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LL and TY Experiment? | ||
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| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5147 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 9 of 18 23 June 2013 at 4:42pm | IP Logged |
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Good idea, Kanewai!
I hope you’ll keep coming up with new experiment ideas every year: I find the communal aspect of forum experiments very motivating. And even though I had to drop Assimil Russian (only temporarily, I presume) before the Assimil experiment was over, I think that I’ve learnt a lot from my experiences and from reading about those of the other forum members. I second the idea of fewer rules and conditions, so that a lot more people will feel welcome to participate. I’m not sure if it’s just an impression, but it seems that the forum is going through a rather quiet period lately, so limiting participation would be counterproductive. On the contrary, we should try to drum up some enthusiasm in this new project: I find it weird that in two days only half a dozen people showed some interest in it. If the LL and TY experiment gets under way, I’ll see what materials I can find: I imagine I’ll end up with a Teach Yourself course, given that TY, Assimil, and Colloquial are rather common in bookshops and libraries, whereas I don’t think the Living Language series is at all well-established here. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 10 of 18 23 June 2013 at 9:24pm | IP Logged |
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I would be interested in a TY challenge for sure.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4966 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 11 of 18 24 June 2013 at 5:16pm | IP Logged |
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I think the experiments should be separate according to the method, that is, one for TY and another one for LL.
LL has the drawback of offering fewer language options. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4432 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 12 of 18 31 July 2013 at 10:45pm | IP Logged |
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Just found this discution thanks to Emme's log and it seems I missed this one. I'd
personally be interested to try out either TY or LL (both of them never tried) to work on my Mandarin basics. It indeed seems the experiment kinda fell apart, but liking the idea, I might just try it myself around beginning september. I'm sure there are more people interested who (like me) just missed the topic and even if it's not the case, we could start with a small team and it'll grow bigger afterwards. After all, the Assimil experiment did! Edit: just saw there's a Norwegian TY. Might go try that out instead! Edited by yuhakko on 31 July 2013 at 10:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4410 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 13 of 18 31 July 2013 at 11:30pm | IP Logged |
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Would this challenge include LL's Spoken World series?
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| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5147 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 14 of 18 01 August 2013 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
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@embici
It seems that the experiment, as envisioned by Kanewai, is supposed to be much looser than the previous ‘Assimil experiment’ with fewer rules about starting level and resources used. I don’t know much about the LL products, but personally I see no problem with someone's using the Spoken World series. But maybe Kanewai will drop by and tell us his opinion. @yuhakko Are you using the Norwegian TY for the current 6wc? If so, I might go to my local library later today or tomorrow and check out what TY course is available right now so that we may start the experiment immediately with whoever is ready. This way we could take advantage of all the impetus the 6wc can give us. I, for one, need a little push at the moment to get back into studying! And as you say, whoever feels like it can join us later. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4432 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 15 of 18 16 August 2013 at 12:16pm | IP Logged |
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@Emme
Sorry for being late, life caught up with me. I got my hands on the Norwegian TY indeed but I am going to wait for a bit before starting it (I need to get back my routine first). I was thinking of starting it around beginning september. Anyway, I'm happy to have seen on your log that you're back in track ! So, I officially announce that I will start this TY experiment on September 1st and for whoever's up to the challenge, Just say it! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4689 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 16 of 18 16 August 2013 at 1:03pm | IP Logged |
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My opinion is pretty open! I think it would be fascinating to have HTLAL test out new or
revised programs like this, and Teach Yourself & Living Language have the benefit of being more affordable than a lot of other programs. My own study plans are in flux, though ... so I don't know if I'd take part or not. I'll definitely be following anyone who does, though! Edited by kanewai on 17 August 2013 at 4:45am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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