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Otro post viejito uwu
El otoño me gusta mucho pero mi estación favorita sigue siento el invierno por el frío ( mi ciudad es muy caliente todo el año, así que hasta enero y si suerte hay se va sintiendo el frío) igualmente me encanta la vibra que da el otoño, no lo sé, como que me inspira muchísimo
academic tip
i would like to suggest that it is important that after the end of every semester you make a list of all the things you failed at and all the things you succeeded at. like the last semester (which just ended) i failed at making revision notes for my chem textbook (this was one of my goals), but i succeeded at improving my group work skills (also one of my goals). i also succeeded at “not just passing”, but actually learning (biggest goal).
this way you can know what you’re good at and what you’re not. i got above average grades on more than half of my classes but the rest were a’s. so next semester i will know what my weak points are, so i will be able to improve on them. i will also doubt myself less because i have realized my strengths. i think this idea could ease the struggle to academic success.
27.05.2020 - 3:30pm
finals began on monday which means i’ll be sat at this desk for the next two weeks. wish me luck !
TO ALL STUDENTS
you are not defined by your grades.
a bad grade is just a temporary setback on your path. do the best you can, but don’t tie your self worth to your grades.
midterms this week ✨✏️ took a practice test for my medical terminology course and got a 95% i feel really confident that i’ll do well on both of my tests but i also need to focus on my other courses this week as well.
the faa quietly declared a no-fly zone over part of portland oregon for 30 days amidst people being detained by feds in unmarked vans and no major news organizations are talking about it
the altitude restriction is likely to deter people filming violence/these kidnappings with drones as it is too low to stop planes
More likely: news helicopters. It’s for 1000 feet and under.
Enjoying the beautiful campus views before I graduate!
Lessons learned from changing my major/minor/concentration...
1. Learn early to question everything.
Just because the suggested curriculum for your degree plan says you should do things a certain way does not mean that you should actually do it that way. Do your best to do what is right for you. If you know taking 17 hours is too much for you, DO NOT take 17 hours. Don’t just question your degree plan though. Really question everything, including yourself sometimes. Just start asking “Why?”
2. Find a mentor or advisor you connect with.
Building a rapport with your advisor/mentor/professor is key to success. I am very lucky that my mentor, advisor, and favorite professor are all one human. However, it took me three years to find him. Some people are better at making this connection than others. There will be students who seem to be better at forging meaningful relationships with professors than others. Do not be intimidated by these students. It may take time to find this person. The first thing you can try is to make an effort with your assigned advisor. Even if you have the most caring professor as your academic advisor, they likely have a lot of students to work with. Make it your responsibility to forge this relationship. Ask questions. I know this is easier said than done (it took me three years) but I will argue to my grave that it is the most important thing you can do for your own success.
3. It is better to take an extra semester and be able to focus than it is to do what the curriculum wants.
There is no such thing as graduating “on time.” Shit happens. Whether you change your major or fail a class or some crazy life stuff happens, “on time” is different for everyone and it is not a concrete or stagnant concept. All that matter is that you do what’s best for you, even if that means dropping out. COLLEGE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE and some people have to figure it out the hard way, by trying. Most people don’t graduate in 4 years anyway and you don’t have a big dick for doing it in 4 years (or less).
4. Dropping classes is okay.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you are struggling with a class or you feel like you have too much on your plate, it is okay to drop a class. It took me six semesters to finally accept this. I should have dropped my first class my third semester of college when I was struggling and had too much on my plate. As long as you are not putting any scholarships (or other credit dependent things) at risk, drop the class. Retaking the class in the future will help you now and later. Trying to do too much unnecessarily will hurt you now and later. (Obviously, take this with a grain of salt. Every university has different policies. If your only excuse is that dropping the course will set you back, I will refer you to #3)
5. College is a journey.
No matter how you do it, college is an experience. Whether you go to community college or a university, whether you go fresh out of high school or take a gap year or go back to school in your 50s. Everyone’s experience will be as unique as they are. What I can say about going to college fresh out of high school/ in your twenties is that you are trying to live so much life all at once. It’s almost overwhelming. There will be late nights cramming for exams and trying to finish up assignments before 11:59, there will be ungodly amounts of caffeine consumed, there will be parties and outings, there will be uncertainty, but there will also be friends and good times and that feeling of relief when your hard work pays off. You will learn more about yourself in a few years of college than you did in the first 18 years of life. You will change, a lot. But the journey is worth it, regardless of the destination.
9 points about language learning and how I’m learning 20+ of them
I’ve had a few requests to write about how I learn my languages. To different degrees, there’s currently 20+ of them and I don’t see myself stopping yet. The thing is, learning languages comes really easily to me and I want to share, maybe it will be helpful to somebody else.
First, I’d like to have a look at first versus second language acquisition. I’m a linguist and I’m super interested in Child Language Acquisition. That however, has a critical age of 14 (or so I was always told) and is then no longer possible and any language learned after that age will never progress as quickly or can’t be learned perfectly. Well. I disagree. The simple difference is - first language acquisition is how you acquired your first language(s) as a child. By imitating, finding patterns, etc. Second language acquisition is what you know from language courses. Vocabulary, irregular verb tables, endless exercises. Now that we got some of the terminology off the table, let me see how I actually learn languages: 1) I utilise elements of the first language acquisition rather than second language I’ve only studied vocab a couple times at school, when I put them into Quizlet or when someone forced me to. I’ll get back to it in another point. I don’t learn patterns. I know there is one and I let the input do its magic of slithering into my head. Again, more on that in point 2. You always get told you’ll learn a language better when you’re thrown into the country where they speak it. And it’s so true because of the processes behind it. Because input and immersion are the keys and that’s how children learn, too.
2) I don’t cram languages. I process them.
Around langblrs, I keep seeing all the ‘crying over verb tables’, ‘trying to learn a 1000 words this week’ and the like. That may work for you, sure. But I’ve never done that. I did learn a few irregular verb patterns for German in class, but while I could recite them, it wasn’t helpful. In Irish, I sometimes still wonder which verb ‘An ndeachaigh tú?’ comes from. The thing is, you’re able to process language. You know this word is probably irregular. If you come across it and don’t know what the irregular form is, look it up. After you’ve looked it up for the tenth time, you’ll probably remember by then. Same with anything else. Don’t try to learn things by heart when it comes to languages. 3) Vocab?? Same rule applies here. I’ve only learned vocab at school and then a handful of times when I wasn’t too lazy to put it into Quizlet (which is fun and I learn something, but it’s more of a useful pastime than anything). When you read, just skip the words you don’t know and only really look them up if you can’t tell by context. NEVER translate vocabulary. I mean, sure, look up what it means, but don’t connect it to the word itself. Connect it to the meaning. Pictures work better. As for abstract words, imagine the concept. Just try not to bridge the meaning of the word with your native language. Languages in your brain are meant to be two separate units. Unless you’re working on a translation piece, they shouldn’t be ‘touching’. 4) I use example sentences for everything.
Grammar guides are useful but rather than learning all the rules at once, take it one step at a time and remember some example sentences and let them guide you through the grammar rule you need.
5) Input is everything. Output is hard, but you’re basically imitating input and utilizing patterns you know (or think you know). Let me give you an example. Let’s say I’m writing a piece on my daily routine, for example. I make use of the example sentences and try to tailor them to my own needs. Trial and error, if I make a mistake, it’s okay, if somebody points it out, I probably won’t make it next time. As I progress, I will gradually remove the mistake. Same goes to new words and new verbs. Use the input you’ve got. Does this verb sound like some other verb you’ve heard before? It’s might have a similar conjugation pattern. You can check it, you don’t have to.
6) Learning languages should NOT be stressful! I never stressed over learning a language. Sure, I’m frustrated that after a year and a half of learning Irish, I’m not 100% fluent, but I’ve never stressed over it. I’ve never cried over it. I’ve never cried over a language (I only cried after a French oral exam which I thought I failed). Don’t be hard on yourself and try learning through a method that’s not stressful. Watch videos for children. Read books for children. Write down cool things in your target language(s). 7) You’ve learned a language before. Why wouldn’t you be able to learn it now in a very similar way? This is basically me saying that I have little belief in the efficiency of pure second language acquisition. Maybe a few individuals can reach fluency by cramming a language, the thing is, I think that if we concentrate on processing instead of remembering, just like we did when we were children, we can reach better results in a shorter amount of time. Also, if this is your third or fourth language, compare to languages you already know. 8) I don’t start with basics. I start ‘somewhere’.
Delve into the language the second you’ve started. Are you overwhelmed? That’s fine! You’ll find your way around it. Start with word meanings, finding out what kind of sentences those are and then build your way around it. Don’t start saying ‘hello’ and ‘I’m from’. Those are cool, but usually, they are used in a different way when you actually go out and speak. You’ll get them along the way.
9) Don’t rely on instructions (only). Rely on yourself.
This is just my two cents. I’ve pieced this together trying to remember how I’ve learned what I’ve learned and comparing it to how others around me learned. Please, let me know if it makes any sense. I may edit this and post this again later if I have any more ideas. Feel free to contribute or to bombard me with questions. I’m happy to answer.
This is so fascinating to me @ravenclawhard
I hope you dont mind me asking some questions, just out of curiosity! I tried scrolling through some of your blog to see if you’ve talked about this before, but couldn’t find anything. If there is a post, feel free to link me. But I did gather you’re in some sort of modern (European?) Langauge program. I assume at university.
It always interests me to hear about why people want to learn languages. It might be easy to just say “why wouldnt you want to learn a language!?”, but I think that simplifies something quite complex. It takes time and effort to learn a language, and without motivation to continue it’s close to impossible. You have to really want it. Or really need it. I just always wonder what motivates people?
My degree was in Linguistics, so I understand the fascination with languages, but I’ve never myself been that into studying languages beyond data analysis (ie studying to speak vs studying from an academic angle). I’m bilingual, Swedish/English, but that was a combination of language acquisition as a pre-teen + international schools. I have dabbled in learning languages past high school (when everyone had to do study at least one langauge) but I never progressed past the basics.
I am, however, currently living in South America and am studying Spanish. I’ve been doing classes on and off for about 6 months, and am very motivated to progress because where I live you really need Spanish in every day life. You cannot count on there always being English speakers available. Necessity as a motivatior has really been a game changer for me.
How did you end up studying so many different languages - 20+? Has it been a result of various course projects you’ve worked on?
How many languages are you fluent in?
Were you a bilingual/multilingual child?
Learning a langauge takes time and a lot of work. Given we all have limited time, what made you decide to study many different languages instead of a few? If you consolidated your effort you could probably progress in one or two languages much faster than if you spread your time and attention (in a hypothetical ideal situation, obviously). So I assume this was a very conscious choice.
Is it very useful for you, in your studies or line of work, to have at least a basic understanding of many languages?
Is your goal to be proficient/fluent in several or all of the languages you study? Or is partial knowledge a goal in and of itself?
Are many of the languages you study related? I could for example see how speaking both Spanish and French would make learning Portuguese easier.
Finally - I’d love to hear some elaboration about number 9. Do you mean that you need to put the work in yourself for it to work? What exactly do you mean by “instructions”? Like books, videos, classes etc?
I’m personally a huge fan of classroom based learning, I’m just not cut out for self study without guidance. But I know I need to work hard, just going to class isnt going to be enough. I have to put the hours in.
I will just mention that the I study in very small groups or one on one with a teacher, and wouldnt compare the classroom experience I have right now with your standard middle/high school experience. I sure didnt get a lot out of that format myself when I was a kid.
Hello! Wow, thanks so much for the long feedback! I’m going to try and answer everything. I study English Language and Literature, I focus mostly on Linguistics. I also dabble in European Minority Languages, so you’re more or less correct :) I was really really interested to read about your language journey and your motivation and your bilingualism! 1. Yes and no. Kind of. I was lucky that both at school and at university, I was free to choose from many languages. Some did come to me because I had to do them (French, German), some came to me as a part of a uni course (Welsh, Sorbian, Esperanto), some were just a free choice out of interest (Irish, Latin). Some I’m just learning on my own out of curiosity. 2. Fluent - 4 or 5. Depends on your definition of fluency. And I’m working on more. 3. I wasn’t. I started learning my first language when I was about 5 or 6. So not exactly. I grew up in a monolingual home with little influences (like my dad teaching me a couple German phrases around age 3 etc.) 4. That is very hypothetical in fact. I think it would be actually impossible to learn all 20 languages at once. I have to prioritize. So I am actually only properly focusing on about 4 at a time. Since it’s quite easy for me to acquire languages, this is very manageable for me. If I did fewer, I feel like I would get bored and slack off. Not to mention that I don’t want to acquire each language to the same level. 5. It is very useful in fact. I want to base my career around a minoritized language, so it is very useful to be able to speak other minority languages as well. I also want to somehow improve the way people learn languages and I can only do that by learning languages. 6. I did a breakdown here . It’s pretty much still valid. 7. Yes, some are related. Many of them are European/Romance/Celtic/Germanic. But some are more isolated, too. With point 9, I mostly meant that sometimes what the instructions say may not be the best for you. You should follow your intuition and previous linguistic knowledge - if applicable - and rely on that as well. Sometimes textbooks don’t provide you with context, so it’s important that you provide it for yourself. Same with classes. If that’s understandable enough. And one on one language classes sound wonderful! Wish I had the chance. I only have experience of 15+ people language groups (only rarely fewer than 10) or autonomous study. I like the motivation of a language group, but prefer to learn by myself. Being able to combine these somehow is crucial for language acquisition for me. I hope that answered some of the questions you had! I really hope that it helped and if you need something else, feel free to ask!
2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 32, 50, for the questions meme.
How many languages do you speak?- actually speak like 5-6, depending on the definitionWhat language(s) are you currently studying?- Irish, Welsh, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, Polish How many/which languages would you like to know in the future?- I want to be fluent in 10, conversational in other 10 and then know the basics in as many as possible. It’s a lot and I should probably do a full breakdown. Well, if anyone’s interested?Write your favorite color in all the languages you know it in.- Dark blueDunkelblauGorm dorchaGlas tywyllUrdin ilunaBleu foncéBlu scuroTmavomodráTmavě modráCiemny niebiesky ĆmowomódryMalhelbluaTamsiai mėlynaTummansininenAzul oscuroDonkerblauwDonkerblauDo you ever want to live somewhere where you’d speak your target language(s)?- yep! Already said so, I’m prepared for a life of a queen of some GaeltachtHave you ever tried to learn a dialect for your target language(s)?- yep I always try to stick to one dialect, at least while I’m learningIs there a language that you’ve tried to learn but could never stick with it or just weren’t interested?- already answered, not really, they’re just ‘on hold’
I could do with some distraction, please!
Okay, I actually did get asked about a breakdown! So here it goes! ( @polarblog) Let’s just pull up a list from my about, that’s going to be the easiest. English, Czech/Slovak and German are done, I don’t feel any need of any studying and progress. Fluency reached. (You can always learn more, yes, but I don’t mean active language learning) Irish. Oh, Irish. I wanna be an expert in Irish. Beyond native speaker level. Linguist level. Freaking dictionary creator level. I don’t know. Irish will never be good enough! French. I took it up to be fluent in French by next February. Then it will go into the same slot where German is. Upper Sorbian. I know enough and I don’t really…actively pursue it? But if there’s a chance to learn more about it I will. Esperanto. Same as Upper Sorbian but a little more driven. I’ll probably take it up a bit at some point. I’d like to be conversational. Italian. I want to be conversational/fluent in Italian. Welsh. I originally wanted to be just conversational in Welsh. But no. The fluency road we go, baby. Spanish. Same situation as Italian. Polish. Similar to Sorbian when I’ve learned enough, I think? Still taking baby steps. Faroese. The resources are scarce. Would like to be fluent, probably won’t be. Finnish. Would like to be fluent. Lithuanian. Would like to be conversational. Basque. Ditto Dutch. Yep. Another languages I’d like to be conversational in: Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Russian, West Frisian….every language ever will do too. Languages I’d like to have a basic understanding of: Scandinavian languages, Bosnian and Serbo-Croatian, Breton, Galician, Catalan, Hungarian This list will probably change….but….yeah, it’s a lot of languages.
9 points about language learning and how I’m learning 20+ of them
I’ve had a few requests to write about how I learn my languages. To different degrees, there’s currently 20+ of them and I don’t see myself stopping yet. The thing is, learning languages comes really easily to me and I want to share, maybe it will be helpful to somebody else.
First, I’d like to have a look at first versus second language acquisition. I’m a linguist and I’m super interested in Child Language Acquisition. That however, has a critical age of 14 (or so I was always told) and is then no longer possible and any language learned after that age will never progress as quickly or can’t be learned perfectly. Well. I disagree. The simple difference is - first language acquisition is how you acquired your first language(s) as a child. By imitating, finding patterns, etc. Second language acquisition is what you know from language courses. Vocabulary, irregular verb tables, endless exercises. Now that we got some of the terminology off the table, let me see how I actually learn languages: 1) I utilise elements of the first language acquisition rather than second language I’ve only studied vocab a couple times at school, when I put them into Quizlet or when someone forced me to. I’ll get back to it in another point. I don’t learn patterns. I know there is one and I let the input do its magic of slithering into my head. Again, more on that in point 2. You always get told you’ll learn a language better when you’re thrown into the country where they speak it. And it’s so true because of the processes behind it. Because input and immersion are the keys and that’s how children learn, too.
2) I don’t cram languages. I process them.
Around langblrs, I keep seeing all the ‘crying over verb tables’, ‘trying to learn a 1000 words this week’ and the like. That may work for you, sure. But I’ve never done that. I did learn a few irregular verb patterns for German in class, but while I could recite them, it wasn’t helpful. In Irish, I sometimes still wonder which verb ‘An ndeachaigh tú?’ comes from. The thing is, you’re able to process language. You know this word is probably irregular. If you come across it and don’t know what the irregular form is, look it up. After you’ve looked it up for the tenth time, you’ll probably remember by then. Same with anything else. Don’t try to learn things by heart when it comes to languages. 3) Vocab?? Same rule applies here. I’ve only learned vocab at school and then a handful of times when I wasn’t too lazy to put it into Quizlet (which is fun and I learn something, but it’s more of a useful pastime than anything). When you read, just skip the words you don’t know and only really look them up if you can’t tell by context. NEVER translate vocabulary. I mean, sure, look up what it means, but don’t connect it to the word itself. Connect it to the meaning. Pictures work better. As for abstract words, imagine the concept. Just try not to bridge the meaning of the word with your native language. Languages in your brain are meant to be two separate units. Unless you’re working on a translation piece, they shouldn’t be ‘touching’. 4) I use example sentences for everything.
Grammar guides are useful but rather than learning all the rules at once, take it one step at a time and remember some example sentences and let them guide you through the grammar rule you need.
5) Input is everything. Output is hard, but you’re basically imitating input and utilizing patterns you know (or think you know). Let me give you an example. Let’s say I’m writing a piece on my daily routine, for example. I make use of the example sentences and try to tailor them to my own needs. Trial and error, if I make a mistake, it’s okay, if somebody points it out, I probably won’t make it next time. As I progress, I will gradually remove the mistake. Same goes to new words and new verbs. Use the input you’ve got. Does this verb sound like some other verb you’ve heard before? It’s might have a similar conjugation pattern. You can check it, you don’t have to.
6) Learning languages should NOT be stressful! I never stressed over learning a language. Sure, I’m frustrated that after a year and a half of learning Irish, I’m not 100% fluent, but I’ve never stressed over it. I’ve never cried over it. I’ve never cried over a language (I only cried after a French oral exam which I thought I failed). Don’t be hard on yourself and try learning through a method that’s not stressful. Watch videos for children. Read books for children. Write down cool things in your target language(s). 7) You’ve learned a language before. Why wouldn’t you be able to learn it now in a very similar way? This is basically me saying that I have little belief in the efficiency of pure second language acquisition. Maybe a few individuals can reach fluency by cramming a language, the thing is, I think that if we concentrate on processing instead of remembering, just like we did when we were children, we can reach better results in a shorter amount of time. Also, if this is your third or fourth language, compare to languages you already know. 8) I don’t start with basics. I start ‘somewhere’.
Delve into the language the second you’ve started. Are you overwhelmed? That’s fine! You’ll find your way around it. Start with word meanings, finding out what kind of sentences those are and then build your way around it. Don’t start saying ‘hello’ and ‘I’m from’. Those are cool, but usually, they are used in a different way when you actually go out and speak. You’ll get them along the way.
9) Don’t rely on instructions (only). Rely on yourself.
This is just my two cents. I’ve pieced this together trying to remember how I’ve learned what I’ve learned and comparing it to how others around me learned. Please, let me know if it makes any sense. I may edit this and post this again later if I have any more ideas. Feel free to contribute or to bombard me with questions. I’m happy to answer.
bought some new stationery today and filmed a haul
𝟤𝟨𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝐹𝑒𝒷𝓇𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 ☁️ 🌈
2nd semester of uni started on Monday, and I am really happy with my classes so far! This semester I have 9 classes plus gym. I hope I can do well in every class. Or at least that’s the goal.
Outside of uni, nothing special has happened, things are going I would say… better than 2 weeks ago. I am trying my best to overcome my anxiety and to not let myself in the way of achieving my goals + dreams, cuz I do feel like I and my thoughts are my worst enemies. So yeah, working on that right now.
Anyway, I hope you are doing good, I wish u a beautiful day!!! <33
love, edith
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I miss going to the library the most
wow, the semester is about halfway over and i haven’t posted a single picture of my sociology notes! haha here’s the first pic – featuring chapter 2 ofc bc i still don’t know how to post photos in a chronological order :^) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2VU91iI
The biggest criticism I have about Animal Crossing is that you have to play as a human and cant make a cute animal OC for yourself
Sometimes speaking truth takes sacrifice
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Quantum science will soon take over my life as I regrettably spend too much money going to a local cafe. (But hey are least the money I spend goes back into funding art for campus!)
I’m also preparing for an interview tomorrow and patiently awaiting the volunteer meeting. Life will be busy.
