Oh, I forgot to say, In addition to my regular activities, I send my writings to tutors. Before, I used to publish short articles on my blog in French almost every day, but now I don’t do that because of my other learning I gave up writing regularly. However, in my view, writing is very useful for organizing one’s thinking.
I have a 45-minute commute each way for work, so I spend that time listening to podcasts in French or Korean. While at work I try to listen to the live stream from www.rmc.fr (usually for a couple of hours). I try to get around 3 hours of listening in per day during the week (passive and active). I’m lucky enough to get three Korean channels with my TV cable package, so I try to catch some Korean dramas in the evening as well. I usually only go through and create lingqs for one or two lessons daily. Total “studying” time can add up to 5 or 6 hours, but like others here, it’s while I’m doing other things (and interesting!) so it doesn’t seem like studying.
@skyblueteapot: Where did you find the audio for Harry Potter? I have the second book in Korean and it would be awesome to be able to listen to it as well.
Try googling “Harry Potter audiobook” in Korean and see what comes up!
Thanks, I’ll give it a try!
First , reading and study . Then , you can practice what you have learnt with friends even through chat .
read ; write , and most of all speak.but , please do not try to mingle between 2 languages which are not like . German has nothing to with Spanich . They involve different sounds , grammar , or even vocabulary…etc .Otherwise , you will get confused.one by one . Once , you master Spanish for example , you make the next step towards German.
As for time , well it depends upon your free time and ability .
Take care.