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| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6357 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 57 of 66 30 October 2011 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | ||
Yeah, Adrean. It's inspiring to read how you're advancing through you learning materials, bringing them down one after another. German has gotten a worthy opponent. :)
I got a somewhat similar experience when I watched Inception before. They speak a couple of short Japanese phrases in the beginning, and I thought it was cool (and a bit weird) to 'understand' a foreign language when I'm off guard. @Teango: Lol. "Dropping subtle hints here and there" -What!? why is there a croissant in my left shoe? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Adrean TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member France adrean83.wordpress.c Joined 6168 days ago 348 posts - 411 votes Speaks: FrenchC1 | Message 58 of 66 07 November 2011 at 9:37am | IP Logged | ||
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A pretty good week me thinks since last. Much more of the same.
Up to lesson 8 of Pimsleur German two. I'm giving each lesson a good level of attention which I think is important. I'm definitely enjoying this method. Often I break a lesson into two if I find my attention is drifting. As for Assmil I've slowed ever so slightly. To use an analogy; the hardest part of a run is putting on your shoes and stepping out the door. I find much the same with pulling out a paper and pen and setting up the audio. With Pimsleur it can be dark, I can be lying down, walking etc. With Assimil; table, chair, light, quiet. I suppose the highlight of my language learning week was joining an almost beginner German class. It was the first ever time I've attempted to communicate with others in German. Even though it was a small bit it was something new and exciting. I've seen several films during the week, including a German film. I've decided to begin my list of German films, let's hope it grows too over the years.
Well I had 65 films in 2009 and 60 films in 2010. There is a couple of times I failed to jot down the name of the film straight away and it didn't make the list but hey. Watching other films can eat into French movie watching time as well. Can't help you too much with Russian cinema, you probably have a much greater knowledge then me. I've seen all of Tarkovsky's films because my brother is a die hard fan, his favourite is Andre Rublov (sp). I remember going to watch the 1967 Russian version of War and Peace over two weekends a few years ago. I say over two weekends because the film was over seven hours long, however the film is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I understand the film had a 100 million budget in 1967! And also a famous battle scene with 10's of thousands of extras. Above all it was a great film which I look forward to seeing again, hopefully on the big screen. Edited by Adrean on 07 November 2011 at 9:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Adrean TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member France adrean83.wordpress.c Joined 6168 days ago 348 posts - 411 votes Speaks: FrenchC1 | Message 59 of 66 17 November 2011 at 11:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Listening away to my favourite podcast which is Le masque et La Plume whilst writing.
This past ten or so days I've got up to lesson 17 level 2 of Pimsleur German. Pimsleur is such a great supplement to have. It's perfect for me at the moment. I find it challenging but not to the point where it frustrates me. It might frustrate just a little but then they go and chuck an easy sentence in which makes me feel good. Absolutely lapping up Pimsleur at the moment. I'm getting through Assimil just a bit slower. I give myself 20 minutes a day and I find I'm doing a lesson every two days. I may have forgot to mention that I'm doing this off a French base, the explanations in grammar are therefore from a French perspective. I imagine from an English perspective it could present things from a different angle which I may be able to appropriate a little better. Looking forward to the whole 'active way' thing, but that's still a little way off. Besides this, German class is going well enough. I've seen a few French films this week and on track for my target of 70 by the end of the year. Quite a bit of reading..that's it.... Edited by Adrean on 08 December 2011 at 8:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Topsy Turvey Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4754 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English* | Message 60 of 66 20 November 2011 at 9:35am | IP Logged | ||
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It looks like your German is going really well. It makes me feel like picking up German
again... And I love the idea of using a French base to learn German too. I am also so envious that you can watch so many French films. I hope I am in a position to do exactly the same thing soon. It's the pleasure of doing things like this that make language learning completely worthwhile :) Formerly the user Buttons 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Adrean TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member France adrean83.wordpress.c Joined 6168 days ago 348 posts - 411 votes Speaks: FrenchC1 | Message 61 of 66 10 December 2011 at 11:20am | IP Logged | ||
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This week I finished up a short term of German classes. Overall it was a good
experience however I don't think I gained a whole lot more then if I was doing just self-study. I think this may be the approach by the teacher and what the students wanted. I'm not too disappointed because going to a German class was as much a social thing then just a learning thing. I have totally stressed and spent so much energy this week on an application for a assistant English teacher job beginning in August next year in France. I had to have my application to the French embassy by close of business this Monday and I got it Thursday. Australia has a total of 60 places available through the program. I'm hoping that the fact that I finished university so long ago and that I'm not coming from a teacher background (although it's not necessary to be from one) won't have too much effect on my application. It was necessary to answer some questions and write a letter why you wanted the assistant role in France. Writing is not exactly my strength so I sent it away to away for a small fee to have the rough edges smoothed out. The editing was great and I'm very happy with the end product. I also missed completing one of two teachers appraisals because I only know one teacher at the moment, I hope they can ignore this. I'm tentatively on the way to 70 French films for the year. I have to pick up the average over the next few weeks but I think the holiday period will allow me to do so. Overall the viewing has been hit and miss. My German lessons were interrupted this week by trying to prepare my application for the English assistant role in France. I'm finally up to part 3 of Pimsleur. Assimil has taken a back seat for the past couple of weeks. Finishing the 100 lessons including the active wave and doing it properly is certainly an achievement. Perhaps I can make that a goal for next years TAC. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Topsy Turvey Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4754 days ago 18 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English* | Message 62 of 66 10 December 2011 at 10:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't blame you for putting your German on hold for a week whilst you work on getting
your application in place to go to France. I wish you lots of luck with this application and I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you :) This all sounds really exciting! Are there any other opportunities in France (or Germany) that you can apply for to help maximise your chances of getting a job in Europe? 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 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 63 of 66 10 December 2011 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Bonne chance with the teaching position in France, Adrean! I've been accepted on a part-time CELTA course starting in February (which was initially a bit of a devil to get onto actually), so I'll probably be teaching some poor unlucky students English next year too (lol).
And 70 French films is really impressive for this year! I've watched a few gangster flicks like "Le Samouraï" and "C'est arrivé près de chez vous" recently, and am thinking about watching "Z" next. It must be amazing to be able to jump straight into the French and understand most of what's said without subs now. Edited by Teango on 11 December 2011 at 12:57am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Adrean TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member France adrean83.wordpress.c Joined 6168 days ago 348 posts - 411 votes Speaks: FrenchC1 | Message 64 of 66 22 December 2011 at 10:52am | IP Logged | ||
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@Teango & Topsy
Thanks for the encouragement. It's a long time before I find out if I get the job. I think June next year. But boy will that change my language goals next year if by miracle I get the job. I would love to discuss language teaching with you guys if that's the case. -------------------------------- So not quite my final post for the year but I think I'll be analysing the year that was in the next post. I'm quite excited for next year's goals as I always am at this time of year. I'm messing about with picking goals and resources for the next year. Having a clear, somewhat challenging goal is an absolute must to keep you going. Unfortunately the gang will be disassembling as far as I can tell as we undertake new language challenges. Went to a French meet-up the other week. It went really great, talked to lots of nice people with good levels of French. My French wasn't as rusty as I thought. I will definitely make this a goal of mine to attend these on a regularish basis in the new year. I don't quite think I'll make 70 films in French this year.I think having a long film hiatus in the middle of the year hasn't helped. I've added the last 3 years worth of movies to an excel list where I can sort by Director, Name , date seen etc. Going over the list it's interesting to recollect where and who I was with when I watched the movies. Writing things down certainly (in this log) has given my language journey a lot of clarity where otherwise it would have been just fragments. --------------------- As for German making progress slowly, very slowly. Lesson 45 in Assimil and about 20 to go with Pimsleur. Not nearly enough exposure to this language. I haven't developed patterns in listening as I just haven't had the exposure, but another year awaits. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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