No, but seriously, I finally felt 100% healthy again by Sunday so I've spent the beginning of the week pushing myself to run a little (my half marathon is on the 24th (!!) so I'm doing a trial at the gym to make sure I go) and I'm feeling ready to add language learning back into my schedule in a more structured way. I've barely studied either language all year and I'm not really finding that I'm making time for them. I do like them both though, so I'm not dropping either language, per se, they're just going to be put away for a while and I'll take them out and dust them off when I fancy a change of pace. I'll start tomorrow (14th March) since it's almost midnight here anyhow and hopefully, by November I'll have muddled my way through enough that I can hold a conversation? Maybe? We'll see.LunaMoonsilver wrote:First of all, an old German lecturer of mine shared a link to the Goethe Institut's 'onleihe' service, which is like an online library for German books. I signed up from the UK (for free!) and could download books straight away—which is really helpful, as one of the things I want to work on in German is my writing; there's a textbook for that. They have a ton of textbooks for learning German, but also lots of popular book series and you can borrow the books for up to two weeks at a time. The downside is that because they're copyrighted, I can't copy any of these books onto my Kindle (you have to use Adobe Digital Editions to read the pdfs) but they do have an app and you can read them on your computer.
Ridiculous, but I do think it'll be useful; if I get into it and start writing stories, etc., then it'll be studying that feels really fun and I'm sure I'll progress fairly well. The only downside is that most Sim tumblrs (Simblrs) are in English so finding other German-speakers is going to take some work—and I doubt I'll get language feedback. Still, it's not really for that; part of the whole exercise is to self-critique and improve that way. (nah, I'm much more likely to listen to D&D ones...). I'm travelling to and from London for the run, though, so that gives me time on the train to get through some of the TV—and then I'm off work Monday, though I hope I'm not trying to get through everything then!
. Still resting from the accident I had last year.
javier_getafe wrote:I wish you enjoy your half marathon tomorrow, here in Madrid there is also one half marathon on Sunday and some of my coworkers are going to be there, not me unfortunately
Good luck!
Good that you're resting up, though, I guess it's annoying but it's better than injuring yourself all over again!addylad wrote:Chill days? This is unacceptable behaviour.
A blog sounds like a great way to practice. I think I would prefer to write a story of some sort though, just because that would allow me more freedom to express myself. Perhaps reviewing books you have read would be a good way to practice expressing yourself concisely, whilst giving you an endless supply of material to write about.
I have been absent from this thread for a while... have you added more languages?
Although maybe now that I'm reading more German books that aren't/have no translations, it might also be useful? I really need to get back on that Super Challenge thread I made a loooooooong time ago. I'm still definitely trying to strike a balance between active studying and ploughing through material for the Super Challenge—it's really just a time thing that I'm hopefully getting better at. We'll see. I did hit some of my goals, though, and spent some time today making a list of what I want to do in the next week. (I can't waaaaaaaaait both to travel and to have time off work.) )
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