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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 25 of 158 14 January 2010 at 3:36am | IP Logged |
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12 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 18 minutes: did FSI FP 1.2. 7 minutes: did Assimil FwT lessons 9-10. 9 minutes: did MT track 4. 50 minutes: did TY lesson 14. 11 minutes: read chapter 4 of "L'Étranger" (6 pp.). 7 minutes: wrote an entry in my French practice journal. FRENCH (passive study) 8 minutes: listened to Assimil lessons 1-8. 8 minutes: listened to Assimil lessons 9-10 four times. 10 minutes: listened to the podcast "Le journal en français facile." 13 minutes: listened to French pop music (Serge Gainsbourg). French total: 141 minutes (102 active/39 passive) GERMAN (active study) 8 minutes: did Assimil GwT lessons 2-4. 30 minutes: did Pimsleur German Plus lesson 3. 10 minutes: wrote an entry in my German practice journal. GERMAN (passive study) 12 minutes: listened to Assimil lessons 2-4 thrice. 10 minutes: listened to the podcast "Deutsche Welle Nachrichten." 14 minutes: listened to German pop music (Udo Lindenberg). German total: 84 minutes (48 active/36 passive) ITALIAN (active study) 3 minutes: did track 8 of LP Italian allTalk, Unit 2. 10 minutes: did Assimil Italian without Toil (IwT) lesson 1. 22 minutes: read LP CC lesson 8 aloud, looking up all unknown words. 38 minutes: copied LP CC lesson 8 by hand, reading it aloud again. ITALIAN (passive study) 10 minutes: listened to Italian pop music (Adriano Celentano). Italian total: 83 minutes (73 active/10 passive) ESPERANTO (active study) 15 minutes: did chapter 1 of TY Esperanto. ESPERANTO (passive study) Esperanto total: 15 minutes (15 active/0 passive) LATIN: none. TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 323 minutes (5h23) Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 26 of 158 14 January 2010 at 4:35am | IP Logged |
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Reflections at this juncture
Latin's pretty much fallen by the wayside in deference to my intense new schedule involving my recent influx of language-learning materials. I'm not crossing it off my list, because I knew from the start that it and Esperanto would be my secondary targets for this project, only to be tackled if I felt able to keep up with the Big Three: German, French, and Italian. That said, I just came across a virtual copy of "Teach Yourself Esperanto" and am really enjoying it. I knew I wasn't quite at the level to get a lot out of reading forums and websites in Esperanto yet, but I was beyond all of lernu's introductory courses and wanted something a bit more advanced. Jen TY! It's a lot of "busy work," especially as I've assigned myself the task of typing out every word of Esperanto in the exercises, but I know that's what I need to remember all the vocabulary. Vocab's always been my biggest problem in Esperanto, because when I'm trying to construct a word I haven't actually learned before, I never know which root to go for: the German, the Latin, the modern Romance, the English...? I've got quite a few resources which I'm really enjoying using right now. For French I have the dynamic duo of Assimil for audio and Teach Yourself for text. My French pronunciation is still shaky at this point – I need a lot more audio input. I know theoretically how almost everything is pronounced (now including, thanks to the FSI French Phonology course, subtle differences such as those between "ais" and "é," or between "je" and "jeu"), but it won't become automatic until I've listened to a LOT more passive audio. I think I need to find more pop music in French to listen to, seeing as that's what did wonders for my German pronunciation. Reading "L'Étranger" is also really helping with my French vocab, as is "Harry Potter" with my German. I need to find something appropriate for my Italian level – maybe I'll take a look at my graded reader "Letture varie." On first glance, the beginning is rather basic for me at this level, but it will be good to solidify some purely "intuited" things. I also found online a great old Italian reader from 1873, with charming little stories that were actually quite interesting. Maybe I'll return to it as well, if I can find the link... ah, here it is: "First pages of Italian prose reading." Wow, I forgot how much fun this reader was! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 27 of 158 23 January 2010 at 1:04am | IP Logged |
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13 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 53 minutes: did TY lesson 15. FRENCH (passive study) 10 minutes: listened to the podcast "Le journal en français." French total: 63 minutes (53 active/10 passive) GERMAN (active study) GERMAN (passive study) 10 minutes: listened to the podcast "Deutsche Welle Nachrichten." German total: 10 minutes (0 active/10 passive) ITALIAN (active study) 10 minutes: read some random stuff, online and off. 17 minutes: read LP CC lesson 8 aloud, looking up all unknown words. 41 minutes: copied LP CC lesson 8 by hand, reading it aloud again. ITALIAN (passive study) 5 minutes: listened to the podcast "Radio Feltrinelli." Italian total: 73 minutes (68 active/5 passive) ESPERANTO (active study) 35 minutes: did TY Esperanto chapter 2. ESPERANTO (passive study) Esperanto total: 35 minutes (35 active/0 passive) TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 181 minutes (3h01) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 28 of 158 23 January 2010 at 2:12am | IP Logged |
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14 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 62 minutes: did TY lesson 16. FRENCH (passive study) French total: 62 minutes (62 active/0 passive) GERMAN (active study) GERMAN (passive study) 19 minutes: listened to Assimil GwT lessons 1-15. German total: 19 minutes (0 active/19 passive) ITALIAN: none. ESPERANTO: none. TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 81 minutes (1h21) Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 29 of 158 23 January 2010 at 2:14am | IP Logged |
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15 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 67 minutes: did TY lesson 17. FRENCH (passive study) French total: 67 minutes (67 active/0 passive) GERMAN: none. ITALIAN: none. ESPERANTO: none. TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 67 minutes (1h07) Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 30 of 158 23 January 2010 at 2:15am | IP Logged |
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16 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 10 minutes: wrote an email to a penpal in French. 10 minutes: did a lesson of my French course on LiveMocha. FRENCH (passive study) French total: 20 minutes (20 active/0 passive) GERMAN (active study) 10 minutes: did a lesson of my German course on LiveMocha. 7 minutes: wrote an entry in my German practice journal. GERMAN (passive study) 10 minutes: listened to German pop music (the Wise Guys). German total: 27 minutes (17 active/10 passive) ITALIAN (active study) 10 minutes: did a lesson of my Italian course on LiveMocha. 30 minutes: reviewed TY Italian lessons from this summer, re-doing exercises. ITALIAN (passive study) Italian total: 40 minutes (40 active/0 passive) ESPERANTO (active study) 35 minutes: did part of TY chapter 3. ESPERANTO (passive study) 25 minutes: listened to the podcast "Radio 3ZZZ." Esperanto total: 60 minutes (35 active/25 passive) TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 147 minutes (2h27) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 31 of 158 23 January 2010 at 2:16am | IP Logged |
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17 January 2010
FRENCH: none. GERMAN (active study) 10 minutes: read some blogs in German. 10 minutes: did a lesson of my German course on LiveMocha. GERMAN (passive study) German total: 20 minutes (20 active/0 passive) ITALIAN (active study) 30 minutes: read Italian texts on LingQ, getting my "known words" up to 800 (from 200). 10 minutes: did a lesson of my Italian course on LiveMocha. ITALIAN (passive study) Italian total: 40 minutes (40 active/0 passive) ESPERANTO (active study) 20 minutes: finished TY chapter 3. 10 minutes: did a lesson of my Esperanto course on LiveMocha. ESPERANTO (passive study) Esperanto total: 30 minutes (0 active/0 passive) TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 90 minutes (1h30) Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5491 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 32 of 158 23 January 2010 at 2:17am | IP Logged |
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18 January 2010
FRENCH (active study) 45 minutes: read a bunch of texts on LingQ, getting my "known words" up to 881 from 0. FRENCH (passive study) French total: 45 minutes (45 active/0 passive) GERMAN: none. ITALIAN (active study) 20 minutes: reviewed my LingQ texts. 25 minutes: reviewed TY lessons, re-doing exercises. ITALIAN (passive study) Italian total: 45 minutes (45 active/0 passive) ESPERANTO: none. TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 90 minutes (1h30) Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:25am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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