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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 73 of 161 12 November 2008 at 6:01am | IP Logged |
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11/12/08
Morning German Did Anki reviews for the day. As an aside to myself, I think I'm going to add all of the words that I've covered thus far in NPRC to Anki. ~10 minutes. Afternoon / Evening German Listened to Studenten im Rollstuhl again. ~15 minutes. Russian Assimil Russisch ohne Mühe - Listened to Lessons 8-13 again. ~12 minutes. French Assimil French with Ease - Listened to Lessons 57-64 again. ~14 minutes. Edited by josht on 12 November 2008 at 10:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 74 of 161 13 November 2008 at 9:30pm | IP Logged |
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11/13/08
Nothing. I'm sick yet again, and had to use what energy I had to study for a college exam. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| adoggie Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6328 days ago 160 posts - 159 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese* Studies: German, Russian, French | Message 75 of 161 14 November 2008 at 4:31pm | IP Logged |
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This log was so helpful! I'm also learning the 3 languages you're studying, as well as Spanish. I thought Rocket German was really helpful, and I definitely like the Penguin Russian Course. I think the FSI series is really good as well (I have the German one). I will look into DW articles, as well as the various books you've mentioned. Keep it up!
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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 76 of 161 14 November 2008 at 10:03pm | IP Logged |
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adoggie: Glad you found the log helpful.
11/14/08 Still feeling a bit down, so I didn't get nearly enough done today. German Listened to 2 Alltagsdeutsch podcasts: Müßiggänger and Geigenbauer. ~25 minutes. Did Anki reviews. ~15 minutes. French Assimil French with Ease - Listened to Lessons 60-75 again. ~26 minutes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 77 of 161 17 November 2008 at 5:47pm | IP Logged |
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I forgot to update this over the weekend, and I don't recall exactly what I did, but suffice to say, it wasn't much; perhaps a few hours total between all 3 languages.
11/17/08 German Listened to Provinzleben, Müßiggänger podcasts from Deutsche Welle. ~25 minutes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 78 of 161 20 November 2008 at 5:54am | IP Logged |
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Just a note to any checking out my log: I'm no longer updating this. I'm still keeping a log, but I've switched over to paper format. I've been doing a lot more listening, and I've found that by the time I get around to sitting down at the computer, my memory of *exactly* what I did is getting fuzzy. How much radio did I listen to? Did I listen to that 20 minute podcast once or twice?
I realize I could use paper for on the go, and then update this, but honestly, that's just wasted work. My goal is to learn languages, not to obsessively maintain this log. ;) Perhaps I'll update it occasionally with overall progress reports. Cheers. Edit: Scrap all of that above. A number of people have now told me they've enjoyed reading the log, so I'm probably going to keep it going. It's probably better that I do, anyway; it being public, I think, is one thing that has made me so diligent in trying to keep track of what I'm doing. That diligence has led to more focus in my studies than I've normally had. Edited by josht on 20 November 2008 at 9:01am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 79 of 161 20 November 2008 at 9:03am | IP Logged |
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11/20/08
Morning German Read Buch digital: Das E-Book, and added 5 or 6 items to Anki, based on material from the article. Understood the vast majority of it on the first read through, but there are a few words here and there that I don't know. ~10 minutes. Finished adding any unknown words from Buch digital to Anki. ~10 minutes. Read Der lange Kampf um Gleichberechtigung. Understood all of it. Need to nail down a few words from it though. ~5 minutes. Started working on some word lists, but a friend showed up to talk to me. Only got through one block of words (7 words). Grr. :) ~5 minutes. Evening French Assimil French with Ease - Active wave for Lessons 59-61. While I'm still unsure as to how much I'm actually gaining from the active wave, I figure I've gone this far, and might as well finish it. If nothing else, when I'm done, I'll be able to give an honest opinion of how far the course took me, using it in the fashion they recommend. ~40 minutes. Jumped ahead and reread Lesson 73, as I've been hitting it regularly in my recent listening sessions (which sadly, I didn't log), and there was a bit at the end that I couldn't understand at all. It was apparently due, in part, to the usage of "leur" in one sentence, but with two separate meanings - "their" and "them". ~3 minutes. German Listened to Schlaflos in München #482. Understood around 60-70% of it. Mostly a vocabulary issue, not a matter of not being able to keep up with Annik's rapid fire speech, which is a welcome change. I used to not be able to keep up with her at all. ~40 minutes. Edited by josht on 20 November 2008 at 8:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6241 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 80 of 161 21 November 2008 at 7:33am | IP Logged |
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11/21/08
Morning German Listened to Folge 1 of Detekti Suni & Partner. ~20 minutes. Afternoon / Evening German Caught up on Anki reviews. ~15 minutes. Russian Assimil Russisch ohne Mühe - Listened to Lessons 9-16 twice. ~30 minutes. Edited by josht on 21 November 2008 at 7:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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