sfuqua Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4769 days ago 581 posts - 977 votes Speaks: English*, Hawaiian, Tagalog Studies: Spanish
| Message 33 of 51 25 April 2015 at 10:21pm | IP Logged |
Awesome to see you getting through this; I'm hoping to finish Unit 31 today, and I've got a long way still to go...
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Clarity Groupie United States Joined 3526 days ago 85 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 34 of 51 28 April 2015 at 11:56pm | IP Logged |
Still working on the present subjunctive, so I'm extra impressed that you're wrestling with the imperfect variety of the beast. As James29 said, May is almost here and it looks like you're almost done! That coffee cake has your name on it.
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slikew Groupie United States Joined 4077 days ago 79 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 35 of 51 08 May 2015 at 7:16pm | IP Logged |
Still working on Unit 51. I didn't get good traction at the beginning and missed a few days, so this put me behind. Onward!
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Clarity Groupie United States Joined 3526 days ago 85 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 36 of 51 12 May 2015 at 2:32am | IP Logged |
Onward and upward!
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slikew Groupie United States Joined 4077 days ago 79 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 37 of 51 14 May 2015 at 3:21pm | IP Logged |
Finished with Unit 51. This unit took a bit longer than I wanted to spend. This is a unit where I feel like lots of real world examples of the structures taught would greatly help me. I don't like leaving a unit without at least 85-90% understanding of the unit. I was able to repeat everything at a level around 90%, but my understanding of the second half of the unit was around 75%.
It's time to move on to Unit 52.
Edited by slikew on 14 May 2015 at 7:01pm
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James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5379 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 38 of 51 14 May 2015 at 5:53pm | IP Logged |
Great... keep chugging along. You are almost there. If I remember correctly there are a few lessons around 53-ish that are actually pretty easy. I remember them being a welcome break from the ones like 47 and 48.
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slikew Groupie United States Joined 4077 days ago 79 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 39 of 51 19 May 2015 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
Unit 52 is a bit easier. I hope to finish it this week.
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slikew Groupie United States Joined 4077 days ago 79 posts - 95 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 40 of 51 27 May 2015 at 3:58pm | IP Logged |
Two weeks later I'm still on Unit 52 after calling it "easier." The conversation had tripped me up a bit and required more work than exepcted. I was able to get it to about 95% accuracy this morning. Life has been extremely busy with home life, work and extracurricular activities. I do hope to finish Unit 52 this week. If it even takes another week, I'm ok with that.
As I get closer to the end of FSI, I find that I want to really get each remaining Unit down perfectly. I know it's very important to put in the time and effort right now, before I finish up the course and move on to the next phase of my Spanish learning.
The next phase will consist of me reading through the NTV Bible (Nueva Traducción Viviente - I'm currently in Exodus) and listening to sermons in Spanish (Peruvian pastor mostly). I also have a trilogy of political spy thriller books that I would like to read through about 3 times (El Duodécimo Imán - The Twelfth Imam series by Joel Rosenberg). I think I'd also like to watch Destinos all the way through one time. I know Destinos may seem a bit remedial, but practice makes perfect. I would also like to find native speakers to talk to. I figure this next phase should take me through the end of the year at least.
Edited by slikew on 27 May 2015 at 4:02pm
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