Struggling with overtime and still feeling a mild depression. It's been hard to come and update my log, but I have been doing things.
Jaleel10 wrote:It's sooooo good, right??? I've watched quite a few tv shows in my short journey with Spanish but no group of characters/actors compare to those of La Casa de las Flores.
OMG yes I'm completely obsessed with it lol
Honestly, I'm much more concerned about being understandable than having a native-like accent. My main concern with learning a specifically Caribbean accent would be: 1) finding materials for shadowing, 2) spanish speakers of other regions not understanding me if I was able to travel in the future 3) Spanish speakers of other regions not liking the accent and projecting that onto me...
Japanese:Extensive Reading:宇宙人のしゅくだい--Up to page 53 (Not sure exactly where I ended last week)
Watching: Japanese with Ja Subtitles
--伊藤君AtoE -- about 15 minutes
English
--Dogen's Japanese Phonetics ep25
Listening:Music
Podcasts (2hr 45min)
--恋愛心理学-知りたい!相手の気持ち
--News in Slow Japanese
--エッチな女子会
--朗読男女5分で聞けるオリジナル物語
--朗読ナイトシアター
GamingAnimal Crossing Pocket Camp
TranslationTranslated 1 request on r/translator
Struggles:--Made practically no progress on finishing out 伊藤君AtoE
--I didn't do a calculation for where my comprehension was, but I hit a story in 宇宙人のしゅくだい called 雪のふるところ that just didn't grab me in any way, and also I feel like I missed the point of this story despite understanding most of the words. It might just be because I'm feeling stressed. Maybe if I come back to it another time, I would get more out of it. This has happened with a few of the stories I have returned to in Spanish.
--I didn't do cards of any kind in any language this week.
Successes:--Found a few new podcasts to occupy my time for the time being. 朗読 seems to be a useful term for finding podcasts I might like.
Esperanto:Extensive Reading:From Virino ĉe la landlimo: started Drasta kuracado (read 6 pages)
Listening:Podcasts (1 hr 18min)
--Aminda Radio Esperanto
--Pola Retradio en Esperanto
Writing:Just chatting with friends
Struggles:--I didn't finish out a play this week for some reason. Probably too much overtime? I don't remember.
Successes:--This play that I failed to finish reading is maybe my favorite in the book so far.
Spanish:Watching: In Spanish with Es Subs (62 min)
--La casa de las flores episode 4 + 5
Listening:Music
Podcasts (1hr 46 min)
--SER historia
--Cienciaes.com
--SpanishPodcast.net
Struggles:--I was too tired and basically just watched TV after work for Spanish this week.
Successes:--I found a Spanish language radio station that I can listen to while driving to and from work on my Spanish days!