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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 345 of 383 23 October 2008 at 8:01am | IP Logged |
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23/10/08
Lunch (~45 minutes) Greek Listened to FSI Greek Basic Course (Units 2-3) - The final lunchtime FSI Greek session for a while. I just realised I should've moved on a unit, as unit 4 has a lot of useful material. If I get a chance, I might do it tonight. Edited by DaraghM on 23 October 2008 at 8:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 346 of 383 24 October 2008 at 4:51am | IP Logged |
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23/10/08
Evening Greek Read\Listened to FSI Greek Basic Course (Unit 4) (~1.5 hours) - Having had a quick glimpse, I decided to cover this unit in the evening session rather than TOIG. I think my decision was swayed by the weather, which was terrible. It covered a lot of useful food terms, and some other useful adverbs. E.g. πάντα (panda) - always Listened to FSI Greek Basic Course (Unit 4) (~30 minutes) - Managed to squeeze a short walk in. The tape for unit 4 is really long, about 30 minutes compared to the normal 20 minutes. Edited by DaraghM on 24 October 2008 at 4:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 347 of 383 24 October 2008 at 5:53am | IP Logged |
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24/10/08
Morning Greek Read\Listened to FSI Greek Basic Course (Unit 4) ~20 minutes) - Did a quick read of unit 4, but didn't get to the end. Listened to FSI Greek Basic Course (Unit 4) (~20 minutes) - Listened to the first twenty minutes of the tape. Between the previous evening session, and this morning session, I anchored some of the vocabulary. -- UPDATE -- As I'm heading from work at lunch today, and travelling to Cyprus early tomorrow, this will be my last post for a couple of weeks. I'll try and keep track of my Greek study while I'm there, and do an update when I get back. Will I continue with Greek when I return. I'm not sure, but we'll wait and see. Edited by DaraghM on 24 October 2008 at 5:57am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 348 of 383 10 November 2008 at 5:49am | IP Logged |
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Holiday Summary 24/10/08 - 09/11/08
- This is a summary of all the study I've done while away on holiday, and on the Sunday of my return. I got a bit done, but never as much as hoped. I'm very tight for time at the moment, so I'll only do a quick summary. - I realised I'm exhausted today, so my posts today might contain typo's and other mistakes. Greek Listened to Take Off In Greek (Units 1-5) (~1.25 hours) - The last listening session, before I headed. Read Take Off In Greek (Units 1-7) (~14 hours) - Managed to do about an hour a day on this course. I varied the study from reading the dialogues, learning the word lists, and completing some of the exercises. As I wasn't listening to the audio, I tried to listen out for any of the new words I encountered. If I return to the course, I'll need to redo units 4-7 properly. Various Materials\Practice (~13 hours) - Apart from the reading and learning from the phrase book, I found myself deciphering menu's, inscriptions, and various other Greek texts. I also got to practice simple Greek in shops and restaurants, and did a lot of passive listening. Towards the end, my Greek had really started to progress, and I could pick up the general theme of conversations. - I did question cramming Greek in a week before heading to Cyprus, but I'm really glad I did. If I'd stuck to my original target languages, I wouldn't have done much study at all. Being in the place, where the language is spoken, is very motivating. Russian - While in Cyprus, I managed to practice speaking and reading Russian, as it seems to be a very popular destination with Russians. Perhaps the similarity between the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets plays some part, and their shared orthodox roots. Michel Thomas Advanced Russian CD4-12 (~10 minutes) - Listened to the final track, and completed the course for now. I might return to it in February before the Vocabulary course is released. LIYC Russian 1 (1-2 to 1-11) (~65 minutes) - Completed listening to the first CD of the course. The last tracks cover the numbers, which I've drilled on a number of occasions previously. I might start skipping them after a few repeat sessions. Edited by DaraghM on 10 November 2008 at 9:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 349 of 383 10 November 2008 at 8:43am | IP Logged |
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10/11/08
Morning Hungarian Read Assimil Hungarian with Ease (Units 12-14) (~20 minutes) - Decided to return to the Assimil course again. I covered some old ground, and revised 12, 13 and the first half of the summary unit 14. Listened to Assimil Hungarian with Ease (Units 12-17) (~20 minutes) - I think I'll return to listening to Assimil for the rest of the year. The quiet woman is annoying, but I'll try and put up with it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| J-Learner Senior Member Australia Joined 5830 days ago 556 posts - 636 votes Studies: Yiddish, English* Studies: Dutch | Message 350 of 383 10 November 2008 at 8:44am | IP Logged |
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Takes a true language nerd to study while on holidays. (I did the same.)
Great work DaraghM! Shalom, Yehoshua. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 351 of 383 10 November 2008 at 8:47am | IP Logged |
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10/11/08
Lunch (~45 minutes) Hungarian Listened to FSI Basic Hungarian 1 (Units 2-2 x 1.5) - The second tape is over half an hour long, so I didn't get to hear it twice. As I've completed the MT Russian, I might switch to the LIYC Russian for lunch, and the FSI Hungarian for the evening sessions. Edited by DaraghM on 10 November 2008 at 9:08am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5951 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 352 of 383 11 November 2008 at 3:33am | IP Logged |
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10/11/08
Evening - Thankfully managed a decent study session in Spanish. As before, I'll concentrate mainly on Spanish until I'm fairly competent, but keep the other languages ticking along. Spanish Assimil Spanish with Ease - (Active Wave 23, Completed Unit 69, Started 70) (~1 hour) - It's been a while since I did the Spanish Assimil, and the active wave was particularly hard. Yet again, I didn't get to revise any of the earlier units, and saved my energies for tackling the new units. Listened to Assimil Spanish with Ease - (53-80) (~1.25 hours) - I completely forgot which track I was meant to start on, and listened too far ahead to the end of the third CD. I might increase the amount of Assimil I do in the evenings, and alternate between earlier and later listening sessions. Barrons Vocabulary (~1.5 hours) - It felt nice to return to the easy learning pace of Spanish vocabulary. The list covered parts of the house and appliances, and gave a couple of words for some items. E.g. percha, gancho (clothes hanger) A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (~45 minutes) - I haven't looked at this book in a while, but decided to read about some of the Spanish conjuctions, and a little on the uses of the subjunctive. Edited by DaraghM on 11 November 2008 at 3:39am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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