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| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 4006 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 441 of 766 07 July 2014 at 12:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
Me too! I want to start learning and participate in the next Super Challenge with Spanish, but I figure I ought to at least learn my French to a higher level first! :). But yes, sometime in 2015, I plan to start learning Spanish, and have already started an Evernote notebook on Spanish resources, collecting links, other people's plans of how they learned Spanish, etc, favorite podcasts, books to read, etc! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5333 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 442 of 766 07 July 2014 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I love you guys :-) When I think I am getting obsessed with my language studies to the point of approaching
actual insanity, there are people even more dedicated than I, who actually make me feel like a slacker. Big Norwegian bear hug coming your way :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4261 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 443 of 766 07 July 2014 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
Spanish for me, too, next time...or maybe Italian?? Spent a week in France with the in-laws last week, and was pleasantly surprised by how nice it was to not have to fumble around in French for my words. The intensive reading and watching put my brain in French mode: I made many fewer mistakes in speaking than I have in a very long time. After getting the French up to speed, will be ready to focus on a new challenge next time ;-). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 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 444 of 766 07 July 2014 at 10:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I *think* I'll focus on a smaller number of languages next time, though I see ppl are straying away from 1-2 languages at a time anyway :D Like, Kerrie is now registered with six :)
Given how many books I already own in Italian, and how for me it's currently the easiest language to get e-books in (thanks to ibs.it), I'm pretty sure I'll do it again. If things go well I should be aiming for advanced fluency by then. Swedish seems likely too (much less advanced obv). Perhaps also something like Dutch/Catalan/Galician/Bulgarian. If I forget Russian in the process, will you let me sign up with it? ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4143 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 445 of 766 07 July 2014 at 11:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
This made me laugh out loud! I'm sticking with Tagalog and Spanish until next summer…but I'm thinking that my next language after that will be Russian. So I'll be able to help you out if you get stuck. Ha! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5333 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 446 of 766 08 July 2014 at 1:55am | IP Logged | |||||
Yep :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5475 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 447 of 766 08 July 2014 at 3:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm trying as hard as I can to not add Spanish lately... it's been touch and go at times, but I've seen the light &
am sticking to French and Dutch (Dutch courses) only. French is my only language in the SC at the moment and I don't intend on adding any to my SC as I prefer to feel like I've gained a bit of a grounding via courses first. So I can't say I'm considering adding more languages to my current or next SC but I'm certainly tempted to start Spanish courses. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4888 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 448 of 766 09 July 2014 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
Fun! I never have the patience to read and re-read long books or do L/R the proper way, so I'll probably do this with short stories (I'm too American that way, I think. I always want to finish and then start something new). I found a good one for French: L'homme qui plantait des arbes, an eleven page story by Jean Giono. I really like Giono's writing (Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring), and this sounds like one I could read & listen to multiple times. Also, it's in the public domain and free online. From Wikipedia: L'homme qui plantait des arbres, also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, The Most Extraordinary Character I Ever Met, and The Man Who Planted Hope and Reaped Happiness, is an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953. It tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps in Provence throughout the first half of the 20th century. Free links: text Film d'animation by Frédéric Back for Radio-Canada. This won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1987. audio _____________________________ I'm still looking for a good Italian choice. edit: strike that! I just found some good links for Le avventure di Pinocchio. There is a 4:46 hour recording on Librivox (also on iTunes) and a free kindle version on Amazon. Edited by kanewai on 10 July 2014 at 12:22am 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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