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Museum of Natural History | Vienna, Austria

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Essa propaganda:::: ❤️

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I’ve developed this “language maintenance” challenge for languages I’ve neglected in my own studies but still wish to practice. It consists of a variety of activities, designed to not be intrusive in daily life but keep you thinking about your TL. It’s also designed to broad and fit a wide variety of situations including heritage languages, intermediate-level languages, languages that you’ve finished a course and don’t know what’s next, or languages that you’ve otherwise put on the back-burner. Hopefully, someone out there will find it useful! If you need help finding a resource to complete one of these activities, let me know! If you make any posts relating to this, please use #upkeepchallenge so I can see it :D 

Write down all of the reasons why you want to learn your target language, or why you want to make sure you maintain it. Think about them, then stick this list into your notebook.

Write out an introduction. If you met a native speaker right now, what would you say? Your name, your interests, where you’re from?

Listen to a video. Try to follow what’s going on, but mostly let it wash over you, listen to the sounds. You can go through my sample playlists for a starting point.

Go into wherever you keep your resources, whether a folder on your computer, a tag on Tumblr or a physical textbook. Open to a random page and try to translate the first sentence you see in your target language. Try to do it on your own without resources, before checking with a dictionary or grammar book. How did you do?

Pick a random verb and write out by hand all of the conjugations you know of for that verb. In other words, write the same sentence over and over again but with different conjugations. Ex: eu sou Americana, tu és Americano, ele é americano, nós somos Americanos… etc. I have some mini-printables for this!

Watch a show/youtube video meant for children in your target language.

Make a vocabulary list for your major/favorite subject/job.

Create a set of flashcards that you can carry around with you. This can be done either digitally (tinycards or quizlet apps on your phone) or physically (cut down index cards to size.) Include vocab from a variety of sources if you can.

Put together a playlist of ONLY 20 songs. Evaluate them and rank them. It might take several listens (that’s the point!)

Look for magazines in your target language. Read (or skim) at least one.

Learn some filler words or sounds and practice speaking with them in a natural cadence/rhythm.

Go back to your playlist (Day 9) and learn the entire lyrics to one of your favorite songs. Practice until you can sing it acapella. 

Whip out your set of flashcards (Day 8) and set a goal for the number of cards memorized by the end of the day. For example, “I’m going to have at least ¾ths of my cards in the ‘know’ pile by 10pm tonight.”

Have a full conversation with yourself in the mirror today. Imagine you just met yourself in a cafe or a class and just make small talk. Use your introduction from earlier (Day 2)!  

Listen to radio in your target language as you do some chores.

Look for a discord group, forum, or other community of people who are learning/speaking your target language. Post at least one thing. Even if you’re shy, ask a question or just introduce yourself then bounce!

Watch a movie in your target language. 

Do a little research about into the folklore of the culture of your language. Pick one creature/location/story and try to see if you can find any info about it in your target language. An easy way to do this is to find the wikipedia page in your native language and then click on the equivalent article in your target language (it’s on the left side).

Find a passage in your target language that interests you, then record yourself saying it. Evaluate it yourself or post it on langblr or /r/JudgeMyAccent for feedback. What are the elements you got down? What can you improve on?

Use IPA to sharpen your pronunciation. If necessary, record yourself speaking first to pinpoint what sounds off. Focus on sounds that aren’t found in your native language. Practice in front of a mirror and exaggerate them. 

What is your favorite aspect of the culture of your target language (ex: food, dance, traditions, festivals)? Find a youtube video or mini-documentary about it. And try to find it in your target language!

Pick something in your room and talk about it. Be as specific as possible in describing it and how you feel about it. Use a dictionary without shame.

Find a poem you like and copy it into your notebook.

Write up a quiz complete with answer key. Think carefully about the things you think are important for you to know from your target language. Use your textbook or online resources as a guide, but try to make up your own questions too. These can range from conjugating verbs to translating sentences to matching vocab to short answer questions.

Translate the poem (Day 23) and try to keep as much of the poetic language as possible. 

What do you have strong opinions about? Politics? Media? Relationship drama? Outline an essay about this topic, complete with thesis and supporting points. Use a dictionary without shame. The goal here is to think deeply in your target language, not criticize your grammar!

Watch one Oscar-nominated or otherwise critically acclaimed movie in your target language. You can go through my letterboxd lists for a place to start.

Take the quiz that you wrote (Day 24). Grade yourself with brutal honesty to identify the areas you are weak in.

What did you find is your biggest difficulty so far? Today is the day to work on that! Pull up your textbook, look back on your notes, or ask some native speakers online. There’s no shame in asking questions! Act as if you are studying for a test and you just have to understand this one particular point. No more putting it off!

Make a post with everything you’ve learn this month (include all your new vocabulary and grammar points). Reflect on and celebrate your progress! What media did you consume? What resources did you use? What was the most helpful? What were your challenges?

Take a break!

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Sandro Botticelli, La nascita di Venere

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[30082018] Even more chemistry on my plate. I’m happy to say that I’ve finally learned this subject — I’ve always had quite the difficulty in calculating how much vapor pressure changes, and now I can say that I’ve solved (correctly) every question proposed by my professor! Each day you know more than yesterday, so don’t quit it! ⭐️ ig: medcury ⭐️

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My new kanken arrived and its sooo cute 😍🍂🥀

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Starting Your First Year - The Lucky 7

Here are 7 tips I find to be vital to any new student starting college! Regardless of whether you will get attending Yale or a community college, these tips are universal when it comes to the first semester struggles!

1. Check Your Email

One of the most common mistakes I see people make at Uni is that they never check their email. Sometimes, that’s totally fine. Your professor won’t email you once during the semester. But most of the time- if you don’t check your email, and check it regularly, you can miss vital information about your courses. 

Extra credit, changes to the class schedule, reading updates, and so much more can be sent via email at any time! So make a habit, and start now to check your email twice a day. 

Personally, I recommend setting an alarm if you are a bit scatterbrained like me. So- set an alarm, say, for 8am and 8pm to check it. I shouldn’t take up much of your time, and it’s worth it!

2. Save Your Schedule to Your Lockscreen

This is my favorite trick to pass on! Before your first day, take a screenshot of your schedule on your phone. Set that to your lock screen on your phone, and it will always be right there whenever you need it or have an ounce of anxiety. 

You may think, ‘oh well it’s saved I’ll just open it when I need it’ - but when you’re running late or feeling nervous, sometimes something as small as a slow internet connection can make or break a full-on anxiety meltdown. 

This way- your schedule is always there when you are speed walking with a half-eaten bagel at 845 am to your next class. You don’t even have to think about it, and it’s there to reassure you. 

3. Find Your Study Zone

Study zones can be your best friend in your whole college career.  It’s best to find it early, so not to worry about it later in the semester when exams and due dates start to hit. If you work to find one during your first week or two, you’ll be well established in it before things start getting real.  

Its typically recommended to not make your sleep space your study zone. This is because if you try to pull a late night for the last minute due date, and you’re tired and it’s late, you’ll likely fall asleep rather than stay up to study. This is just human nature! 

Look up ideas on Pinterest or on your studyblr, but remember that your zone is YOURS alone- and therefore, whatever YOU need, not some aesthetic hippie crap you don’t need. 

4. Find Your Study TIme

Are you a night owl? Early Bird? Permanently exhausted pigeon? (same) 

Believe it or not, this can play a huge deal when you start setting up a studying routine.  Pick a time you will most likely be able to keep steadily through the semester. If you work evenings every other day, maybe don’t set that as your study time.  If you never wake up before 11 am, probably not smart to force yourself on it and expect it to succeed.  

So, again- pick a time you can devote (most) days to studying, and keep it routine. Studies have shown you have higher brain function at specific times based on your sleep schedule patterns so it may be worth looking into.

5. Sleep- Yes, it is Important

You should sleep. Often, and enough. In the wise words of George O'Malley- this is a marathon, not a sprint.  So try your very best to keep your body, mind, and spirit happy and healthy. 

Studies show that sleep schedules tend to work on a 3-hour ratio, so try to set it up so your actual sleep time is within a factor of 3. Waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle leaves you more tired at 10 hours of sleep vs only 3. Use apps on your phone to cut out blue light and to track your sleep patterns, they help!

As for naps, try to keep them under an hour if possible. Anything more can disrupt your nightly sleeping routine. But if you can, try to squeeze in a 30-minute snooze when you feel particularly sleepy.  Remember- you don’t actually have to be sleeping in order to feel more rested. Just 30 minutes of laying your head down listening to soft music can make a huge difference in your mood alone. 

6. Read the Freaking Syllabus 

Honestly, if you don’t read the freaking syllabus, you run the risk of your professor straight up hating you.  They don’t type those things up for fun, people. and If they’re 18 pages long, there is probably a justified reason as to why. The first week is syllabus week and can be a bit of a drag, but hang in there- and read the damn thing. Usually, they include some sort of schedule, the attendance and grading policies, and a lot more useful information (did someone say extra credit?)

7. Make a Schedule

So you’ve got your classes, you’ve got work, you need to study and crank out lab reports, as well as need to eat and sleep at some point. Also- your mom is probably going to miss you. 

Download a task and planner app, use the one on your phone already, or start and keep up a bullet journal. Whatever your methodology, the principle is the same. And the best way to get success is to start early and work on it before things get real! That means the week before, get your sleep schedule on track, the first week spends as much time as you can studying what you have already, rather than falling back to playing Xbox or reading fan fiction all day like you did over summer. Setting the habit up now saves you a lot of stress and anxiety later down the road. And remember- for every 1 credit hour in the course should equal out to 3 hours of studying outside of class. (that’s a lot if you are a full-time student). 

Alright everybody- That’s the first of my lucky seven tips! Follow me for more, and I’ll hopefully crank out a few of these before the semester starts! 

Later bitches, <3

-Jo

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I got new glasses and they’re so pretty I love them😍

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Notes on the Rococo period!

iPad 9.7 | Apple Pencil | Goodnotes 4

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Só me abraça, por favor.

É a única coisa que te peço quando me ver.

Sem motivo, sem data e horário. Quando me ver, me abraça.

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good coffee and good books make for a perfect morning

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bought the cutest pin on our road trip to vegas 🚗 💨✨ | ig: teakiddie

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I am making a STEM study group page!

Like and reply to this post if you’re interested! 

This study group is for STEM majors, but if more majors are interested than please mention that in the replies.

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