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    Bob has fun with a kindle

    In my experience, before I bought a Kindle Paperwhite, most L2->L1 dictionaries won't work on the high end Kindles (Fire HD, etc) or on Android...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 23, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Tough weekend for language learning. Friday I got sick and stayed that way all weekend. I also went out of town to visit my mom for her birthday. But...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 20, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    @Big_Dog Great post, it seems we are of the same opinion on reading. I also gave lingQ a try. Like you, I don't want to read on the computer. Being...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 17, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    For this German experiment I'm not opposed to 1 or 2 courses but I want to avoid course after course after course. To me, they aren't interesting...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 17, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Yesterday: A bit of a lazy day. On the morning commute I did Pimsluer lesson 11. I found it a bit difficult. Work was difficult yesterday and my...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 17, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Pimsleur: repeated lesson 9 and did lesson 10, twice during the commute. Yes, it was a terrible commute today (to and from work). On the plus side,...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 15, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Monday...re-did lesson 8 and did lesson 9 of Pimsleur + some Memrise in the evening. Memrise taught me "Gibt es Bier?" last night. Quite possibly the...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 14, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Yeah, I've tried the official directions, the way EMK suggests, the Luca Method. Generally, I do a new lesson in the evening for 20-30 minutes. The...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 14, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Yes and several over on HTLAL. I really disliked the Assimil Spanish with Ease. So much so that I used several other courses and never looked at the...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 13, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Did Pimsleur lesson 8 today. Mostly good. I will probably repeat it on the drive to work in the morning and do lesson 9 in the afternoon. As boring...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 12, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Today.... Did lesson 7 of Pimsleur and feel comfortable with it. Did lesson 5 of Assimil. A few things are a little iffy with it and I will...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 11, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    Fluent in 3 Months... by Benny Lewis

    I have to admit I also bought his book. I read through it on a trip a couple of months ago. I found nothing of substance in it. At best I see Benny's...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 11, 2014 in forum: Product Reviews
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    My German Log

    Thanks :) Yes, that is exactly what I've been doing last night/today. Trying to drill those into my head. I think they are just about...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 11, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Still plugging away at this but hadn't updated the log in a couple of days. I'm up to lesson 7 of Pimsluer. So far, so good with those. For whatever...
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 10, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges
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    My German Log

    Update for today.. Pimsleur lessons 4 and 5, both went well. Chapter 5 of DWN + worksheets. New vocab/phrases from DWN added to Anki.
    Post by: Bryan, Oct 8, 2014 in forum: Language Learning Logs & Super Challenges