Changing the Study Material

It's not bad to start with difficult texts ... it's bad not to complete your goals. I go on with the much more simple audio files of "Teach Yourself Hindi"of Rupert Snell. Today's plan later:)

Hard Times

I think, 40 minutes a day are absolutely not enough for my hindi studies. Mainly because I still didn't master devnagri reading and because the word range in the sentences is so confusing. And I still can't always recognize the grammatical forms in order to understand how is the sentence composed. So, I did less then expected today. This is the plan:

09.10.13/ We
1/1 -  L1 (1)     L2 (1)   L3

L3 - translate the text word by word

First Try

Yesterday I heard the first paragraph of the first text, it was about Tamil Nadu and I barely understood something. That's why maybe I got bored so fast, that I gave up after my third attempt. Today, I was more serious.

So let's mark the yesterday's studying schema:

07.10.13/ Mo
1/1 (text 1/ paragraph 1) -  L1 (3 repetitions)

And today's schema:
08.10.13/ Tu
1/1 - L1 (2); L2 (3)             1/2 - L1 (5)

Study methods:
L1 - listening without text
L2 - listening with text, I added also reading of the text, because I still have difficulties with devnagri script. I am reading and repeating every sentence separately 3 or more times, sentence by sentence.

The New Beginning

So ... trying to start with the UMIN method:
- I need audio files containing 700-1000 words, together with the script. The audio lessons in the manuals are way too short, so I need to switch to more advanced level. The Advanced Audio Blog on Hindipod101 seems a bit difficult, but it's the best choice for now.
- The text has to be divided into 1-minute long parts. I took only one chapter per part, because it's difficult for me to read this text in devnagri and to listen simultaneously.

So today I heard the first part of the first audio lesson, I felt tired and went to do "important things"... but still I started! I realize that the biggest problem will be always the time, so I hope tomorrow to start early, exactly when I'm coming home, in order to be able t do everything that I planned.

So ... best of luck for my studies :)

I just read this ... inspiring!

Principles... what principles???

- Exercise every day for 30-40 minutes (or two times for 20 minutes).
- If you can't study new things, repeat old ones at least.
- Skipping a day will not just keep you staying - it will bring you back.
- Learn the language like a child: first practice, then theory.
- First learn how the foreign language sounds - listen to texts, read by native speakers.
- Repeat the texts even without understanding them.
- Start reading scripts of the audio files.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Repeat phrases.
- Read adapted books first, then continue with non-adapted books.
- Learn words and grammar when they appear in texts.
- Listen to radio and other audios made for native speakers.
- Learn grammar and do excercises
- Talk with natives.

30 Minute Language ... Update! The UMIN Methode

Searching for Hindi manuals, I came across a book about alternative language learning. It is based on the everyday 30-minute studying, first only through listening to the foreign language and repeating, the learning of the words and the grammar comes later. I am not doing anything anyway ... I thought I should try this thing and if it works at least to some extent, it will be a gain:)