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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5003 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 9 of 33 23 May 2014 at 10:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Whenever I have time! Ideally I prefer to get "proper" studying (Assimil lessons etc.) out of the way in the morning, before my head's too full after a day at work, and then films or books or conversations in the evening, but really it's just a case of doing what I can when I can fit it in.
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| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4379 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 10 of 33 23 May 2014 at 11:58am | IP Logged | ||
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I normally find it hard to concentrate on serious studying during the evening if I've been at work during the day. I also find that with reading, whether it's a textbook or a novel, I can concentrate much better on the commute to work than on the commute home, when I seem to be more stressed out.
I tend to save proper textbook study for weekends when I've had more sleep and can focus better. I'm trying to get into watching films/TV in the evening for the Super Challenge, but still finding it a bit of struggle. I'm hoping it will become a habit over the course of the challenge though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4104 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 11 of 33 23 May 2014 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm like Serpent, Radioclare and Tasty onions. I can concentrate best when I'm freshly
awake and my brain isn't distracted by the days events. Especially when I've slept well. Currently I whack away two hours of unbroken study of Spanish at the desk before I start work at 10am, and for the rest of the day I study piecemeal by shadowing in my "hidden moments," which for me adds up to a third or even fourth hour throughout the work day. I like my evenings to be completely free for reading and lazy forum browsing. This is when I maintain my German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fuenf_Katzen Diglot Senior Member United States notjustajd.wordpress Joined 4165 days ago 337 posts - 476 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Polish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans | Message 12 of 33 23 May 2014 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm typically pretty worthless before 10am. Any real studying gets done in the evenings when I can concentrate the most.
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| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5032 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 13 of 33 23 May 2014 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Night, definitely evening and night. All the coffee in South America couldn't make me a morning person.
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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4240 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 14 of 33 23 May 2014 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Personally I don't think a language should be made into a scheduled activity that you only engage in it
1-2h in the morning or evening. To be a successful learner you should make time for it throughout the day. The polyglot Steve Kauffman made a video about his Mandarin learning experience. He would go to class 3h/day. And after class he would pick up local newspapers, magazines & books to read. Within 1 year he was very much at ease in conversations. Depending on how fast you want to succeed, you squeeze in extra hours or as much as you can without wearing yourself out. There was an interview on CNN featuring JERO (originally Jerome White) the singer now living in Japan. He said that in the beginning it gets a bit intimidating to be thinking in Japanese all the time when he first moved to his adopted country. Essentially any language is a living language. You use it throughout the day for communications, not just in the morning or evening. In our busy schedule we simply made every effort to change the TV & radio station to our target language. I know 1 person who took Mandarin classes but in the end gave up on it. It's a waste of time if you started learning a language but did not put in the extra little bit of effort. You can go to class for the next 10 years and still end up in the place. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4104 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 15 of 33 23 May 2014 at 11:16pm | IP Logged | ||
Straw man. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3878 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 16 of 33 24 May 2014 at 12:39am | IP Logged | ||
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I am a lazy person, so I do not want to do anything all the time. Usually, this
translates into me not doing much during the day, and then when the guilt and self hate builds up, I get into the mood to study evening onwards. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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