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I just started using Readlang.com, it's library of reading materials, not the extension, and I really liked it. It has very nice features like labeling materials' levels(A1, A2, etc.), something like Duolingo's peak words, flashcards and more. Also there is an option where you could choose to learn Spanish from German.

Last week, I read 2 chapters of Harry Potter in Spanish, watched about 2 hours of Spanish-language television on Netflix, watched 30 minutes of Icelandic childrens television, and did a little bit of work in Colloquial Icelandic. I also started using Cloze Master for both languages.

Here are my goals for this week:

Spanish

• Listening: Watch 2 epsidoes of Aguila Roja or listen to a few Ciencia Fresca episodes

• Reading: Chapters 9 - 11 of Harry Potter y la cámara secreta

• Writing: write on Lang-8

• other: do some more Cloze Master drills

Icelandic

• Colloquial Icelandic diaglogue 3 and exercises 5-9

• Watch 30 - 60 minutes of TV

• Cloze Master drills

French

Well, I gave up French after a whopping six or so months studying it. What a shame. However, my time studying it wasn't completely wasted, as I learned many efficient study habits and also got to enjoy a lot of material. I was surprised that I worked up the ability to read French literature and news (with the frequent help of a dictionary) in this time frame. I do believe my study plan was a bit bizarre, as I spent way too much time on grammar in the beginning, thus neglecting writing, speaking, and listening skills.

Why did I give up French? The reason I took up French in the first place was arbitrary; I liked the aesthetics of the written language and how it sounded. However, as time moved on, I couldn't find anything interesting enough about the language or its culture, to keep me motivated any longer. Biggest complaint about the language? The sheer number of false cognates to English and/or words that have similar, but not equivalent, meanings to their English counterparts (of a more or less equivalent spelling). Believe it or not, I had a harder time learning these types of words than words that did not resemble their English counterparts at all.

Mandarin Chinese

I'm just working through words on Memrise (currently at the end of HSK2), and studying a grammar book. The grammar is deceptively simple. I'm relatively new to this language, so there's not much to say for now.

GERMAN:

• Start using iTalki twice a week
• Write at least 3 essays a week
• Watch the whole Türkisch für Anfänger and at least 2-3 podcasts a day
• Finish Die Buddenbrooks
• Start using this textbook I just bought today
• Assess my progress with a model B2 exam on the 30th of June

My goal is to be able to sit the B2 Goethe exam by the end of September (I said "to be able" because I can only take it on July and I will be most certainly not ready by then) Hopefully my goal is not too ambitious (i'm a B1+ in reading, B1 in writing, B1- in anything else)