Italian - 19 April

Italian is one of my original languages, which is to say that I've collected about 800 sentences/phrases since the end of January. The language f l o w s. It flows to such a degree that feel like making changes.  To go with the flow. I want to process more text. I want to cover more ground.

And so I'm thinking of augmenting what I do with Zona Pericolosa (Killing Floor by Lee Child). I fancy I'd like do a little listening. And for that I have Harry Potter to rely on. I don't know - I'll give it a trial. I'll get back to you.

Spanish via German

I few weeks into the programme, I'm finding that Spanish is not so manageable as I thought. I feel the need to prepare by reminding myself of the story (Harry Potter #1). But instead of pre-reading the English text, why not do it in German? That, after all, is how a German following my system would go about acquiring Spanish.

My German is at the level where this works. In fact, as I improve in them and reach a certain level of familiarity, I ought to be able to use any language to leapfrog up to the next. That way I practice double the number.

[By March, I'm able to dispense with the 'leapfrog' as far as Spanish is concerned.]