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    11 hours ago

    Continue with

    • Anki
    • Reading L’Étranger by Albert Camus (happy I can finally read a native text)
    • Listening to Inner French podcast.
    • I’m also reading various graded readers but those I can complete in about 2-3 days.
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      12 hours ago

      Sounds like you’ve got this week covered! I’ve only read L’Étranger in English, but I’m trying out “The Little Prince” in German. Don’t think I could even attempt to read any of Camus’ literature in German yet.

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        9 hours ago

        It is going to take me a while to complete that book since I am reading it intensively looking up everything I don’t understand. L’Étranger doesn’t use the passé simple tense so I went with it after trying several other books. Passé simple only seems to be used in books but not used in spoken French.

        I also read graded readers like those from CLE to have something easier to read with hardly any lookups. InnerFrench podcast transcript are also good for easy read.

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          9 hours ago

          Ohh, interesting reason for going with that book, seems like you’ve read into the topic!

          I gave up on reading once I realized I’m going to look up every third word even with the most simple books - so taking a break from that (except little prince) until I manage better. Even graded books for my level seemed too hard. But I’ll try again after taking my next course!