How much time do you spend studying?
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How much time do you spend studying?
Just curious. How much time do you spend studying Latin or Greek?
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This poll seems vaguely familiar but I suppose the last one was a really long time ago...
I probably spend about 2 hours a week doing my actual Latin schoolwork. As probably everyone can tell, I also spend a lot of time at Textkit and in that time I learn a lot from other people and by answering other people's questions (and occasionally being corrected ), probably about 1-2 hours a day. I also have a habit of looking up English words in the dictionary when I get curious about their etymology, so I learn both English and Latin words that way, along with random words that I sometimes remember from other languages. On top of that, I just signed up for Latin tutoring at my school (cha-ching!), so I think it's safe to say I spend at least 5-10 hours a week studying.
I probably spend about 2 hours a week doing my actual Latin schoolwork. As probably everyone can tell, I also spend a lot of time at Textkit and in that time I learn a lot from other people and by answering other people's questions (and occasionally being corrected ), probably about 1-2 hours a day. I also have a habit of looking up English words in the dictionary when I get curious about their etymology, so I learn both English and Latin words that way, along with random words that I sometimes remember from other languages. On top of that, I just signed up for Latin tutoring at my school (cha-ching!), so I think it's safe to say I spend at least 5-10 hours a week studying.
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lol. that's quite the job you must have!phil wrote:5-10 hours, usually, but the boss is away next week, so hopefully 40! :)
(yeah, I do latin on the job too... except on those overnight shifts when my brain gives out!)
ps phil: i'm on the SA for 37. almost there!
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Too freakin much!! Right now....I reading Greek about 1-2 hours per day, and Hebrew about 2 hours per day! This is my last year of required languages though....but I plan on keeping the Greek reading around an hour or two a day. It's kind of nice, because I'm finally at the place where it's not just "studying" and it's starting to become "reading"....thank goodness!! BTW, if I counted all of my study time (classes other than languages) I'd be way over 15
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How much time do you devote to studying?
In praesenti, I'm grateful if I can set aside 4 hrs. per week... certainly not enough to become accomplished in a (foreign) language.
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