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Change of Plans...yet again
Nov. 15th, 2009 06:14 pmAs of 11/15. (Wow, I change my mind scarily rapidly...)
Note that this is a non-linear plan schedule; the following four would be happening concurrently, ideally speaking.
1. Continue flexing French skills by reading news articles. (I think it's actually been getting easier for me, vocab notweithstanding.) Attempt to listen to radio. At some point, go through the Assimil: Using French.
2. Finish Assimil German. Track down the audio material to go along with the book that I have; while at home, do the listening/speaking part (that I've neglected up till now because I didn't want people asking me awkward questions). Try to track down a copy of the advanced Assimil German; go through that. If all is well, begin reading news articles and listening to German radio. Use the abundant resources from Deutsche Welle.
3. Continue learning Japanese in class.
4. At some point, read my Chinese textbook. When I'm home, attempt to watch Chinese news. Attempt to speak to my parents in Chinese. (Maybe.)
5. When a solid intermediate level has been reached for the above languages, then begin planning for the future. It'll really be a toss-up between Norwegian, Russian, and Finnish in terms of order. And after that...well, I'll try not to count too many eggs before they hatch. :'D
You may or may not be able to tell, but the main difference between this schedule and the last two versions is that this one is more mellow in terms of future plans. My current foci are French, German, and Japanese, sub-focus Chinese, and that's all I'm going to think about at the moment.
On a random side note, Danish is even worse than French in terms of eating up syllables during conversation. Yeek. No wonder some Swedish/Norwegian speakers say they can't understand it at all. Even if I studied Danish exclusively, I doubt I'd be able to understand it without massive listening exposure. (Like how my French comprehension is not too good in regards to fast speech.)
Note that this is a non-linear plan schedule; the following four would be happening concurrently, ideally speaking.
1. Continue flexing French skills by reading news articles. (I think it's actually been getting easier for me, vocab notweithstanding.) Attempt to listen to radio. At some point, go through the Assimil: Using French.
2. Finish Assimil German. Track down the audio material to go along with the book that I have; while at home, do the listening/speaking part (that I've neglected up till now because I didn't want people asking me awkward questions). Try to track down a copy of the advanced Assimil German; go through that. If all is well, begin reading news articles and listening to German radio. Use the abundant resources from Deutsche Welle.
3. Continue learning Japanese in class.
4. At some point, read my Chinese textbook. When I'm home, attempt to watch Chinese news. Attempt to speak to my parents in Chinese. (Maybe.)
5. When a solid intermediate level has been reached for the above languages, then begin planning for the future. It'll really be a toss-up between Norwegian, Russian, and Finnish in terms of order. And after that...well, I'll try not to count too many eggs before they hatch. :'D
You may or may not be able to tell, but the main difference between this schedule and the last two versions is that this one is more mellow in terms of future plans. My current foci are French, German, and Japanese, sub-focus Chinese, and that's all I'm going to think about at the moment.
On a random side note, Danish is even worse than French in terms of eating up syllables during conversation. Yeek. No wonder some Swedish/Norwegian speakers say they can't understand it at all. Even if I studied Danish exclusively, I doubt I'd be able to understand it without massive listening exposure. (Like how my French comprehension is not too good in regards to fast speech.)
