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| mcsice Newbie United States Joined 4563 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 5 19 December 2011 at 12:46am | IP Logged |
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I studied Spanish for 5 years back in high school and college which was nearly 20 years ago. Although I could read and write fairly well, my speaking and listening comprehension was poor. I never kept up with it and have forgotten most of what I had learned.
About 3 months ago I started actively studying Spanish again, motivated by love. My boyfriend is from Mexico. His English is at a solid B1 level. We manage to communicate fairly well most of the time. However, our language barrier often results in some hilarious conversations. We have been studying together on a regular basis so that he can improve his English and I my Spanish. My goal is to go from an A1 to B1 by the end of 2012. My plan of attack includes:
I recently participated in November's 6 Week Challenge and averaged around 1-2 hours per day of concentrated study. It was great motivation for me and I definitely think that participating in the TAC will help me to keep the momentum going. I look forward to this challenge with the rest of my teammates 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5185 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 5 28 December 2011 at 2:47am | IP Logged |
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Hello, mcsice. Welcome to TAC 2012. I'm part of the Romantics team, too, and I'm looking forward to watching your progress over the next year!
I work with a lot of non-native English speakers, and sometimes the language barriers cause lots of laughs! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mepisevaerg Newbie United States Joined 4501 days ago 15 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 5 02 January 2012 at 10:00pm | IP Logged |
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Hi mcsice. I'm also on the Romantics team and hope that we both make significant progress this year.
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| mcsice Newbie United States Joined 4563 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 5 10 January 2012 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
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HI Kerrie and Mepisevaerg, I look forward to working with you this year and hope we all make great progress.
After some much needed time off of work to spend with family, I am back in full swing and ready to hit the books and audio courses. For Christmas I received The New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish which has received high ratings on Amazon. It was recommended more for intermediate and advanced learners, but I think it will definitely be useful for me even at the beginner level. I also discovered recently that I can watch full tv episodes on univision.com. I started watching La Fuerza Del Destino only to find out that it came to an end. So I am now undecided as to which telenovela I want to get "hooked" on. I have really only just begun to explore the site, but it seems to have a lot of resources including access to many radio stations nationwide. For the Learning Spanish Like Crazy course, I am finishing up lesson 14 which covers reflexive verbs. In the FSI Basic course, I am still on Unit 4. I haven't has as much time to work on that, but I know that the FSI course is where I really need to focus my energies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dearwanderlust Newbie United States youtube.com/dearwandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5061 days ago 38 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 5 of 5 25 January 2012 at 6:01pm | IP Logged |
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Hello fellow Romantics team member! I wish you the best on all of your studies and thank you so much for the univision.com information. I've been looking for Spanish TV online and that will definitely help.
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