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| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6086 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes  1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 1 of 42 23 November 2008 at 11:11am | IP Logged | |||||
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I love the Assimil method, but my problem is that I cannot do Assimil everyday. I keep missing it. I keep saying "Nah".
Does anyone else have these problems? And do you have any tips on how to get to do it everyday like you should? Thanks TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Felixelus Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6844 days ago 237 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 42 23 November 2008 at 11:22am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have that exact problem! I followed the instructions for the new French with ease...got halfway through and stopped. With the German edition I can't get through the first few lessons without getting bored.
So I second this call for help. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6445 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 3 of 42 23 November 2008 at 11:54am | IP Logged | |||||
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Possibilities:
- Simply call it off. Do you actually want to learn the language? Why? If not, there are many other beautiful things in the world, and there's no shame in pursuing them instead. - Use tricks. I find Pavlina's "30 day trial" concept useful; "don't break the chain" is somewhat similar, though I haven't used it. Basically: put something on paper (or a spreadsheet, or whatever), and check something off every day. Very simple, and surprisingly effective. This was the core of my 6-language parallel study the summer before last (5 of the languages via Assimil). - Use tricks, revisited: read "All Japanese All the Time" - it's full of them, from "don't break the chain" to scheduling a time when you're actually flying to the country in question for a long time and which you'd really better be ready for. It also has interesting notes on how people don't like undefined goals - Use material that doesn't bore you. It might be slower, but it's better than not learning. Whether slucido's movie method, AJATT, L-R, myngle lessons, dating someone monolingual in your target language, or whatever, find some way to engage with your target language that doesn't bore you. Life's too short to be bored. Life's too short to learn languages if you have no reason for them and you find the attempt boring more than occasionally. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6086 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 4 of 42 23 November 2008 at 12:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks Volte, they're good.
Any more anyone else? TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6086 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 6 of 42 23 November 2008 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I do not understand that at all Namida.
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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 7 of 42 23 November 2008 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
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If you know your goal (doing Assimil everyday), you can always change your environment using the Premack principle and you will succeed. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6445 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 8 of 42 23 November 2008 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Namida-chan is terse, probably from studying classic Asian thought. Trying to explain what was said half-destroys the purpose, and won't get everything across, but for 'Lesson 1', it's roughly what I was saying: figure out what you want to do/why, and find a path that works for you to get there. Perhaps outside of what Namida-sama was saying, other thinkers I respect have often pointed out that you can optimize what you want to do, or how to you want to do something.... but not always both. Presumably you have a language goal beyond using Assimil - if so, what is it, and what else could help you get there? Edit: also, with 'Lesson 1': no one else can find your path for you - at most, you can choose to tread a well-trod path (follow someone else's methods and materials). Some of these paths are good; I doubt anyone exists who is well-suited to all of them, though. Edited by Volte on 23 November 2008 at 12:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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