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Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 25 of 43 15 November 2015 at 6:09pm \| IP Logged
	This week I hit the books by an unprecedented time of 6+ hours. Listening comprehension, exercises and short pieces of writing have been my main objectives. On the other hand, I ended up learning one mere new flashcard a day. This is because my active vocabulary is fading so much that I'm doing my best to retrieve it and will continue to do so for a few weeks. 22nd week results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 15/24 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 15/24 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - Deutsch lernen Extra auf Deutsch Abshnitt 8/13 watched - New vocabulary in Anki: 13 flashcards this week (1151 in total) - Time of study: 6h 15min this week (56h 23min in total) 2 persons have voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 26 of 43 22 November 2015 at 4:41pm \| IP Logged
	Vocabulary has been my main focus again. My insistence on retrieving my active vocabulary back is being worthwhile, as I am nearly up-to-date with my flashcards reviewal times in Anki. I have used Anki everyday for two weeks and now notice the words stick better into my memory. It really makes a difference not to miss a few days of study through Anki. 23rd week results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 3/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 3/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - Deutsch lernen Extra auf Deutsch Abshnitt 12/13 watched - New vocabulary in Anki: 7 flashcards this week (1158 in total) - Time of study: 4h 25min this week (60h 48min in total) 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 27 of 43 29 November 2015 at 8:45pm \| IP Logged
	Youtube has turned out to be an excellent source of simple TV series in German with German subtitles. I am harnessing this to get as much input as I can get without losing focus. Although I do not understand much without reading the subtitles, this approach proved itself worthwhile when I was learning English. Back then my listening skills improved rapidly from nill to a very decent understanding in less than 6 months. I don't expect such a stratospheric success now since I lack of a wide vocabulary in German. However, I am sure a massive input will be beneficial at this stage. This week I have watched the ten short chapters of Susanne, which toll over 90 minutes. 24th week results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Deutsch lernen Extra (TV series) 13/13* watched* - Susanne (TV series) 10/10* watched* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 4/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 4/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - New vocabulary in Anki: 7 flashcards this week (1165 in total) - Time of study: 4h 00min this week (64h 48min in total) 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 28 of 43 06 December 2015 at 7:58pm \| IP Logged
	Busy week! I haven't devoted myself to German as much as I wish. Perhaps the most significant achievement's been the improvement of my listening skills. I realised I can already understand some videos without subtitles. Youtube abounds on tourism videos. The speakers tend to utter words clearly and slowly and the vocabulary is restraint unless poetical language comes into place. I think I will focus on watching them as it is amazing and motivating to understand German without subtitles, since my vocabulary is still fairly limited. When I turned to watch "Mit Offenen Karten" series I could barely understand anything. I could of course infer a great deal because of the graphics and my knowledge on the topics, though I failed in actually understanding its quickler and more sofisticated German. Therefore, I think tourism videos will fit my purpose at this stage. 25th week results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Deutsch lernen Extra (TV series) 13/13* watched* - Susanne (TV series) 10/10* watched* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 4/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 4/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - New vocabulary in Anki: 6 flashcards this week (1171 in total) - Time of study: 1h 45min this week (66h 33min in total) 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 29 of 43 14 December 2015 at 11:00pm \| IP Logged
	My new discovery is audiobooks. Youtube contains a wealth of native and learning material in German and is proving itself a wonderful teaching tool. I haven´t followed my textbook this week either, although I intend to finish it by February. I think my German is improving anyway, even though I am studying half the time than last month. I listened to a shortened version of Frankenstein (43 min) and understood around 98%. I am proud of it despite the fact that it is intended for students. It is the first piece of audio I ever listened to without visual images, apart from songs. As I understood virtually everything, the experience was very motivating. I then listened to a second audiobook called Heidelberger Herbst (21 min). The story developed somehow quicker and I managed to understand around 85 to 90%. I then switched to native material. This I couldn't understand properly although I did understand many sentences and words. I would say I understood up to 50% of the audio. This is also motivating, albeit it is not enough to fully understand and follow a story. I know by experience than improving that 50% will take increasingly more effort. On the most possitive side, this experience with audiobooks has demystefied the difficulty of understanding German to me. Regarding vocabulary, I have started to increase the number of new words, as I cope well with most of the words I am reviewing. 26th week results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Deutsch lernen Extra (TV series) 13/13* watched* - Susanne (TV series) 10/10* watched* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 4/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 4/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - New vocabulary in Anki: 13 flashcards this week (1184 in total) - Time of study: 2h 57min this week (69h 30min in total) Edited by Dagane on 14 December 2015 at 11:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 30 of 43 05 January 2016 at 10:10pm \| IP Logged
	I confess I haven't focused on German for the last three weeks. Christmas meals, family meetings and friends ate up my time and I happily surrendered to them. I am now back! 27th-29th weeks results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Deutsch lernen Extra (TV series) 13/13* watched* - Susanne (TV series) 10/10* watched* - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 4/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 4/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - New vocabulary in Anki: 61 flashcards this week (1245 in total) - Time of study: 1h 30min this week (71h 00min in total) 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 31 of 43 10 January 2016 at 6:00pm \| IP Logged
	Leider schreibe ich nicht viele Texte auf Deutsch. Ich habe etwas deshalb entschieden: ich soll diesen Log in Deutsch fortsetzen. Dieser Woche habe ich meinen "Menschen" Kurs weitergegangen. Ich finde das einfach. Vielleicht habe ich meines Niveau auf Deutsch verbessern, weil ich vielen natives Material nutze. Meine Gespräch und Schreiben sind ziemlich schlecht troztdem meinen Niveau. Warum meine ich so? Obwohl mein Wortschatz genug ist, ich mische 'ähnliche' Wörter manchmals, als zum Beispiel "wichtig" und "wirklich" oder "wollen" und "werden". Ich kenne diese Wörter. Das ist klar! Leider mische ich ihnen ohne Kontext. Ach Mist! Vor Oster möchte ich ganze gut Deutsch sprechen, weil ich will in Deutschland wieder gehen. Na ja! Ich liebe Deutsch mehr mit jeder Woche. Ich freue mich auf das! 30th weeks results - Menschen A1.1 textbook: 12/12* lessons studied* - Menschen A1.1 book of exercises: 12/12* lessons studied* - Das Idealpaar: 15/15* stories read* - Deutsch lernen Extra (TV series) 13/13* watched* - Susanne (TV series) 10/10* watched* - Audiobooks I have finished: "Frankenstein", "Heidelberger Herbst", "Leo&Co: Die Neue","Anna" - Menschen A1.2 textbook: 6/12 lessons studied - Menschen A1.2 book of exercises: 6/12 lessons studied - Grammatik Intensivtrainer A1 9/37 lessons studied - New vocabulary in Anki: 9 flashcards this week (1254 in total) - Time of study: 5h 13min this week (76h 13min in total) 1 person has voted this message useful
Dagane Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4300 days ago 259 posts - 324 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English^B2, Galician Studies: German Studies: Czech	Message 32 of 43 12 January 2016 at 7:18pm \| IP Logged
	Im März gehe ich nach Deutschland! Ich bin sehr froh. Eine Freundin wohnt in Heidelberg. Andere Freundin und ich reisen nach Frankfurt. Sie kommt aus Spanien an und ich fahre aus London. In Frankfurt treffen wir. Später gehen wir in unserer Freundins Wohnung. Anregend! Wir bleiben für vier Tage in Heidelberg zusammen, aber wir wollen Strasbourg auch besuchen. Meine Spanische Freundin spricht einen bisschen Französisch. Leider kennt sie kein Deutsch. Wir haben uns versprochen, ich übe Deutsch in Deutschland und sie spricht Französisch in Frankreicht! Edited by Dagane on 12 January 2016 at 9:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful

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