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| Bastet Diglot Pro Member United Kingdom Joined 5913 days ago 28 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 65 of 146 28 January 2010 at 10:55am | IP Logged |
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Wow, thanks for the response! You were right to start with "You ready"! I am taking it all in and devising my own "plan." I'm studying Romance languages, which I think in some ways will be easier and in others....I already find myself speaking in half Spanish, half French at times.
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| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes  Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 66 of 146 29 January 2010 at 3:53am | IP Logged |
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One benefit of this log is the planning space it provides. My language learning schedule has to be altered slightly to accommodate some satisfying developments in my life!
First, as I mentioned in my first log, I started out in college majoring in German, switched to math for two years, but this year dug deep in my soul and realized that I just love learning German, so I might as well do it with all my heart while I have the opportunity! Not everyone gets a passion in life, so I have to learn to just accept mine without feeling guilty. (I'm still working on this acceptance. I’m also still learning some finance on the side because I certainly intend to be employable if grad school is, for whatever reason, delayed.) I was all geared up for senior year when a random back infection essentially paralyzed my feet, so I had to take a semester off. (Don’t worry, the feet are completely better! In fact, I just successfully auditioned a hip-hop piece I choreographed for a campus show--the dancing shoes are firmly on again). Thus, this spring is the first semester of my senior year. Hm, I don’t know why this is really relevant…back to languages! Now that I am majoring in German again, geht es um die Wurst, if I may. In other words, it is critical that I improve my German so that it is genuinely college-worthy. FINALLY, the point: The new schedule is: Monday: Spanish Tuesday: German Wednesday: German Thursday: German Friday: Spanish Saturday: Russian Sunday: Russian This is to accommodate the fact that I have three hours of German on Tuesdays and Thursdays (pure heaven, I tells ya—nothing like having a native speaker as a professor—and there’s even a native speaker taking one course!). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 67 of 146 29 January 2010 at 4:38am | IP Logged |
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28.01.10 was a German day.
German: -reviewed possibly 20 Anki cards -audio clip/article: SIL 18.2 "Die PISA-Studie" Spanish: -reviewed all Anki cards -audio clip: Audiria 302: "Invitación para el ballet" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 68 of 146 30 January 2010 at 2:37am | IP Logged |
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29.01.10 was a Spanish day.
Spanish: -article: "Mallorca y sus castillos" -audio clip: Audiria 169 "Encuentro en la calle" German: -article/audio clip: "Interview mit der Leiter der Helene-Lange-Schule, Enja Riegel" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5613 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 69 of 146 30 January 2010 at 2:47pm | IP Logged |
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Dear Sprachjunge,
Congrats on switching back to German! Er also if it's "senior year" does that mean you have this semester and then one more to finish? Anyway I'm glad your back / feet are better! Ooh and so what German courses do you have? Viel Erfolg und Spass :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 70 of 146 31 January 2010 at 10:24am | IP Logged |
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Dear Quabazaa,
Thank you! It is a lot of fun, really absorbing. Yes, this means that I'll graduate this coming fall. I have three German courses: one comprises my thesis (which will continue until the fall), one is about tragedies (Fear and Pity), and the third is an introduction to 20th century German literature, from Kafka to Jelinek. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 71 of 146 31 January 2010 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
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30.01.10 was...another (freakin') German day.
German: -article/audio clip: "Städtemode aus Hamburg” -input some formulations from section 26 of the Collins English-German dictionary into Anki: "Essay writing" (there are multiple subsections to 26, so there's still quite a bit to cover) Spanish: -article: Read and Think: "Un paraíso en el Caribe” -audio clip: Audiria #253 “Prueba de Selectividad” So, of course the question is, what was I doing with the rest of my time? Well, I had to read: -30 pages of "Leutnant Gustl" by Arthur Schnitzler -1 and 2nd acts of Lessing's "Emilia Galotti" w/ notes (33 pages) One good thing about the new schedule is there is no danger of my German not being reviewed! I have yet to find an effective way to fit infrangible Russian learning into my schedule, however. Another week, another challenge! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachjunge Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 7169 days ago 368 posts - 548 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2 Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 72 of 146 01 February 2010 at 7:03am | IP Logged |
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31.01.10 was a review day.
German: -article/audio clip SIL 18.2: “Das Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen“ -writing sample on Lang-8: "Der Prozess des Zins und Zinsezins" -maybe 10 Anki cards Spanish: -audio clip: “En el zoológico” Audiria 183 -article: Read and Think Spanish “Varadero, arenas blancas” -writing sample on Lang-8: "La prueba para el baile" Thinking about how to tackle this Russian...better time management is in order, possibly coupled with a longer time frame. Like, being okay with just doing a Pimsleur lesson, but doing a Pimsleur lesson every day. Rumination time... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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