I was so excited to start assimil this morning. I tried to get an early night, but since lockdown has obliterated any bed-time discipline I have when I'm working, 2am it was...
Still, the hound didn't wake up til 9, so as soon as I'd fed him, I started assimil somewhat bleary eyed.
I'm so glad I have started it, as Memrise was getting stale. I used the method I linked above for the first two lessons. I thought it might be a bit drawn out but since the lessons are pretty short, it didn't take too long and seems effective. I listened to the second lesson a couple of extra times. The audio is way too slow in the early lessons, so I sped it up to something more conversational.
This is definitely the most structured approach I've had to learning a language so far. I think if I'd only used memrise as I initially envisioned, I would have given up from boredom by now. A variety of resources has kept things fresh and fun. I can drop one one day, and just pick another one, but as long as I do
something, the daily habit is still being cultivated. That said, I've used memrise every day and I think I've listened every day too.
I'm still nervous about maintaining the habit once I'm back at work and coming home tired, but that's life and I'll have to make it work. Maybe I'll commit to updating this log daily, however briefly, to stay on track. I also have to keep my copy of Russian with Ease that's seductively perched in my bookcase out of my mind....