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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5343 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 1 of 5 01 July 2011 at 8:37am | IP Logged | ||
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Well I decided to redo my Assimil course again simply because I didn't bother to do the
audio from the beginning. Now I restarted the course and listen to the audio religiously. I can say that my listening has improved a lot. But the only problem is I cannot understand when the actors starts telling time in the dialogues and also money. I just simply cannot comprehend it. I also have some trouble with the separable prefixes. But other than that I'm pretty sure, I've gotten better in German, I would like to believe. Now that's out of the way. I was wondering, how I should go about doing the vocabulary portion. Should I shove every word I come across into a flashcard application and do it that way or what. Because I don't want to struggle again when I get back to the translation wave (2nd wave). I'm just wanting opinions on others how they go about keeping the vocabulary well deep into their brains to remember it. I listen to all the audio from 1 to the current one every few days. So that's about 30+ minutes non-stop. This is the only problem I'm currently wondering about except for the issues I have above. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5270 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 2 of 5 02 July 2011 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I usually don't try to learn religiously the vocabulary. I use Teach Yourself books for practically all languages. I supplement my Finnish studies with the Assimil. Normally I read and listen to the dialogues so that I can recite them after a while. I try to learn the vocabulary during these listening sessions, but there will be some words that I just can't remember instantly. I just write them on a paper and also the translation and just leave it on my table. And whenever I have some free time, I just take the piece of paper with the vocabulary and read it - just do some drills for a certain period of time - it depends on the amount of the words, but I try not to exceed 10 words per unit (Whether it be Teach Yourself or Assimil) - usually 10 word lists take 5 minutes of my time. And the I leave the paper and read it again, when I see it after a while after doing something else. At some point it is useless, but when after a few weeks you will return to review the previous chapters (I normally do it), you will see that you know all the words and understand the dialogues, sentences or whatever perfectly.
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| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6123 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 5 03 July 2011 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I take the sentences from Assimil that have words I have problems with and put them into Anki. I'm amazed at how often I subsequently find similar expressions elsewhere, in magazines, movies etc - I guess it's because Assimil is so colloquial.
For numbers, I find the best thing is to get a book of raffle tickets, tear them off and put them into a container. Draw them out and say the number in your target language, until you can produce the output instantly. Then get a basic math exercise book, and do the exercises orally in your target language. You can also make cards for times and dates, keeping hours and minutes in separate piles (to minimise cards needed and maximise randomness), and similarly for dates. A suitably computer-savvy person could create a random generator in no time, I'm sure. And finally, whenever I'm reading or listening in my native language, and I see/hear a time or date, I immediately attempt to translate it into my target language. It's just a matter of practice. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5021 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 5 03 July 2011 at 1:14am | IP Logged | ||
This is fantastic. I am going to copy this idea. I have just (today) finished the pasive wave, and yes, I too find that when I look at past lessons, I have forgotten some vocabulary. I dont think I'll bother with anki or anything, at least not with the vocab you find in Assimil. I think lots of shadowing and re reading lessons will do the trick. I just like the fact that all the vocabulary is presented in context, and that you can reinforce it while practicing reading, listening speaking etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5343 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 5 of 5 03 July 2011 at 2:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, I'm going to re-read it when the new Assimil book comes out for German. New German
with Ease iirc will be the name. Should be out this month unless they changed it. While also doing the Living Language German Beginner/Advanced books also, to pick up vocabulary that is not in Assimil. I already owned these books before I had bought Assimil. Hopefully, I will get better in French, then I can use the French Advanced German book. ;D. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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