Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 1 of 28 30 October 2007 at 12:45pm | IP Logged |
I've been studying Spanish for the last year off and on. I've rediscovered that I get bored fairly quickly after a rush of enthusiasm, and study daily for three or four months and then start finding excuses to not study first one day, then another.
I've decided that writing my study times down in this journal might be just the boost I need to keep studying Spanish on a daily basis, and I've started studying French to increase my enthusiasm for learning languages once again.
I took 2 years of French in High School, barely passing the class, and decided I wasn't good at French. But looking back, it occurred to me that I did well on the language part of the exams, but really bad on the culture and geography part. And that those parts weren't important to speaking French.
So, starting this evening, I will note on a daily or semi-daily basis, what I have done with my new languages.
Edited by Marj on 31 October 2007 at 12:03am
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 2 of 28 31 October 2007 at 12:05am | IP Logged |
October 30
Spanish:
Pimsleur Spanish I--reviewed lessons 1 through 10.
Rocket Spanish--Reviewed lessons 1.1 and 1.2
French:
Michel Thomas Beginner's French--studied CD2, track 1.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 3 of 28 02 November 2007 at 10:20am | IP Logged |
October 31
Not much done today.
Spanish:
Pimsleur Spanish I--reviewed lessons 9 through 11.
Television--watched 10 minutes of a program in Spanish (don't remember name of show).
French:
Michel Thomas Beginner's French--reviewed CD2, track 1; studied CD2, track 2 through 4.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 4 of 28 02 November 2007 at 10:24am | IP Logged |
November 1
Another day without too much learning.
Spanish:
Pimsleur Spanish I (PSpI in future)--reviewed lessons 11 through 12.
French:
Michel Thomas Beginner's French (MTBF in future)--Reviewed CD2, tracks 1 through 4;studied CD2 tracks 5 through 6.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 5 of 28 04 November 2007 at 9:56am | IP Logged |
November 2
Shopping all day with my daughter, so didn't do much at all.
Spanish:
Music--listened to Spanish music for about 30 minutes (in multiple segments).
French:
MTBF--Reviewed CD2, tracks 5 through 6.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 6 of 28 04 November 2007 at 9:57am | IP Logged |
November 3
Spanish:
Music--listened to Spanish music about 20 minutes.
PSp1--reviewed lessons 12 through 13
French:
nothing today.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 7 of 28 04 November 2007 at 10:09pm | IP Logged |
November 4
Spanish:
PSp1--reviewed lessons 10 through 13 again today.
Rocket Spanish 1 (RS1 in future)--reviewed lessons 1.3 and 1.4.
Music--listened to 40 minutes of Spanish music tonight.
French:
MTBF--CD2, reviewed tracks 4 through 6, studied tracks 7 and 8.
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Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) ![](/images/pokal.2.jpg) Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French
| Message 8 of 28 07 November 2007 at 12:07pm | IP Logged |
November 5
Spanish:
RS1--reviewed lesson 1.4
Music--listened to 15 minutes of Spanish music.
French:
MTBF--CD2, reviewed tracks 5 through 7.
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