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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5344 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1 of 30 04 November 2010 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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At home by a sturdy desk; whilst pretending to take notes in school or college; on the way to work or perhaps an international flight; or just curled up on the sofa in front of TV with a glass of wine or mug of cocoa whilst everyone's out of the house....we all have our own special places where we like to study or immerse in languages.
Yet where is the most unusual place you've studied recently? Perhaps you were Pimsleuring whilst snowboarding, shadowing Assimil in the Serengeti, or listening to MT whilst scaling a mountain in Tibet. As for me, I can't recall studying anywhere too crazy this year, although my Ten Turkish Baths in Ten Days (i.e. Turkish Pimsleur in the bathtub) did raise a few eyebrows when I told friends... Edited by Teango on 04 November 2010 at 2:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5747 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 3 of 30 04 November 2010 at 7:52pm | IP Logged | ||
Well for people who follow the AJATT idea and listen to material pretty much everywhere, this is not surprizing. As a side note, AJATT is not keen on using material specifically created for foreign language learning. Edited by Snowflake on 04 November 2010 at 7:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5465 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 4 of 30 04 November 2010 at 8:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Didn't Madeleine Albright learn a large chunk of Russian while she was in a hospital?
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5344 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 5 of 30 04 November 2010 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if Madeleine Albright was actually studying Russian in hospital, but Wikipedia says she did start classes "as a distraction" at Hofstra University whilst her premature children stayed in hospital, and then continued learning Russian up to university level over the following years. Edited by Teango on 04 November 2010 at 9:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5232 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 6 of 30 04 November 2010 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, I love the bath idea! Sounds much more enjoyable than Pimsleuring in my car.
How about studying in the kitchen? My partner and I like to cook together and practice language with sentences like "I am chopping the onion" or, in my case, "I am drinking wine and watching you cook." :P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5344 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 7 of 30 04 November 2010 at 9:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cooking with languages is a great combination! I particularly remember one guy in Tokyo who was a sous chef in a Korean restaurant and sounded amazing after just a couple of months!
Fasulye also maintains a multilingual cooking log with an excellent array of recipes which you could base themed nights around and really get into the part. :P Edited by Teango on 04 November 2010 at 9:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5755 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 30 05 November 2010 at 2:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I listened to Assimil on my new iPod the other night during my flight to NJ. It was kind of strange to be way up high above the earth, gazing at a lovely, moonlit cloudscape, and hear "Il ne peut pas trouver de jambon!" (He can't find any ham!).
But by far the strangest place I have ever listened to language learning recordings, and not by choice, is in the restroom of a local restaurant. It was an Italian restaurant, and I guess to create authentic Italian ambiance or just annoy patrons, there were always Italian lessons playing in the bathroom. Because, you know, if there's any one place in the world you REALLY need to practice Italian, it's a public bathroom. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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