Willkommen im Schlaraffenland [DE, FR, JA, NO]
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 3:15 pm
2017 log begins below || 2018 log begins here ||
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Hello! This is my first language log. I set myself some goals a month or two into 2017 with the aim of completion by the end of the calendar year. Here they are, along with some notes about materials.
GERMAN. I'm in maintenance mode here.
Complete a Super Challenge. AV portion completed June 2017, reading portion completed July 2017
Expand vocabulary by 1,000 words drawn from whatever I'm reading/watching.
FRENCH. Come roughly to a high B2.
Complete the videos-only portion of French in Action. Completed 2017-06-30
Learn approximately 3,800 words. I'm using Langenscheidt's Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Französisch, which claims to provide 9,000 (?!) total words and terms and bring the learner up to a B2 vocabulary level. If that's so, I don't possibly see how it actually has 9,000 words. I would expect more like 4,000 for B2 for a Western European language. When I count roughly the entries per page in the index and multiply by the length of the index, I get about 3,800+ words. I guess I won't know how many until I've entered and learned until I've finished it. But, basically: Learn every entry in the book.
Complete Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French. Complete Hueber's Großes Übungsbuch Französisch. Revised goal: Draw from these books on an as-needed basis to strengthen weak spots.
Complete a half-Super Challenge, but no real pressure here; we'll just see how far I get.Watched 50 films, read 33 books
Maybe do a Tadoku in June. Read 780 pages
JAPANESE.
I visit a weekly class, so, first and foremost: Complete all assigned work for once (heh). Learn the accompanying vocabulary. Completed late May 2017
Learn all the vocabulary included in Minna No Nihongo I, which I actually should've known already...
Learn to write at least 2,000 of the kanji in Heisig (I'll worry about the readings next year).Completed 2017-12-31
NORWEGIAN.
Complete Assimil Norwegisch ohne Mühe.
Work parallel with NTNU's Norwegian on the Web (no predefined goal here).
Corrections, questions, and suggestions are always welcome!
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Hello! This is my first language log. I set myself some goals a month or two into 2017 with the aim of completion by the end of the calendar year. Here they are, along with some notes about materials.
GERMAN. I'm in maintenance mode here.
Expand vocabulary by 1,000 words drawn from whatever I'm reading/watching.
FRENCH. Come roughly to a high B2.
Learn approximately 3,800 words. I'm using Langenscheidt's Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Französisch, which claims to provide 9,000 (?!) total words and terms and bring the learner up to a B2 vocabulary level. If that's so, I don't possibly see how it actually has 9,000 words. I would expect more like 4,000 for B2 for a Western European language. When I count roughly the entries per page in the index and multiply by the length of the index, I get about 3,800+ words. I guess I won't know how many until I've entered and learned until I've finished it. But, basically: Learn every entry in the book.
JAPANESE.
Learn all the vocabulary included in Minna No Nihongo I, which I actually should've known already...
NORWEGIAN.
Complete Assimil Norwegisch ohne Mühe.
Work parallel with NTNU's Norwegian on the Web (no predefined goal here).
Corrections, questions, and suggestions are always welcome!