- How many new words have you learned in your target language? How did you learn them? Do you have realistic goals for your acquisition of vocabulary?
I have learned around 140 words. Many of these words that I have learned are in conjunction with phrases as I learn better when I can use phrases. I learned these words from websites such as the only task-based Hebrew dictionary and from Mango and from videos on youtube. Moreover, I have gained vocabulary and context from practicing and learning from my language partner. I think my goals for acquiring Hebrew were a little too reaching, as I transplanted my previous mindset of learning Hebrew -- one from when I was in Israel where I was surrounded by spoken Hebrew 24/7 -- onto my self-directed language course, where my time is divided between classes and the dominant language is English. Nevertheless, I am learning a great deal, and I will continue my studying for the time remaining.
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