Gustav Aschenbach wrote:Hi guys,
long story short, I finally finished Assimil Dutch with Ease (shadowed the whole book, understand everything, transcribing it right now scriptorium-style, am at lesson 60). Doing Harry Potter volume 1 now, really great audio, the narrator is perfect for shadowing. I totally get the gist (also due to the fact that German is my mother tongue which makes things admittedly easier), but there are a lot of unknown words or words where I'm not sure, about 20 per page, so still a lot of work to do. I'm going through the whole book reading and listening intensively.
I've discovered an excellent tool for studying: series/movies with audio description. A lot of additional (high quality!) input. Almost like a text book. Perfect for language learners!
PS: Oh, last but not least, I abandoned Hindi/Sanskrit.
Great to see you back Gustav! Well done on the completion of Assimil Dutch with Ease too! Sounds like you've made great progress in the language.