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kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 9 of 24 05 October 2010 at 11:06pm \| IP Logged
	School is so busy it's hard to find time... mainly focusing on reading and listening now. My mom learned English by reading a lot so I'm expecting this will help me a lot with learning Spanish, but it's hard to find a really interesting book that I'm sucked into right away. I find bilingual texts easier, for anyone who may be curious. 2 months, 8 days I think. 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 10 of 24 07 October 2010 at 10:41pm \| IP Logged
	Had an exam in Spanish class today... Perfect score with ease! Not surprising for a Spanish 1 class but still something My deadline's getting closer! 2 months, 5 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 11 of 24 09 October 2010 at 11:10pm \| IP Logged
	Had an interesting experience. A dream of mine was in Spanish! This is the first time as all of my other dreams have been in either English or Norwegian! Also, there's a nice song I found that I really like in Spanish. It's called "Una Palabra" I think this'll motivate me a bit with the deadline coming up. I think the biggest thing I need to work on now is passive understanding. It's not bad, but it could always get better! 2 months, 3 days left Edited by kthorg on 10 October 2010 at 3:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 12 of 24 12 October 2010 at 10:36pm \| IP Logged
	First month is gone! I am improving, luckily, so I'm satisfied with my progress so far. The bilingual texts didn't work on my computer for some reason! the file type is wrong. Anyway, I'm mostly listening/watching TV/reading now, and I find that my understanding is going up in MASSIVE leaps. 1 month, 30 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 13 of 24 16 October 2010 at 12:38am \| IP Logged
	Was talking with my siblings' nanny yesterday, no problems whatsoever. I'm excited but I want to finish strong so I'm going to continue listening to the "cuentos a la luz de la luna" podcast. The bilingual texts didn't work on my computer for some reason! It was the file extension I think. I think I'll buy some at the book store tomorrow though. only 1 month, 26 days left! Edited by kthorg on 16 October 2010 at 3:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 14 of 24 27 October 2010 at 9:47pm \| IP Logged
	Well I seem to be talking to myself buuut I'm going to keep posting here just because it motivates me, I finally figured out the biligual texts problem I had. 1 month, 17 days left Deadline coming up, wow! I've been kind of in a slump as of late becaus I haven't done any conscious work at all, but strangely, my understnading has SHOT up nonetheless, like a wall was knocked down! 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 15 of 24 05 November 2010 at 9:18pm \| IP Logged
	I've decided now that there aren't many major communication structures I lack anymore, mostly specific words... So what I'm doing is picking a weekly topic and learning all the specific vocabulary that's related, for example, yesterday I learned: La calabaza (pumpkin) El ajo (garlick) El apio (celery) El rábano (radish) El pepino (cucumber) The theme being food and kitchen. My goal here is to narrow in on the specifics, bcause it's there my comprehension sometimes falls flat. Even if those words aren't used everyday, it can't hurt. Also, I've made an effort to only learn about five words a day because they stick to my memory better that way any thoughts on this method? 1 month, 8 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4995 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese	Message 16 of 24 06 November 2010 at 11:43am \| IP Logged
	It seems as good a method as any. I religiously write down new vocabulary I see as I read. Some sticks and some doesn't. Some things like food it really makes sense to consciously sit down and make your own list of words instead of waiting for it to come up in real life. I can't say as I've found a really good method for learning vocabulary - I keep hoping to get a good idea or trick from reading other people's logs. I was happy I recognized ajo on your list. 1 person has voted this message useful

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kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 9 of 24 05 October 2010 at 11:06pm \| IP Logged
	School is so busy it's hard to find time... mainly focusing on reading and listening now. My mom learned English by reading a lot so I'm expecting this will help me a lot with learning Spanish, but it's hard to find a really interesting book that I'm sucked into right away. I find bilingual texts easier, for anyone who may be curious. 2 months, 8 days I think. 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 10 of 24 07 October 2010 at 10:41pm \| IP Logged
	Had an exam in Spanish class today... Perfect score with ease! Not surprising for a Spanish 1 class but still something My deadline's getting closer! 2 months, 5 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 11 of 24 09 October 2010 at 11:10pm \| IP Logged
	Had an interesting experience. A dream of mine was in Spanish! This is the first time as all of my other dreams have been in either English or Norwegian! Also, there's a nice song I found that I really like in Spanish. It's called "Una Palabra" I think this'll motivate me a bit with the deadline coming up. I think the biggest thing I need to work on now is passive understanding. It's not bad, but it could always get better! 2 months, 3 days left Edited by kthorg on 10 October 2010 at 3:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 12 of 24 12 October 2010 at 10:36pm \| IP Logged
	First month is gone! I am improving, luckily, so I'm satisfied with my progress so far. The bilingual texts didn't work on my computer for some reason! the file type is wrong. Anyway, I'm mostly listening/watching TV/reading now, and I find that my understanding is going up in MASSIVE leaps. 1 month, 30 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 13 of 24 16 October 2010 at 12:38am \| IP Logged
	Was talking with my siblings' nanny yesterday, no problems whatsoever. I'm excited but I want to finish strong so I'm going to continue listening to the "cuentos a la luz de la luna" podcast. The bilingual texts didn't work on my computer for some reason! It was the file extension I think. I think I'll buy some at the book store tomorrow though. only 1 month, 26 days left! Edited by kthorg on 16 October 2010 at 3:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 14 of 24 27 October 2010 at 9:47pm \| IP Logged
	Well I seem to be talking to myself buuut I'm going to keep posting here just because it motivates me, I finally figured out the biligual texts problem I had. 1 month, 17 days left Deadline coming up, wow! I've been kind of in a slump as of late becaus I haven't done any conscious work at all, but strangely, my understnading has SHOT up nonetheless, like a wall was knocked down! 1 person has voted this message useful
kthorg Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5038 days ago 50 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English, Norwegian, Spanish Studies: French	Message 15 of 24 05 November 2010 at 9:18pm \| IP Logged
	I've decided now that there aren't many major communication structures I lack anymore, mostly specific words... So what I'm doing is picking a weekly topic and learning all the specific vocabulary that's related, for example, yesterday I learned: La calabaza (pumpkin) El ajo (garlick) El apio (celery) El rábano (radish) El pepino (cucumber) The theme being food and kitchen. My goal here is to narrow in on the specifics, bcause it's there my comprehension sometimes falls flat. Even if those words aren't used everyday, it can't hurt. Also, I've made an effort to only learn about five words a day because they stick to my memory better that way any thoughts on this method? 1 month, 8 days left 1 person has voted this message useful
kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4995 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese	Message 16 of 24 06 November 2010 at 11:43am \| IP Logged
	It seems as good a method as any. I religiously write down new vocabulary I see as I read. Some sticks and some doesn't. Some things like food it really makes sense to consciously sit down and make your own list of words instead of waiting for it to come up in real life. I can't say as I've found a really good method for learning vocabulary - I keep hoping to get a good idea or trick from reading other people's logs. I was happy I recognized ajo on your list. 1 person has voted this message useful