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| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 49 of 128 13 January 2010 at 10:39am | IP Logged |
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Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm fighting the desire to start learning Italian. This year I have to finish my thesis, so I have to postpone it. Contending myself with acquiring the material.
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| annette Senior Member United States Joined 5497 days ago 164 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* | Message 50 of 128 15 January 2010 at 10:44pm | IP Logged |
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Italian is so cool! I know nothing about the language itself, of course, but it just
sounds so pretty and of course the food is excellent. I'm really tempted to start another language myself, whether it be German at long last or something else, but I know that the instant I give in to the temptation to buy beautiful new textbooks, there'll be no stopping me from abandoning my Chinese! Good luck on your thesis!! Go teammate! :) Edited by annette on 15 January 2010 at 10:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 51 of 128 21 January 2010 at 9:18am | IP Logged |
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Thanx, annette!
Time for the weekly update: Spanish: - reading Harry Potter y el Caliz del Fuego - covered 237 pages out of 590; - watched the movies "Este Cuerpo no es mio" and "Harry Potter y el caliz del fuego". I feel my level of comprehension of what is being said in the movies really increases. I sometimes don't catch the idea if smb speaks very rapidly, or if there is some background noise, but it gets better and better. And I began thinking in Spanish! So the progress is obvious and I'm very happy about it! Mandarin: - again listened to ChinesePod Elementary podcasts a lot; - worked at the dialogues "Have you ever been to Beijing?", "A ticket to Suzhou", Surfing Online", "What do you do?", "Where's my class?", "Do I look good in this?", "This room is too small"; - studied grammar from the textbook; - Anki 387 entires. Edited by dragonfly on 21 January 2010 at 2:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 52 of 128 28 January 2010 at 9:01pm | IP Logged |
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Weekly update.
Spanish: - watched "Harry Potter y la Orden del Fenix" (en el espanol, naturalmente); - listened to 4 chapters of "Harry Potter y la Camara Secreta"; - read "Harry Potter y el Caliz del Fuego" - 513 page out of 590 covered. It really seems that I'm having too much of Harry Potter. Mandarin: - listened to ChinesePod Elementary podcasts; - thoroughly studied "Mother's birthday", "Football", "Calling in Sick", "Pets", "How Embarrassing", "Nationalities", "Disliking Others", "Your baby looks like you"; - Anki 465 facts. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 53 of 128 05 February 2010 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
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Weekly update
Spanish: - listened to 4 more chapters of "Harry Potter y la Camara Secreta"; - finished "Harry Potter y el Caliz del Fuego" - 590 pages. Mandarin: only revision (writing of the difficulat characters, scriptorium of the dialogues). I think, I'll spend one more week on revision to let the information sink in. January review: I can say I'm satisfied with myself (as we Russians say, if you don't praise yourself, nobody is going to praise you). It was rather productive Mandarin-wise, as I worked A LOT with Chinesepod podcasts, though the textbook and Pimsleur were neglected. I think I'll take a break from Chineepod and get down to them this month. As for Spanish, it was also OK as I read 2 books and watched 8 movies, and did some listening. It is going to be less Spanish this month, as I'm ready to turn back to German, because I came across the material that I find rather interesting. I'm planning to work with Top-Thema articles and accompanying sound (http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,8031,00.html). Edited by dragonfly on 05 February 2010 at 1:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| annette Senior Member United States Joined 5497 days ago 164 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* | Message 54 of 128 06 February 2010 at 5:50pm | IP Logged |
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I like that Russian saying! ;) Good luck with the textbook and Pimsleur, it'll be
interesting to see if you feel like you're covering some things too many times after so much Chinesepod. Edited by annette on 06 February 2010 at 5:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 55 of 128 12 February 2010 at 12:17pm | IP Logged |
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Weekly update:
Spanish: - watched the movies "Un trabajo embarazoso" and "Una pareja de tres" Ambos son melodramas con elementos de comedia, me parece. La primera trata de una joven que tine el trabajo de secretaria que no le gusta nada. Pero ella tiene que trabajar para cuidar por su hermana menor. Su jefe quire arrojar la, por eso tiene que decir que esta embarazada. Y sus asuntos empiezan a mejorar! Claro que un momento se descubrio el enganio, pero todo termina vien. No se si esta situacion es tipico por US, pero en nuestra pais a los jefes no le gusta emplear a muchachas jovenes porque pueden embarazarse! Tengo que ver esta peli la segunda vez porque tenia problemas con comprension. La segunda peli se trata de una pareja joven que compra un perro de character y comportamiento extranios, y el se hace el parte de su vida. Nunca he tenido ningun perro, pero esta historia me conmovio. - listened to 1 more chapter of "Harry Potter y la Camara Secreta"; - read 85 pages of "La Rebellion de Atlas" out of 1674 (yeah, it is going to be a long read) - thanks Sprachjunge, I learned about this book from his journal. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6470 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 56 of 128 12 February 2010 at 12:46pm | IP Logged |
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Manadarin:
- worked at the second tale of the reader; - studied the new characters from the textbook; - Anki 515 facts; - did some revision of Chinesepod; - listened to Pimsleur II, units 1-8. Annette: Some things are repeated, but not that much, so I find listening to Pimsleur rather useful (esp. for tones). And I can listen to every unit only once or twice, as everything is clear. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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