Postby kunsttyv » Wed May 31, 2017 10:12 pm
Unit 19
The story was dull (visiting the air base), but the drills were clever. We practiced the difference between the preterit and imperfect, and typical sentence structures where they occur together. I was surprised that I'd already gotten most of it down intuitively. It must be all the hours of extensive listening working its magic. However, I hope there will be many more drills addressing more advanced versions of this same topic in future units, because I know for sure that I often mess up these things, because my tutors tell me so. One single lonely past subjunctive also appeared in this unit, I think it's the very first one. I like how they often give these tiny teasers of things to come much later in the course.
A word about how I go through the units. As I said earlier, I treat FSI as a pure audio course, and haven't had even one peek at the written stuff. I go through each unit all at once, or I take a break midways if I feel like I lose focus. I will roam my living room, ear buds plugged in, back and forth, back and forth, as briskly as I can. My apartment is quite small, so you can imagine me walking like a prisoner in his cell. I also speak up as loudly and clearly/articulately as I can, and I'm not afraid to gesticulate like a madman. If, for instance, están despegando los aviónes de la base aérea, I will point to the sky outside my window and even squint a little in order to see it better.
On to the next one.
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