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Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 1 of 6 18 January 2012 at 3:53am \| IP Logged
	Hello everyone! This will be my second experiment to participate in a TAC, and I am looking forward to a fun and productive year. In TAC 2011 I didn't work so hard but this year I wish to have fun with languages. This year I'll be focusing on English, Spanish and Mandarin. Some words about me and my goals in TAC 2012. I was born in the USSR in the Belarusian SSR (now Republic of Belarus). Thus I have 2 native languages: Russian and Byelorussian. ENGLISH Background and level: I studied English at school for 6 years, than I have done a 2years English course in the university and after that forgot it for 7 years until 2008. In 2008 I Decided going to get an MBA and restored my English by myself. I attended to the The Beat The GMAT 2008 Scholarships and was one of the winners. So I got a chance to have a free GMAT course and need to improved my English. As I result in January 2009 I quit my job and went to the USA to have an ESL course and after than my GMAT course. When I arrived in the USA i was like a fish - I couldn't say nothing in English, my writing was poor, listening - "What do you speak? Repeat it slowly, please" :) My strong area was reading because I read a lot in English for a work purpose. At the end of my voyage I took a TOEFL and my result was 78 (B2 level, near C1 - http://secure.vec.bc.ca/toefl-equivalency- table.cfm). I didn't take the GMAT yet but I hope to do it in April 2012. Materials: Magazines (The Economist, Business week, etc), audio- and video-podcasts, TOEFL and GMAT preparation courses. Occasion to practice/trips: I need to take GMAT and TOEFL exam. Also I want to communicate with native speakers without problem :). SPANISH Background and level: I never learn it before but want to speak it because Spanish is a beautiful language! The Spanish friends of mine are open and optimistic and I wish to communicate with them in Spanish. Materials: I have FSI course, TY beginner Spanish, Assimil Using Spanish and other stuff. At the end of the year I want to mountain B1 level. Occasion to practice/trips: To speak with my friends and use for business needs. Also I like to read a Spanish literature, watch movies and so on. Mandarin Background and level: I never learn it and want to speak it because I like how German sounds! It's strange but I really enjoy listen the Chinese conversation. Materials: I have a lot of Chinese stuff. At the end of the year I want to mountain A1, may be A2 level. HOW I CAN HELP YOU? If you learn Russian or Byelorussian I'll like to help you. Also I’ll appreciate any comments, questions and/or suggestions. Good luck and keep in touch! Edited by Fasulye on 18 January 2012 at 5:57am 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 2 of 6 19 January 2012 at 6:41am \| IP Logged
	2012-01-18 review English Reading: I read a lot of material on the lingvoleo.ru. This site consist huge base and I can add new words to my dictionary during reading. I think I read 10'000 words. Writing: Nothing Listening: I listened 3 video podcasts from CNN and understood most of stuff. Speaking: Nothing. 1 person has voted this message useful
Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6623 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, Norwegian^C1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish	Message 3 of 6 19 January 2012 at 12:45pm \| IP Logged
	I thought your English was pretty good. I'm sure you will soon be ready to pass your test. You should check out the logs for team Sputnik. They are learning Russian and several of them are native speakers of English or Spanish, so I'm sure you could help each other out. I'm planning to learn Spanish and Mandarin too, but right now I'm still concentrating on Japanese. I've decided to cut down to one language at a time, which seems to work better for me. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 4 of 6 20 January 2012 at 5:17am \| IP Logged
	Thank you, @Brun Ugle! I tried to work in a team in 2011 but nothing was happen because from the middle of a year I finished the learning English and took care of my oldest son. So in 2012 I want to learn language separately. I suppose that I can learn 2 languages at one moment but for today I understand that one ones for me is enough. After that I decide to study Spanish and use only English books for this purpose. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 5 of 6 20 January 2012 at 5:18am \| IP Logged
	2012-01-19 review English Reading: I read articles from the nytimes.com and lingvoleo.ru. It was near 10'000 words in them. Writing: Nothing. Just publish my result in this blog. Listening: I listened 4 video podcasts from TED for total length an 1 hour. Speaking: Nothing. Learn words: I use a Lingvo Tutor to learn and review words. For this day I review and memorize near 50 words eevery of them was reviewed for 5 times. I think It's enough to learn and use it. Spanish I started the TY Basic Spanish and the Rocket Spanish courses. For both oof them I listened the first podcast and try to understand what they talking about. I think it's really good for my English too because those courses in English :). Spanish is a beautiful language and I wish to speak it until June 2012. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 6 of 6 24 January 2012 at 10:37am \| IP Logged
	During last 5 days I worked only with English. Firstly, I read a lot. This was my main exercise. Secondly, I listened a few podcasts in English where people discussed about MBA. On Sunday I had a 10 minute conversation with a Vietnamese guy, who also learn English. It was easy to understood him. Spanish just on the shelf :( but I hope to start it in few days. 1 person has voted this message useful

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Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 1 of 6 18 January 2012 at 3:53am \| IP Logged
	Hello everyone! This will be my second experiment to participate in a TAC, and I am looking forward to a fun and productive year. In TAC 2011 I didn't work so hard but this year I wish to have fun with languages. This year I'll be focusing on English, Spanish and Mandarin. Some words about me and my goals in TAC 2012. I was born in the USSR in the Belarusian SSR (now Republic of Belarus). Thus I have 2 native languages: Russian and Byelorussian. ENGLISH Background and level: I studied English at school for 6 years, than I have done a 2years English course in the university and after that forgot it for 7 years until 2008. In 2008 I Decided going to get an MBA and restored my English by myself. I attended to the The Beat The GMAT 2008 Scholarships and was one of the winners. So I got a chance to have a free GMAT course and need to improved my English. As I result in January 2009 I quit my job and went to the USA to have an ESL course and after than my GMAT course. When I arrived in the USA i was like a fish - I couldn't say nothing in English, my writing was poor, listening - "What do you speak? Repeat it slowly, please" :) My strong area was reading because I read a lot in English for a work purpose. At the end of my voyage I took a TOEFL and my result was 78 (B2 level, near C1 - http://secure.vec.bc.ca/toefl-equivalency- table.cfm). I didn't take the GMAT yet but I hope to do it in April 2012. Materials: Magazines (The Economist, Business week, etc), audio- and video-podcasts, TOEFL and GMAT preparation courses. Occasion to practice/trips: I need to take GMAT and TOEFL exam. Also I want to communicate with native speakers without problem :). SPANISH Background and level: I never learn it before but want to speak it because Spanish is a beautiful language! The Spanish friends of mine are open and optimistic and I wish to communicate with them in Spanish. Materials: I have FSI course, TY beginner Spanish, Assimil Using Spanish and other stuff. At the end of the year I want to mountain B1 level. Occasion to practice/trips: To speak with my friends and use for business needs. Also I like to read a Spanish literature, watch movies and so on. Mandarin Background and level: I never learn it and want to speak it because I like how German sounds! It's strange but I really enjoy listen the Chinese conversation. Materials: I have a lot of Chinese stuff. At the end of the year I want to mountain A1, may be A2 level. HOW I CAN HELP YOU? If you learn Russian or Byelorussian I'll like to help you. Also I’ll appreciate any comments, questions and/or suggestions. Good luck and keep in touch! Edited by Fasulye on 18 January 2012 at 5:57am 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 2 of 6 19 January 2012 at 6:41am \| IP Logged
	2012-01-18 review English Reading: I read a lot of material on the lingvoleo.ru. This site consist huge base and I can add new words to my dictionary during reading. I think I read 10'000 words. Writing: Nothing Listening: I listened 3 video podcasts from CNN and understood most of stuff. Speaking: Nothing. 1 person has voted this message useful
Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6623 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, Norwegian^C1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish	Message 3 of 6 19 January 2012 at 12:45pm \| IP Logged
	I thought your English was pretty good. I'm sure you will soon be ready to pass your test. You should check out the logs for team Sputnik. They are learning Russian and several of them are native speakers of English or Spanish, so I'm sure you could help each other out. I'm planning to learn Spanish and Mandarin too, but right now I'm still concentrating on Japanese. I've decided to cut down to one language at a time, which seems to work better for me. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 4 of 6 20 January 2012 at 5:17am \| IP Logged
	Thank you, @Brun Ugle! I tried to work in a team in 2011 but nothing was happen because from the middle of a year I finished the learning English and took care of my oldest son. So in 2012 I want to learn language separately. I suppose that I can learn 2 languages at one moment but for today I understand that one ones for me is enough. After that I decide to study Spanish and use only English books for this purpose. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 5 of 6 20 January 2012 at 5:18am \| IP Logged
	2012-01-19 review English Reading: I read articles from the nytimes.com and lingvoleo.ru. It was near 10'000 words in them. Writing: Nothing. Just publish my result in this blog. Listening: I listened 4 video podcasts from TED for total length an 1 hour. Speaking: Nothing. Learn words: I use a Lingvo Tutor to learn and review words. For this day I review and memorize near 50 words eevery of them was reviewed for 5 times. I think It's enough to learn and use it. Spanish I started the TY Basic Spanish and the Rocket Spanish courses. For both oof them I listened the first podcast and try to understand what they talking about. I think it's really good for my English too because those courses in English :). Spanish is a beautiful language and I wish to speak it until June 2012. 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander.Stoma Bilingual Triglot Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6306 days ago 59 posts - 63 votes Speaks: Russian, Belarusian, English^B2 Studies: Spanish	Message 6 of 6 24 January 2012 at 10:37am \| IP Logged
	During last 5 days I worked only with English. Firstly, I read a lot. This was my main exercise. Secondly, I listened a few podcasts in English where people discussed about MBA. On Sunday I had a 10 minute conversation with a Vietnamese guy, who also learn English. It was easy to understood him. Spanish just on the shelf :( but I hope to start it in few days. 1 person has voted this message useful