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My 20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

Use small phrases when talking to pets/inanimate objects/ yourself etc

Kid books!!! Especially ones you know like cat in the hat or something similar. These are amazing especially if you are a beginner. It helps build fluency, literacy, pattern (different languages have different speaking patterns and flow), etc. There’s a reason they push the books on kids.

Do translations! Take those books and mark them up. Find news articles, research papers, etc and translate them.

Keep a diary in your target language

Find people who are native speakers and tell them to talk to you in that language more than your native language

WRITE. When I formally studied Spanish, one of my teachers made us write EVERY WORD 10 times with their meanings. If it was a phrase, we would still do it word by word. I HATED this so much but after 4 years of not speaking or hearing the language, those were the words I still knew.

Change your phone language or an app language to your target language

Watch shows in your language. Use subtitles. If you’re trying to learn to read better, put subtitles in your target language. Trying to pick up words? Use your native language for subtitles and listen to the show in your target language.

Describe your actions, feelings, etc to yourself in your target language

Find signs in public that are multilingual and read them

Play your favorite songs in your target language and sing along

Play your favorite songs in your native language but sing along to them in your target language

Follow comic artists (or other people) on social media. Comic artists are great because they tend to use slang, colloquial language, jokes, etc that build a more fluent speech. Makeup artists and influencers are good for this too

Go to shops. Where I’m from we have mercados and taquieras everywhere so going to places like that can help a lot

Reach out to people and learn with them! Find someone that studies the same language or someone who’s trying to learn your language but speaks your target language. Talking with non native speakers can help you learn study and language tricks that helped them

Flash cards!

Apps that help you learn a new language are great! But only if you practice outside the app

Find recipes written in your target language

Rewrite class notes in the language!

Say at least one word a day in your target language

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Going to be spending my whole weekend doing homework. I’m trying to get as much done since I have two full shifts on Monday and Tuesday.

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I swear to God, I’m so close to ripping the pages out of my books and making a soup out of it. Tired but I have a hundred more pages to read! ✨😫

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7/12/2020 | 83/90 Days of Productivity | Winter Studying Challenge

7th: How do you stay motivated during winter?

It is really hard but I don’t have a strategy per se, I just sort of do it. I can’t really afford to not be motivated now I’m in my final year of uni. Maybe the fact that the end is in sight helps here. I just force myself to do the work (within reason of course).

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1/100 days of productivity: i decided to start this challenge since i’ve been slacking on my studies and i’m ridiculously behind in my ap enviromental science class and finals are coming up ahhhh anyways… i studied half? of the first unit today and i’m planning on getting to the beginning of the third unit at the end of this weekk

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I find these carrels with views over Bloomsbury completely irresistible. I had a really productive morning here looking through philosophy periodicals (and daydreaming about living in those terraces)

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08.12.20 I 24/46 days of productivity

i attended a organic chem lecture, started reviewing electrochemistry material, then i had a last minute tutoring session and after all that me and my project partner spent hours trying to rehearsing our presentation. all in all a pretty full, busy day!

8th December - When should people start preparing for, decorating and celebrating Christmas?

personally, any earlier than the 1st of december is far too early for decorating… but if it makes you happy having decorations up for three months go for it i am not going to stop you!

Hope you are safe and healthy!!!! <3

I had previously posted this but I realized you can see some of my face and I am uncomfortable with that so I am reposting with a new picture

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11th December 2020: Since I’m starting my winter break early, I wanted to get as much done as possible today. I think my main goal is to work through my introduction edits and send the new draft to my supervisor.

listening to: naan - bibi

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found washi tape at michael’s with cameras on it! perfect for more screenwriting notes. the book is ‘save the cat’ by blake snyder and i can’t recommend it enough.

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11.02.20 [click for hq]

some late night sat reading passages ^_^ in all honesty reading is the hardest for me… i can feel my brain thrObbing half an hour after i finish lol,, ft. my experimental editing

ig. yongxqi

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3.12.2020 gloomy days

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11.30.20 | day 87/100 of productivity | its pchem crunch time 

🎶i am listening to: dis-ease, bts

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16/11/2020 | 60 - 62 / 101 Days of Productivity

We're getting kittens in a months time, our neighbour's ragdoll had babies and were getting a couple of them 😭💕

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26.10.2020 // last week’s spread 🌸 thanks @study-van for layout inspiration!

day 26 - Tag someone who you would like to get to know

@museeofmoon and @lifeisforlearning; you guys are so sweet and your tags always make my heart go ‘!!!!’ thanks for supporting this chaotic shebang i like to call a blog <3 also, i can’t wait to see more of your posts!

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there’s major writing work happening today and i’m pleased to report the weather is fully cooperating (can you say ‘blizzard’?). we’re accordingly in big cozy mode

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winter studying challenge ❄️

9th December - What do you usually do during the holidays?

eat looots of food (especially german "plätzchen"), have a christmas eve dinner with my fam, open presents and just relax, watch movies, not feeling bad for resting. oh and watch russian tv hahaha (russian tv is legendary on new year's eve)

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12.11.20 / almost done with this practice book. and then i’ve got heaps of grammar and kanji notes to revise. how’s your week so far? another week is almost over. it seems like time is accelerating. not even time likes being in 2020. hope you’re doing alright ♡