Category Archives: Daily Language Log

I’ve not abandoned this little language learning journal project. I’ve not posted anything over the past few days for a very simple (and to me, irksome) reason: I have basically done no language learning during the past few days. Summer … Continue reading →

Dutch I reviewed lessons 13-16, then listened to 17-22 about 5 times each (all Dutch with Ease). If it had been a more exotic language, the listening to 17-22 before doing the lessons in the book would most likely have … Continue reading →

The weekend was more or less a total bust. I got in a bit of Dutch with Dutch with Ease, and some Anki review (German, Russian), but mostly the weekend was dominated by things other than language learning. Namely: my … Continue reading →

Dutch I reviewed lesson 13 again in Dutch with Ease, and moved on to do lessons 14 and 15. 14 was a review lesson, however, so didn’t take much time. I still need to write out the lessons I’ve done, … Continue reading →

Dutch I reviewed lessons 8-13 of Dutch with Ease, both listening and in the book. As with all of my other languages, I’m sure it will improve with time, but as of right now, I’m having quite a hard time … Continue reading →

Russian This morning, I copied out a few pages of dialogues / short texts from the New Penguin Russian Course (chapter 11). One of the texts was about the founding of St. Petersburg, and how Peter the Great (Пётр Великий) … Continue reading →

Russian This morning, I reviewed lesson 46 of Russian without Toil, and did a first reading pass over lesson 47. It’s about dinner, and what the couple is having; some of the vocabulary included seems a little peculiar / unimportant … Continue reading →

Another day with not a whole lot of activity; a lot of my studying happens in the evening, and the evening was dominated by rewriting my résumé and a cover letter for a job I’m applying for. What I did … Continue reading →

Another day of almost nothing. So much for making up for Friday’s total bust. Russian I reviewed Russian without Toil lesson 45, and did a first pass over lesson 46. I also started writing out lesson 46, but didn’t finish … Continue reading →

Absolutely nothing done today. I had a birthday party to take my son to, and came home to find that the family computer had crashed. 6 hours later it was up and running, but my day was shot, too.