That's awesome. I've read the hunger games trilogy in my native language and they were absolutely brilliant. Might have to give it a try in my target language with audio too!
Sounds like a good goal with the A2 by the end of the year, looking forward to read here how it is going! And a phone call sounds really nice, I noticed at my workplace there is someone practicing their british english that way on their lunchbreaks (I was wondering why they are just repeating mundane stuff in british accent and realized this must be it).
And same. I actually kept myself from progressing by being stuck on "how to progress, how to optimize learning, what do I need..." etc. Best method has been to just dive into the most obvious stuff and just practicing without overthinking. This is why I buy study books: they have a clear path for learning that you can follow.
And I'm glad to hear that! We'll keep the weekly threads going - it's an accountability thing for me and reminds me on bad weeks to not give up (you guys are inspiring too).
Way to go Congratz!! Does the hunger game book have anything to do with "hunger games" book trilogy? Such a good read too.
That is super interesting, I heard the same in german class: by end of A2 most of the grammar should be done.
If you can afford a second tutor just for conversations I'd say do it! I realized that I can study endlessly but real conversation is only getting easier by real practice. Not only listening but having a nice flow yourself is also something that needs to be practiced.
You are such a good example of truly motivated and inspiring learner. Hope to hear how it goes with the study material!
I'm obviously limited to my own bubble, but my friends / aquintances consist mostly of "tech aware" people and they have been getting cozy with Fedora and Linux Mint due to the BuyFromEU/BuyFromEurope movement.
I know from a few schools that they use ChromeBooks since corona pandemic (they were handing them to kids so everyone could equally attend remotely) and they just kept using them since they had them when they returned to classrooms. I don't know how widespread this is and don't know if chromebooks count towards linux desktop stats?
I'll be sure to give you a notice! I will probably make a post about it (which you are welcome to do sooner if you wish!) to e.g. !books@lemmy.world too!
Please don't give up, it's usually when frustration is at its highest that we have actually made the most progress. It's just that you understand the language bit more now but you get frustrated by the more difficult parts of the language.
The initial fun of learning common phrases and words wears off quickly but at some point you'll get that back once you reach a certain level.
That's awesome! I still think RuneScape really helped me expand my english vocabulary. As a kid I was clicking on everything and visual feedback helped remembering words.
Wtf.. I haven't had this yet. But I've also been considering cancelling my subscription because even with a paid subscription some things are just designed to eat up gems and encourage you to buy them..
Russian is hard, remember that! You have done a ton of progress. I know how that feels and you should know its completely normal.
I don't know specifically about russian, but I recently went "back" and just bought a book from a lower level and did the exercises everyday after work. I feel more confident and learned some words that I had somehow ignored or missed.
Might not be feasible for you, but my advice is just exercising, looking up words you don't know, write a short sentence with a new word (on paper, with a pen) and if you are missing some grammar rules you know of, look that up too.
Language learning as an adult is tough, but with discipline you'll get through.
Damn. I've been thinking for yeara that I'd love a witcher lego set. That is spot on!