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| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 9 04 July 2008 at 12:54am | IP Logged | ||
I have been studying French for sometime and German now for the last month. Recently, I have decided to focus on these three languages: (Spanish, French, and German)
Plans for Spanish Completing the entire Learnables program. I have access to it all, so I am slowly going through all 4 levels. From my pace in German, I can finish one Learnables book in about 1.5 months (with enough spare time); Basic Structures and Grammar Enchancement will take me much longer, being more than 100 pages in length. I hope to finish the program within 3 years. Plans for German German will be a little more difficult, because entire Learnables curricula is not available for German. There are 8 books, all on cassettes that I will go through, and one book of Basic Structures. I will work through all the books, which I estimate will take me around 2 years to finish, and evaluate my progress from there. Plans for French Surprise, suprise I will also be using the Learnables! There are only 4 books available however, but I will continue to listen to French in Action until I can understand nearly everything being said. Due to time constrains, I have a feeling that I will eventually have to decide between German or Spanish, maybe even both during the school year. Until then, I wil continue to work diligently. I am especially excited to see how my accent will end up being after no speaking! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6249 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 9 13 July 2008 at 6:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Do you find learning Spanish and French together confusing, or do you find them easy not to mix up?
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| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 9 04 November 2009 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Ok wow it has been a long time, but other things took priority. Unfortunately, realistically, I really do not have time for 3 languages. I can barely even finish my homework!! I will continue French in school and at home with French in Action on DVD from time to time.
My library now has the complete Spanish learnables program. Seeing that I want to study abroad in Latin America this summer, I can now begin to test my theory on listening before speaking. I have spoken a little bit of Spanish before (Hola, basic phrases) and my friends take Spanish so I often hear their Spanish. I hope that won't mess up my pronunciation! Starting next week, I will work my way through the Learnables program. Absolutely no speaking, no translating, no memorizing. Just watch and listen. I may also use Destinos as another aid. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 4 of 9 09 November 2009 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
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yaay the Spanish Learnables arrived :)
Completed Lesson 1. I also got "Baby's First Words in Spanish", which might seem a bit silly but the slow songs and clear pronounciation are really helping me get a feel for the Spanish language. When not listening to French in Action, I might listen to Destinos/Spanish radio in the background. After listening to Lesson 30 of FIA, I have discovered that I no longer comprehend as much as I used to! My comprehension has decreased, which I suspect is due to my laziness.So I will need to double up on efforts of French. Whenever I am on the computer, French in Action is always playing in the background. By end of this year, I hope to comprehend 85-90% upto Lesson 21. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ninja Bunny Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5796 days ago 42 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Dutch, Danish, Mandarin, Afrikaans, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French | Message 5 of 9 09 November 2009 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
Not silly at all, I'm right with you. I found the Bilingual Baby series for a whole bunch of languages and it's been helpful with vocabulary drills at the beginning level. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 6 of 9 12 November 2009 at 7:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks! It's good to hear that I am not alone in listening to kid's music!
Completed Lesson 2 once & Lesson 3 once. I need to do each one 2 more times. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 7 of 9 14 November 2009 at 1:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Ok now I am at a dilemma! It's so frustrating. I go back and forth and back and forth between languages. I love German and I wish the library carried more Learnables for German. But I'm going to stick to Spanish!
I hope to go to Latin America this summer. That will be my motivation since Germany isnt an option until later! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrenchSilkPie Senior Member United States Joined 6621 days ago 125 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 9 27 November 2009 at 7:58am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow....how time escapes me! I must be more dutiful. I'm in love with German. It's so easy compared to Spanish, so for now its German. But I will try to listen to Spanish while I am sleeping.
Completed one episode of Lesson 11 for German 1 person has voted this message useful |
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