Thank you very much for the condolences.
Tomorrow I'll have a computer tomography so I am under stress. Since blood results are positive, I hope also for good news from this examination.
During the week I was working on my article about the conquest of the Gaza Strip in 1956. I used Google Translate to speed up the process, but crucial fragments will be cross-examined in Arabic and Hebrew again. I also used them to find the fragments for the machine translation. I decided that I will not include it in my 365 Challenge results since it would be too complicated to measure the time really spend on language learning.
EnglishOn Tuesday I'm going to record myself in English as an "expert" on the battle of Verdun. It will be for some radio broadcasting. My part should be about 3:30 minutes long, so nothing much. I wrote the text in English, have it corrected, and read it by the Pole who was born in UK, so I can mimic his pronunciation. I have to practice it but due to all the stress, I am simply blocked.
MandarinMy LEP doesn't text me for some time, I have to write to him. Mandarin is paying the price of time shortage. Nevertheless, I'm not at square one. When
Dr. Mack Rettosy wrote in Chinese, I understood the first two sentences without a problem
The rest however was too difficult since I knew only a few of the characters there. Perhaps I will manage to push a little forward this week. Currently, I limited myself only to Anki reviews.
ArabicI had a second LE with my Iraqi LEP. We practiced Arabic only. I learned some phrases and vocabulary and was trying to describe a picture of a teacher reading a story to the children again. It was quite a nice experience. Next time - scheduled for Tuesday - we will be speaking about the "Little Red Riding Hood". I intend also to discuss one military photo. We'll see how it goes!
The main problem is differentiating between Hebrew and Arabic. I probably shouldn't start speaking Arabic now, but I can't resist the opportunity! And my LEP is very nice and I like him. The LEs give me the opportunity to learn about other culture and mentality. He is Kurdish, not Arabic, but nevertheless, it is important for me. I can understand the behavior of the soldiers on the battlefield and historians' approach. And also, I am just curious
HebrewI know, I'm repeating myself, but thanks to the 365 Challenge, Hebrew was my main field of study. Sometimes, however, I had to limit myself only to the minimal 30 minutes. The most important is, that it wasn't a painful task to watch part of the veteran's interview, even if I was very sleepy. My comprehension level is quite good, I can definitely either understand the parts that are interesting to me or at least pick them for consultation with my LE. I've also noticed that reading Hebrew script is easier. I read a dedication in one of my Hebrew books! Earlier it was just unreadable for me.
7th - 32 minutes (14 Anki, 18 podcasts)
8th - 120 minutes (14 Anki, 101 podcasts, 5 adding vocabulary)
9th - 63 minutes (12 Anki, 51 podcasts)
10th - 51 minutes (21 Anki, 3 adding vocabulary, 20 language exchange, 7 reading handwriting)
11th - 38 minutes (17 Anki, 21 podcasts)
12th - 33 minutes (14 Anki,5 interviews, 14 adding vocabulary)
13th - 30 minutes (12 Anki, 18 interviews)
Last week total: 367 minutes (6,11 hours)
February total: 602 minutes (10 hours)
365 Challenge total: 2316 minutes (38,6 hours)