Re: Lingua's 2020 IT, DE, PT, FR (+ dabbling in LAT, SCN, PMS, etc)
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:19 pm
Italian:
Memrise/Speechling
Reading: Durante by Andrea De Carlo <-- 17%
Reading: Vivere in zona by Aronne & Memo Romano <-- 9%
Reading: 100 lampi di genio by Luca Novelli <-- 10%
italki teacher: one hour session
Recorded: 72 mins
Not much happening with Italian outside of the usual reading. A little bit of recording and Speechling. During they hour with my italki teacher I spent part of the time telling her about the last book I finished. It was not easy to explain what was happening with the 10+ characters in the book but she said I did pretty well and she only got confused a couple of times. I was able to clarify by rewording. This feels like progress.
Portuguese:
Memrise
PT Lab: Living Dialogues #6-7; Clear Pronunciation
I did two more Living Dialogues which covered when you don't understand and how to address someone (formal vs informal). When you don't understand was about how to ask questions in a polite way like asking someone their name or saying you can't hear them. That type of thing. Addressing someone was about when to use form vs informal in a little more detail than what is typically taught. The audio is between Susana and a man ... I don't know his name. They talked about how você isn't much used in Portugal but also when one might use it. They finally mentioned that personal pronouns aren't always needed in Portuguese (just like Italian) unless for emphasis or to be clear if something is ambiguous. In the regular lessons this was never mentioned and I had wondered about it. Now I know.
For the Clear Pronuncation module I did the exercises for the vowel sounds that i learned last week and then did the consonant sounds. There are 20 different consonant sounds which include:
6 voiceless (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar palatal, velar)
11 voiced oral (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar palatal, velar)
3 voiced nasal ((bilabial, alveolar, postalveolar palatal)
I don't think I've ever seen sounds broken down like this and I'm finding it pretty helpful. For each of the sounds there are drills with up to 10 words per sound.
Memrise/Speechling
Reading: Durante by Andrea De Carlo <-- 17%
Reading: Vivere in zona by Aronne & Memo Romano <-- 9%
Reading: 100 lampi di genio by Luca Novelli <-- 10%
italki teacher: one hour session
Recorded: 72 mins
Not much happening with Italian outside of the usual reading. A little bit of recording and Speechling. During they hour with my italki teacher I spent part of the time telling her about the last book I finished. It was not easy to explain what was happening with the 10+ characters in the book but she said I did pretty well and she only got confused a couple of times. I was able to clarify by rewording. This feels like progress.
Portuguese:
Memrise
PT Lab: Living Dialogues #6-7; Clear Pronunciation
I did two more Living Dialogues which covered when you don't understand and how to address someone (formal vs informal). When you don't understand was about how to ask questions in a polite way like asking someone their name or saying you can't hear them. That type of thing. Addressing someone was about when to use form vs informal in a little more detail than what is typically taught. The audio is between Susana and a man ... I don't know his name. They talked about how você isn't much used in Portugal but also when one might use it. They finally mentioned that personal pronouns aren't always needed in Portuguese (just like Italian) unless for emphasis or to be clear if something is ambiguous. In the regular lessons this was never mentioned and I had wondered about it. Now I know.
For the Clear Pronuncation module I did the exercises for the vowel sounds that i learned last week and then did the consonant sounds. There are 20 different consonant sounds which include:
6 voiceless (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar palatal, velar)
11 voiced oral (bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar palatal, velar)
3 voiced nasal ((bilabial, alveolar, postalveolar palatal)
I don't think I've ever seen sounds broken down like this and I'm finding it pretty helpful. For each of the sounds there are drills with up to 10 words per sound.