For my final week, my goal was to watch about 30 minutes of a Bengali show or movie. I found this short film online.
I was surprised that I could understand a lot of it without the subtitles, but I still definitely needed the subtitles. After that, I did some of the exercises in my TYB workbook.
My original research question was whether or not someone could go from beginner to intermediate proficiency in a language in 10 weeks, devoting an hour a week to the practice of Bengali.
Based on my experience with Bengali, the answer to that question is no.
I think part of it has to do with the different script, making it harder to learn than Spanish, for example — at least, harder for me.
Even though I would not call myself an intermediate Bengali speaker, I'm still proud of the progress I have made.
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