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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 25 of 35 02 April 2011 at 4:24am | IP Logged | ||
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No, don't worry, it's working, if your username is sizzlewriter – I can see your update in my timeline. The bot takes a little while to respond sometimes. (BTW I hope you don't mind, I'm following you! I want to make a little Tadoku-community to motivate myself.)
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| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5987 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 26 of 35 02 April 2011 at 11:51am | IP Logged | ||
I think a lot of people are at the "book stage" before they realize. It takes a little while to get used to reading a book where there are lots of words that you don't know, but it is possible, and it also helps. It's easier with languages that are close to something that you know, but if you're at A2 or better then there's a lot you can learn from books. Also, each book has its own flavour. I find that when I switch to a new book, it will feel a lot harder for the first 10-15 pages, because there are certain words and structures that the new author likes to use. I tend to spend a little bit more time on intensive reading at the start (if necessary), to get some of the new vocab nailed down, but then I continue reading through and pick out maybe 3 words per page to look up later. Sometimes instead of highlighting and looking them up later, I'll pick 1 word per page and type it into an online dictionary for a fast check. My priority is just to not interrupt the flow of the story. It's usually better to skip over more unknown words in order to just try to get the main ideas of the story as you go, and then the whole process becomes much more fun. Audiobooks are especially helpful for this, because they don't slow down. They'll keep you plowing through that book at a steady pace, with no time to worry about which words you know and which you don't know, so then you learn to pay more attention while you keep moving. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5124 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 27 of 35 02 April 2011 at 12:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks, Jinx. I will follow you too. Off to read!
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| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5444 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 28 of 35 02 April 2011 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have also joined the challenge, and find it very interesting. I am currently having a rank of 5, which is good for a newbie, but as an avid reader, I want more so I think I am going to get back to reading.
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6471 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 29 of 35 04 April 2011 at 10:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Nice reference for everyone: http://digitalartificer.com/railed/ranking.php
Considering my present reading speed in my chosen languages, I don't think I can compete for the top. Choosing languages I know better, such as French or Esperanto or even Italian, would allow me to post higher page counts, but then I wouldn't be improving the languages that really need it. It is crazy how much more I'm reading, compared to normally. Whenever I finish a task, I feel the urge to read something next, basically exploiting all idle time to read in my target languages. It's AWESOME. I hope that after one month it will have become a habit. It has been a long-time wish of mine to incorporate more Chinese reading into my life and I've never been able to do it because I still read painfully slow in Chinese. It's improving though. My goals are to have a daily average of 50+ pages (counting all languages), to remain in the top 20 and to try to beat two friends of mine who are also participating. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5124 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 30 of 35 11 April 2011 at 2:40am | IP Logged | ||
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How's the reading challenge going for everyone?
As a first-year student of Mandarin, currently dealing with a bit of upheaval at home, I'm not reading tons of pages. But I still find it a very useful thing. Just knowing I need to tweet about my reading makes me drag out my book even when it's late and I'm tired. I get a thrill when I recognize a vocabulary word for the first time in a "real" text as opposed to a textbook, and this encounter really helps the words stick. I get a better sense of what are high- frequency words. I probably wouldn't have pushed through this book if I weren't doing the challenge, so in effect, I'm adding 15 extra minutes of study most days, which has to help. Plus, it's fun. I love to read, and really want to be able to read Chinese, and the only way to get there at this point is to practice. Speaking of which, I should get off this forum and GO READ!!!! Good luck to all my fellow Tadoku-ers. Edited by Li Fei on 11 April 2011 at 2:41am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5987 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 31 of 35 12 April 2011 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Ya, I'm in the middle of getting rid of things here in Germany so that I can move back to Canada, so pretty busy too. But that's how life goes. The trick is finding all those "in-between" times where you can fit in some reading. It's always easier to fit it in when it's a story that you can really get into, because then it doesn't feel so much like "studying".
I'm finding that the competition is helping me too, since I'm getting more reading done now than I was a few weeks ago. I'm slowly trying to remove my bad websurfing habits, and to also get outside for exercise more, but the reading time is also steadily increasing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 32 of 35 12 April 2011 at 7:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm loving Tadoku! Instant fan, right here. Admittedly I haven't read that much – just a couple hundred pages, and almost all of it for school – but I find that knowing the "clock is ticking" causes me to make better use of all those inbetween-times when I could be reading! It's lots of fun. How often does this challenge take place, by the way? I hope it's not just once a year!
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