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Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5339 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 49 of 222 19 March 2010 at 3:35pm | IP Logged |
Woodpecker wrote:
And Arekkusu, I don't know what you meant when you said it takes you all the time just to write the words, so you take a break before actually studying them. Could you elaborate on how you're actually studying? The impression I got was that, other that writing the words and their translations, the only studying one is supposed to do is to read the whole list aloud. |
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My bad, you're right, there. I suppose the actual full 20 minutes of study only occurs starting with the first distillation.
Still, I need to collect 25 words (which I write down here and there and then put down to a list when there's enough of them), look up the kanji if I learned the word from hearing it, or look up the pitch if I read it. I can hardly do all of this in 20 minutes. Not if I'm "enjoying" myself, anyway. It's great if you have a list ready-made, but if you're learning words as you study, you need time to collect words and gather all the proper information.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5339 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 50 of 222 19 March 2010 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
After all, it's made me sit down and study vocab for 20 mins a day; I've never really
done that before, so there's some good to the method ;) |
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Not even for Japanese?! :-O |
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...nope. |
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They just stuck after having come across them a few times? Including Kanji and all? o_O Any secret tips you'd like to tell me? :D |
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Well... there's really no other way to put it. I used to have a really good memory, but I can't say that that's still the case, so maybe it has more to do with the way I internalize the new vocabulary I come across. I always imagine myself in a situation where I am using the word in a sentence and in context. Other than that, no secret. If I can't remember it, no biggie; if the word is important, it'll come up again, anyway.
As for kanji, I'm much better at recognizing them than writing them out, I must admit. Which is not a problem if I'm using the computer, of course.
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| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5693 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin
| Message 51 of 222 19 March 2010 at 3:46pm | IP Logged |
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
After all, it's made me sit down and study vocab for 20 mins a day; I've never really
done that before, so there's some good to the method ;) |
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Not even for Japanese?! :-O |
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...nope. |
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They just stuck after having come across them a few times? Including Kanji and all? o_O Any secret tips you'd like to tell me? :D |
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Well... there's really no other way to put it. I used to have a really good memory, but I can't say that that's still the case, so maybe it has more to do with the way I internalize the new vocabulary I come across. I always imagine myself in a situation where I am using the word in a sentence and in context. Other than that, no secret. If I can't remember it, no biggie; if the word is important, it'll come up again, anyway.
As for kanji, I'm much better at recognizing them than writing them out, I must admit. Which is not a problem if I'm using the computer, of course. |
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Dang, I'm disappointed that your not revealing that grand secret of cours that you surely must have. Or jealous, if you really don't have one :)
Alright then, back to topic. Let us know how that Goldylist-thingy is working out for you as soon as you get some results! :)
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5339 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 52 of 222 19 March 2010 at 3:55pm | IP Logged |
Pyx wrote:
Let us know how that Goldylist-thingy is working out for you as soon as you get some results! :) |
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I'll let you know as soon as I hit the 8000-word mark.
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| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5693 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin
| Message 53 of 222 19 March 2010 at 3:56pm | IP Logged |
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Let us know how that Goldylist-thingy is working out for you as soon as you get some results! :) |
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I'll let you know as soon as I hit the 8000-word mark. |
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Looking forward to your report next week, then!
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5339 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 54 of 222 19 March 2010 at 4:05pm | IP Logged |
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Let us know how that Goldylist-thingy is working out for you as soon as you get some results! :) |
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I'll let you know as soon as I hit the 8000-word mark. |
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Looking forward to your report next week, then! |
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Don't mean to rain on your parade, but the method insists that I wait 2 weeks ;)
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| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5693 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin
| Message 55 of 222 19 March 2010 at 4:10pm | IP Logged |
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Arekkusu wrote:
Pyx wrote:
Let us know how that Goldylist-thingy is working out for you as soon as you get some results! :) |
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I'll let you know as soon as I hit the 8000-word mark. |
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Looking forward to your report next week, then! |
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Don't mean to rain on your parade, but the method insists that I wait 2 weeks ;) |
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But Woodpecker doesn't! Don't screw with people that'll peck your wood, man! :D
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5514 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 56 of 222 19 March 2010 at 4:22pm | IP Logged |
You guys just made me spill my wine laughing - good luck to you all tapping 8000 in 2 weeks ;)
Edited by Teango on 19 March 2010 at 5:02pm
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