Re: Le singe est dans l'arbre [EN->FR]
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:52 pm
Bonsoir à tous
I had been without a laptop for a few weeks after my old one died, but I now have a new one which is working mostly as I want, after the application of some robust Anglo-Saxon invective.
I have been playing with Anki, & after a bit of RTFMing I really like it & it appeals to my programming insticts (I do the odd bit of coding with my work hat on). Also, it seems to have much better repetition algorithm than Memrise - or rather, than the free version on Memrise, as the most useful "Difficult Words" section is only availble on the paid version. So I seem to have been doing more learning about Anki than language learning this week, but I think it's a worthwhile investment of time.
I have been doing some exercises from "Édito B1" & reading a bit of "L'Ombre du Vent" for the April book club. I can't say the latter is really grabbing me - I have an English copy too, so I might cheat and read ahead a few chapters and see if I can get into it & then switch back to the French.
I also got "Édito B2" & "L'Élegance du Hérrison" in the post this week, but they have gone on my "to read" pile for the time being.
And I registered on "Conversation Exchange", but only looking for people to write to for now, & I have a couple of partners, one in France and one in Algeria, which is quite exciting.
I had been without a laptop for a few weeks after my old one died, but I now have a new one which is working mostly as I want, after the application of some robust Anglo-Saxon invective.
I have been playing with Anki, & after a bit of RTFMing I really like it & it appeals to my programming insticts (I do the odd bit of coding with my work hat on). Also, it seems to have much better repetition algorithm than Memrise - or rather, than the free version on Memrise, as the most useful "Difficult Words" section is only availble on the paid version. So I seem to have been doing more learning about Anki than language learning this week, but I think it's a worthwhile investment of time.
I have been doing some exercises from "Édito B1" & reading a bit of "L'Ombre du Vent" for the April book club. I can't say the latter is really grabbing me - I have an English copy too, so I might cheat and read ahead a few chapters and see if I can get into it & then switch back to the French.
I also got "Édito B2" & "L'Élegance du Hérrison" in the post this week, but they have gone on my "to read" pile for the time being.
And I registered on "Conversation Exchange", but only looking for people to write to for now, & I have a couple of partners, one in France and one in Algeria, which is quite exciting.