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| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3854 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 33 of 37 25 May 2014 at 1:06pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you for explaining :)
Until now, the only book I read was Lola Lago. And there was not much past tense ^^ so it was quite easy to understand. After that I looked into a few graded A1 books, but I found it hard withe the past tense AND other new words and the story didn't seem to interest me, so I stopped it. I don't like reading stuff I don't enjoy. That's not the aim of my learning via self-study. And even when Charlie isn't A1 it's a kids novel, isnt it? So it doesn't use the most complex language. No matter what language ^^ I then might also get a German or English copy because I don't have it already ^^ I know what you mean by the novel gets easier over time. It's what I found out with Harry Potter in English which was my first "real" English novel that I've read. I started with looking up everything on the first page, but after one knows words like "wand" or "cloak" or stuff like that which repeats throughout the whole book one defenitley knows these words without even "learning" them actively. And as the story progresses it's easier to get the gist than one just one page. But therefore one has to moviate oneself to just go on. Thanks for sharing your way of reading. I never tried reading parallel texts. Maybe I should. At least now in the beginning. It would save time. Looking up every word and then guessing what it means in this special context is sometimes very time-consuming. I hope that they have Charlie at out library because always buying several books is then a bit more expensive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3854 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 34 of 37 01 June 2014 at 9:06pm | IP Logged |
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And it's another Sunday. I've completed all my goals and for Spanish I'm very glad, that I bought Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate. It is easy to understand and
I like the story. So, here are my goals for the next week: Sunday 1.6.14-Sunday 15.6.14 EDIT: week extended till next sunday because of private problems Spanish Courses - Teach yourself/Sprachkurs plus chapter 7 - Assimil lesson 4, 5, 6 Vocabulary - review the words I put into anki every day Watching -Destinos episode 12, 13 Reading - 20 pages 54/20 English Reading - 50 pages of HP5 Watching - 90 minutes of film or series... 90/90 Edited by Komma on 16 June 2014 at 9:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3854 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 35 of 37 10 June 2014 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
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what a miserable week. at university as well as my private life. So I haven't managed to
do anything but reading charlie y la fábrica de chocolate the many tours by train I had to do... I think I just extend the week till next sunday, because it was not only stress but very bad private stuff that happened and so I think this is best. Otherwise it might demotivate me.This week I have no university at all, so it will be a bit less stressful. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3854 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 36 of 37 16 June 2014 at 9:28pm | IP Logged |
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So, the two weeks are over, but even in the extended two weeks I've only did the reading in Spanish and the watching in English.
I really had too much going on this time. And it's not really over, so I'll focus on the SC part of Spanish and English and when I have time I might do additional lessons and other stuff. Sunday 16.6.14-Sunday 22.6.14 Spanish Vocabulary - review the words I put into anki every day Watching -Destinos episode 12, 13 Reading - 50 pages English Reading - 50 pages of HP5 Watching - 90 minutes of film or series... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3854 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 37 of 37 19 July 2014 at 8:37pm | IP Logged |
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Ok, it's been a loooong time since my last post.
And I still don't have much time even now that semester has ended finally... I have to prepare for exams now... yeah.. So, I actually only continued reading. I could not stand sitting there "learning" again after such long university days... And even if language learning is fun, it still ist learning when you are at a low level. I finishe Charly y la fábrica de chocolate, which was quite fun. However, I dont' really enjoy Spanish reading at the moment. I'm soo slow, have to look up everything and now it actually gets on my nerves... I also finishe Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and started with the Half- Blood prince. I love reading English, however, I don't really do it to improve.. I joined SC for english to start to read again more in general as I already switched to reading English instead of German most of the times, but just sat in front of the computer in the evenings and daddling around... Reading is much better. even as I'm not improving spanish at the moment. English is alway good. It's my first foreign language and it will always be my favourite. Don't know why, but I just LOVE it!! SO, see you around next time I manage to write a bit.. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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