Re: Lilly's log - French, Russian and reluctant Spanish
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:42 pm
Russian
: Assimil Le Russe
: Duolingo Russian
: Дэвид Эддингс - Обретение чуда
: LWT Known
done:
Pronunciation trainer
Russian World 1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A2.1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A2.2
My progress with Russian this last week was a bit slower than before because I had doctor's appointments and a lot of other work to do. Nevertheless I gained some 900 known words in LWT while reading 36 pages of my David Eddings translation and didn't miss a day of Duolingo or Assimil. I'm now almost done with Duolingo and I should finish it just after my next weekly update. After Duolingo I will get started with Modern Russian 1. All in all not bad and I'm happy with my progress so far. My reading comprehension is still scraping along at the lower end of the spectrum, but I don't really have to refer to the French translation anymore, even with very long and complicated sentences. By now I get the occasional page below 20% new words and only few pages with over 30%. Also, I'm now up to almost 49% known vs unknown ratio in the LWT database which started off at about 45%. Still feels tough, but it's getting a tad easier to read with every day. I'm also not so far away from reaching the halfway point of my first book in Russian. Very cool! And during the 6WC I actually managed to log 136h of Russian in total which is not bad at all, averaging at pretty exactly 3h a day! In total I'm up to 260h of Russian now, roughly 1/4 of what I have planned.
French
I've done quite a lot of French last week because it was much easier to fit bits of procrastination and relaxing into my schedule rather than proper study time. I listened to France culture while on the bus or cooking dinner, watched Angel French dubs while eating lunch and read comics before going to bed. This last week I have finished Le Sursis and Le Vol du Corbeau by Gibrat, both in two volumes of 55 pages. Beautiful drawings and very interesting! I'd definitely recommend these! I think I might make comic reading a habit. Only problem is that they're a tad too expensive to keep going with one a day Maybe I check the second hand bookshop later today for more French comics. They do carry a lot of French novels here at the French border, but so far I've only seen Spanish comics. Maybe I get lucky though!
46h of French during the 6WC. Also not bad at all, roughly an hour a day! It's likely that I'll do more once I'm done with my initial Russian stretch, especially since I found a whole bunch of books in French that are relevant for my PhD.
Spanish
We managed just one more episode of El Ministerio del Tiempo. However, it seems I will get a whole month of Spanish in October when we will be travelling around Spain and France with my in-laws. And depending how my Russian intensive reading Super Challenge and French audiobook SC go, I will try to get started on a Spanish intensive reading SC as well. Also, I want to do this: DE VIAJE (LITERARIO) POR ESPAÑA only for Argentina. After lots of searching I think I actually found the first book for this journey: Niñez en Catamarca by Gustavo Gabriel Levene. Argentinian books are really hard to find in Spain, so it always needs a bit of luck. So, I will continue this project probably at snail's pace while I hunt for books. And yeah, it would be totally too easy to just do the Spanish journey while living in Spain, right?
: Assimil Le Russe
: Duolingo Russian
: Дэвид Эддингс - Обретение чуда
: LWT Known
done:
Pronunciation trainer
Russian World 1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A2.1
Red Kalinka - Stories in Russian A2.2
My progress with Russian this last week was a bit slower than before because I had doctor's appointments and a lot of other work to do. Nevertheless I gained some 900 known words in LWT while reading 36 pages of my David Eddings translation and didn't miss a day of Duolingo or Assimil. I'm now almost done with Duolingo and I should finish it just after my next weekly update. After Duolingo I will get started with Modern Russian 1. All in all not bad and I'm happy with my progress so far. My reading comprehension is still scraping along at the lower end of the spectrum, but I don't really have to refer to the French translation anymore, even with very long and complicated sentences. By now I get the occasional page below 20% new words and only few pages with over 30%. Also, I'm now up to almost 49% known vs unknown ratio in the LWT database which started off at about 45%. Still feels tough, but it's getting a tad easier to read with every day. I'm also not so far away from reaching the halfway point of my first book in Russian. Very cool! And during the 6WC I actually managed to log 136h of Russian in total which is not bad at all, averaging at pretty exactly 3h a day! In total I'm up to 260h of Russian now, roughly 1/4 of what I have planned.
French
I've done quite a lot of French last week because it was much easier to fit bits of procrastination and relaxing into my schedule rather than proper study time. I listened to France culture while on the bus or cooking dinner, watched Angel French dubs while eating lunch and read comics before going to bed. This last week I have finished Le Sursis and Le Vol du Corbeau by Gibrat, both in two volumes of 55 pages. Beautiful drawings and very interesting! I'd definitely recommend these! I think I might make comic reading a habit. Only problem is that they're a tad too expensive to keep going with one a day Maybe I check the second hand bookshop later today for more French comics. They do carry a lot of French novels here at the French border, but so far I've only seen Spanish comics. Maybe I get lucky though!
46h of French during the 6WC. Also not bad at all, roughly an hour a day! It's likely that I'll do more once I'm done with my initial Russian stretch, especially since I found a whole bunch of books in French that are relevant for my PhD.
Spanish
We managed just one more episode of El Ministerio del Tiempo. However, it seems I will get a whole month of Spanish in October when we will be travelling around Spain and France with my in-laws. And depending how my Russian intensive reading Super Challenge and French audiobook SC go, I will try to get started on a Spanish intensive reading SC as well. Also, I want to do this: DE VIAJE (LITERARIO) POR ESPAÑA only for Argentina. After lots of searching I think I actually found the first book for this journey: Niñez en Catamarca by Gustavo Gabriel Levene. Argentinian books are really hard to find in Spain, so it always needs a bit of luck. So, I will continue this project probably at snail's pace while I hunt for books. And yeah, it would be totally too easy to just do the Spanish journey while living in Spain, right?