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ContentsOverview of Time Spent on Languages.................................................................................................................................1

Mandarin...............................................................................................................................................................................2

German.................................................................................................................................................................................4

Spanish..................................................................................................................................................................................6

French...................................................................................................................................................................................8

Russian................................................................................................................................................................................10

Portuguese..........................................................................................................................................................................12

Arabic..................................................................................................................................................................................14

Vietnamese.........................................................................................................................................................................16

Appendix.............................................................................................................................................................................17

Resources for Mandarin..................................................................................................................................................17

Resources for German.....................................................................................................................................................18

Resources for Spanish.....................................................................................................................................................19

Resources for French.......................................................................................................................................................20

Resources for Russian.....................................................................................................................................................21

Resources for Portuguese...............................................................................................................................................22

Resources for Arabic.......................................................................................................................................................23

Resources for Vietnamese...............................................................................................................................................24

Overview of Time Spent on LanguagesApril 22-28 April 29-May 5 May 6-May 12 May 13-May 19

Mandarin ||||////|||German ||||////||||//Spanish ||||////||French ||||////||||///Russian ||||///||Portuguese ||||///Arabic ||||////||Vietnamese ||||////||||//

Each at least 15 min a day?

W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M TY Y Y Y N N N

*Note: Week starts on Wednesday. Each “|” means 15 min. So, |||| means one hour.

MandarinInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Mandarin)

Part 1 (click to return to first page)

Meaning Focused Input

Listening(IL)

4/224/22

Reading(IR)

4/234/23

Meaning Focused Output

Writing(OW)

4/234/23

Speaking(OS)

4/25

Language Focused Learning

Listen (LL)Read (LR)Write (LW) 4/28Speak (LS)

Fluency Develop-ment

Listen (FL) 4/23Read (FR) 4/24Write (FW) 4/25Speak (FS)


Date Plan for Mandarin Notes about what was really done4/22 IL: Listen to UX Coffee Podcast Listened to episode 794/22 IL: Listen to UX Coffee Podcast ‘’4/23 IR: Graded Chinese Reader 3000 words pg. 5-274/23 IR: Graded Chinese Reader 3000 words ‘’4/23 FL: repeated listening of UX Coffee podcast played at 1.5x speed4/23 OW: Read and Write activity about graded reader Wrote about “pizza bread story” and posted it to…4/23 OW: Read and Write activity about graded reader … a facebook group to get feedback. 4/24 FR: reread Graded reader Took a bit longer than 15 min4/25 FW: 15 min speed writing (topic: favorite hobbies) I wrote about a day in my life. 694 characters4/25 OS: Prepared talk related to IL Rambled on about what I’ve been doing.4/28 LW: Pg. 1 dialogue I did this, didn’t finish though.

LR: pg. 11 Advanced Spoken Chinese II

LL: Pg. 1 dialogue

LS: Pg. 1 dialogue

OS: Prepared talk related to IL

FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / this week’s study

GermanInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for German)



Listening 4/23 4/234/23

Reading 4/22 4/284/23


Writing 4/244/24

Speaking 4/254/26


ListeningReading 4/28WritingSpeaking 4/28


Listening 4/23Reading 4/25 4/25WritingSpeaking


Date Plan for German Notes about what was really done4/22 IR: Read Gänsehaut: Es wächst und wächst und wächst pg. 6-55 (I had read some at an earlier date)4/23 IR: Read Gänsehaut: Es wächst und wächst und wächst ‘’4/23 IL: listen to podcast: Einhundert: Deutschlandfunk Nova listened to episode 2034/23 IL: listen to podcast: Einhundert: Deutschlandfunk Nova ‘’4/23 continued listening and finished episode4/23 FL: repeated listening of unit 1 (sped up?) relistened to episode 203 at 1.5% speed (15 min)4/24 OW: General Writing Wrote about how I learned German4/24 OW: General Writing ‘’4/25 OS: prep talk related to IL or unit 1 from LF strand Rambled on in German.4/25 FR: Reread Gänsehaut Reread what I read earlier in IR4/25 I reread a bit more. 4/26 OS: prep talk related to IL or unit 1 from LF strand Rambled in German while walking the dog.4/28 LR: Teach Yourself further German unit 1 I went through the texts and word lists in unit 1…4/28 LS: Teach Yourself further German unit 1 … and prepared word cards. 42 in total were made.4/28 Read ahead in Gänsehaut

LL: Teach Yourself further German unit 1LW: Teach Yourself further German unit 1

FW: 15 min speed writing (topic: favorite hobbies)FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / this week’s study

SpanishInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Spanish).



Listening(IL)

4/224/22

Reading(IR)

4/224/22


Writing(OW)

4/244/25

Speaking(OS)

4/23


Listen (LL)Read (LR) 4/27Write (LW) 4/28Speak (LS)


Listen (FL)Read (FR) 4/23Write (FW)Speak (FS)


Date Plan for Spanish Notes about what was really done4/22 IR: Pesadillas: Aventura espuluznante read pgs 7-244/22 IR: Pesadillas: Aventura espuluznante ‘’4/22 IL: episode of “the unlimited Spanish podcast” listened to podcast 189, 188, and 1874/22 IL: episode of “the unlimited Spanish podcast” ‘’4/23 FR: reread Pesadillas: Aventura espulnante I managed to reread it all.4/23 OS: Prepared talk related to IL Not really about the topic, but just a ramble4/24 OW: Write about something related to IL Wrote about fantasy books…4/25 OW: Write about something related to IL …Continued writing.4/27 LR: pg. 8 B2 DELE did this and made word cards for anki. Read 3 times.4/28 LW: Pg. 8 B2 DELE Copied half of the text.

LL: Pg. 11 B2 DELE one text for transcription

LS: Pg. 11 B2 DELE one text for repeated speakingOW: Read and Write activity about PesadillasOW: Read and Write activity about PesadillasOS: Prepared talk related to ILFL: repeated listening of “the unlimited Spanish…”FW: 15 min speed writing (topic: favorite hobbies)FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / this week’s study

FrenchInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for French).



Listening(IL)

4/22 4/26 4/274/23 4/26 4/27

Reading(IR)

4/224/22


Writing(OW)

4/254/25

Speaking(OS)

4/24


Listen (LL)Read (LR) 4/28Write (LW)Speak (LS) 4/28


Listen (FL) 4/23Read (FR) 4/23Write (FW)Speak (FS)


Date Plan for French Notes about what was really done4/22 IR: Chair de poule: Baignade interdite read pgs. 7-244/22 IR: Chair de poule: Baignade interdite ‘’4/22 IL: episode of “inner French” podcast episode 75, first 15 min4/23 FR: reread Chair de poule: Baignade interdite I managed to reread it all.4/23 FL: repeated listening of “inner French” relistened to first 15 min of podcast (episode 75)4/23 IL: episode of “inner French podcast completed listening to the podcast (episode 75)4/24 OS: Prepared talk related to IL I took the phone on a walk and rambled a bit.4/25 OW: Read and Write activity about Chair de poule I wrote about me, my childhood, learning languages, 4/25 OW: Read and Write activity about Chair de poule and my visit to France. 4/26 IL: Listened to one episode of inner French. (59)4/26 “4/27 Listened to a short audio book called “le prisioner…4/27 … du temps”4/28 LR: pg. 160 Activity 1 I read the text three times…4/28 LS: Pg. 160 Activity 1 … and prepared word cards.

OS: Prepared talk related to ILFW: 15 min speed writing (topic: favorite hobbies)FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / this week’s study

LL: Pg. 160 Activity 1LW: Pg. 160 Activity 1

OW: Read and Write activity about Chair de pouleOW: Read and Write activity about Chair de poule

RussianInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Russian)



Listening 4/24 4/264/24 4/26

Reading 4/224/23


Writing

Speaking 4/25


Listening 4/24ReadingWriting 4/24Speaking


ListeningReadingWritingSpeaking


Date Plan for Russian Notes about what was really done4/22 IR: Read through assimil up to unit 18 of assimil (pg. 85)4/23 IR: Read through we begin to read russian up to unit 27 (pg. 123)4/24 LW: Choose from assimil delayed writing of units 27 and 29 in assimil4.24 LL: transcribe a familiar text from Colloquial Went to the first audio of Colloquial. 4/24 IL: Read and Listen and through assimil abandoned assimil, not ideal. Listened to “stories in 4/24 IL: Read and Listen and through assimil Russian” that I had read last year.4/25 OS: prep talk related to IL or from LF strand I just talked about what I could4/26 Read and listened to “Short Stories in Russian” …4/26 …story 3 at .7 speed

OW: Read and Write about something from assimilOW: Read and Write about something from assimil

LR: We begin to read Russian (choose a harder text)LS: Choose from assimil

OS: prep talk related to IL or from LF strandFR: We begin to read russianFL: repeated listening of unit assimil (sped up?)FW: 15 min speed writing (topic: favorite hobbies)

FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / hobbies

PortugueseInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Portuguese).



Listening 4/24 4/284/24

Reading 4/224/23


Writing

Speaking 4/25




Listening 4/24ReadingWritingSpeaking


Date Plan for Portuguese Notes about what was really done4/22 IR: Read through assimil le bresilian sans peine up to page 35, unit 114/23 IR: Read through assimil le bresilian sans peine up to page 654/24 IL: Listen to podcast Lingua da gente A bit too much English. 20+ min though4/24 IL: Listen to podcast Carioca connection S4E36: almost all in Portuguese, 15 min4/24 FL: repeated listening of Carioca Connection I did this4/25 OS: prepare a self intro I talked about what I could4/28 Listened to youtube in portuguese

OW: Read and Write about something from assimilOW: Read and Write about something from assimilLR: choose a harder text from assimilLL: choose from assimilLW: Choose from assimilLS: Choose from assimil

OS: prepare and talk about my weekendFR: from assimilFW: 15 min speed writing (topic: weekend hobbies)FS: two 4/3/2 activities: self intro / my weekend

ArabicInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Arabic).



Listening

Reading 4/22


Writing

Speaking


ListeningReading 4/23 4/24 4/24 4/27 4/28Writing 4/27Speaking 4/24 4/24 4/25




Date Plan for Arabic Notes about what was really done4/22 IR:Review Mastering Arabic up to unit six, pg. 744/23 LR: Word cards got word cards from Anki for Mastering Arabic book4/24 LR: Word cards Reviewing cards from Mastering Arabic book4/24 LS: Word cards “4/24 LR: Word cards “4/24 LS: Word cards “4/25 LS: Word cards ‘’4/27 LW: Something from Mastering Arabic Delayed copying of words from unit 1 (typing)4/27 LR: reviewed word cards I did this.4/28 LR: Word cards I did this.

IR: Review Mastering ArabicIL: Review Mastering ArabicIL: Review Mastering ArabicLR: Start with a chapterLS: Memorize a dialogue (greetings)LL: write out some words then checkOW: Do a writing activity like describe a roomOS: Self Intro and Practice describing the room.OW: Repeat the writing activity.

OS: Repeat Self Intro and the speaking activity. FL: repeated listening from Mastering ArabicFR: repeated reading from Mastering ArabicFS: self intro and describing the roomFW: self intro and describe the room

VietnameseInstructions: Each cell in Part 1 is 15 minutes. For each activity you do, record the date in the appropriate cell. Write notes in Part 2 about what you did. Each column shows a balance of activities. Try to maintain this balance for each week or two of time. Resources in the Appendix (Resources for Vietnamese).



Listening

Reading


Writing 4/274/27

Speaking


ListeningReading 4/22 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/27Writing 4/24 4/24Speaking 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/28




Date Plan for Vietnamese Notes about what was really done4/22 LR: Word Cards Studied first 40 cards on Anki4/22 LS: Word Cards ‘’4/22 LR: Word Cards ‘’4/23 LS: Word Cards Studied 30 min on Anki4/23 LR: Word Cards ‘’ (halfway through the survival vocabulary)4/24 LS: Word Cards Finished survival vocab, will need to review each day.4/24 LR: Word Cards ‘’4/24 LW: Delayed writing Delayed writing of vocabulary list. 4/24 LW: Delayed writing ‘’4/25 Word cards Reviewed word cards4/27 OW: 3 short dialogues I did this.4/27 “ ‘’4/27 LR: Reviewed word cards I did this.4/28 LS: word cards I did this.

AppendixResources for Mandarin

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Resources for German


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Resources for Spanish


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Resources for French



Resources for Russian


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Resources for Portuguese


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Resources for Arabic


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Resources for VietnameseSelf-made material and Teach Yourself:

Topics to repeat in Pair Conversation (3-4 times in each session) 1 2 3 4 5Greeting peopleTalking about yourself and what you doBuying and bargaining Asking where things areGiving directions to a taxiOrdering foodTalking about your familyTalking about your hobbiesTalking about what you have done recentlyTalking about a movieTalking about a bookTalking about a TV programTalking about your recent travelsTalking about your hometownTalking about your countryAsking for directionsAsking about public transportUsing the post officeUsing the bankUsing public transportBuying takeaway foodUsing the telephone


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