Postby aokoye » Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:10 am
If it isn't broke, don't fix it.
That really needs to be my mantra when it comes to vocab. I know that Anki doesn't work well for me in almost every case*. I also know that Learn with Oliver works really well for me and I can currently afford it. Given that, why is it that I try to deviate from that?! The past week and a half have felt fairly unproductive all with regards to language learning. I think I need to go back to the basics in terms of material use. Textbook (1 single textbook), handouts from class (they are amazingly helpful and it's assumed I've used them so...), Learn with Oliver, watching French language TV for fun. I'm ok with using other resources when I need extra help with specific grammar points, but otherwise my goal for the next two weeks is to limit myself to those three things.
I had a test this morning that went far better than I expected. I didn't have/make enough time to study as much as I wanted to, but it was a case of a. getting quality studying done in what little time I allowed myself and b. the test being easier than the review/revision sheet. One thing that was helpful this morning before the class was translating most of a two page excerpt in my textbook from French into English. I needed to have a really good understanding of it as we were going to be asked to write about it and at the last minute I thought of just translating it from French to English. While this isn't necessarily going to help my productive skills, it should help in cases where I know or suspect that I'm going to have to write or discuss what we've read at home. Also if I get into the University of Ottawa it will likely be reading a lot of French as part of the program I applied to.
Another thing that I really need to be good about over the next few weeks is making sure I keep reviewing the grammar from the first two chapters of the textbook while also keeping up with the third chapter. It's all fairly basic stuff which is nice, but I'm not that good at reviewing and frankly I have the time to figure out and implement some sort of rotating schedule. Depending on how well I manage my time, it would behoove me to work forward into the grammar of chapter 4 (the next two weeks will be spent on chapter 3) as it things start getting more out of my comfort zone in that chapter and this chapter should be fairly easy on the grammar front. The assumption in this class is that everyone has been introduced and studied all of the grammar that's in the textbook and thus this is a quick review of grammar and then a lot of reading, writing, and enlarging our vocabulary.
Goals for this week:
Put all of the vocab in Learn with Oliver (not all at once)
Watch a few French language shows
Finish everything that is prescribed on the syllabus for the week
Review the articles sheet that my prof sent from the chapter we just finished (this should take 30-40 min and I should make a habit of it)
If I'm lucky:
Finish all of the grammar exercises that are homework
Start on chapter 4's grammar (this might take a outside grammar resource)
*Outside of it working really well for me when studying Modern Hebrew
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Prefered gender pronouns: Masculine