6WC 6 Week Challenge - Nov 2018

[Philipp]

I'm in with Norwegian and will also track Spanish. I didn't do much studying since the last challenge so this is a good opportunity to get going again.

Good luck to everyone.

[samothin]

I've signed up with Chinese. Looking forward to track how much time I spent on learning.

[smallwhite]

I've signed up with Portuguese. I have 30 hours of Portuguese under my belt. I don't like learning Portuguese because it feels like learning Spanish all over again, with a textbook full of typos. But I have a 1965 Living Language Portuguese that seems excellent content- and format-wise and that I'll have to part with soon. You're not a real language nerd until you've tried a Living Language course, right?

Competing for my attention is Turkish. I haven't been able to study properly since August so I haven't been progressing as fast as usual, but some progress is still possible so I'll just do my best.

[lingua]

What is in between? You are B1 until you are B2, I would say. Just use your judgement.

I'm studying for the CILS DUE B2. I'm fairly confident I could pass the reading portion today. I'm less sure about the rest of the exam. Based on that I will go ahead and sign up for Italian.

[reineke]

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[DaveAgain]

But I have a 1965 Living Language Portuguese that seems excellent content- and format-wise and that I'll have to part with soon. You're not a real language nerd until you've tried a Living Language course, right?

Could you please describe the format of that course a little?

[smallwhite]

But I have a 1965 Living Language Portuguese that seems excellent content- and format-wise and that I'll have to part with soon. You're not a real language nerd until you've tried a Living Language course, right?

Could you please describe the format of that course a little?

The book is a bit smaller than US letter size, stapled, 127 pages, two-columned, lessons do not start on a new page but run on, no pictures, all serif font and all in black. 40 lessons that span 74 pages, then "Summary of Portuguese grammar" with 43 sections spanning ~27 pages. See the cover here. I don't have the audio. The lessons vary in format:


Some lessons are typical grammar explanations:

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while some lessons are simply lists of example words, phrases or sentences:

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Many lessons have quizzes that directly follow, with answers that directly follow, and there are also about 7 review quizzes:

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The "Summary of Portuguese grammar" is short and sweet. This is all you get on the Possessive:

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[rfnsoares]

But I have a 1965 Living Language Portuguese that seems excellent content- and format-wise and that I'll have to part with soon. You're not a real language nerd until you've tried a Living Language course, right?

Could you please describe the format of that course a little?

It's a 1965 course, so old spelling. Mind it when studying.

[Xenops]

Due to many life changes, I won't be participating this time, but I will be cheering you all on. Probably next time for me.

And, everyone, work hard so you can beat smallwhite.

[Christi]

I just checked my stats and noticed some of my tweets haven't been processed. They do appear on my timeline. Is anyone else having the same problem?