April Vocabulary Challenge
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:48 am
EDIT/NOTE: This contest will run through April 1st (today) to April 30, whatever your local time is. On the morning of:
Saturday, April 8th
Saturday, April 15th and
Saturday, April 22nd
I will post an announcement asking how everyone is doing. You don't have to answer, but if you do, you will have until Sunday (the next day) at 11:59pm EST to post an update. On each subsequent Monday (10th, 17th, and 24th), I will post a graphic showing how many words everyone who responded has learned.
UPDATE:
Week 1 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_1
Week 2 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_2
Week 3 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_3
All of your updates should be totals for April, i.e. on the weekend of the 22nd-23rd, please update with the number of words you've learned from April 1st, and not just the past week.
Good luck and happy learning to all!
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Hi guys/gals!
Does anyone want to do a challenge for the month of April to see who can learn the most new vocabulary?
If so, please provide the following information:
Language(s) and level(s):
Estimate of current vocabulary size for each language, if known:
It's up to each person to keep track of how much they learn. There is no material prize for winning this competition, so hopefully people won't have too much incentive to lie.
Also, for this competition, each verb conjugation and noun declension will count as a separate word (eg "go" and "went" will count as 2 separate words). This may seem like it's giving an unfair advantage to those learning languages with lots of inflection, but learning things like verb conjugations and noun declension takes time, and so I feel that this is fair.
Let the games begin!
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COMPETITORS
CurlySue
Language(s): Hebrew
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 300 words
Goal: 600+
Words Learned in April:
Sizen
Language(s): Hebrew
Estimate of pre-April voabulary: 40-80 words
Goal: 800+
Words Learned in April:
William Camden
Language(s): Modern Greek
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 1,400-2,900
Goal: 900+
Words Learned in April:
DCDC
Languages: Chinese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 200
Goal: 500+
Words Learned in April:
Tom GOSSE
Language: French (A1)
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: ~100
Goal: 1000+
Words Learned in April:
Cavesa
Language: Spanish
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown; a few thousand
Goal: 2000+
Words Learned in April:
CarlyD
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 200
Goal: 800+
Words Learned in April:
EzyRyder
Language: Taiwanese Hokkien
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: less than 300
Goal: 300+
Words Learned in April:
MamaPata
Language: Russian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown
Goal: to be determined
Words Learned in April:
WalkingAlone13
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown
Goal: 1,200-1,500
Words Learned in April:
aokoye
Language(s): German and Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown (De) and ~50 (JP)
Goal: 300+ for Japanese
Words Learned in April:
Aozora
Language: Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown, I'm around B2 level
Goal: 1000
Words Learned in April:
Shandra
Language: French
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: active 50 (passive B1)
Goal: 1000+ (Memrise's French A1 deck)
Words Learned in April:
Mista
Language: Russian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 1000, maybe?
Goal: 300+
Words Learned in April:
Teango
Language: Hawaiian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: ~2,000 words
Goal: +2,000 (i.e., ~4,000 words total)
Words Learned in April:
Jimjam
Language: Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 2500-3000
Goal: 600
Words learned in April:
Brun Ugle
Language: Spanish
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: a few thousand.
Goal: 813 (finish Memrise course)
Words learned in April:
Atinkoriko
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 5,000?
Goal: 3,600 (1,200 absolute minimum)
Words learned in April:
yves
Language(s): French, B1-2
Estimate of pre-April voabulary: 4500
Goal: 500-750 (definitely pass 5000, maybe get to 5250)
Words Learned in April:
arthaey
Language: Hungarian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 0
Goal: 300
Words Learned in April:
Saturday, April 8th
Saturday, April 15th and
Saturday, April 22nd
I will post an announcement asking how everyone is doing. You don't have to answer, but if you do, you will have until Sunday (the next day) at 11:59pm EST to post an update. On each subsequent Monday (10th, 17th, and 24th), I will post a graphic showing how many words everyone who responded has learned.
UPDATE:
Week 1 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_1
Week 2 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_2
Week 3 Graphic: https://infogr.am/april_vocab_week_3
All of your updates should be totals for April, i.e. on the weekend of the 22nd-23rd, please update with the number of words you've learned from April 1st, and not just the past week.
Good luck and happy learning to all!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi guys/gals!
Does anyone want to do a challenge for the month of April to see who can learn the most new vocabulary?
If so, please provide the following information:
Language(s) and level(s):
Estimate of current vocabulary size for each language, if known:
It's up to each person to keep track of how much they learn. There is no material prize for winning this competition, so hopefully people won't have too much incentive to lie.
Also, for this competition, each verb conjugation and noun declension will count as a separate word (eg "go" and "went" will count as 2 separate words). This may seem like it's giving an unfair advantage to those learning languages with lots of inflection, but learning things like verb conjugations and noun declension takes time, and so I feel that this is fair.
Let the games begin!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMPETITORS
CurlySue
Language(s): Hebrew
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 300 words
Goal: 600+
Words Learned in April:
Sizen
Language(s): Hebrew
Estimate of pre-April voabulary: 40-80 words
Goal: 800+
Words Learned in April:
William Camden
Language(s): Modern Greek
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 1,400-2,900
Goal: 900+
Words Learned in April:
DCDC
Languages: Chinese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 200
Goal: 500+
Words Learned in April:
Tom GOSSE
Language: French (A1)
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: ~100
Goal: 1000+
Words Learned in April:
Cavesa
Language: Spanish
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown; a few thousand
Goal: 2000+
Words Learned in April:
CarlyD
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 200
Goal: 800+
Words Learned in April:
EzyRyder
Language: Taiwanese Hokkien
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: less than 300
Goal: 300+
Words Learned in April:
MamaPata
Language: Russian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown
Goal: to be determined
Words Learned in April:
WalkingAlone13
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown
Goal: 1,200-1,500
Words Learned in April:
aokoye
Language(s): German and Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown (De) and ~50 (JP)
Goal: 300+ for Japanese
Words Learned in April:
Aozora
Language: Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: unknown, I'm around B2 level
Goal: 1000
Words Learned in April:
Shandra
Language: French
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: active 50 (passive B1)
Goal: 1000+ (Memrise's French A1 deck)
Words Learned in April:
Mista
Language: Russian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 1000, maybe?
Goal: 300+
Words Learned in April:
Teango
Language: Hawaiian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: ~2,000 words
Goal: +2,000 (i.e., ~4,000 words total)
Words Learned in April:
Jimjam
Language: Japanese
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 2500-3000
Goal: 600
Words learned in April:
Brun Ugle
Language: Spanish
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: a few thousand.
Goal: 813 (finish Memrise course)
Words learned in April:
Atinkoriko
Language: German
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 5,000?
Goal: 3,600 (1,200 absolute minimum)
Words learned in April:
yves
Language(s): French, B1-2
Estimate of pre-April voabulary: 4500
Goal: 500-750 (definitely pass 5000, maybe get to 5250)
Words Learned in April:
arthaey
Language: Hungarian
Estimate of pre-April vocabulary: 0
Goal: 300
Words Learned in April: