First week of daily intensive course is over and boy am I overwhelmed, but even more determined. The teacher is awesome and patient so it’s actually a lot of fun.
Home chores do get ignored though… Going to a 3 hour course after work is bit much… But thankfully it’s not for long.
In the past couple weeks, I’ve switched Slay the Spire to my target language. Now even my most compulsively procrastinating time gives a little practice.
It’s not the greatest for intensive study (no audio, after all), but it’s a great way to ease in.
- I already know most of it just from pictures and having played a lot, so it’s fun even if I’m not being a great learner
- Quite a few cards, items, or events show up just seldom enough that I do still need to read them
- There are tons of words I don’t know, many of them at the top of the card showing a picture of the thing
- Lots of repetition, so my brain gets the redundant exposure it needs
And besides that specific instance, I’m getting more confident overall. To the point where I feel like I won’t be totally missing out on games if I try to play them in Japanese.
That sounds impressive! Give playing in japanese a try maybe? I’ve noticed I really enjoy being sometimes thrown into the deep end and not understanding everything. It motivates me to learn even more if I don’t understand but I want to :)
Nearing the end of French Duolingo section 2 and wondering if I should start trying to use some other resources.
Highly recommend picking up a grammar book too! It will give you confidence when you can revise what you’ve learned and understand it better!
Since the birth of my son, about seven weeks ago, I have had difficulties on finding the time and energy. I haven’t entirely stopped listening podcasts on my languages but meeting people to speak with and especially reading has suffered.
It’s not a crisis really but this time doesn’t lend it self for language studies as good as the time before fatherhood.
Congratulations! I’ve heard that time flies with kids and that you should relish small moments with them as much as possible, so don’t worry about language - but don’t let it go either! That’s you-time hobby when you need it :)
Couldn’t have a much better excuse than that. Go easy on yourself, you’re right to focus your energy on giving him a strong start!
Although while you’re taking care of him, you do have a captive audience for a bit of speaking practice, lol. I’m sure he won’t mind if you make mistakes.
I’ve slacked off so much, I feel guilty :( I hope this week I’ll get off my ass and continue learning, though
Hey! No slacking fxomt!
Honestly it always sounds so overwhelming when you list the languages you are learning. You deserve time off ;)
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Tried doing some language exchange on the ENG-JP VR Chat world earlier this week, and was faced with the stark reality that I need to drill grammar and basic conversational sentences more first. Day 453 of daily Anki vocab study.
Impressive streak though! Live conversations have tendency to smack us down, but don’t give up.
VR-chat for practicing sounds exciting - have never tried since I don’t own VR set but that would be an awesome way to use them for other than gaming purposes.
You can also do it even if you only play on a PC, it doesn’t require a headset, but it’s a great way to feel like you’re actually talking to another human being.
I didn’t know you can join VR-chat without the headset. Damn, maybe I’ll give it a try after I’m finished with my daily intensive course. Thanks for the tip!
Picked up German on Duolingo again. I should finish Unit 1 today or tomorrow.
Viel Glück! That’s what I’m working on as well :)
