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| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 105 of 451 01 June 2014 at 3:20am | IP Logged | ||
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Summary for May
French Courses: 5 hours Audio only: 1 hour Reading: 34 hours Watching: 48 hours 7 min May total: 88 hours 7 min (2nd best month in 2014) May avg/day: 2 hrs 50 min Current year total 2014: 437 hours 53 minutes Current year average/day 2014: 2 hours 53 minutes French flashcards entered in total: 7649 estimated % of cards that I would recognize meaning if come across in context (not isolation via the cards themselves) prob at least 90%. I try to 'learn' the cards but if anything they at least bring familiarity to me so that when I do come across the words in context they are for the most part recognized and understood. Super Challenge Films: 2603 minutes Reading: 376 pages Other observations I started the SC this month and soon began to doubt the value of watching films etc. There are some claims that it is less valuable than other methods of study. I'm inclined to agree. However it seems to be an essential part of learning based on other forum members anecdotal evidence (ie how much/what they gained from watching a lot). In reaction to my thoughts I decided to watch less. However now with a baby and often multitasking while doing other things (eating for example) I have found that the watching component of the SC will not be difficult to complete in any way whatsoever as it seems i put something on to watch nearly every day anyway as I try to expose myself to more French while doing other things, or when not wanting to do some 'real' study. In the last 2 days i've noticed a bit of a jump in my listening comprehension. It could just be the movies I watched were easier to comprehend or that while not doing much 'real' study in the last couple of days or more that I relax and stop being so analytical while watching (which can slow my comprehension down). The reading component of the SC will be trickier to complete. As I play around with my study schedule (and annonced it here) and have since reworked it again and again. I'm realising that I still need to get through my courses, so in short I won't be reading as much as I use my courses but i certainly will be reading- I've certainly learned the value in that now :) All in all a good month, although I have distracted myself a little too much in the last week, but ah well on with the show! Dutch A pitiful month for Dutch as I began the SC and my motivation was focused on that (French). Then only a couple of days back I began to question where I was going with Dutch- what are my actual goals, do I want to learn this?. My emphatic response to my own mental dialogue is yes. Anyway I'm back at it. I only managed 4 hours and 19 minutes of Dutch study for the entire month. This won't happen in June. I'm up to 1696 flashcards entered, and I'm continuing to use Dutch VocabuLearn (in the latter stages of level one) and Hugo Dutch in 3 Months (currently up to week 10 out of 12). I've used these courses before and completed them some years ago, so this is not outstanding by any means, but it is bringing my Dutch back! Edited by PeterMollenburg on 01 June 2014 at 3:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5210 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 106 of 451 01 June 2014 at 3:25am | IP Logged | ||
Well, I'm nowhere near your level, so can't offer any advice about advancing beyond that, but from where I'm sitting (well, reading) you actually don't look like a slow mover; in fact you seem remarkably diligent and consistent. - My thoughts? - Keep up the good work, and give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back from time to time! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 107 of 451 01 June 2014 at 3:42am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks songlines *smiles* Yeah for once (this year) I seem to be doing it right, I will pat myself on the back so to speak :) I appreciate the positive feedback :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5017 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 108 of 451 01 June 2014 at 9:42am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey Peter!
Love that you're watching Engrenages. I'd watch it too but I don't think I'm ready yet. Bye the way, someone wrote in the update thread that for extensive reading, the trashier the book, the better. I couldn't agree more. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4230 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 109 of 451 01 June 2014 at 11:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Just wanted to stop by and tell you how much I admire your progress and efforts! For a young father (congratulations to that as well), your stats are amazing!
And I wanted to thank you for having shared your thoughts and the links on extensive listening/reading vs intense practice. After thorough reflection I came to the very same conclusion and try to combine extensive and intensive activities now, and already feel that it is of great help. I am glad you are noticing improvement of your listening skills. I watched the 100 films last year, and could shift my comprehension from absolute zero to about 50%. That might not be much to others, but means a lot to me. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 110 of 451 01 June 2014 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | ||
Tnx Napoleon. I wasn't impressed with the first season (altho it wasn't rubbish), 2nd season is more interesting to me so far. Yeah I'm not into reading trashy stuff, but it's worth keeping in mind for sure. I noticed you overtook me on the 'leader board'. Keep up the good work! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 111 of 451 01 June 2014 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | ||
Well I had the entire month of May off work so my stats should be decent. I was able to attend to my baby girl here and there while simply studying in between. That's not a liberty many people have so I guess that explains my good numbers to a degree. Tnx for the tnx! I'm going to stick at the intensive/extensive combination like yourself. I think it's excellent. It's nice to read quicker at times and be exposed to more words to learn through contenxt, and nice to really knuckle down and focus on every single word other times. I think my listening comprehension with films has probably realistically risen by around 10% from prob (guessing) 25-35% (that prob contradicts other statements of made before, but hey that will do for today's estimate). Thanks for your support Suzie and veel success met je Nederlands! Bonne chance avec ton français ! Edited by PeterMollenburg on 01 June 2014 at 3:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 112 of 451 07 June 2014 at 3:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Barron's Mastering French Level One (2nd ed) by FSI
(replica of FSI units 1-6) completed Thoughts: Downside- if not motivated perhaps a little dry. Upside: Excellent drilling for mimicing/reproducing common sentence structures in various conjugated forms. Allows for gradual recognition through repeated drills that sink in more effectively than a lot of other methods. One's mind becomes prepped and 'ready to go' with common French sayings brought more to the forefront of your mind more so than other courses can do so, simply because the course contains drill after drill after drill. Can be used solely as audio course as a lot of ppl do. Next course: review of Colloquial French (completed it a number of yrs ago).l Edited by PeterMollenburg on 07 June 2014 at 3:14am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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