Re: Rdearman 2016/17/18/19 [Remember if we get caught, I'm deaf and you don't speak English]
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:32 pm
Well my log was buried way back on page 5 so I can tell it has been awhile since I did an update. I've not spend anytime "learning" any languages. I've spent a lot of time watching some Italian TV shows mostly "Camionisti In Trattoria". As usual I've been given some amazingly good advice in my log, which I more or less ignored immediately. I haven't been intensively watching, but rather just watching one episode, then repeating it. On the odd occasion I might look up a word but mostly I just try to pick out the words I know and figure out what is going on. Am I improving, well.... kinda, sorta... but really it is too early to tell. I've not really done much French, other than a couple of short YouTube stations I'm subscribed to who might put out a new video once a week or so.
Tonight I did two back-to-back language exchanges in French, and it wasn't too awful. But I have noticed that I talk to much! When we're speaking English I tend to listen and correct, but I also talk a little to keep the conversation going and to let them practice English comprehension. But I talk to much when it is my turn for French and if I want to learn to understand I need to do more of that. But I've very relaxed about the whole language learning thing at the moment because by necessity it has taken a bit of a back burner to other things. I'm still doing these exchanges simply because they want to keep going and they are "regulars", so cultivation of some regulars will keep you talking even when you're not really in the mood. I was accepted for a speech at the gathering and it will be about the 500+ language exchanges I did in the last quarter of 2018 and what I gained from the experiance.
I haven't done any study with any books and even my maths books have tailed off to nothing. Mainly this is because by the time I get back to the hotel I just want to veg out in front of the TV. So that is what I'm doing. With luck it might pay off eventually.
Tonight I did two back-to-back language exchanges in French, and it wasn't too awful. But I have noticed that I talk to much! When we're speaking English I tend to listen and correct, but I also talk a little to keep the conversation going and to let them practice English comprehension. But I talk to much when it is my turn for French and if I want to learn to understand I need to do more of that. But I've very relaxed about the whole language learning thing at the moment because by necessity it has taken a bit of a back burner to other things. I'm still doing these exchanges simply because they want to keep going and they are "regulars", so cultivation of some regulars will keep you talking even when you're not really in the mood. I was accepted for a speech at the gathering and it will be about the 500+ language exchanges I did in the last quarter of 2018 and what I gained from the experiance.
I haven't done any study with any books and even my maths books have tailed off to nothing. Mainly this is because by the time I get back to the hotel I just want to veg out in front of the TV. So that is what I'm doing. With luck it might pay off eventually.