BAnna's Log-2016 Turkish with sides of Spanish & German

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BAnna
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Languages: Native speaker of English, quite comfortable in Spanish and German but seeking improvement, have recently dabbled with Russian and Turkish, and long, long ago with French and Japanese.
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BAnna's Log-2016 Turkish with sides of Spanish & German

Postby BAnna » Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:24 pm

Have been quite inactive on HTLAL for awhile and have recently decided to remedy that...and then of course it just wasn't there. :?:

The community has rallied and come up with this alternate (lovely!). Thanks to all for coming to the rescue!

I've dived back into German again, and still have Spanish on the back burner, but I'm afraid I've abandoned Russian and Turkish for now. I do hope to come back to them eventually.

German: still haven't resat the C2 writing exam, but hope to do so in early 2016. Meanwhile am taking a C1 class to freshen up the grammar fine points I sorely lack, have been watching movies and Tatort episodes, reading books and news. Latest book read was Der Traum des Kelten, by Mario Vargas Llosa, a fictionalized biography of Roger Casement who was hanged for treason for trying to get Germany to provide arms to the Irish Republican movement during WWI. This was translated from Spanish into German (don't know why I didn't read it in Spanish...). Lots of vocabulary and literary grammar, but it was not a compelling read. I think I'd started it two or three times in the last few years and gave up on it, but for some reason, I decided to restart and push through it. Also am currently listening to an audiobook, Ich bin Malala, about the Pakistani teenager and political activist who was the target of an attempted assassination by the Taliban and survived.

Spanish: finally finished watching the Columbian telenovela Dr Mata and doing some reading. I think there were something like 58 or so episodes. Latest book read was Misión Olvido by María Dueñas, the same author as El tiempo entre las costuras. It was a light read, good at times and silly at other times.
Last edited by BAnna on Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:14 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Turkish Study: 121 / 300

Half SC Turkish Reading: 153 / 2500
Half SC Turkish Films: 1605 / 4500

Half SC Russian Reading: 4 / 2500
Half SC Russian Films: 0 / 4500

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BAnna
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Posts: 19
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:57 pm
Location: USA
Languages: Native speaker of English, quite comfortable in Spanish and German but seeking improvement, have recently dabbled with Russian and Turkish, and long, long ago with French and Japanese.
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Re: BAnna's Log-German & Spanish

Postby BAnna » Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:02 am

Probably the best thing about the German class I'm taking is that I'm writing and getting corrections. Hurrah! Yes, I know I should be internally disciplined enough to write things on my own and post them on Lang8 or elsewhere, but without the discipline of a class, I just don't do it. So far I've written 2 short essays (2 pages each double-spaced). At last, I hope to make progress in my writing skills, and the class is fun: good people and a great teacher. :D
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Turkish Study: 121 / 300

Half SC Turkish Reading: 153 / 2500
Half SC Turkish Films: 1605 / 4500

Half SC Russian Reading: 4 / 2500
Half SC Russian Films: 0 / 4500

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BAnna
White Belt
Posts: 19
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:57 pm
Location: USA
Languages: Native speaker of English, quite comfortable in Spanish and German but seeking improvement, have recently dabbled with Russian and Turkish, and long, long ago with French and Japanese.
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Re: BAnna's Log-German & Spanish

Postby BAnna » Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:04 am

Spanish-2015
Libros:
El misterio de la casa Aranda -de Jerónimo Tristante
Nunca me abandones -de Kazuo Ishiguro (orig Eng)
B de Bella -de Alberto Ferreras
Cien años de soledad -de Gabriel García Márquez
Misión Olvido-de María Dueñas
Las hermanas coloradas- de Francisco García Pavón
Si viviéramos en un lugar normal-de Juan Pablo Villalobos
Canciones Mexicanas -de Gonçalo Tavares
El tiempo entre costuras -de María Dueñas
El puñal -de Jorge Fernández Díaz
Jorge Bergoglio Francisco -de Andrea Tornielli
La Revolución de 22 días (solo 7 capítulos) -de Marco Borges (orig Eng)
Bajo la misma estrella -de John Green (orig Eng)
Gaudí la vida de un visionario -de J. Castellar-Gassol
En la orilla -de Rafael Chirbes
Yo confieso -de Jaume Cabre (orig Cat)
El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo -de F.G. Haghenbeck
Noticia de un secuestro -de Gabriel García Márquez
El halcón maltés -de Dashiell Hammett (orig Eng)
Un filo de luz -de Andrea Camilleri (orig Ital)
El alquimista -de Paulo Coelho (orig Port)

Audiolibro:
América-de T.C. Boyle (orig Eng)
Negocios -de Junot Díaz (orig Eng)

Serie:(además de las gran cantidades de partidos de fútbol, noticias y películas que vi con mi esposo sin poner mucha atencíon)

Dr. Mata-telenovela Colombia 58 episodios
Gran Hotel-España (Netflix y tele) ~ 66 episodios (la serie completa)
Comisario Rex-telenovela policíaca 1 episodio
Club de cuervos-Méjico (Netflix) 13 episodios
Pablo Escobar el patrón del mal -Colombia (Netflix)74 episodios
El Internado Laguna Negra -España 1 episodio


Películas:
Canela (Méjico)
Un viaje de 10 metros (orig Eng)
Qué caramba es la vida (Méjico-Alemania)
Violeta se fue a los cielos (Chile)
Fresa y Chocolate (Cuba)
Las 12 sillas (Cuba
Alma salvaje (orig Eng)
La teoría del todo (orig Eng)
Flores (orig Basque-España)
Buen día/Guten Tag Ramón (3/4 in Spanish, 1/4 in German)
Cinco días sin Nora (Méjico)
Como agua para chocolate (Méjico)
¡De panzazo! (Méjico)
Te presiento a Laura (Méjico)
Me late chocolate (Méjico)
Séptimo (Argentina)
Pecados de mi padre (Argentina)

Podcasts:
La intérprete
Gabriel García Márquez
Alfredo Kraus
Los 43

German-2015
Bücher:
Sandman Slim Höllen Dämmerung -von Richard Kadrey (orig Eng)
Sommerstück -von Christa Wolf
Heimatmuseum -von Siegfried Lenz
Der Traum des Keltens -von Mario Vargas Llosa (orig Span)
Hotel Savoy -von Joseph Roth
Digitale Demenz -von Manfred Spitzer
Das ewige Leben -von Wolf Haas
Buddhas kleiner Finger - von Viktor Pelewin (orig Russ)
Brennerova -von Wolf Haas
Saeculum- von Ursula Poznanski
Spiegelriss -von Alina Bronsky
Couchsurfing im Iran -von Stephen Orth
Rubinrot -von Kerstin Gier
Anständig Essen -von Karen Duve
Faserland -von Christian Kracht
Saphirblau -von Kerstin Gier
Smaragdgrün -von Kerstin Gier
Deutschstunde -von Siegfried Lenz
Er ist wieder da -von Timur Vermes
Mörderkind -von Gina Mayer
Die Würde des Lugens -von Joachim Zelter
Klotz und der unbegabte Mörder -von Christian Klier
Engel und Joe -von Kai Hermann
Timofej der Bilderdieb -von Willi Fährmann


Fernsehsendungen
Tatort (eine Menge davon)
10 Jahre nach dem Tsunami
Urlaubsgeschichten
Sibel und Max
Yourope-Cannabis in Europa
Im Dialog mit Pegida
Fußball: Dortmund g.Wolfsburg, Barcelona g. Juventus
Akte Ex
Auf Streife
Kleine Lüge, Große Liebe
Precht: Heimatliebe und Fremdenhass
Unsere Mütter unsere Väter
Precht: Welt in Bewegung
Ost und West der große Check
Wie gut ist unsere Milch?
Panaroma die Reporter im Nazidorf
Schwarze Schar
Spongebob Schwammkopf Omas Liebling/Das Tentakel Paradies
Von Odessa nach Odessa: eine Reise um das schwarze Meer
Der 24.Längengrad
Der Jungfrauenwahn
Herman the German
Der letzte Zeuge (Staffel 1-3)

Filme
22 Jump Street (orig Eng)
Freierfall
Die Friseuse
SOS-Eisberg
Michael
Monsieur Claude und seine Töchter (orig Fr)
Schlussmacher
Barfuß auf Nacktschnecken (orig Fr)
Die Rückkehr (orig Rus)
Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen
Effi Briest
Nosferatu
Buen día/Guten Tag Ramón (3/4 in Spanish, 1/4 in German)
Der Duft von Holunder
Soul Kitchen
Banklady
Die kommenden Tage
Im Labyrinth des Schweigens
Ich seh ich seh
Im August im Osage County (orig Eng)
Türkisch für Anfänger
Fack ju Göhte
Scherbenpark

Audiobücher
Rummelplatz -von Werner Bräunig
Ich bin Malala -(orig Eng) von Malala Yousafzai und Christina Lamb
Dr Siri und seine Toten -(orig Eng) von Colin Coterill
Der Blick aus meinem Fenster -(orig Türk) von Orhan Pamuk
Die Bafler und andere Erzählungen-(org Czech) von Bohumil Hrabal
Istambul -(orig Türk)Orhan Pamuk
Ego das Spiel des Lebens -von Frank Schirrmacher
Das Feuerland -(orig Eng) Charles Darwin
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Turkish Study: 121 / 300

Half SC Turkish Reading: 153 / 2500
Half SC Turkish Films: 1605 / 4500

Half SC Russian Reading: 4 / 2500
Half SC Russian Films: 0 / 4500

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BAnna
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Posts: 19
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Location: USA
Languages: Native speaker of English, quite comfortable in Spanish and German but seeking improvement, have recently dabbled with Russian and Turkish, and long, long ago with French and Japanese.
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Re: BAnna's Log-German & Spanish

Postby BAnna » Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:03 pm

Here are a few things I'd like to accomplish in 2016:
(Will update this post as I make progress through the year).

1. Keep up with posts from La Manada TAC Spanish team and participate as time allows. July update: Haven't done this one, alas.

2. Read in Spanish and German, whatever catches my interest, possibly even do some grammar exercises :?: Possibly, but unlikely, will dip back into Turkish* or Russian. Unfortunately, I've already read both the Spanish and German Book Club selections here, so I'm on my own...July: As far as study, my focus is completely on Turkish. I maintain Spanish and German speaking with family & friends.

DE:
Russland Verstehen von Gabriele Krone-Schmalz http://www.zeit.de/2015/08/gabriele-krone-schmalz-russland-verstehen 176 S.
Naokos Lächeln von Haruki Murakami 416 S. (Translated from Japanese)
Das Testament des Herrn Napumoceno von Germano Almeida 173 S. (Translated from Portuguese)
Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe von Alina Bronsky 160 S.

ES:
Dios es redondo por Juan Villoro "Un libro para los fanáticos de las canchas y para los ateos descreídos que juran que nunca verán un partido de fútbol, pero viven deseosos de entender el delirio de los fieles." 222p.
Sefarad por Antonio Muñoz Molina http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/02/08/opinion/1360323183_626543.html 528p.
Señales que precederán al fin del mundo por Yuri Hererra http://elpais.com/diario/2009/10/10/babelia/1255133540_850215.html 108p.
El profeta por Kahlil Gibran 96p.

TR: (July update)
Ezel TV series.
Book: Türkçe Okuyorum

3. Do reading challenges to expand my horizons beyond what I usually read.
July update: Finished the Read Harder Challenge http://bookriot.com/2015/12/15/2016-book-riot-read-harder-challenge/
Also on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/152441-book-riot-s-read-harder-challenge
Will do most of this reading in English (L1), but maybe also a couple in Spanish. The goal is to read 24 books each from a different category.
Also joined the Middle East/North African reading group on goodreads, so may end up reading some authors in Spanish or German if no English translation is available. Too bad my French is almost non-existent, that would have been of help :lol: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/413-middle-east-north-african-lit

4. 16 in '16: Watch films in at least 16 different languages. I was originally thinking of doing 16 films in each of 16 languages, but realized that would be a bit insane. I'll only count one per language and only put films below that I enjoyed.
Arabic: Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (Tunisia)
English: Brooklyn (Ireland/UK/Canada)
German: Iran im Herzen
Japanese: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Norwegian: En ganske snill mann English title: A Somewhat Gentle Man
Polish: Sztuczki English title: Tricks
Russian: Овсянки English title: Silent Souls
Turkish: Kış Uykusu English title: Winter Sleep

5. Also am doing the Short Story Challenge here:
Goal: Read 20 stories in Spanish and 15 in German
Books to read: (Both are aimed toward English-speaking intermediate level university students)
DE: German Stories Deutsche Erzählungen: A Bilingual Enface Anthology
ES: El cuento hispánico: a Graded Literary Anthology
July update: on target.

6. Did the Feb 6WC in Turkish. Hadn't studied it in forever, so I felt like a beginner all over again. Did a bit over 70 hours of study, using some resources from the library and some I bought (including a German-Turkish coursebook "Kolay Gelsin" and a coursebook from Turkey "Yanancı Dilim Türkçe" ). July update: I have basically become obsessed with Turkish and am enjoying spending lots of my free time with it.

7. Have signed up for the Super Challenge in both Turkish and Russian, just to keep me active in both languages. I have no expectation that I will make much progress towards the goals, particularly in reading... July: I am making progress in Turkish, haven't really touched Russian. I may withdraw from the Russian challenge, but will leave it for now.
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Turkish Study: 121 / 300

Half SC Turkish Reading: 153 / 2500
Half SC Turkish Films: 1605 / 4500

Half SC Russian Reading: 4 / 2500
Half SC Russian Films: 0 / 4500


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