Review
A really good day, every section of which was devoted to concentrated Spanish learning — or providing the immediate logistics for it.
It could have been even better if I'd:
- Gotten to sleep and woken earlier — resisted '1 more epsode/chapter'
- Had songs and conjuction exercises to hand
- Had the courage to go out for a ride
The latter is forgiveable — given that this was the first realistic opportunity I've had to complete the new, simplified, routine.
I wanted to prove to myself that the routine was basically viable — before improvising. As things have turned out, I'm pretty satisfied by overall productivity today.
So, if sessions 1-3 go well tomorrow, I'll ride in session 4 — barring 'acts of god'.
I'm quite convinced that having resources to hand, and therefore almost knowing the full scope of each task, has provided a bit of a 'breakthrough'. Definitely worth the trade-off — of losing some improvisational creativity and some opportunity for cross-fertilisation.
Routine Checklist
Legend
- Ticks — right activity on time
- Crosses — not done to schedule
- Hyphens — not applicable to currrent routine configuration
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 — Get going | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ||||
| 0845 — Session 1 | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| 1015 — Break | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| 1030 — Session 2 | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| 1200 — Dinner | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| 1245 — Session 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1415 — Break | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1430 — Session 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1600 — Transition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1630 - Session 5 | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| 1800 — Tea | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1830 — Maintenance | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 2000 — Relax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 2230 — Review, uwind | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 2330 — Bed | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
Learning Tasks Checklist
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading comprehension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Read aloud | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Just read | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Word & phrase exercises | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sentence exercises | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Socratic dialogue | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| A song | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ||||
| Aural comprehension | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Verb exercises | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Preposition exercises | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Pronoun exercises | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Conjunctions | - | - | ✓ | ||||
| Eng.→Spa. translation | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Spa.→Eng. translation | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Physical exercise | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ||||
| Subbed video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Non-subbed video | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ||||
| Research lang. acquisition | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | List 'issues' | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | Prepare materials | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Review this checklist | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |