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| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4246 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 49 of 50 01 June 2013 at 1:47am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks, although I'm making progress in Croatian I can't read without checking the dictionary every other minute :( It's my first Slavic language and the random word order makes for very slow reading even when I know or can guess the meaning of the words. Maybe in October. Sretna! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4246 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 50 of 50 27 June 2013 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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One down, two to go...
I used the self-assessment checklist from the "Swiss version of the European Language Portfolio", which someone posted here a while ago, to determine my level in Italian. My weakest Italian skill and the one I've been working on for the past three weeks is writing. Spanish has been very helpful in my Italian passive skills and in feeling very comfortable with Italian grammar and sounding like I've been studying for years instead of months. Unfortunately, Spanish is constantly interfering with my Italian writing, especially when writing 'q' or 'hard c'. Surprisingly, spelling was not one requirements for B2 as per this checklist. So I was actually at B2 in Italian by the end of April. But I'm glad I took the time to become more comfortable with my spelling. Croatian, on the other hand, is a little behind schedule. With the warm weather my social life has taken an upswing and I'm having a really hard time making time to study and to concentrate when I do make time. All I do now is occasionally read a woman's magazine and watch "Larin Izbor" everyday, even though I've been done with the movie part of my Super Challenge. If this trend continues I doubt I'll be able to reach active B2 in Croatian by the end of September. I think I'll have to do the August 6WC, which I was NOT planning on doing. I'm still taking a break from Arabic for at least another two weeks supposedly to concentrate on Croatian. But since Arabic isn't "due" until the end of the year, I'm hoping it'll be ok once summer is over and that back-to-school feeling motivates me to once again take my studies more seriously. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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