Abla, can you post this again ... I get a blank post when I view it

No no! It will look complex and overwhelming at first!

Just imagine, one day if you stick with your goals, you´ll see a long Turkish

dialogue and say ´Boring....´

You´ll say to yourself: ´I wonder what Russian is like?´

Kah-kah! Only joking and it´s partially true

 Remember the goal Mavili! (Hint: To Americanize Turkey! ) 

 Exactly...

The secret I do believe to get great  at writing Turkish is to learn vocabulary in

sentences/phrases. This is no secret. 

Even further, to speak in Turkish you should practice your phrases aloud.

To actually listen and comprehend what the Turkish speaker is saying, you

must be able to recite that in your head and know what it means.

For listening, it´s like reciting a song,

you may not know what´s going to be sung next,

 but you can match the rhythm a bit.

Sampanya, that long text you´ve shared is old Turkish and even many people today don´t understand every word. They can understand the meaning though. Think about it for learners.

Thanks for the positive encouragement I want very much to get to a point where the difficult Turkish does not seem so intimidating.

also I agree about speaking it, even if just to yourself to practice. Maybe I should head back to LiveMocha to get some speech practice and feedback.