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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6394 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 81 of 656 29 April 2012 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
I personally think that reading with your eyes is so important that I suggest not counting audiobooks as reading (unless one has..special needs). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Moniker Newbie Australia Joined 4399 days ago 14 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, FrenchB1 | Message 82 of 656 30 April 2012 at 12:20am | IP Logged | |||||
I know, I debated whether or not counting audiobooks as 'books' was cheating or short-changing myself, but in the end I decided it made more sense for me to do it this way. 1. I have plenty of access to TV/Movies in my target language, so I don't feel that I'll need those extra 'film points' that counting audiobooks would give me. 2. Listening comprehension is a BIG weakness of mine, and I feel audiobooks will give me some valuable practice. I find that they require a lot of focus, so I'd be a lot less likely to listen to them if I could earn those 'points' by simply watching TV instead. Counting them as books, I'm much more likely to put the effort in to help me reach my quota. 3. As you said, a typical audiobook can be as long as 20+ films, so it's not likely that I'll listen to many of them. I'll still get tonnes of reading practice, so I don't feel like I'll be disadvataging myself. If anything, I think hearing vocab/grammatical structures that aren't commonly spoken aloud will aid my reading comprehension in the long run. That was all very over-analyzed, wasn't it? Maybe it's pushing it to count an audiobook as a type of reading, but hey, 'book' is right there in the name ;) Overall I feel like I'm still keeping with the spirit of the challenge, which is to push yourself to consume more media in your TL than you would otherwise. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kafka9 Newbie Canada Joined 4389 days ago 2 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Greek Studies: French, German, Spanish, Hindi, Persian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 83 of 656 30 April 2012 at 4:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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Languages: French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Hindi, Persian Current Levels: French (A2), Arabic (Beginner), Spanish (A1), Hindi (Beginner), Persian (A1), German (A1) Goals: French: 50 Films, 50 Books Arabic: 50 Films, 50 Books Hindi: 50 Films, 50 Books Persian: 50 books, 50 Films Spanish: 50 Films, 50 Books German: 50 Films, 50 Books This will be incredibly difficult but I have a lot of will to accomplish this task and would like to work with others who are pursuing similar languages. Best of luck Edited by Kafka9 on 30 April 2012 at 4:17am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6417 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 84 of 656 30 April 2012 at 9:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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When I registered before, the Super Duper with writing didn't exist. I think I did mention that I would write anyway, but I thought maybe I should register again to make it clear.
LANGUAGE: Japanese CHALLENGE: Super Duper - writing only CURRENT LEVEL: Reading - B1 on a good day. Everything else - A2 or lower. COMMENTS: I will be keeping track everywhere, my blog, my TAC log, this thread, and Twitter. Overkill perhaps? :-} 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5131 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 85 of 656 30 April 2012 at 11:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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The time limit on editing the first posts seems to have expired. I have written to a moderator about it, but in the mean time I suggest you register both on the bot, and here, and I'll update the post if and when I am allowed to. In any event, as long as you have registred in this thread you are in, whether I have added your name to post nr. 3 or not. I think the only one I have not registred is Kafka, but like I said - since you have registred yourself that is good enough. Post 3 is just for the overview.
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| Vārds Bilingual Diglot Newbie Latvia Joined 4707 days ago 24 posts - 41 votes Speaks: Russian*, Latvian* Studies: German | Message 86 of 656 30 April 2012 at 11:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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LANGUAGE: German
CHALLENGE: Full CURRENT LEVEL: B1 (I hope :) COMMENTS: I think some challenge will be good for my motivation issues. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Globe-trotter Triglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4394 days ago 29 posts - 44 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Thai | Message 87 of 656 30 April 2012 at 11:52am | IP Logged | |||||
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Oops, I didn't know registering here was required :)
LANGUAGE: German CHALLENGE: Super Challenge CURRENT LEVEL: B1/B2 COMMENTS: Already really wanted to see more German films and read more German books, so this challenge an excellent way to get motivated :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6394 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 88 of 656 30 April 2012 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Weird, I can still edit my own post. I thought posts in this subforum don't expire.
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