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| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 17 of 26 08 March 2011 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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sounds really good. You are interested in chess as well? You must encounter a lot of Russians! I should head over to livemocha too when I actually get the courage to speak to strangers
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| geordie Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5078 days ago 24 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 18 of 26 10 March 2011 at 4:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Nogoodnik: yes, I've been playing chess competitively since I was 12 :). In fact, that may be a part of what's inspiring me to learn Russian.
For one, I'll have easy access to Russian speakers through chess, especially once I move to Toronto. But more importantly, I'll be able to discern what my Russian opponents are saying to each other during the game! (it's common practice to walk around and chat during games at these events. One game usually lasts around 5 hours. I always assume they're either getting advice from their superiors or insulting me in some fashion. But it's probably just my paranoia talking...) 9 марта Pimsleur 1- lessons 21,22 --> 1 hr Gold List- 1 headlist, two 1st distillations --> 1 hr Living Language- p. 50-61 --> 0.5 hr Chess book in Russian --> 0.5 hr Today's study time: 3 hrs Grand total study time: 30 hrs 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geordie Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5078 days ago 24 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 19 of 26 12 March 2011 at 12:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Pimsleur 1 - lessons 23,24 Gold List - Three 1st distillations Living Language - p. 61 to 65 Total: 2 hrs Grand Total: 32 hrs 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geordie Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5078 days ago 24 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 20 of 26 12 March 2011 at 11:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Pimsleur 1-Lesson 25 Total: 0.5 hrs Grand total: 32.5 hrs I sang 'the impossible dream' for a fundraiser last night. Didn't have much time to study but I managed to squeeze in a Pimsleur lesson. No Russian yet today. I shall remedy that now. Edited by geordie on 14 March 2011 at 9:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| geordie Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5078 days ago 24 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 21 of 26 14 March 2011 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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12-14 марта
Pimsleur 1-lesson 26-30 Total: 2.5 hrs Grand total: 35 hrs I'm really enjoying Pimsleur. I've tried it with other languages before, but I find with Russian it's the perfect pace. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joanthemaid Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5461 days ago 483 posts - 559 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, German | Message 22 of 26 23 March 2011 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Do they have the right to get advice from superiors during a match?
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| geordie Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5078 days ago 24 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 23 of 26 24 March 2011 at 7:34pm | IP Logged | ||
Nope, no one's allowed to interfere in the games except for the tournament director. There's been a lot of talk lately about cheating in the chess world. The French Chess Federation just banned several of its top players for cheating, and here in Canada some kids have been accused of hiding in the bathroom and researching moves on their cell phones (some players even have a chess analysis programs installed on their phones...). I personally don't see the point. The strongest tournaments in Canada usually have a top prize of no more than $500. It's not worth it in my opinion :/ Luckily one can't really cheat in language learning :) 15-23 марта Pimsleur 2-Lesson 1 to 9 --> 2 hr Living Language --> 1 hr Harry Potter 7 in Russian w Eng subs --> 1 hr Twilight Book 1 in Russian --> 0.5 hr Grand total: 39.5 hrs I just realized how easy it is to get subtitles in any language! I didn't have English subtitles for Harry Potter so I googled "harry potter 7 English subtitles". I downloaded one in SRT file (at this point I have no idea what I'm doing and if it'll work or not). I tried loading it with windows media player, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. So I tried it with VLC player (video => subtitles track => load file) and it worked like a charm! The words were offset by about 40 seconds but I corrected that under Tools => Track synchronization and voila! Sooo glad I discovered this :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5325 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 24 of 26 02 April 2011 at 9:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Looks like you are back on tracks!How far did you get with Twilight in half an hour? I have all 4 books of the Twilight Saga in Russian on my shelf, but have not ventured to try to read them yet.
I tried a page and a half of The Little Prince today, reading the French version alongside, and it took me about 2 hours, plus I was exhausted. Hope you can show more progress! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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