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| irishpolyglot Nonaglot Senior Member Ireland fluentin3months Joined 5635 days ago 285 posts - 892 votes  Speaks: Irish, English*, French, Esperanto, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Sign Language Studies: Mandarin | Message 1 of 12 23 June 2009 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello all!! :)
I'm so glad I found this forum!! I've been learning languages for the last 7 years in my continuous travels and I've taken on a new challenge that I'd like your opinions on!! Perhaps some of you have tried this already? I've already successfully learned several languages to fluency (European C2 level) and I think I may have figured out the method of doing it right. Now I've set myself the challenge of learning a new language to fluency in just 3 months, and to make sure it would be a challenge, I picked one of Europe's hardest ones: Czech!! I'm blogging about general language learning tips that I apply as I attempt this experiment. Based on my previous language learning experience, do you think it's possible? You can see the kind of advice I'm giving on my site http://www.fluentin3months.com Have any of you been successful in similar endeavours? Any tips for me that I may not have considered? Any thoughts? Is it possible (based on my previous language learning experience) or am I just crazy? :P Wish me luck; I've got until mid-September :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JS-1 Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5985 days ago 144 posts - 166 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), German, Japanese, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 12 23 June 2009 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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You could start by using Le Tchèque sans Peine by Assimil. It is possible to do an
Assimil course in a few weeks if you put your mind to it. Then, if you can get several long audio books in the language, along with translations, you could make up some parallel texts. That way you can give L-R a try. If you haven't come across L-R, search the forum -it's a rather contentious topic round these parts:) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| irishpolyglot Nonaglot Senior Member Ireland fluentin3months Joined 5635 days ago 285 posts - 892 votes Speaks: Irish, English*, French, Esperanto, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Sign Language Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 12 23 June 2009 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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@turaisiawase
I'm going to be defining my concept and goals with regards "fluency" in my next post. Basically I just want to speak articulately with a weak accent, with no hesitations and understand nearly everything said to me and not require natives to slow down when speaking to me :) Something along the lines of C1-C2 in European language tests. @JS-1 Thanks for the tip! I'm currently studying "Czech - An Essential Grammar" by James Naughton. When I've almost finished it, I'll actually look for a Czech only book/course if possible, rather than continue learning via another language. I'd highly recommend this book for anyone (well, English speakers) studying Czech who is already familiar with grammar terms or who has studied another language. I'll check out your recommendation just in case; another French book that I had a flick through and found to be fun was "Le tchèque du poche"; I find that series to be well written in general. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5671 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 12 23 June 2009 at 11:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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The fastest I have come across somebody who is not Slavic picking up Czech to C1 level is 1 year - and that was with a full time study schedule, and every spare moment immersed in the language and culture. If, with no prior exposure to another Slavic language, you can achieve C1 in three months, I believe you will have broken all records.
Your ambitions are bold, and I shall monitor your progress closely. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| RBenham Triglot Groupie IndonesiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5645 days ago 60 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Indonesian | Message 7 of 12 24 June 2009 at 3:02am | IP Logged | ||
It is claimed that missionaries were able to get fluent in Malagasy in a few months. So that might be an idea for anyone wanting to learn a language quickly. However, it is not a very useful language to learn in some ways. (For instance, almost everyone in Madagascar speaks French passably well and it's not spoken much anywhere else.)
A new Kundera? What do you mean? An established author who changes to another language? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6374 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 8 of 12 24 June 2009 at 9:21am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm surprised anyone was able to get fluent at all in a year studying Czech at a
university. lol 1 person has voted this message useful |
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