Decidida Learns Haitian Creole
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:22 pm
I don't remember starting a log before. Maybe committing to log will help me stay more committed. It has always been good excuses that distracted me from my Creole studies, but I am hoping the universe will cooperate this time and let me have good excuses to continue my Creole studies.
I have access to a lot of resources, but there are 5 that I hope to COMPLETE as soon as possible.
1. VOCABULARY. The Dinolingo videos, games, and quizzes. My subscription is up in January. I want to have all that vocabulary nailed before that. It might be worth another year for the kids story books, but I want the core vocabulary mastered in case I cannot afford to resubscribe, even at the drastically reduced price I pay. This really is the most efficent way for ME to learn core vocabulary and I am not too proud to admit that and to use what works. COMPLETION GOAL DATE: January 1, 2020
2. LISTENING AND SPEAKING. Pimsleur lessons 1-30. That is all that is available for Creole. I am not able to learn with just all-audio, never seeing the words, but I do need to scaffold to all-audio resources to reinforce what I have seen earlier and elsewhere. Pimsleur is hard for me, but that just means that I need it all the more. Once I review the early lessons, I will only be able to progress about one lesson a week, needing to review and review and review the same lessons over and over. I figure this is going to take almost a year to finish. COMPLETION GOAL DATE: September 1, 2020.
3. GRAMMAR. Haiti Hub. The tiny vocabulary lists allow me to focus on the grammar lessons. The suggested pace is too quick for me. At one lesson a week, I should be able to finish the 16 main modules by spring. MAIN MODULE COMPLETION GOAL DATE: March 1, 2020.
4. GRAMMAR. Learn Haitian-Creole with Gloria. Level 1, lessons 1-20, pages 1-80. I want to at least watch all the videos by summer 2020. I have them downloaded and saved to a thumb drive and want to make sure none are corrupted before my access to streaming ends. I am not planning to try and finish all the written exercises, yet. VIDEO COMPLETION DATE GOAL: August 1, 2020.
5. SCHEDULING and REVIEW. The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast by A.G. Hawke. I have a used copy of the 2000 edition and I am going to fill in the book itself and follow the daily study schedule. WORKSHEET COMPLETION GOAL DATE: January 1, 2020.
I have other things, but want to strictly use them only to reinforce the above as needed.
I have access to a lot of resources, but there are 5 that I hope to COMPLETE as soon as possible.
1. VOCABULARY. The Dinolingo videos, games, and quizzes. My subscription is up in January. I want to have all that vocabulary nailed before that. It might be worth another year for the kids story books, but I want the core vocabulary mastered in case I cannot afford to resubscribe, even at the drastically reduced price I pay. This really is the most efficent way for ME to learn core vocabulary and I am not too proud to admit that and to use what works. COMPLETION GOAL DATE: January 1, 2020
2. LISTENING AND SPEAKING. Pimsleur lessons 1-30. That is all that is available for Creole. I am not able to learn with just all-audio, never seeing the words, but I do need to scaffold to all-audio resources to reinforce what I have seen earlier and elsewhere. Pimsleur is hard for me, but that just means that I need it all the more. Once I review the early lessons, I will only be able to progress about one lesson a week, needing to review and review and review the same lessons over and over. I figure this is going to take almost a year to finish. COMPLETION GOAL DATE: September 1, 2020.
3. GRAMMAR. Haiti Hub. The tiny vocabulary lists allow me to focus on the grammar lessons. The suggested pace is too quick for me. At one lesson a week, I should be able to finish the 16 main modules by spring. MAIN MODULE COMPLETION GOAL DATE: March 1, 2020.
4. GRAMMAR. Learn Haitian-Creole with Gloria. Level 1, lessons 1-20, pages 1-80. I want to at least watch all the videos by summer 2020. I have them downloaded and saved to a thumb drive and want to make sure none are corrupted before my access to streaming ends. I am not planning to try and finish all the written exercises, yet. VIDEO COMPLETION DATE GOAL: August 1, 2020.
5. SCHEDULING and REVIEW. The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast by A.G. Hawke. I have a used copy of the 2000 edition and I am going to fill in the book itself and follow the daily study schedule. WORKSHEET COMPLETION GOAL DATE: January 1, 2020.
I have other things, but want to strictly use them only to reinforce the above as needed.