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morphy Bilingual Triglot Groupie France modernerasmus.com Joined 6333 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes Speaks: French, Arabic (Written), English Studies: Spanish, German	Message 1 of 3 20 September 2007 at 11:00am \| IP Logged
	Spanish: ======== After around 4 years of weekly course in Spanish, I've decided to step up a gear. -> I'm halfway trough the "Destinos" series: they're good, but a bit easier than the level I've reached. Still, there's always some new vocabulary, the pronunciation is good and you can learn interesting facts about the Spanish-speaking world. -> I'm often visiting the BBC Mundo website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/Spanish/news/), reading the latest news, and watching small videos. -> I've started one year ago a subscription with a French magazine called Vocable. It contains a number of articles in Spanish about art, culture, geography, politics, etc. -> I'm attending a biweekly language exchange meeting in a Club where we exchange one hour a French with one hour of Spanish. I'm pleased with the progress I've made so far. I still have though a long way to go. German ====== One year of a weekly course so far. Progress has been very slow! I'm going to try and give it much more time this year. -> Intend to start the level2 of the same weekly course very soon. -> I'm halfway through Pimsleur level 1. -> Been getting the free About.com newsletter for beginners of German lately. It's good. -> Need to work a lot on vocabulary and grammar! I gave a quick look onto Flashcards programs. I'll probably start using the online tool http://quizlet.com for the vocabulary part. -> I'll start with Fokus Deutsch in a couple of months. Edited by morphy on 20 September 2007 at 11:01am 1 person has voted this message useful
morphy Bilingual Triglot Groupie France modernerasmus.com Joined 6333 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes Speaks: French, Arabic (Written), English Studies: Spanish, German	Message 2 of 3 08 November 2007 at 4:10am \| IP Logged
	Spanish ======= -> Finished the "Destinos" series some 3 weeks ago. I actually liked Destinos a lot, even if it had a sappy soap opera side to it. -> Still checking the BBC Mundo from time to time. Here's a link that might interest others: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/Spanish/specials/default.stm I've liked the small videos they made of the history of space exploration -> Stumbled on some 30 Marvel comics in Spanish and read them all in a row. Made a small vocabulary list out of them. I actually found that the vocabulary used in comics was easy and at the same time "useful" for everyday life. I intend thus to read more old Comics in Spanish and German, starting with the old classics, Tintin and Asterix. I sometimes find myself reaching a certain point, still far from fluency, but at the same not knowing what to do next to keep on improving. Hope that reading will do its job on the long run... German ====== -> Finished Pimsleur level 1 and started Pimsleur level 2. This program has definitely improved my pronunciation and accent in only a few weeks time! -> Started the night courses again (beg. October), twice a week until February and only once a week after that. The teacher is good and is giving us lots of homework (so much that I have to finish them often just before entering the class) -> Been playing around with "German - Tell me more". Seems to be a great and very exhaustive program. -> Haven't had the time to really test quizlet.com -> Postponed Fokus Deutsch to a time where I'll have more skills, especially on the vocabulary part. Edited by morphy on 08 November 2007 at 4:12am 1 person has voted this message useful
William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6215 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 3 of 3 08 November 2007 at 4:15pm \| IP Logged
	Oddly enough, I picked up a secondhand Green Lantern comic in Spanish a couple of months ago. I used it to practise my Spanish, not in a very serious way. It was OK though I needed to look up the occasional word. 1 person has voted this message useful

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morphy Bilingual Triglot Groupie France modernerasmus.com Joined 6333 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes Speaks: French, Arabic (Written), English Studies: Spanish, German	Message 1 of 3 20 September 2007 at 11:00am \| IP Logged
	Spanish: ======== After around 4 years of weekly course in Spanish, I've decided to step up a gear. -> I'm halfway trough the "Destinos" series: they're good, but a bit easier than the level I've reached. Still, there's always some new vocabulary, the pronunciation is good and you can learn interesting facts about the Spanish-speaking world. -> I'm often visiting the BBC Mundo website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/Spanish/news/), reading the latest news, and watching small videos. -> I've started one year ago a subscription with a French magazine called Vocable. It contains a number of articles in Spanish about art, culture, geography, politics, etc. -> I'm attending a biweekly language exchange meeting in a Club where we exchange one hour a French with one hour of Spanish. I'm pleased with the progress I've made so far. I still have though a long way to go. German ====== One year of a weekly course so far. Progress has been very slow! I'm going to try and give it much more time this year. -> Intend to start the level2 of the same weekly course very soon. -> I'm halfway through Pimsleur level 1. -> Been getting the free About.com newsletter for beginners of German lately. It's good. -> Need to work a lot on vocabulary and grammar! I gave a quick look onto Flashcards programs. I'll probably start using the online tool http://quizlet.com for the vocabulary part. -> I'll start with Fokus Deutsch in a couple of months. Edited by morphy on 20 September 2007 at 11:01am 1 person has voted this message useful
morphy Bilingual Triglot Groupie France modernerasmus.com Joined 6333 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes Speaks: French, Arabic (Written), English Studies: Spanish, German	Message 2 of 3 08 November 2007 at 4:10am \| IP Logged
	Spanish ======= -> Finished the "Destinos" series some 3 weeks ago. I actually liked Destinos a lot, even if it had a sappy soap opera side to it. -> Still checking the BBC Mundo from time to time. Here's a link that might interest others: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/Spanish/specials/default.stm I've liked the small videos they made of the history of space exploration -> Stumbled on some 30 Marvel comics in Spanish and read them all in a row. Made a small vocabulary list out of them. I actually found that the vocabulary used in comics was easy and at the same time "useful" for everyday life. I intend thus to read more old Comics in Spanish and German, starting with the old classics, Tintin and Asterix. I sometimes find myself reaching a certain point, still far from fluency, but at the same not knowing what to do next to keep on improving. Hope that reading will do its job on the long run... German ====== -> Finished Pimsleur level 1 and started Pimsleur level 2. This program has definitely improved my pronunciation and accent in only a few weeks time! -> Started the night courses again (beg. October), twice a week until February and only once a week after that. The teacher is good and is giving us lots of homework (so much that I have to finish them often just before entering the class) -> Been playing around with "German - Tell me more". Seems to be a great and very exhaustive program. -> Haven't had the time to really test quizlet.com -> Postponed Fokus Deutsch to a time where I'll have more skills, especially on the vocabulary part. Edited by morphy on 08 November 2007 at 4:12am 1 person has voted this message useful
William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6215 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 3 of 3 08 November 2007 at 4:15pm \| IP Logged
	Oddly enough, I picked up a secondhand Green Lantern comic in Spanish a couple of months ago. I used it to practise my Spanish, not in a very serious way. It was OK though I needed to look up the occasional word. 1 person has voted this message useful