Aloyse's study log (ZH + some ARB, ARQ, KAB, EN, ES, JP)
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:50 pm
Edit 15 November 2020:
Studying/maintaining Chinese/ZH (~B1 reading, ~A2 speaking) and Japanese/JP (~A1).
Using written English/EN daily (C1), but spoken English infrequently (self assessment: B1. Terrible pronunciation.)
Reviewing previous studies in Modern Standard Arabic/ARB (A1/A2).
Dabbling in Algerian Darja/ARQ and Taqbaylit/KAB (A0),
And perhaps reviewing some forgotten Spanish/ES (self assesment: A0 speaking, B1 reading).
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Currently I have a tentative Chinese routine:
- listen as much as possible, mainly to imandarinpod intermediate podcasts and radio programs. It can add up to several hours a day, but I don't really keep count.
- note down some new words while listening. I add them to pleco flashcards because it's an easy to create a list with definitions, and I almost always have my phone with me.
- devote 15' everyday to learning to write the words from my list, with pen and paper. Usually 2-3 new words per day + review of 10-15 previous words. I concentrate on remembering the simplified characters, but I also write the traditional characters a few times.
I'd like to add some reading, writing and speaking.
And I'd like to learn colloquial Chinese and technical Chinese and chengyus and business Chinese and get back to reading news articles.
And I'd like to work on listening to non-standard accents, and actual interaction in Chinese (which has been both motivating and discouraging in the second half of 2018 when I attended a course with a bunch of heritage learners who had all kinds of strange accents).
But I'm quite busy already... I'll see it I can add something to my routine in February.
Japanese: apart from 1.5h of class per week, I haven't been doing much studying. Basically I've been coasting on my previous knowledge of Chinese characters and hiragana. I should really set 10-15' aside everyday in order to learn the vocabulary and all the different readings of the Kanji and the many ways to count etc.
Studying/maintaining Chinese/ZH (~B1 reading, ~A2 speaking) and Japanese/JP (~A1).
Using written English/EN daily (C1), but spoken English infrequently (self assessment: B1. Terrible pronunciation.)
Reviewing previous studies in Modern Standard Arabic/ARB (A1/A2).
Dabbling in Algerian Darja/ARQ and Taqbaylit/KAB (A0),
And perhaps reviewing some forgotten Spanish/ES (self assesment: A0 speaking, B1 reading).
Skip to this post to see a list of languages I have had an interest in
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Original post
Currently I have a tentative Chinese routine:
- listen as much as possible, mainly to imandarinpod intermediate podcasts and radio programs. It can add up to several hours a day, but I don't really keep count.
- note down some new words while listening. I add them to pleco flashcards because it's an easy to create a list with definitions, and I almost always have my phone with me.
- devote 15' everyday to learning to write the words from my list, with pen and paper. Usually 2-3 new words per day + review of 10-15 previous words. I concentrate on remembering the simplified characters, but I also write the traditional characters a few times.
I'd like to add some reading, writing and speaking.
And I'd like to learn colloquial Chinese and technical Chinese and chengyus and business Chinese and get back to reading news articles.
And I'd like to work on listening to non-standard accents, and actual interaction in Chinese (which has been both motivating and discouraging in the second half of 2018 when I attended a course with a bunch of heritage learners who had all kinds of strange accents).
But I'm quite busy already... I'll see it I can add something to my routine in February.
Japanese: apart from 1.5h of class per week, I haven't been doing much studying. Basically I've been coasting on my previous knowledge of Chinese characters and hiragana. I should really set 10-15' aside everyday in order to learn the vocabulary and all the different readings of the Kanji and the many ways to count etc.