AI6WC challenge - English writing
I'm a bit behind on my updates! I think I got distracted with Easter preparations, and then I didn't have much to report anyway except for the number (which I had originally planned to report daily). I have, however, been writing daily on the webside I mentioned in my last writing update, 750words.com. So far, it's working very well for me. But then I've been away for Easter, in a small cabin with the whole family and not much room for concentration, so doing any more serious writing has been very difficult. I've done a bit of reading, though, and long skiing days are excellent for thinking, so on the train back home today, I finally managed to get soemthing done with that paper I struggled so much with earler, and which I fortunately got a new deadline for. I have now written three of the four pages I need, and have reached a point where I can actually see myself finishing it. Hopefully, I will manage to do so tomorrow.
Mon 27:
Writing: 25 min
Tue 28:
Writing: 21 min
Wed 29:
Writing: 29 min
Thu 30:
Writing: 22 min
Fri 31:
Writing: 25 min
Sat 1:
Writing: 26 min
Sun 2:
Writing: 25 min
Mon 3:
Reading: 65 min
Writing: 27 min
Tue 4:
Writing: 25 min
Wed 5:
Writing: 29 min
Thu 6:
Reading: 60 min
Writing: 31 min
Fri 7:
Writing: 25 min
Sat 8:
Writing: 23 min
Sun:
Writing: 279 min
Total: 2160 min = 36h00
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian)
AI6WC challenge - English writing
Still behind on the logging .... and I've also struggled with the writing, but I finally got that paper done on the 14th. Then, on the 20th, I started working on another one (exam), which is going much better - I finally found the way to that place where the enjoyment outweighs the panic, and I managed to put in quite a few hours toward the end of last week. Then I had to take a break to do some other stuff, some of which also involved writing.
10: 23 min
11: 26 min
12: 32 min
13: 45 min
14: 26 min
15: 26 min
16: 25 min
17: 26 min
18: 24 min
19: 23 min
20: 194 min
21: 241 min
22: 26 min
23: 82 min
24: 22 min
25: 137 min
(all of this is writing)
Total: 3138 min = 52h18
This is an average of 1.25 h/day. I'm quite satisfied with that. I'll have to do a lot more the coming 6 weeks (but I'll also have more time to do it). The most important thing, though, is that I'm more comfortable with the writing process now than what I was 6 weeks ago, which means that I'll be able to make more of the time I have.
Still behind on the logging .... and I've also struggled with the writing, but I finally got that paper done on the 14th. Then, on the 20th, I started working on another one (exam), which is going much better - I finally found the way to that place where the enjoyment outweighs the panic, and I managed to put in quite a few hours toward the end of last week. Then I had to take a break to do some other stuff, some of which also involved writing.
10: 23 min
11: 26 min
12: 32 min
13: 45 min
14: 26 min
15: 26 min
16: 25 min
17: 26 min
18: 24 min
19: 23 min
20: 194 min
21: 241 min
22: 26 min
23: 82 min
24: 22 min
25: 137 min
(all of this is writing)
Total: 3138 min = 52h18
This is an average of 1.25 h/day. I'm quite satisfied with that. I'll have to do a lot more the coming 6 weeks (but I'll also have more time to do it). The most important thing, though, is that I'm more comfortable with the writing process now than what I was 6 weeks ago, which means that I'll be able to make more of the time I have.
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About time to post this now, I'm over a month behind 
April Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 11177 pages = 223 books
Films: 2516 minutes = 27 films
I’ve read:
Flight Behavior (Kingsolver)
10:04 (Lerner)
Watched:
Othello (streaming of theater at the cinema, British production)
In progress:
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics (Bakhtin)
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
French
Books: 317 = 6 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
No change
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
Read Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore (Calvino), listening to HP e la pietra filosofale, the two first chapters on repeat
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 657 pages = 13 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Logged the text extracts in the course book I have been using this semester (I don’t think course books normally count, but what I’m talking about here are things like short stories by Pushkin and Chekhov)
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
Watched the mini series Händelser vid vatten at Easter
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (355 days/610)
Books: 24/64 pages
Films: 24/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2977 = 59 books
Films:
No change
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
April Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 11177 pages = 223 books
Films: 2516 minutes = 27 films
I’ve read:
Flight Behavior (Kingsolver)
10:04 (Lerner)
Watched:
Othello (streaming of theater at the cinema, British production)
In progress:
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics (Bakhtin)
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
French
Books: 317 = 6 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
No change
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
Read Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore (Calvino), listening to HP e la pietra filosofale, the two first chapters on repeat
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 657 pages = 13 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Logged the text extracts in the course book I have been using this semester (I don’t think course books normally count, but what I’m talking about here are things like short stories by Pushkin and Chekhov)
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
Watched the mini series Händelser vid vatten at Easter
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (355 days/610)
Books: 24/64 pages
Films: 24/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 2977 = 59 books
Films:
No change
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
2 x
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And while I'm at it, might as well do the report for the last month straight away ...
May Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 12557 pages = 251 books
Films: 2847 minutes = 31 films
I’ve read:
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics (Bakhtin)
I Predict a Riot (Bateman)
Reader-Response Criticism (ed. Tompkins)
Watched:
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Gone with the Wind
In progress:
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
Ireland. A History (Bartlett)
French
Books: 484 = 9 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Read Les Aérostats (Nothomb)
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 737 pages = 14 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (386 days/610)
Books: 23/64 pages
Films: 23/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Zuleikha åpner øynene
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
May Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 12557 pages = 251 books
Films: 2847 minutes = 31 films
I’ve read:
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics (Bakhtin)
I Predict a Riot (Bateman)
Reader-Response Criticism (ed. Tompkins)
Watched:
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Gone with the Wind
In progress:
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
Ireland. A History (Bartlett)
French
Books: 484 = 9 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Read Les Aérostats (Nothomb)
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 737 pages = 14 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (386 days/610)
Books: 23/64 pages
Films: 23/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Zuleikha åpner øynene
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
3 x
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian)
Russian update
The title of my log has said Russian the whole year, but I don't think I've said much about it until now. I have been studying it, though. I've been doing a Russian course at the university, and was supposed to have an exam in May, but got it postponed due til illness, which means I will now have it in August. That means I have to study on my own through the summer, and that's why I've joined two of the forum challenges with Russian.
The Vocabulary challenge:
I've been going through all the unknown vocabulary in the textbook the last couple of weeks. I had read through all the texts and underlined the words I wanted to look up in all of them, and also actually started looking up some of them. But until today, I had not done anything to actively learn them. I'm now almost at the end of the book, started on the last chapter, and I've collected 666 of 900 words so far. Once I'm done with the book, I'll start going through the translations to Russian we have been doing and see if there are any more words to pick up there. Maybe I'll reach 900 this way, I'm not sure yet. Now that the challenge has started, I'm using Quizlet to learn the words.
The AI6WC challenge:
I posted the first data only in the challenge thread and not here, so let's start with that:
Total: 112 min = 1h52
This is Drops only. Then I started on the project described above, and I'm still doing half an hours of Drops every day, so there's a lot of vocabulary learning so far, and also a little bit of reading. The reading is partly reading Harry Potter with parallel text, and partly reading the texts that I have picked the vocabulary from.
Fri 23:
SRS: 199 min
Sat 24:
SRS: 141 min
Sun 25:
SRS: 172 min
Reading: 34 min
Mon 26:
SRS: 129 min
Tue 27:
SRS: 59 min
Reading: 41 min
Wed 28:
SRS: 84 min
Thu 29:
SRS: 57 min
Fri 30:
SRS: 180 min
Sat 1:
SRS: 176 min
Reading: 43 min
Total: 1427 min = 23h47
The title of my log has said Russian the whole year, but I don't think I've said much about it until now. I have been studying it, though. I've been doing a Russian course at the university, and was supposed to have an exam in May, but got it postponed due til illness, which means I will now have it in August. That means I have to study on my own through the summer, and that's why I've joined two of the forum challenges with Russian.
The Vocabulary challenge:
I've been going through all the unknown vocabulary in the textbook the last couple of weeks. I had read through all the texts and underlined the words I wanted to look up in all of them, and also actually started looking up some of them. But until today, I had not done anything to actively learn them. I'm now almost at the end of the book, started on the last chapter, and I've collected 666 of 900 words so far. Once I'm done with the book, I'll start going through the translations to Russian we have been doing and see if there are any more words to pick up there. Maybe I'll reach 900 this way, I'm not sure yet. Now that the challenge has started, I'm using Quizlet to learn the words.
The AI6WC challenge:
I posted the first data only in the challenge thread and not here, so let's start with that:
Total: 112 min = 1h52
This is Drops only. Then I started on the project described above, and I'm still doing half an hours of Drops every day, so there's a lot of vocabulary learning so far, and also a little bit of reading. The reading is partly reading Harry Potter with parallel text, and partly reading the texts that I have picked the vocabulary from.
Fri 23:
SRS: 199 min
Sat 24:
SRS: 141 min
Sun 25:
SRS: 172 min
Reading: 34 min
Mon 26:
SRS: 129 min
Tue 27:
SRS: 59 min
Reading: 41 min
Wed 28:
SRS: 84 min
Thu 29:
SRS: 57 min
Fri 30:
SRS: 180 min
Sat 1:
SRS: 176 min
Reading: 43 min
Total: 1427 min = 23h47
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian)
AI6WC challenge
Learning vocabulary for the vocabulary challenge using Quizlet, and also doing Drops daily. This feels like the perfect thing to be doing at the moment - I think I'm going to be a very happy Russian learner at the end of this month!
Sun 2:
SRS: 170 min
Mon 3:
SRS: 107 min
Reading: 15 min
Tue 4:
SRS: 96 min
Wed 5:
SRS: 103 min
Reading: 53 min
Thu 6:
SRS: 50 min
Reading: 27 min
Fri 7:
SRS: 88 min
Sat 8:
SRS: 131 min
Sun 9:
SRS: 70 min
Reading: 18 min
Mon 10:
SRS: 193 min
Reading: 41 min
Tue 11:
SRS: 67 min
Reading 25 min
Total: 2681 min = 44h41
Learning vocabulary for the vocabulary challenge using Quizlet, and also doing Drops daily. This feels like the perfect thing to be doing at the moment - I think I'm going to be a very happy Russian learner at the end of this month!
Sun 2:
SRS: 170 min
Mon 3:
SRS: 107 min
Reading: 15 min
Tue 4:
SRS: 96 min
Wed 5:
SRS: 103 min
Reading: 53 min
Thu 6:
SRS: 50 min
Reading: 27 min
Fri 7:
SRS: 88 min
Sat 8:
SRS: 131 min
Sun 9:
SRS: 70 min
Reading: 18 min
Mon 10:
SRS: 193 min
Reading: 41 min
Tue 11:
SRS: 67 min
Reading 25 min
Total: 2681 min = 44h41
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Mista
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- Posts: 608
- Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
- Location: Norway
- Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian)
AI6WC update
Still working on the same things in Russian, and it feels like things are moving forwards.
Wed 12:
SRS: 85 min
Reading: 80 min
Thu 13:
SRS: 72 min
Reading: 83 min
Fri 14:
SRS: 72 min
Reading: 75 min
Sat 15:
SRS: 192 min
Reading: 91 min
Sun 16:
SRS: 86 min
Mon 17:
SRS: 80 min
Tue 18:
SRS: 76 min
Reading: 52 min
Total: 3725 min = 62h05
June Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 13559 pages = 271 books
Films: 2847 minutes = 31 films
Finished reading:
The End of History and the Last Man (Fukuyama)
Specters of Marx (Derrida)
Castle Rackrent (Edgeworth)
Economics. A Very Short Introduction
Air & Light & Time & Space (Sword)
In progress:
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
Ireland. A History (Bartlett)
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
French
Books: 484 = 9 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
No change
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 792 pages = 15 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (416 days/610)
Books: 21/64 pages
Films: 21/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Nahrs siste dans
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
Still working on the same things in Russian, and it feels like things are moving forwards.
Wed 12:
SRS: 85 min
Reading: 80 min
Thu 13:
SRS: 72 min
Reading: 83 min
Fri 14:
SRS: 72 min
Reading: 75 min
Sat 15:
SRS: 192 min
Reading: 91 min
Sun 16:
SRS: 86 min
Mon 17:
SRS: 80 min
Tue 18:
SRS: 76 min
Reading: 52 min
Total: 3725 min = 62h05
June Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 13559 pages = 271 books
Films: 2847 minutes = 31 films
Finished reading:
The End of History and the Last Man (Fukuyama)
Specters of Marx (Derrida)
Castle Rackrent (Edgeworth)
Economics. A Very Short Introduction
Air & Light & Time & Space (Sword)
In progress:
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
Ireland. A History (Bartlett)
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
French
Books: 484 = 9 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
No change
German
Books: 540 pages = 10 books
Films: 573 minutes = 6 films
No change
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 792 pages = 15 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (416 days/610)
Books: 21/64 pages
Films: 21/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Nahrs siste dans
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
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July Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 14763 pages = 295 books
Films: 3265 minutes = 36 films
Finished reading:
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
Neo-Slave Narratives (Rushdy)
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
The City of Brass (Chakraborty)
In progress:
The Hungry Tide (Ghosh)
Listening to:
All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)
French
Books: 526 = 10 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Started reading L’enfant de Sable (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
German
Books: 638 pages = 12 books
Films: 993 minutes = 11 films
Reading Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft, listening to Der Goldene Kompass
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 891 pages = 17 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (447 days/610)
Books: 20/64 pages
Films: 22/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Nahrs siste dans
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
In August I hope to make some progress with French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
English
Books: 14763 pages = 295 books
Films: 3265 minutes = 36 films
Finished reading:
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
Neo-Slave Narratives (Rushdy)
A History of the English Language (van Gelderen)
The City of Brass (Chakraborty)
In progress:
The Hungry Tide (Ghosh)
Listening to:
All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)
French
Books: 526 = 10 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Started reading L’enfant de Sable (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
German
Books: 638 pages = 12 books
Films: 993 minutes = 11 films
Reading Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft, listening to Der Goldene Kompass
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books:
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
No change
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 891 pages = 17 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read some more Harry Potter
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (447 days/610)
Books: 20/64 pages
Films: 22/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 = 69 books
Films:
Read Nahrs siste dans
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
In August I hope to make some progress with French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
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Mista
- Blue Belt
- Posts: 608
- Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
- Location: Norway
- Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
- Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... =15&t=7497
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Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian)
6WC update week 1 & 2
Spanish (TL): 588 min = 9h48
Total: 2408 min = 40h08
Spanish:
I have been reading El misterio del solitario by Jostein Gaarder – this is a book I read in Norwegian as a teenager, the original title is Kabalmysteriet. I’ve read the first 7 or 8 chapters and collected unknown words, which I have looked up and entered into a spreadsheet, and stopped when I reached 450. I finished this before the weekend, and I have now taken a short break from Spanish until my Russian exam is over on the 16th. Then I will start working on that vocabulary using Quizlet, and I’ll also switch to doing Spanish on Drops. I’m also planning to read through the whole book in extensive mode.
Russian:
Most of my studying has been Russian lately, in preparation for the exam. I have been reading the texts in the textbook, working on vocabulary and grammar with Quizlet, and I’ve also been doing some reading on the grammatical topics in the textbook. Tomorrow is the last day I have to prepare for the exam, so I hope I can read through the rest of the texts once more, do some more repetitions of vocabulary and verbal endings, and look through the list of the main grammatical topics for translation. I’ll also have almost an hour on the subway on my way to the exam, so it’s essential to make sure I have something useful to study on the way. That’s why I’ve made a little booklet with the most important stuff I need to remember. I’ve done quite a lot of studying for this exam already, though, so I think it will go well.
Spanish (TL): 588 min = 9h48
Total: 2408 min = 40h08
Spanish:
I have been reading El misterio del solitario by Jostein Gaarder – this is a book I read in Norwegian as a teenager, the original title is Kabalmysteriet. I’ve read the first 7 or 8 chapters and collected unknown words, which I have looked up and entered into a spreadsheet, and stopped when I reached 450. I finished this before the weekend, and I have now taken a short break from Spanish until my Russian exam is over on the 16th. Then I will start working on that vocabulary using Quizlet, and I’ll also switch to doing Spanish on Drops. I’m also planning to read through the whole book in extensive mode.
Russian:
Most of my studying has been Russian lately, in preparation for the exam. I have been reading the texts in the textbook, working on vocabulary and grammar with Quizlet, and I’ve also been doing some reading on the grammatical topics in the textbook. Tomorrow is the last day I have to prepare for the exam, so I hope I can read through the rest of the texts once more, do some more repetitions of vocabulary and verbal endings, and look through the list of the main grammatical topics for translation. I’ll also have almost an hour on the subway on my way to the exam, so it’s essential to make sure I have something useful to study on the way. That’s why I’ve made a little booklet with the most important stuff I need to remember. I’ve done quite a lot of studying for this exam already, though, so I think it will go well.
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Mista
- Blue Belt
- Posts: 608
- Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 11:03 pm
- Location: Norway
- Languages: Norwegian (N), English (QN). Studied Ancient Greek (MA), Linguistics (MA), Latin (BA), German (BA). Italian at A2/B1 level. Learning: French, Japanese, Russian (focus) and various others, like Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese, and anything that comes my way. Also know some Sanskrit (but not the script) and Coptic. Really want to learn Arabic and Amharic.
- Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... =15&t=7497
- x 1459
Re: Mista's new perpetual log (currently: Russian and Japanese))
I'm late with my SC monthly update again. I have to post it now so I can start working on that for September.
Apart from the SC, I got Learn Japanese with Manga for my birthday (a month ago now), and I've started working with that book and also with Japanese on Drops. I think Drops works at its best with languages with a differentt script, so I have ended up doing more there than with the textbook so far. I was very happy to read in Sfuqua's log today that Murakami isn't necessarily that difficult, which I have been suspecting, but I haven't managed to get anyone to confirm it until now. I'm also a big Murakami fan. But I have some work to do before I can start reading literature in Japanese.
August Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 15243 pages = 304 books
Films: 3448 minutes = 38 films
Finished:
The Hungry Tide (Ghosh)
Translation Studies
The Awakening (Chopin)
Britain and Ireland. A concise history (Kramer)
All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)
French
Books: 622 = 12 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Still reading L’enfant de Sable (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
German
Books: 777 pages = 15 books
Films: 1480 minutes = 16 films
Finished Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft, still listening to Der Goldene Kompass
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books: 80 pages = 1 book
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
Reading El misterio del solitario (Gaarder)
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 903 pages = 18 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read a few more pages from Harry Potter, and Belinsky’s letter to Gogol (for my new course in the history of ideas at the university)
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (478 days/610)
Books: 20/64 pages
Films: 22/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 pages = 69 books
Films: 235 minutes = 2 films
Saw Flukt by Bulgakov at the theater, and I have also updated with Hamlet, which I also saw at the theater a good while back.
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
Apart from the SC, I got Learn Japanese with Manga for my birthday (a month ago now), and I've started working with that book and also with Japanese on Drops. I think Drops works at its best with languages with a differentt script, so I have ended up doing more there than with the textbook so far. I was very happy to read in Sfuqua's log today that Murakami isn't necessarily that difficult, which I have been suspecting, but I haven't managed to get anyone to confirm it until now. I'm also a big Murakami fan. But I have some work to do before I can start reading literature in Japanese.
August Super Challenge update (total numbers)
English
Books: 15243 pages = 304 books
Films: 3448 minutes = 38 films
Finished:
The Hungry Tide (Ghosh)
Translation Studies
The Awakening (Chopin)
Britain and Ireland. A concise history (Kramer)
All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)
French
Books: 622 = 12 books
Films: 890 minutes = 9 films
Still reading L’enfant de Sable (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
German
Books: 777 pages = 15 books
Films: 1480 minutes = 16 films
Finished Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft, still listening to Der Goldene Kompass
Italian
Books: 262 pages = 5 books
Films: 474 minutes = 5 films
No change
Spanish
Books: 80 pages = 1 book
Films: 225 minutes = 2 films
Reading El misterio del solitario (Gaarder)
Portuguese
Books:
Films: 170 minutes = 1 film
No change
Dutch
Books:
Films:
Latin
Books: 94 pages
No change
Greek (ancient)
Books:
Russian
Books: 903 pages = 18 books
Films: 2231 minutes = 24 films
Read a few more pages from Harry Potter, and Belinsky’s letter to Gogol (for my new course in the history of ideas at the university)
Icelandic
Books: 892 pages = 17 books
Films: 142 minutes = 1 film
No change
Swedish
Books: 527 pages = 10 books
Films: 354 minutes = 4 films
No change
Danish
Books:
Films:
Arabic
Books:
Films: 440 minutes = 4 films
No change
Japanese
Books:
Films: 295 minutes = 3 films
No change
Northern Sami
Books: 48 pages
Films: 15 minutes
No change
Finnish
Books: 138 pages = 2 books
Films: 201 minutes = 2 films
No change
Average per day (478 days/610)
Books: 20/64 pages
Films: 22/126 minutes
Unofficial:
Bokmål
Books: 3426 pages = 69 books
Films: 235 minutes = 2 films
Saw Flukt by Bulgakov at the theater, and I have also updated with Hamlet, which I also saw at the theater a good while back.
Nynorsk
Books: 19 pages
Films:
No change
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