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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6389 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 121 of 142 29 October 2013 at 10:31pm | IP Logged |
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Aww glad you found it useful!
It says something of its quality that I've even done some French lessons... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4499 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 122 of 142 29 October 2013 at 10:38pm | IP Logged |
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It's got lots of good native materials. I've used it for Russian and Hebrew myself (I
don't really need French anymore). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6948 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 123 of 142 29 October 2013 at 10:44pm | IP Logged |
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A shame that there's nothing in Polish, Slovak or Ukrainian while my Turkish isn't high enough to get that much out of the simple stuff ;-)
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5126 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 124 of 142 30 October 2013 at 7:03am | IP Logged |
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Expugnator - with such an elaborate study schedule I am not the least bit surprised that you feel some
degree of burnout. On a more positive note, you probably have some great results to show for your efforts. Which Russian courses or study material have you finished? And if Serpent (and I) are right in guessing the cause of your little break, I would like to offer you my most sincere congratulations on your marriage. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4958 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 125 of 142 30 October 2013 at 4:09pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you girls! Yes, you are absolutely right =D
I'e known GLOSS for a long time now, it is really comprehensive, just a bit beyond my Russian skills for now. In fact, I'm leaving this type of resources for languages with much less resources, so that I don't have to go over the same subjects again for several languages...You know, a really freakish way of reasoning for someone who has several languages on plans. I've accomplished only the three Assimils so far, and am just about to finish an old- school textbook which is written for Portuguese-speakers. It lacks translation, so I think I'm going to benefit much from an attempt on modern textbooks such as Living Language. Assimil wasn't really 'graded' enough like this previous one I am about to finish, but on the other hand this one forces me to look up several words and thus waste precious time. With Living Language (or whichever other book I choose before it), both issues will be dealt with. i'm really not focusing on grammar, just on written comprehension, and I do think I've noticed some improvement from the last book. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5139 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 126 of 142 30 October 2013 at 9:10pm | IP Logged |
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Then congratulations are in order! Wishing both of you a lifetime of happiness and joy!
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4958 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 127 of 142 13 November 2013 at 5:00pm | IP Logged |
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So, it's been a week or two of many book/resource completions, which pleases me a lot!
It's nice to start fresh, new material which will bring up a new approach to a language. Russian I'm finally done with Breve Manual da Língua Russa, an old-school textbook. I'll probably start LL Beginner's tomorrow. I'm still at a point at which I can start from scratch. I miss loads of details. After all, my goal is mostly for understanding.I found an old TY Russian which works just like the ones I used for French and Norwegian, which are languages at which I made good progress. It basically consists on grammar explanations and translation exercises. It is the translation exercises that help me the most to activate the grammar, the endings. So, if it works for my Russian the way it did for my French (I think didn't bother doing the exercises for Norwegian) I may expect to finally reach a B1 skill. Anyway, I'll consider using it after LL. Norwegian More on the Norwegian log, but I finished two resources: the Norwegian podcast lessons and a book with stories for children. Georgian I'm trying to take more Georgian each day. Using a nice textbook and waiting for another one to come. Mandarin Chinese I'm using the great textbook Étape par ètape which is a sequel to Méthode 90. Finally being able to learn new words on-the-go and recognizing old ones. Sometimes I remeber only character and no pinyin or just pinyin and no tone, which is good in the sense that I'm giving the written language the necessary attention. Still using Tuttle Flashcards and it is likely to finish sooner than expected, as I'm doing 20 pages (=10 characters) a day and also on most weekends. Papiamento Not much other than watching a daily video from Youtube and reading two pages from a novel I bough at Curaçao. It does get easier and I look words up less frequently - words that wouldn't hinder comprehension, anyway. I still have something ambitious in mind for Papiamento. French This month's book is rather intense in terms of vocabulary, Traversée de la Mangrove, but it is a very interesting story! I'm itching for starting a new language, either on the maintenance/improvement side (German) or a brand new one (Estonian). Let's see what TAC 2014 reserves! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4958 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 128 of 142 14 November 2013 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
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So, today I started Living Language. Lessons are long, and I am skipping the part of the
grammar which is obvious, while I'm still learning from the dialogues. I'm fully aware that I don't really like Russian that much, because even with books I like a lot - like Assimil and LL - I get tired of studying it pretty much soon. Now that I'm having longer lessons at Russianpod , I can say I'm reading a total of 15 pages of Russian language and explanations a day, and listening to a lot of audio, selvfølgelig. I do hope to strengthen passive skills and then I'd feel 'free' to try another Slavic language. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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