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| Phoenix23 Newbie United Kingdom pilgrimwriter.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3752 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 2 19 January 2014 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
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Never one to set small objectives, I've decided to pursue a long held dream of speaking
multiple languages. Being also fairly realistic I do understand that this is a time intensive process that will take me near enough a decade... and which shall probably never truly be finished. I shall outline for you my target languages and my desired level for them. Bear in mind that I live a nomadic life and will be spending extended periods of time in the relevant nations. I'm quite sure these 9 will keep me busy during my brief stay on planet Earth! The most important four. 1. German C2 (Begin Now) 2. French C2 (Begin Now) 3. Russian C2 (Begin Nov 2014) 4. Portuguese C2 (Begin Apr 2015) The exotics. 5. Turkish C1 (Begin 2017) 6. Hindi C1 (Begin 2018) The hobby languages, for travel mainly. 7. Swedish B1 (Begin 2015) 8. Spanish B2 (Begin 2016) 9. Italian B1 (Begin 2015) Stage 1 : French and German After studying French and German on and off for a few years and getting only to a very modest B1 level ability I figured 2014 was the year to push things forward. I've written up a timetable for my studies which currently foresees me studying 9 hours of German per week alongside 7 hours of French. Living in Chiang Mai, Thailand I am also lucky enough to have access to a large expatriate community where I will regularly be able to practice both languages. Here is my routine, Monday: German (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 1 hr Assimil) - 2 hrs Tuesday: French: (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 1.5 hrs Assimil) - 2.5 hrs Wednesday: German (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 1 hr Assimil) - 2 hrs Thursday: French: (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 2 hrs Assimil) - 3 hrs Friday: German (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 0.5 hr Assimil) - 1.5 hrs Saturday: German (0.5 hrs listening / 0.5 hrs reading / 1 hr Assimil) - 2 hrs Sunday: French: (0.5 hrs listening / 1 hr Assimil) - 1.5 hrs German: (0.5 hrs listening / 1 hr Assimil) - 1.5 hrs The listening portion of my studies will be pimsleur at first, moving on to Michel Thomas afterwards. After I've completed both these sets I'll simply listen to a radio show or podcast. The reading could be anything really, I have a few German and French newspaper sites bookmarked and dictionaries of course. Assimil is fairly self explainatory, I have no idea how long it shall take at this rate to complete the courses. I have French With Ease from 1998 and German With Ease from 2001. We'll see I guess. In terms of how long I shall follow this 16 hours per week schedule, I have set aside 42 weeks until I begin an intensive study of Russian. So I essentially have 378 hours of German and 294 hours of French to play with... not including conversations I have with other expats here and passive inputs like subbed films and music. Coupled with 5 weeks in Southern France and 6 Weeks in Western Germany I'm hoping to finish 2014 with a C1 level in both languages. Then it'll time for the puzzle that is Russian! I'll make an update at least once per week. Thankyou for any interest people take, I look forward to being part of the community here. Here's to a successful 2014 for all! :) Edited by Phoenix23 on 19 January 2014 at 7:02pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Phoenix23 Newbie United Kingdom pilgrimwriter.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3752 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 2 of 2 19 January 2014 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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p.s. I've placed my Skype address in my profile so if you wish to chat in French or German
at some point feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to help anyone studying English. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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