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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5659 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes  1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 37 01 January 2012 at 2:44am | IP Logged |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!
I don't make new year's resolutions, but for the language side of it I have 3 goals: - to continue my Danish course plus additional self-study - to enjoy my Skype-contacts and to practise my languages on Skype regularly. - to enjoy my foreign language letter correpondences (I have been doing this since 1996) Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 01 January 2012 at 2:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 5937 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 18 of 37 01 January 2012 at 4:52am | IP Logged |
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For Japanese
Last year I worked on Grammar quite a bit, but I think 2012 is the year of reading more. 1. Take the JLPT N2 again. 2. Do more reading. More translation, and more random reading with the goal of improving spead and understanding. Now, I have kind of a lazy understanding, so I want to read faster and understand more clearly with less guessing. 3. I still make grammar mistakes, and have issues with poor word choice that prevent me from actually communicating with people. So I need to do something about this. For Finnish, 1. I need more words in my brain. I'm still frustrated by a massive lack of vocabulary. 2. I'm still procrastinating on this, but really, I feel like need at some point to do grammar production drills of some kind. At some point I'm going to have to work out a way to actually speak this language, which I still can't really do. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 4927 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 19 of 37 01 January 2012 at 6:07am | IP Logged |
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I'll go with this: Don't get distracted from French.
Probably my biggest failing in language learning is that I always get distracted before I get anywhere in a language. No longer! I will learn French! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| B_Hutt Newbie United States Joined 4768 days ago 32 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 20 of 37 01 January 2012 at 6:28am | IP Logged |
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Language wise, to finally get to basic/ intermediate level in Dutch.
Other than that? To cut way wayyy back (and eventually quit completely) smoking, to get in shape, and to get into grad school and move forward with my future. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5779 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 21 of 37 01 January 2012 at 6:54am | IP Logged |
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My New Year's Resolution is to stop procrastinating.
But it has to wait until 2013, because I just had that idea a few minutes ago, four or five minutes into 2012, just after midnight. OK, so I didn't get my resolution in on time . . . I can worry about that later. I don't make New Year's Resolutions, really. I prefer to set goals at any other time and when I am ready. And I've already written about my plans: continue working on and improving the four I've already worked with: Spanish, German, French, and Italian, and to start learning some Polish. Also, I mean to allow myself a small measure of wanderlust indulgence as long as it doesn't distract me too much. That's more than enough to stay busy! Edited by meramarina on 01 January 2012 at 6:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5207 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 22 of 37 01 January 2012 at 7:17am | IP Logged |
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I don't normally make New Year's Resolutions, although I think it is a fitting time to reflect on the past and to look at what you want to change in your life.
1. Learn how to do the Tango. 2. Go to bed on time at least once this year. 3. Have a clean house for at least one hour. 4. Turn my children into polite people who never, ever fight. 5. Move somewhere exotic. (Somewhere other than Anytown, USA.) 6. Find a rich, exotic, multilingual husband. 7. Find a cure for wanderlust. 8. Turn into a hot babe. 9. Become a millionaire. 10.Become a heptadecaglot. I think I like Meramarina's idea, though. I am a procrastinator, so I might leave some of them for 2013! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6432 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 23 of 37 01 January 2012 at 10:21am | IP Logged |
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Since I had already broken two of them by 9:30 this morning, I'm not sure I want to say.
For languages, I am participating in TAC and I want to make it past February this time. My actual goals are in my log. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5794 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 24 of 37 01 January 2012 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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My new year's resolution is to relax and enjoy myself. This applies to language learning as much as anything else.
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