Day 9 and 10 Lost Days

I definitely tired of these 2 day combinations, but I really didn't have an option. I spent all of the day on the 9th traveling back to Portland Oregon and I either had the option of posting early in the morning (before I actually studied) or visit Arlington Cemetery and then post sometime on my flight home. Well, I wasn't able to get internet long enough on the flight home to be able to post my progress. I finished off the last of the made note cards, which puts me at about 520 vocabulary words, but now I need to compile the new ones. Also, I finished the article, and it's definitely about a murder. There were alot of place names, but I managed to figure it out. However, I finally arrived in Oregon, tried to get a bunch done this morning, and then I had to work. Like usual. Here's the rules for days 9 and 10 though.

Day 9

1.       Open your newspaper or magazine and continue where you left off, highlighting and reading. If you must start a second article, do so.

2.       After 10 minutes with the newspaper, read Chapter 11 of your course book.

3.       Write in your notebook all the vocabulary from that chapter

4.       Write on the flashcards all the vocabulary from that chapter and the newspaper

5.       Find your Phrasebook and begin studying

6.       Find your Language Audio files and start with lesson 4. Finish the lesson.

7.       Utilize hidden time to study flashcards

8.       Study flashcards before going to bed

Day 10

1.       Open your newspaper or magazine and continue where you left off, highlighting and reading. If you must start a second article, do so.

2.       After 10 minutes with the newspaper, read Chapter 12 of your course book.

3.       Write in your notebook all the vocabulary from that chapter

4.       Write on the flashcards all the vocabulary from that chapter and the newspaper

5.       Find your Phrasebook and begin studying

6.       Find your Language Audio files and start with lesson 5. Finish the lesson.

7.       Utilize hidden time to study flashcards

8.       Study flashcards before going to bed

Having the language MP3s has saved me a lot of time and energy. I chose the Pimsleur CD's, which uses the graduated interval recall method and the principle of anticipation (i.e. guessing what the question is going to be before it's actually asked) to stimulate the learning of a language. So far, I've been impressed with my abilities to learn and remember the things being taught, but I'm still far what my grammar and vocabulary expectations would suggest my speaking is at. However, I was able to sit back on the plane and go over mock conversations with my imaginary Indonesian friend. In the 7 hours of flying, I went over lessons 4 and 5, which was great.

As far as studying the chapters went, I wasn't able to study chapters 11 and 12, which puts me 2 days behind on my studies, but I'm hoping to have the time to catch up today, the 11th, which is when I'm posting because I wasn't able to post any sooner. However, I know that even though I'm falling behind the expectation, I simply have to rededicate myself and begin with rule number 1: Don't take a day off.

Good luck with your language learning friends. Stay Thirsty.