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| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 1 of 12 17 August 2014 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
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This is my first post, and my first language log. I want to record my progress in Japanese, Bulgarian, and Chinese for
this upcoming school year. I have a lot going on, including college applications and regular school work that I have to do, but want to work on these languages. I hope that it will inspire myself and others to keep trying to reach our goals! Self-study Language Goals: Japanese: I have been studying Japanese for about four years now. I took three years of it in school, and took a trip to Japan on the third year for two weeks during the summer. During the summer of my first year, I did a lot of self-study. Last year, I changed schools and it was a challenge to keep up my studies. I took a few classes in it at the Community College, but wasn't learning anything new. Currently, I am self-studying. My biggest goal is to learn as much as I can this year on my own before I go to University. To achieve this, I plan to actively study Japanese. This means I'll try to study at least once every week. I have been stuck in the "intermediate" level for too long, so I hope to finally pull myself out of it and become a more advanced Japanese speaker and writer. My goals for each week: (input) - Read challenging Japanese text - Explore new grammar/vocabulary from textbooks - Learn 20 vocabulary words via Quizlet or by other means - Pimsleur - An occasional J-drama/movie/anime (maybe not every week) (output) - Write an entry in Japanese on Lang-8 - Read out loud - Do grammatical exercises Bulgarian: I just started actively studying Bulgarian this summer. I've gone through the UniLang course, most of the Bulgarian pod 101 (podcasts), and am now trying out the FSI Bulgarian course. I'm on Unit 2. It seems to be working pretty well for me so far. My goals for each week: (input) - Listen to and read a part in the FSI course (until all vocabulary/phrases are known) - Listen to Bulgarian media (I'm open to suggestions if anyone knows anything English subbed) (output) - Write down and repeat everything aloud from FSI course - Write an occasional Lang-8 entry (probably not every week until I am more advanced) Language Class Goals: Mandarin: I am a complete beginner in Mandarin, but will take a class this semester. My goals for this language is to simply get the most out of the class that I can. I will post updates of progress as I go along. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 2 of 12 23 August 2014 at 7:09am | IP Logged |
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Week 1 (8/17/14):
Japanese: (input) - I read aloud some of the Kamisama story in "Read Real Japanese" - I watched Hachiko - I reviewed some new words on the Real Kanji flashcard site (output) - I wrote a lang-8 entry in Japanese Bulgarian: (input and output) - I listened to, repeated, and wrote down things from the Bulgarian FSI course Mandarin: Unfortunately the class was cancelled. I'm taking American sign language instead. I will post updates as I go along :3 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 3850 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 3 of 12 24 August 2014 at 2:01am | IP Logged |
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Nice set of languages :)
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| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 4 of 12 24 August 2014 at 3:55am | IP Logged |
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Week 1 (8/17/14):
ASL: - To get a head start on the class, I used various youtube videos to learn the ABC's, colors, and 1-100 ^^ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 5 of 12 01 September 2014 at 11:53pm | IP Logged |
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Week 2 (8/24/14):
Japanese: (input) - I read aloud some more of the Kamisama story in "Read Real Japanese" - I watched a Hikakin TV video (youtube channel) - I reviewed words from the section N5 1-100 on the Real Kanji flashcard site (output) - I wrote a lang-8 entry about hamsters in Japanese Bulgarian: (input and output) - I listened to, repeated, and wrote down things from the Bulgarian FSI course (regular routine) ASL: -I went to two ASL classes this week. I learned about the kinds of things we will be doing in the class. We only had the interpreter for this week, so from now on we will have to learn not to speak but to sign only. Seems like a challenge, but also a lot of fun! Edited by Techan on 01 September 2014 at 11:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 6 of 12 25 September 2014 at 6:58am | IP Logged |
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I made it to week 2 and then I got bogged down with tons of homework, so I had to take a break from languages for
a while. However, I've been studying ASL this whole time. Week 3 (8/31/14) - Week 6 (9/21/14): Japanese: No progress (besides watching Junjou Romantica….) Bulgarian: No progress ASL: -Went to two classes each week. We learned more basic signs such as the days of the week, random vocabulary, and a lot of review and practice. Edited by Techan on 25 September 2014 at 6:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4869 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 7 of 12 27 September 2014 at 11:47pm | IP Logged |
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Good luck with your studies and with all of your languages! It looks like you chose a very interesting combination. If you need any advice with Bulgarian, I'd be glad to help.
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| Techan Newbie United States Joined 3594 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 8 of 12 06 October 2014 at 6:33am | IP Logged |
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Week 7 (9/28/14):
Trying really hard to fit in some extra language studying!! Next week will be even better~ Japanese: -Worked through the first chapter in Nakama 1. It is mostly review, but I gathered a few words I didn't know. Next week I plan to make flashcards from these words. Bulgarian: No progress ASL: -Went to two classes this week. -Watched ASL lesson 2 on youtube, which gave me some new vocabulary. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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