Como Correu a Segunda Semana?

E o que fica por fazer na terceira?

Raw Exam Prep

1. Do the exam modelos Cristina gives me Hm, I’ve only done one so far. Not very impressive.
2. Go through the list of key structures in the C2 syllabus here, and try and figure out what I need to work on, possibly in the lessons Na, sod that for a game of soldiers. Honestly, it’s an enormous list and full of set phrases you’re supposed to use and I honestly don’t think I’ve even seen most of them in the books I’ve read, or heard them said anywhere. Afinal, empreguei a arte subtil de saber dizer que se foda.

Just general tidying

• I have some lists of structures I often get wrong and structures that get used a lot in portuguese that I never use because I keep forgetting about them, so try and make sure I get as many of them as possible into blog posts instead of just treading the same old familiar linguistic pathways that I rely on in everything I write. Been a bit lax with this one, I’m afraid!
• Try and bribe my wife to speak to me in her beguiling madeiran accent. Poached eggs will probably work. She loves a good poached egg. Rekindled marital lusophonia and managed a few exchanges. 
• Daily Anki deck usage

General Input

• Reading – I have an english book I am committed to reading for family book club and a couple of audiobooks that I am already part way through, but when those are finished, no new english books, just portuguese ones. Probably not many though, because I don’t really need much practice – just bedtime reading, and just things that seem like they will expand my brain. Like I have a Gil Vicente play in BD form, but I looked at it earlier and it’s much too archaic so I’ll save it for after the exam. Managed to finish a couple of books this week!
• Podcasts – Portuguese only till after the exam. I might even unsubscribe to some of the english language ones to remove temptation. Listening to quite a lot of audio this week: mostly on youtube, but also some episodes of Extremamente Desagradável
• Eat-Rep exercises – I’m going to drop some of the morning quizzes I do and watch a quarter of Os Gatos Não Têm Vertigens instead – that’s about two watches per week. try to do some “scratching” in the first weeks and move toward “copycat” exercises in later weeks. Contrary to what I said last week, I decided that the repetition was useful and I find myself digging deeper into expressions I hadn’t really noticed before. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it now. 4? 5? I am pleased with my choice. It is a good film. The cafe scene is brilliant.

Exercises

This weekend

• Start final chapter of Português em Foco done
• “Puzzle Brain” activity – listen to portuguese audio while doing a jigsaw Finished the second puzzle and thinking of doing a third. A Viúva is doing my head in though. It is very different from Saramago’s other work, but that wouldn’t matter if I was using a better player. Bertrand’s audio app is pants. It crashes for no reason and when you open it again it has forgotten where you were and opens at the start or wherever you last left a bookmark or at some random place, and you have to spend ages finding the right place again. Infuuuuuuriating!

W/E 27-10-2024

• Finish Português em Foco exercises in the main book (meant to do these before Lisbon really, but…) done
• Start the (self marked) grammar exercises in the Caderno de Exercícios done

W/E 03-11-2024

• Finish the grammar exercises in the Caderno de Exercícios Done
• “Scuba Diving” exercises with text and audio of “Amor de Perdição” Not done. I did the extra Eat Rep instead and I don’t think that was a good choice.

W/E 10-11-2024

Non-thorough run through of the paper exercise books I have, looking for grammar exercises that look like they might be beneficial.

• The remainder of the vocabulary and verb tenses sections of Português Outra Vez, (the expressões section is rubbish and I can’t be bothered with it)
• The C1 sections of “Vamos Lá Continuar” and
• Some of the more challenging exercises from Qual é a Dúvida. I finished this book ages but there were some exercises that left me floored, so I’ll be interested to see if I find them just as hard the second time around!