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Crush
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 Message 9 of 45
22 December 2014 at 1:05pm | IP Logged 
I wouldn't worry so much about the "Am I boring you?" aspect, especially if it's only a minute or two. People listening to it will be going there to give you feedback on your Spanish, so the most important thing will be to actually give them something to give feedback on. Also, i think talking about your hobbies or something that actually interests you will keep people's attention much better than a monotone reading of a news story. And who knows? You might also meet a Spanish speaker or two who share your interests.

I agree that conversations are really ideal and much easier to do than just talking to a computer screen. But if you're going to talk about something, it might as well be something you've actually got something to say about. Another option is just to record a Skype conversation.
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Arthaey
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 Message 10 of 45
22 December 2014 at 3:25pm | IP Logged 
Okay, a 51-second recording is up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUU3JxNJVNk

That was me reading ]my own blog post: http://arthaey.blogspot.com/2014/12/en-california-con-la-fam ilia.html

Listening to it, I do agree that recording myself not reading from something will be better. I'll give a less "scripted" approach a try next.

Edited by Arthaey on 27 December 2014 at 12:39am

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Stelle
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 Message 11 of 45
22 December 2014 at 4:13pm | IP Logged 
Arthaey wrote:

I'm spending at least one week taking a Mexican cooking & Mexican politics classes at
two different language schools. Other than that, I'm playing it very much by ear (heh, no
language-learning pun intended) and mostly relying on travel/immersion.


That sounds wonderful. I'm envious!!!
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 Message 12 of 45
22 December 2014 at 7:59pm | IP Logged 
Hi!
I've been following you on Twitter since the Tadoku in Jan 2012 when we both did Spanish and German :) Great to see you on HTLAL too!
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Cavesa
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 Message 13 of 45
23 December 2014 at 12:37pm | IP Logged 
Hello, teammate! I wish you an awesome year, great progress and safe travels.

Don't worry about not giving cerf estimates, those are just one of the various ways to
describe your skills and perhaps a little bit overestimated one among us these days ;-)

And don't worry about boring people either. Most people following vlogs of language
learners are not likely to be bored by your topics and the others are free not to watch.
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Arthaey
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 Message 14 of 45
23 December 2014 at 10:53pm | IP Logged 
You folks are awesome, thanks for the encouragement! :)
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Arthaey
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 Message 15 of 45
24 December 2014 at 12:35pm | IP Logged 
Acabo de mirar Abandonar el planeta Tierra, un documental de NatGeo que dura una hora y media. Como un fan de ciencia ficción, me gustaba este video y lo recomendaría si tienes flexibilidad en lo que puedes "creer". :)

Las voces de los entrevistados, quienes hablan inglés, están un poco fuertes en comparación a las del doblados. Me distraían de vez en cuando, pero a pesar de eso, fue una hora y media de práctica de español que me lo encontraba entretenido.

* ¿o quizás "ruidosas"?

Edited by Arthaey on 27 December 2014 at 12:39am

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Arthaey
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 Message 16 of 45
27 December 2014 at 12:39am | IP Logged 
(edited the first log post to include my estimated CEFR levels)


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