Prior to an unexpected more-often-than-weekly update, I was struck by something over at Expug's log (I often feel that Expug and I have a lot in common, whether he feels that way or not I don't know). He mentioned not knowing how to get an opaque language up to a solid B2, and I had the realization that, depending on how one defines opaque, and if one means B2 in all domains, I don't either.
German, Spanish, French, Latin, and all of the Romance and Germanic stuff I've "studied" leveraging them are all not opaque in the sense of having a different script, or wide differences in expression or grammar. They're all, with the exception of German, Cat I for an English-speaker. The only candidate I might have in there is Ancient Greek, which I can certainly read at about a B2, but I don't have the other domains (which is also mainly a function of having learned it primarily through the old-school grammar-translation method). Everything else, despite my progress and enjoyment and all, those things that are actually opaque, well, I'm not there yet. I've got a pretty good method for transparent languages. I think I have a decent path for these more opaque ones up to around B1 (if it holds true). Getting further though, I don't know either. Made me think.
Anyway,
I'm trying to set up a new plan that also includes some planned desk time for languages, something I don't normally do, but I can afford about four a week.
HebrewPimsleur: FSI: LR Psalms First Pass: Jenni: Current plan: finish Pimsleur, leverage my native speaker friends, take another look at Assimil. If Assimil is still rough, or when I finish it, I'll do FSI properly, and then use that slot for Ha-Yesod or Assimil, (while hopefully by that point being able to supplement through TV and/or podcasts). I should be doing Jenni in parallell for Biblical Hebrew, we'll see how that goes. That will be 1/4 desk hours weekly, plus to get FSI done I'll need to use some time in the evenings or I'll have a lack of listenable stuff while I'm waiting.
KoreanVideo: TTMIK 2: FSI: As I wrap up the second TTMIK, I'm going to begin doing the FSI lessons. Maybe one per week, so that along with getting 4-5 TTMIK in per week should get me through a couple more levels of TTMIK and half of FSI by the end of the year. I can probably just continue that pensum until done with FSI. That's 2/4 weekly.
PersianPimsleur Farsi: Pimselur Dari: Having success reintroducing Chai and Conversation, though I find I need to listen to some episodes twice. Even at that rate, I should be done around the end of the year - but I'm going to start some book work in a couple weeks, perhaps with the book I've looked at before (and followed by an FSI or DLI, whatever's there), 3/4 hours. I don't seem to have access to the Dari version at present, but need to do the Farsi Pimsleur that I have. I think I can set my sights on some basic comfort in the language come late spring early summer, if my motivation continues as now.
CzechCZ Pent: I'm doing clozemaster again
UkrainianVideo: That Babadum game is in Ukrainian! That and a daily podcast, so far.
Russian Assimil: Reading: RU NT: Listening: Currently using the Slow Russian podcast, and will be reading the Ilya Frank, repeating at least 60 units of Assimil, and finishing the NT in the evenings. I ought to give it a desk-slot, but not until I get through those items.
ArabicWhile I'm mostly doing app work at the moment, and can fit that in anywhere, I'd like to transition before too long to serious study, and give this the fourth hour.
FrenchFR Reading: FR Listening: Podcasts
PortuguesePT Reading: PT Listening: Nothing
CatalanCAT Reading: CAT Listening: nothing
GalegoNothing
SwedishSV Reading: SV Listening: FSI: That FSI bar there is annoying me so much, I might just finish it out as audio...
DanishDK Reading: DK Listening: Podcasts this morning
LatinLAT Reading: Nothing yet
Ancient GreekGK Reading: Just sermon work
SwabianNothing
GermanNormal life
SpanishNothing that stands out enough to remember it