, der er lette at læse Native media: DR.dk: state broadcaster DR Radio DR podcasts TV2: commercial broadcaster Berlingske Tidende : major newspaper Politiken: major newspaper Jyllands-Posten: major newspaper Ekstra Bladet: tabloid B.T.: tabloid Wikipedia: homepage of Danish Wikipedia Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur Project Runeberg: free legal books online Illustreret videnskab: scientific magazine Videnskab dk: scientific website Geoviden – Geologi og Geografi: scientific magazine Træneren: didactic materials on different subjects for schoolchildren through to adult education TV online: DR.dk Bonanza Audiobooks: lydbog.com Vocabulary: List of the 250 most-common verbs Lexin Billedtema Frequency list (5000 words) Goethe Verlag’s vocabulary tests Dictionary: Den Danske Ordbog monolingual dictionary of modern Danish Historisk Ordbog monolingual dictionary of older Danish Forvo only for audio Extra audio from publishers: LEXTRA Dänisch Turbokurs LEXTRA Dänisch Sprachkurs Plus: Anfänger Booksellers/Audiobook sellers: mibook.dk Lytenbog 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 343 of 360 29 December 2014 at 7:17pm | IP Logged |
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YEAR END SUMMARY
TAC 2014 Clearly TAC’14 was a total failure for me. First I made the mistake of signing up for too many teams and then, even after officially dropping Spanish and Russian, I could never get into a reliable study routine. I suppose I wasn’t in the mood for structured learning this year. Even Swedish, my go-to language when burnt-out, couldn’t keep me very motivated. It’s only because I was part of Team Asgård that I maintained the habit of doing something in Swedish every month, though that wasn’t always “real” studying. So thank you all Team Asgård members for sharing my journey and helping me stay committed throughout the year. I’m probably a little OCD, and that’s why at the start of the year I kept track of how much actual studying I was doing. So, here (to my eternal shame but also to remind me that bad years happen, and they don’t necessarily mean that you must quit) are my pretty laughable numbers for 2014: Minutes studied in 2014: Spanish: 875 English: 550 Swedish: 480 Russian: 300 Latin: 125 If you wonder why Spanish turns out at the top, remember that it was my focus language for the February 6wc. SUPER CHALLENGE The massive input of the Super Challenge was much more in my chords this year. I’ve had an incredible reading streak: not even in my native language have I ever read so much over a 12-month period. The big winner of this year was English, of course, but German wasn’t too bad after all. I managed to watch and listen to an awful lot of TV-movies and radio dramas in German and they were fantastic for my listening comprehension. I can’t say that they did miracles, but I’ve noticed a marked improvement in particular as far as the mental effort of listening to German is concerned. Of course, I need to get serious about reading German novels next year, but I’m pretty optimistic about that. Back in August I posted the list of what I read and watched in the first 4 months of the Super Challenge. Here’s the continuation of that list with the second term: English Super Challenge: 214 Book units / 257 Film units Books 23 - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch, 2013, pp. 771. 24 - Zoë Heller, Notes on a Scandal, 2003, pp. 245. 25 - Joseph O’Neill, Netherland, 2008, pp. 261. 26 - Kathy Reichs, Déjà Dead, 1997, pp. 508. 27 - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1954, pp. 223. 28 - Edward St Aubyn, At Last, 2011, pp. 264. 29 - William Deresiewicz, A Jane Austen Education, 2011, pp. 288. 30 - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, 2013, pp. 588. 31 - Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1958, pp.112. 32 - Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine, 2002, pp. 160. 33 - Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End, 2007, pp. 389. 34 - Dava Sobel, Longitude, 1995, pp. 184. 35 - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818, pp. 288. 36 - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818, pp. 259. 37 - Conn Iggulden, Quantum of Tweed: the Man with the Nissan Micra, 2012, pp. 74. 38 - Margaret Atwood, Maddaddam, 2013, pp. 474. 39 - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country, 1980, pp. 128. 40 - Colm Tóibín, The Testament of Mary, 2012, pp. 104. 41 - Nathaniel West, Miss Lonelyhearts, 1933, pp. 116. Films 46 - Elephant (81’) 47 - Royal Pains - Season 2 (756’) 48 - Definitely, Maybe (112’) 49 - The Secret Life of Words (115 ’) 50 - The Book Thief (131’) 51 - Chicago Fire – Season 1 (1032’) 52 - Fargo (98’) 53 - Hell on Wheels – Season 3 (430’) 54 - About a boy (101’) 55 - Silver Linings Playbook (122’) 56 - Django Unchained (165’) 57 - Royal Pains - Season 3 (672’) 58 - Sense and Sensibility (136’) 59 - Sherlock – Season 1 (266’) 60 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (100’) 61 - The Office - Season 1 (132’) 62 - The Way, Way Back (103’) 63 - The Other Boleyn Girl (115’) 64 - One Day (107’) 65 - World War Z (116’) 66 - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel + DVD Extras (124’) 67 - The Great Gatsby (143’) 68 - Royal Pains - Season 4 (672’) 69 - Mike & Molly – Season 3 (506’) 70 - Are You There, Chelsea? - Season 1 (264’) 71 - Waitress (107’) 72 - Frankenstein (123 ’) 73 - Rush (123’) 74 - The Paradise - Season 1 (480’) 75 - Royal Pains - Season 5 (546’) 76 - The Office - Season 2 (490’) 77 - Dracula (128’) 78 - Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (100’) 79 - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (104’) 80 - Get Shorty (105’) 81 - The Mentalist - Season 6 (946’) 82 - Mike & Molly – Season 4 (484’) 83 - How I Met Your Mother - Season 8 (528’) 84 - A Month In The Country (96’) 85 - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 13 (968’) 86 - The Big Bang Theory - Season 5 (520’) 87 - How I Met Your Mother - Season 9 (528’) 88 - The Insider (157’) 89 - The Vampire Diaries - Season 5 (946’) German Super Challenge: 32 Book units / 91 Film units Books 5 - Donna Leon, Beweise, daß es böse ist: Commissario Brunettis dreizehnter Fall (Doctored Evidence, 2004), 2005, pp. 327. Films 74 - Dora Heldt: Bei Hitze ist es wenigstens nicht kalt 75 - Mit Burnout durch den Wald 76 - WDR Hörspiel Inszenierte Sprengung. Ein Stück Monkey Wrench Gang von Thomas Böhm, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 77 - Bella Casa 78 - Ein Sommer in den Bergen 79 - WDR Hörspiel Nur Mut: Happy End von Ragnhild Sørensen und Julia Wolf, ©NDR/SWR/WDR 2013 (54’) 80 - Charlottes Welt – Geht nicht, gibt’s nicht 81 - Liebe am Fjord - Das Ende der Eiszeit 82 - WDR Hörspiel Die Kameliendame von Clemens Schönborn, ©WDR 2013 (44’) 83 - WDR Hörspiel Der koschere Himmel von Lothar Schöne, ©WDR 2013 (53’) 84 - Bella Amore – Widerstand zwecklos 85 - Schluß! Aus! Amen! 86 - WDR Hörspiel Im Dienst der Sache: Protokolle eines Verrats von Tina Klopp, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 87 - WDR Hörspiel Außen und Innen von Rhiannon Tise, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 88 - WDR Hörspiel Buddenbroichs von Marie-Luise Goerke und Matthias Pusch (Serotonin), ©WDR 2014 (53’) 89 - WDR Hörspiel Panzerschokolade von Rachel Rep, ©WDR 2014 (50’) 90 - WDR Hörspiel Der Lärm beim Absturz (1/2) von Juan Gabriel Vásquez, ©WDR 2013 (46’) 91 - WDR Hörspiel Der Lärm beim Absturz (2/2) von Juan Gabriel Vásquez, ©WDR 2013 (54’) 92 - Das Glück der Anderen 93 - WDR Hörspiel Der rasende Roland von Dieter Kühn, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 94 - Fernes Land 95 - Commissario Brunetti: Wie durch ein dunkles Glas 96 - WDR Hörspiel Der Tod des Archivars von Christian Udo Eichner und Tristan Vostry , ©WDR 2014 (54’) 97 - WDR Hörspiel Fischsuppe von Guy Helminger, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 98 - WDR Hörspiel Captain Crunch von Evrim Sen und Denis Moschitto, ©WDR 2014 (53’) 99 - WDR Hörspiel Das Milliardengrab - Tom Felskis letzter Fall von Thilo Reffert, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 100 - WDR Hörspiel Flüchtlinge im Ruhestand von Mirjam Strunk, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 101 - WDR Hörspiel Bruderliebe von Yves Ravey, ©WDR 2013 (52’) 102 - Wir machen durch bis morgen früh 103 - WDR Hörspiel Conan Baby von Philipp Karau und Mark Schröppel, ©WDR 2014 (53’) 104 - Commissario Brunetti: Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen 105 - WDR Hörspiel Da oben ist es voll von Jens Rachut, ©WDR 2014 (52’) 106 - WDR Hörspiel Dann sind wir Helden von Jochen Rausch, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 107 - WDR Hörspiel Die Nordlandfahrer von Philip Stegers, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 108 - WDR Hörspiel Darwins Lücke von Eugen Egner, ©WDR 2014 (52’) 109 - Zu mir oder zu dir? 110 - WDR Hörspiel Die Unruhe der Stella Federspiel von Peter Stephan Jungk, ©WDR 2014 (54’) 111 - WDR Hörspiel Imaginäre Gespräche von Walter Savage Landor, ©WDR 2013 (47’) 112 - WDR Hörspiel Manchmal sind Pilze einfach nur Pilze – Szenen aus einem Missverständnis von Carey Harrison, ©WDR 2013 (53’) 113 - Das Lächeln der Frauen 114 - WDR Hörspiel Moment, das wird Sie ineressieren! von Stefan Weigl, ©WDR 2013 (38’) 115 - WDR Hörspiel Opferfläche von Eva Karnofsky, ©WDR 2014 (49’) PLANS FOR 2015 I have decided to abstain from making resolutions for next year: there’s no point since I’m incapable of keeping to a plan. As of this writing, I haven’t even made up my mind on whether I should join TAC’15. But there are a couple of guidelines that I wouldn’t mind if I could follow: - avoid starting any new languages - stop buying textbooks and other materials and just use the many that I already have (or I can borrow from the library). The two are correlated: I’ve hoarded materials for too many TLs, but apart from my staples (English, German, Swedish), I’ve mainly dabbled with languages without seemingly getting anywhere. Right now, I think I’d be better off concentrating on fewer languages but delving more in depth, rather than skimming the surface of yet another shiny new TL. Even so, considering that in the past I’ve toyed (with varying degrees of seriousness) with French, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, Latin, Chinese, and Japanese I think I’ve more than enough options to choose from! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| agantik Triglot Senior Member France Joined 4636 days ago 217 posts - 335 votes Speaks: French*, English, Italian Studies: German, Norwegian | Message 344 of 360 30 December 2014 at 9:51pm | IP Logged |
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Wow! Hats off! I'm really amazed at the amount of work you've accomplished!
Thanks for the kind words in my log and for all the useful ressources you've compiled in the course of the year. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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