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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 9 of 20 28 April 2011 at 11:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting topic. I think for me my most successful language learning time takes place in the winter and summer. The summer, obviously, because I have plenty of time since I don't have school and can dedicate all my time to my language studies. I'm not sure why I can work well in the winter though. I think the cold just makes me concentrate better.
In contrast, spring and autumn always seem to be hectic times for me, and my language studies suffer. I honestly can't remember what I was working on for my studies in say, September or October, and the past two months have been frighteningly unproductive. Edited by ellasevia on 28 April 2011 at 11:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5240 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 20 29 April 2011 at 1:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I probably learn more in the summer, as I'm not in school or teaching. I love to get up early, head outside before
the sun gets hot, spread my things out on a table in the shade, and study until there's no shade to be found! Although I've "studied" languages during semesters, most of my real progress has come through my slow summer morning ritual. Soon, soon .... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5023 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 20 29 April 2011 at 1:46am | IP Logged | ||
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I think for me, winter, as theres not much to do and a lot of time is spent in doors.
I think real life is more likely to come knocking in the summer! Edited by dbag on 29 April 2011 at 1:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 12 of 20 29 April 2011 at 8:19pm | IP Logged | ||
I will arrive in 18 hours with 7 kids. Your summer is over buddy ! PS They are not all my kids. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lightning Groupie United Kingdom livelanguagelove.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5339 days ago 58 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 13 of 20 02 May 2011 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't have a specific season but I do have a specific weather - rainy days. When it's raining outside I don't feel so bad about being sat, cooped up in the house over a language book. ;)
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5968 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 20 02 May 2011 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm able to do my best in the summer. I'm not sure why, but I usually do the hardest reading (both fiction and nonfiction) in the summer months, and I have better success with language learning, too, despite the heat.
That's kind of strange because I dislike any temperature that is not 75 degrees Fahrenheit. All the bookstores I know have "summer beach reading" promotions of light, fun reading, but to me that doesn't make much sense. I like lighter fare sometimes too, but my energy is usually better in the summer so I get more difficult things done. I think it was different back when I was in school, though. Back then I just wanted to recover from all the work of the school year. But now that's a long time ago so I work according to a different schedule (if you can call it a schedule!). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5925 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 15 of 20 02 May 2011 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I do my worst studying in the spring. Spring is my least favorite season. I always get sick this time of year, due to allergies, which slows me down especially in regard to starting new languages. Summer is sometimes a good season for me to study languages, or anyhting else, but the nice weather can be distracting sometimes.
My best seasons for studying seem to be fall and winter. I think colder weather is better for studying, as I am less tempted to be outside doing other things . 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6086 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 16 of 20 02 May 2011 at 8:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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How I wish the weather could be more of a factor in my language learning. Then I could say, "Well, I couldn't finish that Assimil chapter because the sun was in my eyes" or "my feet were cold." Instead I have to figure out where the lost time is going. If I'm doing well it's because I concentrate despite everything else going on around me -- which would be something akin to a tornado, I suppose..
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