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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5378 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes  Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 1 of 407 21 September 2010 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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**You will find, further down this post, this thread’s initial post from September
21, 2010.** My log for 2011 (TAC 2011 Team あ) starts on post 58, any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&PN=1&TPN=8" >page 8. Languages studied: Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian, Esperanto, German. My log for 2012 (TAC 2012 Team ne nur) starts on language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&TPN=32">post 249, page 32. My new objectives for the year 2012 are written there. Languages to be studied: Japanese, German, Esperanto, Finnish, Swahili, maybe Korean. Some notable posts that received a significant amount of votes: My technique, post 83, TID=23061&PN=1&TPN=11">page 11 (Amended on post 126, language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&PN=1&TPN=16">pa ge 16) TID=23061&TPN=20&KW=self%2Dtalk#325750">Self-talk Exercise How speaking helps improve listening: post 180, language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&PN=0&TPN=23">pa ge 23 Some Norwegian posts starting on post 102, language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&PN=0&TPN=18">pa ge 18 Some Esperanto posts starting on post 238, language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&TPN=30">page 30 Sprachprofi’s evaluation of my German, post 247, language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23061&PN=0&TPN=31">pa ge 31 Various links: My main webpage about pitch (under construction; hosted by Sprachprofi) Japanese word frequency list My Japanese electronic dictionary Japanese subtitles ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- Sept 21, 2010 -- Introductory post As a young branch heavy with buds, I shall bow under pressure and create my own Japanese learning log. However, I do so with reservation as only time will tell if I can maintain it regularly. Profile I started learning Japanese in August 2008; self-study with occasional tutors. I took an Advanced class in Sept. 2009 at the Cultural Centre (too inefficient). Level (Sept. 2010): Advanced (C1). Back in March, my tutor determined that I was B2/C1. I'd venture I'm now firmly at or above C1, seeing as she constantly tells me how impressed she is with my rate of progress (I'll gladly take her word for it). [EDIT, Sept 2011: I was probably B2 back then.] Philosophy To me, language is a social tool and I am convinced that the brain learns languages best in a social context. As a result, I put more emphasis on oral communication with people. I have little interest in literature. Objectives Long-term: near-native level. Mid-term: translation from Japanese within 5 years from start date (3 years from now). Short-term: 1) Fix common errors and improve vocabulary, 2) refine speech (sound more educated, refine politeness levels), 3) improve pitch production. Increase portion of time I spend thinking in Japanese. Process Language Partners I currently have 3 language partners and my meetings with them form the bulk of my learning. All meetings follow a basic pattern whereby we help eachother for one hour each. Each is responsible for preparing their own portion. I meet Partner 1 weekly since May 2009. Although we set out to work for 2 hours, our meetings always extend to 3 or 4 hours. P2 teaches my wife and kids, and then sits with me for an hour afterwards. Since she will occasionally prepare lessons, I consider her more of a tutor. P3 and I only meet sporadically, every second week or so. She speaks virtually no English. Other activities I whimsically alternate between various sources, without structure: -podcasts (japanesepod101 provides great exposure to real language) -dramas (with some shadowing) -lang-8 -other Internet resources (newsmanga, tangorin, lingq, smart.fm, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, etc.) -Anki: not a big fan of SRS, but I enjoy this workflow: look up words in Tangorin, save to vocabulary list, create a list every two weeks and export to Anki -occasional mangas (reading 玄米先生の弁当箱 lately, mostly on the bus) Purpose of this log I hope this log helps me highlight my achievements and double-underline my failures, as I cross-out linguistic difficulties and issues one by one. I will document difficulties I encounter and need to work on. I might maintain a master list of issues. Edited by Arekkusu on 22 May 2012 at 12:07am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5802 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 407 22 September 2010 at 4:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for starting the log. Your plan of action has already motivated me.
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| McSensei Newbie United States Joined 5253 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 407 22 September 2010 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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If I could reach C1 Japanese in two years, I'd be elated! I've only just begun, though.
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| Lexii Senior Member United States Joined 5219 days ago 162 posts - 194 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 407 22 September 2010 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm delighted to see you've decided to start a log! I'm looking forward to following your progress!
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5378 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 5 of 407 22 September 2010 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks all for the encouraging words!
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| pitwo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6156 days ago 103 posts - 121 votes Speaks: French*, English | Message 6 of 407 22 September 2010 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Bonne chance dans ta quête !
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5378 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 407 22 September 2010 at 5:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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First update!
Read a text given to me as homework (lots of unknown words! so frustrating!) and watched a drama called "Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo". I didn't think I'd like it, but I'm quite enjoying it. I'm watching it without subtitles. Ironically, I find I understand more that way. Of course, there are also parts I don't get at all 8( A friend arriving this weekend from Japan is bringing me the manga the series is based on. I would also like to touch upon the subject of "thinking in Japanese". I addressed the topic in another thread I initiated. I think in Japanese in little pockets throughout the day, but I need to crank it up. It's been better lately, but it's still not quite what I'd like. It's a great way to get a wake-up call on the useful words I don't know, but should know. For some reason, I'm finding this a lot harder in Japanese than it was in the other languages I learned. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5216 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 8 of 407 22 September 2010 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
Almost Haiku: the only poetry I actually like.
Great log already and massive progress in so short a time. 頑張って 1 person has voted this message useful |
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