Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 1 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
Herewith my TAC2011 self-challenge: completing specific study resources for both French and German languages and acquiring a particular number of vocabulary items in Japanese, all by the end of 2011. I will use this log simply to record my progress, and will continue to maintain a separate log (20 in 20) for my more narrative ramblings.
French (mostly during the first half of the year):
200 hours of study
200 hours of active listening to French media (movies, television, radio, audiobooks, podcasts)
FSI Basic (I and II)
FSI Phonology (for a second time)
Le petit prince and En attendant Godot
BBC: French Steps, Talk French, Ma France and French Experience (parts 1 and 2)
Michel Thomas, Advanced French
French.about.com – 200 article pages or activities
German (mostly during the second half of the year):
250 hours of study
Michel Thomas, Beginner German
Pimsleur I, II and III
FSI, Programmed Introduction
FSI , Basic
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht (all four series)
BBC, German Steps
German.about.com – Beginners Lessons (twenty units)
Japanese vocabulary (throughout the entire year):
1000 new kanji (continuing with Heisig's Remembering the Kanji)
1000 new words via kana
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 2 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:13pm | IP Logged |
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO APRIL 2, 2011
First quarter - assessment to date
French study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 3 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged |
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO JULY 2, 2011
Second quarter – assessment to date
French study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)
Japanese kana: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 4 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged |
TO BE COMPLETED ON OR CLOSE TO October 1, 2011
Third quarter - assessment to date
French study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
French media: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal)
German study: xxx hours (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual gal)
Japanese kanji: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% towards annual goal)
Japanese kana: xxx (on/behind/ahead of schedule at xx% of annual goal
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 5 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:15pm | IP Logged |
(TO BE COMPLETED ON OR PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2011)
End of year assessment:
I was mostly (a) awesome or (b) awful this year (cross out whichever does not apply, once I get here).
Goals completed (because I am awesome):
(nothing yet)
Goals not completed (because I am awful and lazy):
French
200 hours of study
200 hours of active listening to French media (movies, television, radio)
FSI Basic I
FSI Basic II
FSI Phonology (again)
Le petit prince
En attendant Godot
BBC: French Steps,
BBC: Talk French
BBC: Ma France
BBC: French Experience, part 1
BBC, French Experience, part 2
Michel Thomas, Advanced French
French.about.com – 200 article pages or activities
German
250 hours of study
Michel Thomas, Beginner German
Pimsleur I
Pimsleur II
Pimsleur III
FSI, Programmed Introduction
FSI , Basic
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht , series 1
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht , series 2
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht . series 3
Deutsche Welle, Warum Nicht, series 4
BBC, German Steps
German.about.com – Beginners Lessons (twenty units)
Japanese vocabulary
1000 new kanji from Heisig's Remembering the Kanji
1000 new words via kana
Edited by Spanky on 22 December 2010 at 8:19pm
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 6 of 22 22 December 2010 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
copy/paste template for weekly updating
Week xx – , 2011
French study: hours
French media: hours
German study: hours
Japanese – kanji:
Japanese – kana:
Japanese study/review hours:
French material:
German material:
Edited by Spanky on 09 January 2011 at 1:32am
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5947 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 8 of 22 24 December 2010 at 6:23pm | IP Logged |
Vielen Dank, Kuikentje,
Malheureusement, en ce moment, je ne sais pas assez de la langue allemand pour te répondre en allemand. Peut-être l'année prochaine?
Regards,
Spanky et son Küken
Edited by Spanky on 24 December 2010 at 6:53pm
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