bonzi | 23

a lover of literature, linguistics and astrology. learning new languages is my daily hobby.

[timbllr]

[love-you-all-0910]

Никога не съм знаела какво е щастието да обичаш и да бъдеш обичан. Не знам и какво разбират хората под "сродни души".

После срещнах теб.

Не знам защо с теб се чувствам дете.

Може би това е щастието. Да има с кой да се чувстваш дете.

Не знам защо "моята сродна душа" ти пасва толкова.

Дали се дължи на това, че си всичко онова, което не съм търсила, но съм намерила в теб.

Не знам.

Но нали си тук..

Ще разберем.

[thoughtkick]

“She knew she was really sad, when she stopped loving the things she loved.”

— Unknown

[the-house-of-slytherin]

[autumncozy]

By polly.florence

[bboldishkov]

Никога не спирай да си добър човек, заради лошите хора около теб.

(via bboldishkov)

[seaymph]

“Come and kiss me and let’s forget.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace (via rosyofthevalley)

[booksandothersecrets]

Normalise liking poetry because you like the way it sounds and art because you think its beautiful. You don’t have to understand the deeper meaning of something to appreciate it - poetry is bloody difficult to analyse and art requires an extensive knowledge of movements and artists to properly get - so please just wonder around art galleries and decide which pieces you’d buy if you could, and read out lines of poetry simply because they have a nice ring to them.

[graspofrainbow]

english studies more like english studyes

[pococurantina]

me in high school: i love reading! me after 1 month of university: i don’t ever wanna see another book in my life

[bonzaya]

I remember when I was reading my Sociolinguistics textbook and the proof said : write a report and do not copy from the textbook. I had to read a few books to write a fucking report.

[screwitanddoitanyway]

You know the thing about studying English Language at university, is that you just cant UNLEARN IT! So you learn about how men think women talk more than they do, but how thats actually not true. And how men in mixed conversation will cut over women more than they do other men, but then you notice EVERY SINGLE TIME it happens to you. And you dont want to notice, because they arent really being rude, but its there you see it you FEEL it happening to you. BUT THEN you start overcompensating and talking more and louder and refusing to let people talk over you, but THEN you worry people will think youre a loud mouthed over opinionated bitch who talks too much. BUT THEN you remember that in studies of mixed conversation when asked men would usually say that women talked more than they actually did, men thinking they had fair share of the conversation when really they only had 20-30%. SO THEN you realise no matter how much you speak, they are STILL going to think you talk TOO MUCH! BUT THEN you start overcompensating again and basically say nothing, BUT THEN you worry people will think youre a no fun miserable bitch. And basically there is no winning so you should just stay in and watch netflix.

[bonzaya]

THIS

[anti-bright-places]

how the fuck did I do so much better in linguistics than literature and fucking language skills?

[buande]

End of exams 😀

[bonzaya]

just noticed something.

As someone who has only one state exam to sit and I will graduate university, we should normalize dropping out of university or changing majors. For many reasons, I have seen so many of my uni friends being ashamed of their choice and staying in the same major they hate instead of dropping out or changing it. I was on the same boat during my freshman year but I stayed and during my 3rd year I applied for a second major (ESL Teaching) and I was really happy how it turned out. I noticed how I did not like my first major (Applied Linguistics (Translation Studies) during my second year of university and how my KR module fucked me up, I really wanted to go for English Studies but I got told by the administation that I was not able to change majors since it was too late. I really regret it now but overall, my uni experience was really nice. <3 

[bonzaya]

Update : 

I finished my Bachelor’s degree in Applied Linguistics and Translation (English and Korean last September. <3 I just wanted to say it.I am waiting to get my diploma in the near future :) <3 Officially, I graduated ^^

[rigelmejo]

you know what i wish? that there were more widespread various language study plans online beyond always including ‘srs flashcards.’

Yes. I know. srs flashcards are great memory aids. I know they’re efficient.

Also though? Some people hate flashcards??? Some people just cannot study/focus with them??? There ARE ways to learn a language without ever using flashcards, or without using them the entire duration of years studied….

Like… 1 major reason the Listening-Reading method appealed to me? Its a method that integrates exactly 0 flashcards. It works, to an extent, like it is a solid study plan. I can’t say if its ‘faster’ or ‘slower’ than X other method. But its specific, it works fine, and I can enjoy reading instead of doing flashcards which I hate and struggle to focus on…

People who use textbooks? That’s perfectly fine if it’s working for them. People who like to use dialogues or dialogue courses, and work through them - like Assmil, or Teach Yourself - valid. People who like intensive in person courses, good. People who use the ‘golden list’ method is a bit specific, but its still something they seem to like that works for them.

I would just. Love to see more common takes on language forums of other methods that don’t necessarily use flashcards. While yes, flashcards Are great, and they Do help make study more effective - they also are Not everyone’s thing. Yet whenever I go onto language forums for studying japanese or chinese… it feels like if you even suggest studying without srs flashcards you will just be told to start using them. 

has anyone else gotten frustrated with this? Just with what feels like… a difficulty in finding people sharing their study methods that Don’t involve flashcards?

[mizoguchi]

[treygotguap]