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[hyejinstudies]

hello everyone! the spring semester started back on the 2nd so I decided that it's finally time to start using my studyblr^^

about:

my name is amanda/혜진 (hyejin)

19 years old american

i’m an english linguistics major

i live in seoul, south korea

you may know me from my main, @koreanbreeze

i speak english and korean, am learning japanese and spanish, plan on learning russian and german

i plan on having a second major of japanese or spanish, possibly korean as a foreign language

i am intj-t and a proud slytherin

i am a huge fan of 방탄소년단 (since 2013 woo)

i have two cats, sonny and cher (i miss my little furbabies so much...)

tracking #hyejinstudies

classes this semester:

advanced english grammar (1)

critical writing (1)

elementary japanese conversation (1)

elementary spanish composition (1)

english syntax

freshman seminar

interacting in spoken english (1)

intro to english linguistics (1)

spanish conversation (1)

goals:

to get all As

to be able to hold a basic conversation in japanese

to use only spanish with my best friends (sheila and isabel) for a week

to not procrastinate

to be less stressed (lol)

to be more organized

to be healthier (more sleep, more water, more exercise)

feel free to come and say hi to me or ask any questions you might have about korean! also, i need more people to follow; if you are also a linguistics major, are studying korean, japanese, spanish, etc., please let me know! happy studying everyone^^

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A very special love

Im special for who i am, for what i have, and i what i like. I'm loving myself without getting beyond it and not compromising the love given by others just to fulfill what i lack. Not every person can do that. Im proud that i can that is why i love myself.

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[erybun]

I love that my sense of style is weird #Koreanbrezee #Loveyourselfchallenge >

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13.09.2017

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I love that I’m willing to try anything once : September 12, 2017 😙😚😘

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Tagged by my good friend @koreanbreeze, Thank you 💖

1. Nicknames: Shay, ShayShay


2. Gender: Female


3. Star sign: Capricorn


4. Height: 147cm / 4'10


5. Time: 10:14 am


6. Birthday: Jan 10. 💖


7. Favourite Bands: BTS, Blackpink, CNBLUE. {those are my fav atm}


8. Favourite solo artists: Don't really listen to any solo people 😭


9. Song stuck in your head: 4 o'clock by V and RM


10. Last movie you watched: it's been so long since I've watched a movie so idk. 


11. Last show you watched: it's also been so long but I think it was Freaks and Geeks


12. When did you create this blog: about 2 months ago


13. When do you post: Mostly everyday at anytime


14. Last thing I googled: "La Matanza en Tlatelolco 1968"


15. Do you have any other blogs: Yeah, a personal one which was created like 3 years ago but I didn't remember any of the login information and was too lazy to search for it so I created this one haha.


16. Do you get any asks: No, I'm not popular ):


17. Why did you choose your url: I love Yoongi and Hobi as a friendly ship so I'm Sobe trash


18. Following: 438


19. Followers: 21


20. Favourite Colours: All shades of blue, Black, Grey, Green, and Red


21. Average hours of sleep: 4-5


22. Lucky number: Don't have one


23. Instruments: ):


24. What am I wearing: An oversized Aerosmith sweater with leggings


25. How many blankets I sleep with: 1 if I'm super cold 2-3


26. Dream job: I wanna be a translator but that isn't really my real dream job my dream job is to be a forensic psychologist and work for the fbi but it's too far out of my reach so I'm going with translator because i also love learning new languages


27. Dream trip: Trip to Korea to meet up with the friends I've made over there! 


28. Favourite food: I have so many favorite foods but I would have to say Pozole


29. Nationality: Mexican-American, although I'm still not a citizen in Mexico I would like to because I'm Mexican


30. Favourite song right now: I have many,

BTS; Agust D (Agust D), Go Go, Awake (Jin), Lost, Just One Day

CNBLUE; Manito, Stay Sober, Footsteps

Blackpink; all of them since they still only have 5 songs (YG NEEDS TO RELEASE THEM FROM THE DUNGEON WE WANT SQUARE 3!!)

I would like to tag @joonie-the-cutie and @kiwis-fandom-pit

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books I am offering: you can see a full list with descriptions here^^ (most come with audio CDs, all are Korean and/or Japanese resources)

I am looking for resources in the following languages: beginner Japanese (fiction), beginner Russian (all resources), beginner Mandarin (all resources), advanced Korean (all resources)

I live in (country): South Korea/United States (you can send to whichever address is cheaper)

Contact (tumblr url or other): please pm me @koreanbreeze^^

[languageduck]

Challenge Update Week 1

So, as some of you might’ve seen I’m doing @notglot‘s Summer Language Challenge for 8 weeks (but I’ve turned it just into the winter term 3 challenge because it’s winter and I’m working lmao) and I’m trying to learn Norwegian. I’m updating every Sunday on how I’m going!

I’ve tried a whole lot of websites etc to figure out which is going to work best for me, especially considering I’m an absolute beginner. I’ve stuck to duolingo and memrise for the most part. Others I’ve checked out are lingvist, lingq, and clozemaster. I’ve also used this Norwegian on the Web resource and the pdf from this post by @koreanbreeze. I only discovered koreanbreeze’s post yesterday but I think I’ll be using that pdf a lot as this goes on, it’s very handy.

Duolingo Norwegian Course

Level: 6

Skills completed: Basics, Basics 2, Phrases, Food, Animals, Definites, Obj. Pron., Plurals, Def. Plur., V: Present (First checkpoint passed!!)

Streak (20 XP per day goal): 10 days

Memrise Norwegian 1

Levels completed: 2 (Launchpad, I come in peace)

Words learnt (words in LTM): 49 (12)

Streak (5 min per day goal):7 days

Norwegian on the Web

I used the audio files to learn the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet, and used the pronunciation guide to write my own pronunciation page in my notebook. Read through all of chapter 1 in the course material and grammar book.

In my notebook

I’ve written notes on pronunciation, pronouns, articles, numbers 1 - 1 000 000 000 & wrote out vocab from the first three duolingo topics (I’ve got to catch up whoops) (See pics of my notebook here)

Writing

Last but not least, every week I want to try and actually write something in Norwegian using what I’ve learned. So here goes! (If anyone spots any mistakes, please don’t hesitate to let me know!)

Hei! Jeg heter Belinda. Jeg er tjuefem år gammel. Jeg kommer fra Australia. Jeg snakker engelsk og tysk og litt norsk. Jeg har en katt. Hun heter Tori og er to år gammel. Katten er en jente. Jeg liker henne. Jeg liker å lese og å le og å sova. Jeg har en te. Jeg liker ander. Jeg er en lærer. Lærere liker bøker.

[koreanbreeze]

I was tagged by @holidaymaknae, and I don't often get tagged for these so thank you!

1. Nicknames: Jinnie, Andy, Flower Mum™ (ily Arden) 2. Gender: Female 3. Star sign: Aries (sun), Aquarius (moon), Gemini (rising) 4. Height: 173 cm 5. Time: 13:31 6. Birthday: it's in March lol 7. Favourite Bands: 방탄소년단 ♡, Seventeen, NCT, TRCNG, Black Pink, P!ATD, FOB 8. Favourite solo artists: Melanie Martinez, Luhan, Drake, Rihanna 9. Song stuck in your head: 바다 by 방탄소년단 10. Last movie you watched: Princess Mononoke 11. Last show you watched: probably iZombie back when I was in the US 12. When did you create this blog: August 2016 13. When do you post: mostly at night 14. Last thing I googled: salons in (city near my home in the US) 15. Do you have any other blogs: yes but don't tell anyone 16. Do you get any asks: occasionally haha 17. Why did you choose your url: korean because that's the main language I'm learning and breeze because ~~aesthetic~~ lol 18. Following: 35 19. Followers: around 3000 20. Favourite Colours: dark blue, light blue, dark red, light pink, black, white, grey 21. Average hours of sleep: what is sleep 22. Lucky number: I don't think I really have one? 23. Instruments: clarinet, do vocals count? 24. What am I wearing: dark blue sweatshirt and black shorts 25. How many blankets I sleep with: 3 26. Dream job: ultimate dream is actress and/or singer, otherwise translator or teacher 27. Dream trip: to go visit all my online friends 28. Favourite food: 돈까스😍😍 29. Nationality: American (ethnicity-wise, I'm mostly German) 30. Favourite song right now: 고민보다 GO and MIC Drop are still on repeat haha

I tag @yoonseoktrashhh @my-poor-lonely-heart @pavlovastudies @andwhentheworldisspinning and anyone else who wishes to do this^^

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My Language Journey

Thank you @languagethelife & @langblog for tagging me ^^

RULES: Reblog, tag ten others and share your answers with everyone!

1. What language/s are/have you studied?

I’m currently studying Spanish, Mandarin & Korean but in the past I’ve also used to learn German & French. Sadly, I don’t remember anything now.

2. How long have you been studying?

I’ve been learning Spanish for five years now, although, quite frankly, I’ve only started to take it seriously two years ago. And I’ve been studying both Mandarin and Korean for more-less a year. 

3. Did you learn through class or self-study (or both)?

I guess even attending language classes requires a lot of self-study if you want to improve. I’m learning Spanish as a mandatory third language class in school.

When it comes to Korean, I’m self-studying but I’ve recently found a free Korean course by a local university which is open to all people interested, not only uni students so I might join if I have enough time!

And I took extra Mandarin classes that I really enjoyed and am planning to continue once the summer holidays end 

4. Why did you decide to learn this language?

My journey with Spanish didn’t really start because I wanted to learn it. I took it up only because all my friends did so and I wanted to be in the same class as they. Only later did I grow fond of the language.

Once I’ve discovered Korean movies and then music there was nothing else to do but start learning the language. It sounded so cool and pretty!

Last summer I’ve started reading about Chinese history and culture and that’s how I got into the language. I’ve decided to sign up for the extra classes and that’s how it started.

5. What was a major highlight / milestone in studying this language?

This year I had two major milestones in Spanish. I’ve managed to read the first Harry Potter book. Maybe I used dictionary all the time but I’m still proud of myself. Moreover, I’ve recently made foreign friends and we talk just in Spanish, which is really great!

A few months ago I had an online conversation, all in Korean. Just like with reading in Spanish, I used dictionary but it really made me so motivated to learn.

And only yesterday I’ve received my HSK2 exam results. I’ve scored 98.5%! I know that HSK2 is really easy but I still consider it a milestone.

6.What was the hardest thing about studying this language?

In Spanish it’s definitely all the tenses. And don’t even get me started on subjuntivo.

I’m still such a beginner in Korean (I’ve been learning it for a year but since it’s only self study I often don’t have enough time to study properly) that all of the grammar simply overwhelms me.

In Mandarin it was and still is my biggest difficulty: the tones. I practice them but somehow my pronunciation still sucks. Hopefully, if I work hard then one day I’ll get them right.

7. What resources did you find most useful for studying this language?

The textbook I’m using in my Spanish class is really good. It’s called Aula. And I don’t know what I’d do without SpanishDict (the app works offline and is free!)

Talk To Me in Korean is my major resource when it comes to learning Korean so I highly recommend it to anyone interested in studying this language!

There are two resources that help me so much with Chinese: one is called Pleco and just like SpanishDict is a free offline dictionary. It shows you sample sentences and the stroke order as well. And when it comes to grammar, Chinese Grammar Wiki is a great website.

8. Any top tips for studying this language?

I’m gonna be a bit general here but: immerse yourself. TV shows, movies, music - they can really help!

9. What’s your next major language goal?

Spanish: read more, maybe try to watch a Spanish TV show/movie without subtitles

Korean: undestand more of the songs and k-dramas I watch, have an online conversation with a native speaker

Chinese: once I master the tones I want to have a simple conversation with a native speaker

10. Anything we can do in the Tumblr community to get you there?

If you have any tips on how to master Chinese tones or resources to recommend, I’ll be really grateful!

I tag: @bonbonlanguage @studymission @meitianzhongwen @woaihanyu @languagesandfrens @sekaistudies @myworldoflanguages @ffe072 @eselsbruecke @koreanbreeze

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(I forgot to take a pic yesterday lol) I love that I am the only American in my family #Loveyourselfchallenge #Koreanbreeze //9/8/17//

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11.09.2017