Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 9 of 158 02 September 2012 at 6:22am | IP Logged |
Day 4
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Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 10 of 158 03 September 2012 at 2:48pm | IP Logged |
Day 5
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Notes so far:
1. Knowing English and being comfortable with German means that I've been able to hook
around 90% of words to words that sounds similar to the English or German equivalent.
Even French has been a slight help - e.g. affisch = poster.
2. Using an SRS alleviates the pressure of having to make a conscious effort to
remember all these words. I can just let go and enjoy the learning process.
3. Average retention rate is around 80% perfectly, I would venture to say 90%
accounting for simple mistakes (mixing up a, ä, å, or using incorrect gender).
4. It feels more of a pleasure than a chore.
Edited by Rob Tickner on 04 September 2012 at 12:40am
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ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4547 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*
| Message 11 of 158 04 September 2012 at 2:36am | IP Logged |
So would you say that Swedish shares a large vocabulary with German? I wouldn't mind learning to read Swedish one day :)
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Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 12 of 158 04 September 2012 at 3:20am | IP Logged |
Definitely a strong correlation between the two, though often with slightly different
spelling, e.g. berühmt = berömd.
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ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4547 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*
| Message 13 of 158 04 September 2012 at 4:23am | IP Logged |
Ahhh, well, that's wonderful news.
Have you started with the L & R yet?
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Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 14 of 158 04 September 2012 at 5:29am | IP Logged |
I'll most likely start LR when I finish learning these 3000 words, and the subsequent
reviews start to spread out a little.
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Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 15 of 158 04 September 2012 at 2:53pm | IP Logged |
Day 6
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Rob Tickner Senior Member New Zealand Joined 4508 days ago 126 posts - 158 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Swedish
| Message 16 of 158 05 September 2012 at 3:18pm | IP Logged |
Day 7
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