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stelingo
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Message 9 of 27

07 January 2014 at 12:04am | IP Logged

我叫史蒂夫,今年四十四岁。我是英国人、住� �斯特。我的生日是五月十四号.我是老。我� ��一个中学教法语和
西班
牙语。有空时，我喜欢上网、看电视, 看书、还有听音乐。我也喜欢学习外语。我学了四年左右中文。我也喜欢
旅
行。我去过很多欧洲的国家。我也去过俄罗斯和美国。2010年我去了� �� 。去年夏天我去了巴西和阿根廷。巴西
是最��
欢的国家。虽然我现在不喜欢运动，但我以前喜欢打羽毛球。我以前羽毛球打得不。我最喜欢的动物是猫。我小的
时
候、九只猫。我也很喜欢大熊猫。将来有一天我去成都看大熊猫。我喜欢吃巧克力。

Edited by stelingo on 13 January 2014 at 6:45pm
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Message 10 of 27

19 January 2014 at 12:04am | IP Logged

POLISH 16 Jan

Completed lesson 6 of 'Polish in 4 Weeks Part 2' The dialogue was a discussion on the
economy. Very little grammar was introduced, use of the verb należeć, the plural of
virile nouns and the use of the 3rd person singular verb with subjects expressed in the
genitive plural. Watched episode 7 of the Polish series Londyńczycy.

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stelingo
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19 January 2014 at 12:05am | IP Logged

MANDARIN 18 Jan

Completed lesson 12 of NCPR 1. Wrote an entry about my health on lang8. Skritter
progress 826 hanzi, 857 words.

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Message 12 of 27

20 January 2014 at 2:44pm | IP Logged

stelingo wrote:

Today I completed Colloquial Arabic of Egypt. I think it is a good introduction to the dialect. There are 14 chapters, with plenty of dialogues and some exercises. At first I conscientiously copied out all the dialogues in Arabic script and did all the exercises in writing. Half way through the course I changed my approach and concentrated on listening and speaking. I don’t feel I have mastered all the material, far from it, but I’m keen to move on on Kalaam Gameel.

Things I liked about the book:

-Plenty of dialogues, all recorded on 2 CDs
-A good overview of the grammar
-Lots of practical language on shopping, eating out, travelling and other tourist basics
-You don’t get overwhelmed with the amount of vocabulary introduced in each lesson
-The language is presented in transliteration, however all the dialogues are also in an appendix in Arabic script.
-Speaking exercises, in which you take the role of one speakers.

Things I didn’t like:

-Too much English on the recordings. The author introduces each dialogue and I find her voice quite irritating.
-Not enough exercises so no opportunity to really consolidate new vocabulary and grammar structures.
-The grammar of some phrases isn’t explained.
-Not enough tables giving information on verbs and preposition plus pronoun combinations. In Egyptian Arabic there often occurs changes in pronunciation or stress when verbs are made negative or when pronoun suffixes/verb prefixes are added. In other books I have there are tables and recordings to guide the learner.

Overall I would recommend this book to anybody starting out on Egyptian Arabic. I’m now looking forward on starting Kalaam Gameel.

If that is the Jane Wightwick course - you'll also find her on the MT Course too and I like all audio - so I made myself a new version of the CD's without the irritating bits - like other students: allowing me to mimic Mahmoud.
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20 January 2014 at 8:47pm | IP Logged

Yes, it is her. But I've finished the book so I don't have to put up with her voice now.
I've started the Kalaam Gameel course and I am liking it so far. All the audio is in
Arabic.
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Message 14 of 27

30 January 2014 at 4:43am | IP Logged

In addition to the videos from LangMedia that I posted today in some teams' threads, you may find Greek in Greece to be helpful in improving your comprehension abilities of basic or "touristy" Greek.
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30 January 2014 at 6:35am | IP Logged

有几个字我看不出来，大概是因为论坛加了几个“spaces”。

我2012年去了中国，在那里住了一个半年。今年我的TAC目标也是提高我的汉语水平。如果你觉得发音不容易，可以做FSI的发音部分，肯定会帮助你。

stelingo wrote:

我以前羽毛球打得不。

你的意思是打得不错吧?

祝你好学习啊！（也住你新年快乐！）
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31 January 2014 at 9:04pm | IP Logged

Crush wrote:

stelingo wrote:

我以前羽毛球打得不。

你的意思是打得不错吧?

祝你好学习啊！（也住你新年快乐！）

也祝你新年快了。I've given up posting anything substantial in Chinese on this forum.

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