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| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6401 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes  Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 9 of 189 20 December 2012 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think we should take a little time to introduce ourselves. You can do it in any language you want as long as you write a summary or translation in English. Maybe some of you have already done this on the other thread?
Some teams have small challenges they’ve set for each other. If anyone has any ideas, we could try doing one too. Here’s an example from the Vikings: They each are to write whatever they want in their target language. First, you set a timer for 5 minutes and write whatever you can until the time is up – no dictionary allowed. Then, you set the timer for 5 minutes again and write some more. This time you can use a dictionary and grammar book. The idea is that you will be able to compare your writing at the end of the year to what you could do at the beginning. I also have made some room for links. I will try to copy the links you give me up there so we have them in one place. If you have a useful link, post it with a short description and I will copy-paste when I get time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5010 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 10 of 189 20 December 2012 at 11:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you so much Brun Ugle! I was really upset about what was happening to the Romance team. It was like everybody was giving up before the TAC even started, with the seniors leaving and this sense of lack of motivation. Anyway, it's good to have a fresh start! We Romulans should stick together. I know some people won't make it, but we should at least try!
I really like the ideia of the small challenges. It's always nice to have a little extra motivation. We could even do some multilingual reading contests or something. I already introduced myself at the first thread, but later I can write a small text about myself again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5737 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 11 of 189 21 December 2012 at 7:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Jolan tru, Romulans.
Introduction time: I am actively learning French at present and have an interest in learning at least a dab of each of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese at some point in the future, though I am not sure this will happen this year. I will however be following all of your learning logs with interest. I am not sure where to rate my French language ability. Perhaps “really low intermediate” level though in terms of spontaneous conversation ability, I probably rate a “he may be suffering the effects of a concussion or something like that, sorry to break the bad news to you” level. I can write a little better than I can either speak or orally understand French and I can read a little better than I can write. I like French Vanilla ice cream a lot more than I like French fries. You are most welcome to come on by my French log, 18 Months of French for un café anytime. Beginning on page 6 of that log, I have provided links to various pages from the excellent site, French.about.com dealing with French verbs going right back to basics – for any of you just starting out in French, some of that may be of interest at some point. That log is the most relevant of a series of three concurrently-maintained logs, one nestled within the differential time line of the next log much like the embedded layers of unreality set out in the movie Inception (if you have not seen this, you must). I would recommend avoiding my 20 in 20 - Learning Log of the Deranged and SpankyTAC 2028 logs, as madness therein lies. Looking forward to a fun and productive year! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5737 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 12 of 189 21 December 2012 at 8:16am | IP Logged | ||
While I have rarely looked to Vikings as the model of behaviour to emulate (pillaging villages just does very little for me), this sounds like fun. Here goes a French attempt: Bonjour à tous, je m’appelle Spanky (pas vraiement, mais pour maintenant, ça suffit!). J’habite a Vancouver, Canada. Un jour dans le futur, j’aurai un Maseratti et j’habiterai dans une très grande château avec plus de cinq chiens. Mais, malheureusement, à ce moment, je n’ai pas de Maserati and je n’ai pas de chien ou d’autre animal. Il y a des (squirrels) qui habite dans un arbre près de chez moi, et de temps en temps je me dit que les (squirrels) sont presque bon comme des chiens. Je suis en train d’apprendre le francais, parce que ma château de l’avenir sera trouvé en France. What I tried to write : Hello everyone, my name is Spanky (not really but for now that is sufficient). I live in Vancouver, Canada. One day in the future I will have a super awesome Maseratti and live in a very large castle with more than 5 dogs. But unfortunately now I do not have a super slick Maseratti and I do not have a dog or other animal. there are squirrels in a tree near my place and from time to time I tell myself squirrels are almost as good as dogs. I am in the process of learning French because my castle of the future will be found in France. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6401 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 13 of 189 21 December 2012 at 8:17am | IP Logged | ||
Even though we are starting fresh here, if you've introduced yourself on the old thread, copy-paste is an option. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5737 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 14 of 189 21 December 2012 at 8:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I came across an interesting study tip that I will be trying out this coming year:
bathroom breaks are already built into the system This is from Community, a wildly awesome TV show which (despite the many threats I have made to the network) I have learned is not being continued beyond the coming 4th season. It features a community of individuals from differing backgrounds who are all taking beginner level Spanish at college and who together form a study group with a view to mutual advantage. Any parallels to our present circumstances? Nah, just a coincidence… 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5737 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 15 of 189 21 December 2012 at 8:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Brun Ugle, I love the look of the new thread! The home world of Romulus remains intact.
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| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5737 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 16 of 189 21 December 2012 at 8:43am | IP Logged | ||
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On the off-chance we ever feel the need for a team theme song, my nomination is the
following, also from Community: the library is in big moustache (I am not entirely sure how successful their study group had been by this point.) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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