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| wv girl Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5033 days ago 174 posts - 330 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 137 of 656 02 May 2012 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, I've read about 1/5 of La Casa en Mango Street and have to look up lots of words, but that's how I learn them.
The chapters are short, so I go back through & read it out loud. I checked the grade level of the book ... it's only 4th grade, but recommended for older students. So many words that are so simple in your native language (crooked, clumsy) aren't familiar in another, yet I can manage conversations without them. It's a good start, though. After this book, however, I think I'll do Escalofrios, which is only a 3rd grade book. My elderly grandmother picked up one of them from my table yesterday and asked where I bought my daughter's books. I had to admit that they were mine! Reading outside on a beautiful Spring morning is great, but my neglected garden calls to me. Time to put the book down. All things in moderation... but what a start! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sekard Newbie England Joined 4488 days ago 10 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 138 of 656 02 May 2012 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello everyone, and what a wonderful idea.Sign me up please,count me in.
LANGUAGE:Italian CHALLENGE:Super Challenge CURRENT LEVEL:A1 at the moment,although my speaking level at the minute is virtually non-existent. COMMENTS:This has come at the perfect time,as i want to really kick on in my ability to understand Italian.I've around 5 books to read (including HP)and a few more film resources to keep me busy for a couple of months.How i'm going to read and watch 100 films in 20 months is anyones guess but i'm one of these people who likes challenges that seem unobtainable. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5289 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 139 of 656 02 May 2012 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
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#film I've watched a couple of dubbed series and 8 episodes of an Colombian telenovela. I have decided to try to watch everything without subtitles. At this stage telenovelas seem to suit me better because I cannot follow too intricate plots. It was embarrassing to acknowledge that when they caught the guilty guy in "The Closer" I had no idea who he was and it also remained a mystery to me why he was so jealous to someone that he had to kill 7 persons.. Actually I'm amazed that I find the telenovela "Yo soy Betty, la fea" so entertaining. Of course I miss a lot, but still can follow the basic plot. Which is very basic, indeed :) #books I haven't read any books yet. At first I want to make sure I get the film watching routine going. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| habgglieb Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 4392 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: German, Korean | Message 140 of 656 02 May 2012 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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#films 1. Miss Undercover (Miss Congeniality) 02. May, 2012 2. Die Schwester der Koenigin (The Other Boleyn Girl) 02. May, 2012 Nice movie! Besides the DVD, I also have the book which I’ll be reading after I finish the one I’m reading right now. I’m curious to see the differences between the book and the film. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5265 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 141 of 656 03 May 2012 at 8:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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5/100 Films "Toute la vérité", Season 1 Vol 1 (10 episodes of 45 min each) First 10 episodes of the series Toute la vérité a legal drama from Québec. I need to rewatch these anyway as I just received Season 2 Vol 2 DVDs but it has been so long that I have forgotten all the plot themes left hanging at the end of S2 Vol 1. I will be 'warming up' by watching some TV series then moving on to a collection of 35 movies I have collected. Edited by microsnout on 03 May 2012 at 8:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| travnett Senior Member Switzerland Joined 4807 days ago 9 posts - 13 votes Speaks: GermanB1 Studies: Spanish, French | Message 142 of 656 03 May 2012 at 10:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi Guys so yeh sign me up please. I will be continuing to improve my German. I have been a bit lazy with it the last 6
months which is a shame especially as I have a Swiss-German Girlfriend. LANGUAGE: German CHALLENGE: Full CURRENT LEVEL: B1 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5945 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 143 of 656 03 May 2012 at 11:22am | IP Logged | |||||
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I didn't realise people were posting their results in this thread as well. I'm not sure if I'll I post my results in this thread, but I will mention I watched my first French film last night. I think it's actually a short series, but it lasted 90 minutes. It was on TV5 and called, "LA LOUVE: Les proies sont dans la ville". To watch the film I enabled French subtitles, and kept a dictionary handy. This isn't the easiest thing to do. When you check up the words you realise how many colloquial expressions, and swear words, you don't normally learn.
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| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4972 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 144 of 656 03 May 2012 at 12:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks, I think if I put some counters on my log, it will do, so I won't loose the track. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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