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Michael K.
Senior Member
United States
Joined 5523 days ago

568 posts - 886 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Spanish, Esperanto

 
 Message 97 of 656
30 April 2012 at 11:48pm | IP Logged 
LANGUAGE: Spanish

CHALLENGE: 100 books and 100 movies

CURRENT LEVEL: A1 comfortably, possibly a low A2; 2 classes during summer school almost 3 years ago, and many abortive attempts at self-study during the past 3 years. On a good day, I'm probably a mid-level beginner.

COMMENTS: I'm mostly interested in learning to read Spanish, but using Spanish actively in writing and speaking is good, too. I plan to do 20-25 books and 20-25 films and read or watch them several times.

This is going to be a wild ride!

Question: Do learning materials count? I'll find enough Spanish materials, I'm sure, but I'm just wondering.


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Globe-trotter
Triglot
Newbie
Netherlands
Joined 4391 days ago

29 posts - 44 votes
Speaks: Dutch*, English, German
Studies: Thai

 
 Message 98 of 656
30 April 2012 at 11:58pm | IP Logged 
And we're off in Western Europe! Good luck all!
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mountains
Newbie
Norway
Joined 4387 days ago

12 posts - 43 votes
Speaks: English*
Studies: Norwegian

 
 Message 99 of 656
01 May 2012 at 12:00am | IP Logged 
LANGUAGE: Norwegian

CHALLENGE: 100 books, 100 films, 100 x 30min conversations.

CURRENT LEVEL: This is my first attempt at learning a second language, I'm confidant to
say that I'm a solid A2, maby bordering a B1.

COMMENTS: Very optimistic actually, I have been lurking these theads for a few months now
and have finally gotten the courage to join and participate on these boards. I will
write more extensively about my goals and plan of attack in the general Super Challenge
thread.
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Solfrid Cristin
Heptaglot
Winner TAC 2011 & 2012
Senior Member
Norway
Joined 5128 days ago

4143 posts - 8864 votes 
Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian
Studies: Russian

 
 Message 100 of 656
01 May 2012 at 1:30am | IP Logged 
First film down: Only 99 to go:-)

1. Robin Hood
Robin Hood in Russian was strange for me who is used to watching it in Swedish (that's right, Swedish - not Norwegian), but it was fun to see it in a totally foreign language.


Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 01 May 2012 at 1:44am

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dandt
Senior Member
Australia
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Joined 4418 days ago

134 posts - 174 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Italian, French

 
 Message 101 of 656
01 May 2012 at 1:43am | IP Logged 
I too have finished my first film, I put it on to wash the dishes and the water has long grown cold with only
three things washed. Turns out Dora L'exploratrice isn't so bad!

1. Dora L'exploratrice - Suivez La Carte
While I didn't understand all of it, I understood enough to know what was going on. At 90 minutes, it was
difficult at first, especially as there were all of 3 English words in the first episode. I was struggling, because I
expected at least a 'yes' here and a 'thank you' there but it seemed to be entirely in French. Regardless, I
understood a fair bit and the later episode had some characters who only spoke English. They were barely in
the show, but it helped a little. I found myself engjoying it, and am glad I watched it. That said, I'm not so
sure I'm glad that it was my first entry for the challenge, but it is much easier than anything else I could have
watched!
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Sh'Naya
Diglot
Groupie
Germany
Joined 6552 days ago

48 posts - 65 votes 
Speaks: German*, English
Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French

 
 Message 102 of 656
01 May 2012 at 2:54am | IP Logged 
I have finished my first film, which was the Spanish version of Stardust, as well. I understood nearly all of it. However, Captain Shakespeare was incredibly difficult to understand.
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ReneeMona
Diglot
Senior Member
Netherlands
Joined 5129 days ago

864 posts - 1274 votes 
Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2
Studies: French

 
 Message 103 of 656
01 May 2012 at 3:17am | IP Logged 
LANGUAGE: French and English

CHALLENGE: Full for movies, 50/50 for books

CURRENT LEVEL: around B1 (French) and C1/C2 (English)

COMMENTS: I was originally going to do a full challenge for French but since that means
five books per month, I realize this will be impossible if I want to keep reading in
other languages as well. Since reading more in English was one of my goals for this year,
I've decided to divide the 100 books equally between French and English but watch 100
films in each, so I guess that makes it a 75% challenge for both.

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eggcluck
Senior Member
China
Joined 4495 days ago

168 posts - 278 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Mandarin, Japanese

 
 Message 104 of 656
01 May 2012 at 3:38am | IP Logged 
REGISTERING FOR THE SUPER CHALLENGE

LANGUAGE: Manadrin

CHALLENGE; THE SUPER CHALLENGE: 100 FILMS. 100 BOOKS.

CURRENT LEVEL: No level: - Level is awfull I cant even handle basic things and understand nothing except for the occasion word here and there.

Comments: This will probably be a test of endurance in the film department. I have yet to find a Mandrin film that I can stomach for its full length. I will also not be registering with twitter as it is blocked in China.


Edited by eggcluck on 01 May 2012 at 8:04am



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