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| michaelmichael Senior Member Canada Joined 5043 days ago 167 posts - 202 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 9 of 27 23 August 2010 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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feanarosurion/zekecoma: I am jealous that you will be able to maintain your pace. I too have been putting in long hours this summer.
Arekkusu: Your post gives me hope !! 30 mins a day and quite a bit to show for it. nuriayasmin: glad you have a balanced life, unfortunately for me, studying french is more than just a hobby, it is a necessity. The not minding slow progression is probably key for language learning, I've read a few posts of people who are burnt out and are on the verge of quitting. A lot of frustration and demotivation can come from expecting too much, too soon. galindo: Sounds like you're having fun :). I am thinking of looping American movies with the french DVD option at some point, since i am familiar with the stories. I have no idea what movies from France should be required viewing for us anglophones. The 2 movies from quebec that i know i must see are "bon cop, bad cop" and Les invasions barbares. I think i will get these during the holidays Edited by michaelmichael on 23 August 2010 at 6:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luai_lashire Diglot Senior Member United States luai-lashire.deviant Joined 5614 days ago 384 posts - 560 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese, French | Message 10 of 27 23 August 2010 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I also usually don't spend much time per day studying- usually 30 minutes to an hour of active study, and 0 to 5
hours of exposure to the language through watching movies and tv shows or using the internet (I have my facebook and google accounts set in the languages I'm studying, and I'm also addicted to a Japanese online game). I find that how much progress I make varies by what exactly I'm doing during my active study period- for example, I made extremely rapid progress using Smart.FM's core 2000 series to learn vocabulary (although it seems this method has a high drop-out rate- most people get burned out around step 3 or 4). At times that my daily routine only consists of doing grammar readings and exercises, or memorizing song lyrics, or struggling through a children's book, I don't make quite as good progress. I think it's entirely possible to make rapid progress on 30 minutes a day- you just have to be very good at gauging what you need to be doing at the stage you're at in your learning, and what methods are most effective for you personally. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5552 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 11 of 27 23 August 2010 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't do active study, because I'm a Very Lazy Person.
Well, only when I feel like it and then it's just a fun activity so it can't be counted as active study. However ... in March I kept a diary, during immersion in Spain, and then I spent about 40 hours a week on Spanish (work, daily life, exposure and the odd bout of studying) plus 40 hours on my other languages (exposure plus the odd bout of studying) - I have to say I was actually pretty mad at myself for wasting 4-5 hours a day on German, English or non-language related tasks. It's been less since I've returned to Germany and decided I had to pick up French ... Luai, the smart.fm application annoys me and so I import interesting series to anki, so that I can manipulate at will. (= 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Polyglotted Triglot Newbie Joined 5015 days ago 35 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 12 of 27 24 August 2010 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||
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I've spent about an hour on Russian every day this Summer as well as revising it in my head on the go. Once I begin university in mid-September, I have about 24 contact hours a week plus work outside of Uni, because I'm going to be taking up Mandarin as an intensive ab initio course, so hopefully for the next few years most of my days will be taken up with language learning :)
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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4993 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 27 28 August 2010 at 4:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm currently single and unemployed (best way to be, apart from the lack of money!), and my time that's not spent socialising, exercising, preparing/eating food, wasting time, and doing job-hunting activities comes to anything from 2 to 10 hours per day. That time mostly gets split between language learning and music practice/study; the ratio just depends on which one I feel more like doing at the time (and whether I have a gig or a language speaking opportunity coming up sooner!) but it probably averages out as about half and half. So to answer your question, anything from 1 to 5 hours per day. Obviously there'll be some days when I won't have the time or inclination for any, and others when I'll really go at it.
When I had a full-time job the situation was similar; less free time in general of course but when I didn't have much to do at work I'd frequently find myself on language learning websites. Edited by garyb on 28 August 2010 at 4:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5130 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 14 of 27 28 August 2010 at 5:13am | IP Logged | ||
Well I do have a problem though. Before I started learning German, I used to spend 24 hours a day programming on the computer. Now since I started learning German, my programming work as seriously declined. The only reason I have so much time is because I don't have a job right now. But, when I find a job I will probably have as much time as the next person who has a job. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5161 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 15 of 27 28 August 2010 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I do 30-45 minutes a day first thing in the morning. If I do more than 45 minutes I will feel burned out, but I make myself study every single day. If I don't do it first thing in the morning I will never get it done. In the evenings I often watch an episode of Destinos as a way of zoning out after work, but I don't count that as studying because it is so passive and I do it with a beer.
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| justberta Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5371 days ago 140 posts - 170 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian* Studies: Indonesian, German, Spanish, Russian | Message 16 of 27 28 August 2010 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't study.
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