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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5775 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 1 of 200 24 November 2008 at 9:00am | IP Logged | ||
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New log, new languages, new TACtics.
**** UPDATE ON PAGE 11**** Focus: Written and spoken production. Reasoning: I can understand my target languages reasonably well from a beginners perspective (Spanish more so than German), and passive (vocab) acquisition has yet to be a problem for me but my expression understandably lags behind. I would like to work towards expressing myself with more and more ‘dignity’ as I progress in all my linguistic endeavours. Spanish (Castellan): Current Level : Beginner 1. Broad Goal - To attain a B2 level by the end of 2009 2. Lesser Goals - To attain functional tourist, basic Spanish by the end of 2008 - Attain atleast an A2 level by June 2009 - To be able to read a simple book without need of dictionary by en d 2009 3. TACtics - Finish Assimil l'espagnol sans peine - Work through the Pimsleur Spanish series, I,II,III, Plus - Assorted textbooks - Finish all the units on busuu.com and use it for corrections and co nver sation. - Start posting in the multi-lingual lounge - Start posting on lang-8 German: Current Level: For all intents and purposes Complete Beginner 1. Broad Goal - Conversational (not technical) by the end 2009 2. Lesser Goals - Have a solid foundation in German grammar/vocab so as to build on it in 2010 3. TACtics - Assimil Allemand Sans Piene - Pimsleur - Assorted Text Books - Assorted Websites (busuu.com, lang-8, deutscher weller etc.) - German friends for correspondance. - Start posting in the multi-lingual lounge French: Current Level: Your average B2 1. Broad Goal - C1 level by june, hopefully C2 later on. - Sit the DALF C1 before I have to go back to Australia. 2. Lesser goals - Increase my written and spoken fluency by the weeding out errors. - Attain an educated level of expression. - While I think about it, improve my handwriting in all it's languages. 3. TACtics - Practice, Practice, and more practice. - Buy (dl and print)and work my way through the C1/C2 practice books - Continue to live in Paris - Busuu.com, Lang-8, and mutli-lingual lounge It goes without saying that I will try to use all of the methods I have found here on HTLAL to aid me in my goals. Those being, L-R, Scriptorium, Shadowing etc. I will see how they pan out. Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 22 October 2009 at 7:43pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5861 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 2 of 200 25 November 2008 at 7:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey, Good luck for this! Could you tell me what DALF is?
Looking forward to the first report. Good luck TEL 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5775 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 3 of 200 25 November 2008 at 7:38am | IP Logged | ||
Well in the European Framework of Language thingy that exists over here they have standardised, or are trying to, the levels of each language. Delf and Dalf are the French levels: Diplôme d'études en langue française: Up to B2 Diplôme approfondi de langue française: C1 and C2 = you're an awesome french speaker. They are, I imagine a nice shiny certificate which says what exam you passed. And are the basis of why some people have a A1,A2,B1,B2,C1, C2 etc above the language that they speak. I suppose it means they sat the exams. Spanish's is DELE or something. You can find example exams for French here. *edit link takes you to the C2 page, but just on the left are each individual level.* Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 25 November 2008 at 7:39am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6220 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 200 25 November 2008 at 8:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Good luck, ExtraLean. I hope your TACtics work well!
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5775 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 5 of 200 27 November 2008 at 10:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Well considering that I can't get the bugs out of the original post, I won't copy my stuff from word again. *edit*went through and retyped it all*
Thanks Volte, if they don't I'll change them so we shall see. Spanish: I have a 5000 word list sorted by frequency. I will ANNIHILATE it over the coming year. I am consistantly practicing my preTAC Spanish on Bussu.com, and have now finished 15 units. Leopejo, and tricours have convinced me to sign up to lang-8.com as well. I am consistantly working my way through l'espagnol sans peine as well as I have stated in my other log. French:I am posting bigger more elaborate paragraphs on the French portion of busuu to be corrected as well, have done two units. *EDIT* This is what I put on busuu this afternoon. "Si j'étais chargé de la publicité de busuu.com la premier chose que je ferais est un enquête sur les utilisateurs de busuu.com pour savoir qui est le public cible. Au même temps je ferais une étude sur le base de données associé avec site internet afin de déterminer les habitudes et préférences de ces même utilisateurs. Puis, je ferais une promotion qui récompense les membres de busuu.com si ils utilisent la bouche-à-oreille et réussir à faire inviter cinq (ou plus) amis qui vont inscrire et utiliseraient sur le site. Puis, je vais donner des petites cartes de business imprimé avec le logo et le slogan, et l'adresse internet de la site, et les laisse dans les écoles qui enseigne les langues européennes. Il y a aussi un method pour le publicité internet, ou e-marketing, qui consister à faire l'optimisation des engines de recherche, faire les bons liens avec sites qui corresponde avec l'apprentisage des langues étrangers et beaucoup des autres choses, mais je n'ai pas l'envie de exprime plus sur le sujet. Pardonnez-moi pour la taille, et pour le numéro des fauts." This is what I got back. "Si j'étais le responsable de la publicité de Busuu, la première chose que je ferais serait une enquête sur les utilisateurs de ce site internet afin de savoir qui est le public à cibler. Dans le même temps je ferais une étude basée sur les données du site internet pour déterminer les habitudes et les préférences de ces mêmes utilisateurs. Puis je ferais un concours pour récompenser les membres de Busuu.com qui réussissent, grâce au bouche à oreille à inviter au moins cinq amis à s'inscrire et à utiliser le site. Puis je donnerais des cartes de visite avec le logo et le slogan, l'adresse internet du site et j'en laisserais / j'en déposerais dans les écoles qui enseignent les langues européennes. Il y a également une autre méthode pour la publicité et le marketing d'un site qui consiste à optimiser les moteurs de recherche, à créer des liens avec les autres sites d'apprentissage des langues étrangères et beaucoup d'autres choses. Mais je n'en dirai pas plus à ce sujet. C'est un très bon texte, et en plus très difficile...Bravo" I disagree on the way she fixed a couple of things, doesn't catch the meaning I wanted. But this is here to remind me of where I am, and where I want to be. Shits me off that the emboldened changes didn't copy across, but those of you who understand, will figure it out, those of you that don't and/or didn't read it, well lets just say that there is room for improvement. *END EDIT* German: I will commence at the kick off. I will probably alternate German and Spanish throughout the week. One day on and one day off. If I find that I don't have enough time, it will probably be German which loses out. But we will see. I will try to do a little bit of French every day. Until I reach a point where I am satisfied with my level of French. Which should leave the latter half of 2009 to busting out some Spanish and German. Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 28 November 2008 at 1:08pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5775 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 6 of 200 28 November 2008 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Robert Dick Wilson (February 4, 1856 – October 11, 1930) To remind me not to think of the thorns, in all that which I attempt. Hilltop Hoods - Breathe To remind me not to procrastinate. Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 28 November 2008 at 12:55pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5628 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 200 28 November 2008 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Viel Erfolg mit der deutschen Sprache!
!Mucho éxito con la lengua espanola! Bonne chance avec la langue française! Good luck with all three languages of your TAC 2009! Fasulye-Babylonia 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5775 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 8 of 200 08 December 2008 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Pre-TAC Spanish:
What I have done to date: - 23 Modules of Spanish on Busuu.com - 50 Pages of Websters New World Spanish Grammar + Notes taken (environ 7 pages worth) - Pimseur Spanish Lessons 1-9 - Michel Thomas CD1 - Assimil up to lesson 20. - 30 odd pages of 'A Comprehensive Course en Español' Pre-TAC French: Read "Bazaar des Anges" Making progress on "Les Trois Mousquetaires" 2 'posts' of my french to be corrected, one on Lang-8 one or so on Busuu. Conversations online on #learnanylanguage. German: Nothing Thom. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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