dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4663 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese
| Message 321 of 360 30 November 2014 at 12:10pm | IP Logged |
Emme wrote:
First a little gloating:
Double Super Challenge in English: Done! Yay for me! :-)
Yesterday I finally logged my 10,000th page read and my 180,000th minute watched for the
Super Challenge, so I’ve officially achieved the Double Super Challenge which was the
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Many congratulations. That's more English reading than I've managed this year :-)
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Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian
| Message 322 of 360 30 November 2014 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
Congratulations Emme! It is a huge achievement that will pay off during the years and
decades to come. :-)
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Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 323 of 360 12 December 2014 at 8:25pm | IP Logged |
@Radioclare
Thanks! Adding Margaret Atwood to any reading list is a great idea. Totally recommended!
@dampingwire
Thank you! I have to admit that I don’t usually read so many books in my native language either! ;-)
@Cavesa
Thanks! I don’t think I’ve realized yet what an achievement finishing the Double Super Challenge was. I’m probably still coming to terms with the fact that I’ve actually completed it. Give me a few more months and maybe I’ll begin to feel proud of what I did. Especially if I come to a complete stop in my English reading, which seems quite possible right now.
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Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian
| Message 324 of 360 13 December 2014 at 6:23pm | IP Logged |
It is a huge achievement, I am still struggling with my ASCS (advanced super challenge
residuals) and I turned the 200/200 into a long term fight :-D So, I totally admire
you've already finished :-)
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Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 325 of 360 16 December 2014 at 10:26pm | IP Logged |
Cavesa wrote:
[...]I turned the 200/200 into a long term fight [...] |
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I agree. Turning the 200/200 into a multi-year project is the only reasonable thing to do. Back in the day I rejected the idea of the “Advanced” Super Challenge because I thought it too crazy.
But now that I’ve finished the Double Super Challenge (new rules) I’m reconsidering the “original” Super Challenge (100/100x20months/old rules). The fact is that since I posted my 200th book unit I’ve practically stopped reading. That’s frustrating when coming down from a year of voracious reading. So it looks like I may need a new push to keep me going.
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Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 326 of 360 16 December 2014 at 10:29pm | IP Logged |
Here are my last two efforts for TAC’14 and Team Asgard.
[Corrections are always welcome]
November Challenge: Scandinavian Art Music
Edvard Grieg var en kompositör från Norge. Han var en företrädare för den senromantiken. Han föddes 1843 i Bergen och dog där 1907. Han studerade musik vid Leipzigs konservatorium där han skrev tiolalet verk. Grieg gav sin första konsert 1861 och på 1860-talet var han länge på konsertresor i Skandinavien, Tyskland, Italien, Frankrike, England och Ryssland.
Norska folkmusiken och norska naturen präglar Griegs kompositioner och gör honom till en nationalromantiker. Det betyder att han spelade en viktig roll i utvecklingen av den norska nationalidentiteten.
Peer Gynt är musiken Grieg komponerade till Ibsens pjäs med samma namn som hade premiär 1876 i Oslo (som kallades Christiania på den tiden). Från musiken valde Grieg ut åtta av satserna som han utgav som Svit No. 1, Op. 46, och Svit No. 2, Op. 55. Ett par av dessa satser har tagit plats i populärkulturen: I bergakungens sal och Morgonstämning har arrangerats av många artister. Det finns, till exempel, en jazztolkning (Duke Ellington) och en rocktolkning (The Who) av I bergakungens sal och båda styckena använts ofta i TV- och radioreklam och som filmmusik.
December Challenge
I år har jag tyvärr förkovrat mig bara lite i svenska därför att, under större delen av året, har jag slarvat med läxor och pluggat dåligt. I själva verket har jag inte använt klassiska läroböcker, men jag har tittat mycket på TV och läst många artiklar på nätet. Det betyder att jag har fokuserat på passiva färdigheter, såsom att läsa och att lyssna. I höst har det funnits några “Team Challenges” här på forumet som har fått mig att upptäcka konst och kultur från Skandinavien. Det var stimulerande, men samtidigt krävande, särskilt när jag försökte att skriva referat.
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 327 of 360 16 December 2014 at 10:37pm | IP Logged |
Um, haven't you already completed the old-style challenge with your 200/200?
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Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5345 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French
| Message 328 of 360 16 December 2014 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
Yes and no.
What I was thinking about was the “original” original Super Challenge – before the rules were changed to accommodate the fact that for most people 100 books aren’t a realistic goal in any language, let alone when reading in a L2.
So I’m kind of considering aiming for 100 books and not “book units”, but I’m a little scared of committing to a challenge way beyond my possibilities. I know that math is on my side and if I could keep up the pace of the first 8 months or so of the challenge, reaching 100 books is not totally out of the question, but in the last few weeks my productivity has dramatically decreased and I don’t know whether the problem is burn-out or simply lack of focus due to the fast-approaching finish line. If the latter, setting a new goal would spurn me on and get me back to reading. If the former, the last thing I need is forcing me to read more when I don’t feel like it.
That’s my conundrum. Any thoughts? Anyone?
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