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| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 9 of 17 13 October 2014 at 4:39am | IP Logged |
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I've been procrastinating a little this weekend. I was working, I was tired and
I haven't been feeling well for a while. So I really didn't want to study.. I tried to review the things I've already seen though. At least, I'd still be studying a little. I started using memrise to learn more vocabulary. I also made my own course to add the words that I'm having problems remembering. I have been using Italki from time to time. The other day, I manage to chat only in Spanish with my language partner. Of course, it was a very basic conversation and I had to search words from time to time. But, I was able to communicate and understood almost everything he wrote. I liked it and after I felt pretty proud of myself. I also decided to write 5 new sentences every 2 days. That way, I can see my progress: the length and grammar used, the message that I wanted to tell, etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 17 15 October 2014 at 6:46am | IP Logged |
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I've been telling myself lately that I should start learning some grammar.
Though, I'm having some difficulties finding resources for grammar. I feel like I should know more words before, that way I could use the grammar with words and I could actually apply it. But, I need grammar to create sentences to practice the vocabulary I know.. I've been trying to mix both vocabulary and grammar these past two days, but I can't find a lot of resources that explain well. It's a little frustrating.. I've been looking into some books, but they're expensive and I can't decide on one. I have the money, but I don't want to spend too much! I watched a Mexican movie which takes place in the US, so it's a mix between Spanish and English. Though, Spanish is the main language of the movie. I watched it with subtitles and try to mostly listen. Get used to the language; the way it sounds, the speed, etc. It was interesting and it'd be fun to watch a movie in Spanish from time to time! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 3950 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 11 of 17 15 October 2014 at 1:43pm | IP Logged |
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I quite liked the Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses workbook. It's inexpensive - about 12 dollars on
Amazon, I think. It relies heavily on translation (or, rather, *only* on translation), but I found it very useful. I made cloze cards on anki so that I could keep practicing and reviewing, since there isn't a lot of review built into the book. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 17 16 October 2014 at 5:07am | IP Logged |
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@Stelle:I actually looked at that series of books. They aren't too expensive
and they seemed nice. A book about verb tenses would be very helpful, yes! I'll have to look more into it. Today, I had to rewrite all my Spanish notes for my class, because I had used a very small notebook and ran out of place. And I hate not having all my notes in one place. So I decided to buy a bigger notebook. Write everything to make it clearer and take out the unnecessary stuff. So it was like a big revision of all that I had seen in the past month for my class. We are learning slowly, but I like it and it keeps me motivated. I also continued on Duolingo. I had to finish the lesson on occupations, and make sure I don't loose my streak count. I on a 16 days streak, and I started using Duolingo 16 days ago. My word count on the site is now at 332. I started to watch ''Mi vida loca'' on BBC. It seems nice and it practices your listening skills. I wish I could find a program like that in South American Spanish... I heard about ''Destino'' which includes pretty much every accent, from what I read. But, I tried watching the first episode and got bored because it was too long. I might try to watch it again though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 17 20 October 2014 at 4:01am | IP Logged |
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I realized that I'm very lazy on the weekends.. I don't study much, or at all. I
review a little, but that's it. But I'm not totally against my weekends procrastination. They help me to refresh my brain and motivation. I try to review words I've learned, or watch a movie, listen to music, etc. in Spanish. I now have a word count of 368 on Duolingo. I've also been using memrise. I know that I need to start focusing on grammar, but I can't seem to bring myself around it. I don't know where to start and where or how to learn it. I should also learn new verb tenses, since I can only communicate in the present. I'll try to work on that during the week. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 17 16 July 2015 at 6:28am | IP Logged |
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Since the last time I wrote here, I haven't been studying much. I did have classes at
school, so at least I had a some new vocabulary and grammar, on top of practicing talking and listening. I wanted to study outside of school too, but I procrastinated. I was just lazy and gave up, like every single time I tried learning a language. I've decided last week to start learning Spanish again. I'm mostly just playing on Duolingo everyday to learn vocabulary because I need that before grammar. I understand better by seeing the language in context not studying how it's structured. I've also started keeping some kind of journal where I write in Spanish. It helps me construct sentences and practice what I've learned. This time I do want to keep learning it, I need to make an habit out of studying and stay motivated. I think that motivation is my biggest challenge. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 17 17 July 2015 at 12:29am | IP Logged |
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Hoy estudiaba los verbos en el pasado. ¡Pienso que es un muy dificíl de aprender los
tiempos de verbos! Necesito aprender más verbos y más tiempo porque puedo utilizar el presento y un poco de verbos como comer, beber, ir, estudiar y caminar. Sólo los verbos comunes.. Escuché un Podcast acerca de Honduras, estaba muy interesante. Hablaban de los desportes populares, del clima, del idioma y otras cosas. Es dificíl de comprender pero entendí la información general. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4494 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 16 of 17 21 July 2015 at 10:43pm | IP Logged |
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I've decided to give myself tasks to do everyday, that way I learn faster and more
efficiently (Hopefully); -5 new words a day minimum, which I think is quite easy and reachable. -15 minutes of reading everyday. I'm reading on my Ereader that way I can simply click on the word and get the definition, it's easier. -15 minutes of listening a day. Podcasts, movies, music, anything really. -Write in my notebook everyday about anything. Preferably, using what I just learned. -Chat with someone at least once a week. I really want to work harder since it's summer. I have a lot of free time and I'd like to ameliorate my Spanish skills as much as I can before I start school again. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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