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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4502 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 57 of 99 22 October 2012 at 9:11pm | IP Logged |
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Apparently, French wins =P
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| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4239 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 58 of 99 23 October 2012 at 5:12am | IP Logged |
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This will be my first time using Assimil, so I'm very excited to join this experiment.
Course: Italian With Ease Estimated Start Date: November 29th (Trying to minimize interference with the 6 week challenge I already registered for). Prior experience with this language: None Any outside resources you might use: Will have access to native speakers on a weekly basis. Will start listening to their Italian conversations and asking questions as early as next week. Why you chose this language: Similarity to Spanish should make it easy in comparison to my other TLs. I've also been curious about Italian ever since I read "Eat, Pray, Love", where the author claims it's the most beautiful language because of how it came to be. Personal Predictions: At least B1 IF I can stick with Assimil. I normally prefer Pimsleur as my first intro to a language. Other languages: Doing the 6WC with Croatian and will continue to study Arabic at least 8 hours per week during the challenge and back to 12 hours per week after it's over. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| onurdolar Diglot Groupie TurkeyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4439 days ago 98 posts - 147 votes Speaks: Turkish*, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 59 of 99 24 October 2012 at 11:30am | IP Logged |
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I would like to be a part of this experiment but i don't have a target language as of now. I am studying Italian for more then half a year now already and i've recently started hungarian ( practical reasons not that i was very interested in the language but i need A2-B1 level hungarian before next summer ) therefor i don't want to limit myself to one source for that language.
In Assimil's website the books they have on English base (and i don't have previous experience with) are Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese and Spanish. Guess i'll have to pick one and register :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tcham Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4206 days ago 2 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 60 of 99 24 October 2012 at 5:05pm | IP Logged |
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Course: Le Polonais Sans Peine (Polish through French)
Estimated Start Date: 1st November Prior experience with this language: Zero! Any outside resources you might use: For the purposes of the experiment I'll stick exclusively to Assimil. Why you chose this language: I've always been interested in learning a Slavic language and Polish seems like the natural choice for me as I like the country. Personal Predictions: Honestly, due to my limited experience with both Assimil and Slavic languages, I have no idea where I will be at the end of the course. Perhaps A2? Hard to say. Note: I've been reading this site for a while but it was this thread which made me sign up, good luck to everybody! Edited by Tcham on 24 October 2012 at 5:09pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4953 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 61 of 99 26 October 2012 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
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I've already started with Il Nuovo Russo Senza Sforzo! (I finished my previous task one day earlier so I have Friday off to start with Russian).
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| rahdonit Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Ukraine Joined 6401 days ago 50 posts - 87 votes Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English, German | Message 62 of 99 26 October 2012 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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I would like to give a try with two languages simultaneously
1.Course: Türkisch ohne Mühe Estimated Start Date: November 3 Prior experience with this language: about 15 hours of study several year ago, including five lessons of Assimil Any outside resources you might use: a dictionary Why you chose this language: I would like to visit Turkey next summer and be able to hold a conversation. Personal Predictions: I don't expect it to be easy, but I hope I will enjoy the experiment and will reach B-1 level as Assimil predicts. 2. Course: Le Grec ancien Estimated Start Date: November 3 Prior experience with this language: None Any outside resources you might use: a dictionary Why you chose this language: I happened to read Plutarch's Lives some time ago... I am also interested in etymology (Greek word!) and the Assimil course contains such nice L'etymologie sans peine sections. Personal Predictions: this may be just an Assimil experiment or a start of a long relation with the language or a precursor to study of modern Greek. Let's see! Edited by rahdonit on 26 October 2012 at 7:47pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4676 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 63 of 99 26 October 2012 at 10:13pm | IP Logged |
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This is unreal! Here's the spread as of October 29:
L'Allemand - fireballtrouble Le Breton sans peine - tarvos L'Egyptien - BartoG Le nouvel Espagnol sans peine - cheerbelle7 Le Grec ancien - Kanewai, rahdonit Le Latin sans peine - Boomerang3378 Le Norvégien sans peine - agantik, yuhakko Le Persan sans peine - Tadeo, markustein69 Le Polonais sans peine - Tcham, overscore Le Russe - Goindol (2008 edition), Expugnator (alt w/ Italian base) Le Suedois sans peine - Cavesa Le Tamoul sans peine - seldnar Le Turc sans peine - jintro Le Vietnamien sans peine - Bao, shiningstars Italienisch ohne Mühe heute - Mani Norwegisch ohne Mühe - Serpent, Jinx Portugiesisch ohne Muehe heute - Frau Doktor, Russisch ohne Mühe - Kronos (1971 version) Türkisch ohne Mühe - rahdonit Ungarisch ohne Mühe (Hungarian) - nuriayasmin70 El Catalán sin esfuerzo - Flarioca El Francés sin esfuerzo - July, jeronz Chinese With Ease (Vol 1 and 2) - sabotai, jingwumaster (maybe), oruixo13 Dutch with Ease - Marishka French With Ease - pfn123, melkior79, slidemasterx, aspiringplygot, Chang He, pmcl925 Italian with Ease - Kugel, songlines (may do German instead), Laurae, JohannaNYC Japanese with Ease - ayrrom Russian with Ease - Slothrop, sillygoose1 Spanish with Ease - jingwumaster (probably), puffin1981 O Novo Francês Sem Custo - fabriciocarraro, FireViN Французский без труда сегодня (French With Ease) - Vārds Il Francese Senza Sforzo - Tuco Il Nuovo Russo Senza Sforzo - Expugnator (alt w/ French base) (Since some people have started already, I'll open up a Log Thread this afternoon also). Edited by kanewai on 30 October 2012 at 2:08am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| oruixo13 Triglot Newbie Australia Joined 4206 days ago 33 posts - 35 votes Speaks: FrenchB2, Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Mandarin | Message 64 of 99 27 October 2012 at 5:02am | IP Logged |
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Hi guys!! Can I join??
I would be doing Chinese with Ease (Vol 1 and 2). That's the state of affairs. Course: Chinese with Ease vol 1 (at least for now) Estimated Start Date: I already started 2 days ago. I am in lesson 3. Prior experience with this language: I've been doing Pimsleur 1 for a while (1.10) and I know about 250 characters. I've held some little conversations with some Taiwanese friends. Check my log (Chinese dream). Any outside resources you might use: Pimsleur Fun with characters Why you chose this language: Because I love it. Personal Predictions: I hope to finish it before 2013. Other languages: None. I'll continue to listen and watch English and French movies but only to maintain my current level. Edited by oruixo13 on 27 October 2012 at 5:03am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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