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TAC 2010: Jinx Succumbs to Glossophilia
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Jinx
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Message 65 of 158

14 September 2010 at 1:19am | IP Logged

Thanks for your reply, Iversen! I didn't even notice the catch in the question you indicate, but now that I'm taking a closer look and thinking about it, I believe you're entirely right. Of course, it wouldn't make sense to repeat the name, but it would make sense to stick in the name if the answer had been "Non." I'm glad you've got sharper eyes than me. :)

Iversen wrote:

I also did that test in French and got a B2 as you. But I think that one answer in the test is wrong:

Question 24: Quelle est la bonne réponse à la question suivante?
Il va à Marseille ?
Answer:Oui... Felix y va

The correct answer would be "NON ... Felix y va". You wouldn't repeat the name if "il" referred to the same person.

And this of course is a problem with many multiple choice tests. The result depends not only on your knowledge but also upon you ability to guess what the test constructor was thinking when (s)he formulated the question. But that is of course even more important in a face to face test situation.

Congratulations with your rapid progress, Jinx

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26 September 2010 at 1:39am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 76* (18 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 2 hours
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     30 minutes: did Pimsleur 1 lesson 1.
     20 minutes: reviewed vocab for a test.
FRENCH (passive study)
     10 minutes: listened to a French podcast.
French total: 60 minutes (60 active/0 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     30 minutes: read a few scenes of a Christian Grabbe play (in Fraktur!).
GERMAN (passive study)
     90 minutes: watched an episode of Tatort.
German total: 120 minutes (30 active/90 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 180 minutes (3h00)

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26 September 2010 at 1:40am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 77* (19 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 2 hours
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     30 minutes: did Pimsleur 1 lesson 2.
FRENCH (passive study)
     20 minutes: reviewed vocab.
     90 minutes: watched a French movie ("Love Me If You Dare"… so bad.)
French total: 140 minutes (30 active/110 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     60 minutes: read more Christian Grabbe (getting better at the Fraktur!)
     60 minutes: translated a bunch of pop-song lyrics into English.
GERMAN (passive study)
German total: 120 minutes (120 active/0 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 260 minutes (4h20)
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26 September 2010 at 1:41am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 78* (20 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 2 hours
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     30 minutes: did Pimsleur 1 lesson 3.
FRENCH (passive study)
     80 minutes: attended French class (speaking/listening all in French).
French total: 110 minutes (30 active/80 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     60 minutes: read more Grabbe, aloud this time.
GERMAN (passive study)
German total: 60 minutes (60 active/0 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 170 minutes (2h50)
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26 September 2010 at 5:41am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 79* (21 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 1 hour
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     30 minutes: did Pimsleur 1 lesson 4.
     60 minutes: translated a few passages (EN->FR & v.v.)
FRENCH (passive study)
French total: 90 minutes (90 active/0 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     60 minutes: translated (DE->EN) from the novel "The Wall" (my senior project).
GERMAN (passive study)
German total: 60 minutes (60 active/0 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 150 minutes (2h30)
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26 September 2010 at 5:41am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 80* (22 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 1 hour
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     80 minutes: French class.
     60 minutes: French tutorial.
FRENCH (passive study)
French total: 140 minutes (140 active/0 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
GERMAN (passive study)
German total: 0 minutes (0 active/0 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 140 minutes (2h20)

ETA: Oh no, I just noticed all my German-study activity for today got deleted. :( I have no idea what it was anymore...

Edited by Jinx on 29 October 2010 at 2:52am
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26 September 2010 at 5:43am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 81* (23 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 1 hour
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     30 minutes: Pimsleur 1 lesson 5.
     10 minutes: listened to French songs while reading the lyrics.
     10 minutes: did a French lesson on LiveMocha.
FRENCH (passive study)
French total: 0 minutes (0 active/0 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     30 minutes: wrote a short essay (2 pp.) in German.
     80 minutes: German class.
     10 minutes: did a German lesson on LiveMocha.
GERMAN (passive study)
German total: 0 minutes (0 active/0 passive)

OTHER:
     10 minutes: did an Esperanto unit on LiveMocha.

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 0 minutes (0h00)
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26 September 2010 at 5:44am | IP Logged

*ENTRY 82* (24 September 2010)

Study goals for today:
     German – 1 hour
     French – 1 hour

FRENCH (active study)
     14 minutes: did a French lesson on LiveMocha.
     30 minutes: did half a lesson of Conversational French.
     16 minutes: listened to Michel Thomas Disc 1, tracks 5-7.
     15 minutes: reviewed vocab on Anki.
FRENCH (passive study)
French total: 75 minutes (75 active/0 passive)

GERMAN (active study)
     10 minutes: did a German lesson on LiveMocha.
     15 minutes: reviewed vocab on Anki.
GERMAN (passive study)
     5 minutes: listened to German podcasts.
German total: 30 minutes (25 active/5 passive)

TOTAL STUDY TODAY: 105 minutes (1h45)

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