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| soclydeza85 Senior Member United States Joined 3703 days ago 357 posts - 502 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 33 22 May 2014 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is probably a subjective question and is more on the topic of general studying than specifically languages, but when do you all study your language and when do you find you retain the information better?
In general, when I study for engineering exams I usually go right up to when I go to sleep and I find that the next morning (when I take the exam) it is right there in my mind as if I just saw the material. I would love to wake up an hour early to study my language (I feel like it would give me more time to cover more material throughout the day) but I always felt that my mind is more tuned to night studying, so I never bothered. Do any of you have success with studying your languages (or any other subject matter) early in the morning? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4896 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 33 22 May 2014 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I try to study during all of my waking hours. For example I read my Bible in French when
I first get up, listen to German or French radio/music/lessons in the car on my way to work. Then there's some more formal study plus reading throughout the rest of the day. And I usually read some more (often in French) as I go to bed. So I can't really say whether one time is better than another time for me because I try to expose myself to my languages all day long. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4329 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 3 of 33 23 May 2014 at 12:22am | IP Logged | ||
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I read in the morning and watch a film in the evenings.
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| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4461 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 4 of 33 23 May 2014 at 12:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Actual "study?" Always in the morning. I get up really early and it's easier to concentrate when no one is awake and nothing distracting has happened yet.
Exposure to the language? Any free time I can get. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6393 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 5 of 33 23 May 2014 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||
Exposure to the language? Any free time I can get. :)))))) 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4685 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 6 of 33 23 May 2014 at 2:30am | IP Logged | ||
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I have a hard time studying languages at night - I'm lazier, and don't always have the
motivation to work hard. Which is strange; normally I'm much more productive in the evenings, and when I have to write a paper, for example, I do better when I work late into the night. One of my benchmarks is when I reach the point where it's a pleasure to read in the evening, or when I'm tired. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4086 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 7 of 33 23 May 2014 at 2:46am | IP Logged | ||
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My mind is deteriorated in the morning and somehow gets better during the night--thus
more study until I go to sleep at 04h00 or 05h00. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Komma Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 3855 days ago 107 posts - 134 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish | Message 8 of 33 23 May 2014 at 7:27am | IP Logged | ||
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For me it depends whether I have to work or not.
When I have to work I normally have only time in the evenings and I kind of like late evenings especially in summer to do some language study. When I don't have to go anywhere I like studying in the morning and also in the evening. I'm actually always getting up early and like tastyonions says, it's nice when no-one else is up (i live in a flat share so it can be quite annoying when the others are awake and loud in the kitchen...) It's very intersting that I'm sometimes VERY motivated in the evening just when I ought to go to bed... I'm motivated to do all kinds of things I normally don't really like, but I'm tired and really need some sleep. So I can't sleep and the next day the motivation is away... ^^ 1 person has voted this message useful |
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