Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

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MattNeilsen
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Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:56 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 25) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 30 minutes
Anki - 20 minutes
Excel (Top 10,000 Words) - 10 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 3) - 30 minutes

Total study to date: ~106.5 hours

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I'm liking Srugim. As someone else mentioned, it's kind of like the Israeli/religious version of Friends. There's no way I'd be able to understand it at this point without the subtitles, but I do find that I'm picking up more and more words and it's helping me hear the prosody of the language. @Expugnator, I would definitely add this show to your queue of native materials for when the time comes.
2 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:59 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 26) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Anki - 20 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 4) - 30 minutes
Teach Me Hebrew (Story 1) - 10 minutes

Total study to date: ~108.5 hours

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There is a resource on the Teach Me Hebrew site called 6 Stories that I purchased yesterday ($10). It includes 6 short stories with parallel translation/transliteration + audio. The audio for each story is approximately 8 minutes long and is of pretty nice quality. Here's a screenshot of what the format looks like:
Teach Me Hebrew - Short Story.JPG


I've already downloaded the audio into my iTunes so I can listen to excerpts throughout the day. Seems like a pretty good resource to help transition into native content.
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Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:49 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Anki - 10 minutes

Total study to date: ~109 hours

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Very minimal studying yesterday (curse you real-life and your obligations!).

I realized yesterday that I'm going to finish Pimsleur Level 1 this week, so I'll need to actually reach out to some other libraries and get Level 2 squared away. It's not a bad course, and to be honest I like having something in my routine that's doing the thinking for me :) I am under no illusions, however, that my completion of Level 1 (or Level 3, for that matter) are going to make me as "fluent" as Pimsleur's commercials claim...I truly wonder where they get these testimonials from. I can only assume it's people who don't actually realize how limited they are in the language.
2 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:09 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 27) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 5) - 30 minutes
Teach Me Hebrew (Story 1) - 10 minutes

Total study to date: ~110.5 hours

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Sometimes I feel like I'm really far behind considering I've been working on Hebrew for over 100 hours, but then I'll have a moment with high comprehension and life is good again. I've been reading through a lot of old posts/logs at HTLAL and LLORG, and I continually come away with the fact that, at the end of the day, it (seems) the most important thing is simply "Time on Task". More effective methods are certainly helpful, but it always comes down to, "Am I consistently putting in the time?".
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Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:05 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 28) - 30 minutes
Anki - 20 minutes
Clozemaster - 10 minutes

Total study to date: ~111.5 hours

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Another one of those days where I had to sneak study into the "hidden moments". Not as much as I'd like, but as long as I keep the habit alive, then that's a win for the day.
2 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:45 pm

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 30) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Anki - 20 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Epidsode 6) - 30 minutes

Total study to date: ~113 hours

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Well, I finished Pimsleur Level 1, so now I'm fluent in Hebrew. And here I was worried that it was going to take me ~1,100 hours! This language learning thing is easy. Polyglottery, here we come...

Oh, what's that? I'm not fluent in Hebrew? Eh, minor details.
3 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:52 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 1, Lesson 30) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Anki - 10 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 7) - 30 minutes

Total study to date: ~114.5 hours

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Just a quick correction: yesterday's update should have read Pimsleur Lesson 29, not 30.

I picked up Pimsleur Hebrew 2 from the library yesterday and will start the first lesson today. I have about 40 days before my wedding where my fiance's best friend from Israel will be in attendance, and I'd love to at least have some basic conversational skills by then. I think I can reach A1+/A2- by then, which will hopefully be enough to have a little fun. My fiance's friend has no idea I'm learning Hebrew, so it should be a neat surprise.
3 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:48 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 2, Lesson 1) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 10 minutes
Anki - 10 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 8) - 30 minutes
Teach Me Hebrew (Story 1) - 10 minutes

Total study to date: ~116 hours

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Pimsleur Hebrew 2 seems to be picking up a little faster than Level 1. There is a bit less English used, and the pace feels a little faster. I was getting a little sick of asking for directions near the end of Level 1, so it's nice to be going over new vocabulary.
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Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:57 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 2, Lesson 2) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 10 minutes
Anki - 10 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 9) - 30 minutes

Total study to date: ~117.5 hours

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I'm pretty sure someone else recommended this, but a great resource for short stories in Hebrew is http://sefer-li.net/. I don't have the vocab base to take advantage of it yet, but I look forward to spending some time with it during the early phase of my extensive reading.
1 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100

MattNeilsen
Orange Belt
Posts: 145
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:32 pm
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Languages: English (N)
Hebrew (studying - beginner)
Spanish (passive, beginner)
Mandarin (mostly forgotten)
Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... php?t=8869
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Re: Matt Neilsen's Hebrew Log

Postby MattNeilsen » Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:51 pm

Yesterday's activity:

Pimsleur (Level 2, Lesson 3) - 30 minutes
Clozemaster - 20 minutes
Anki - 30 minutes
Srugim (Season 1, Episode 10) - 30 minutes

Total study to date: ~119.5 hours

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I'm not much of a TV person, but I really look forward to my Srugim fix each morning :) I like to start each day going for a 30-minute walk, which works perfectly with my Pimsleur lesson. Then I come back and watch one episode of Srugim, and I try to listen for the things I just learned from Pimsleur. It's fun to pick things up in natural conversation, and I trust it's helping to build my listening comprehension. I'm starting to view all my other study simply as tools for understanding my daily Srugim episode, which I suppose is the point, right?
3 x
Hebrew
Pimsleur Level 2: 21 / 30
FSI : 3 / 40
Clozemaster 101-500 Most Common Words: 1600 / 4825
Srugim Season 3: 1 / 15
1100 hours of study/input : 160 / 1100


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