studying languages

[nani-yo]

160110 // decided to start a kanji notebook yesterday! wow, took me three hours to write down around 5 chapters’ worth. anyway, i don’t really know if this will be effective but i hope it’ll work for me! 🌟 (and ahh i really need to work on my handwriting)

[the-girlygeek]

9.8.17// Quiet little morning doing some readings and catching up on notes. ☁️ I’ve been a little bit all over the place these past few days adjusting to being back at uni and also dealing with some pretty bad pain, but I’m so grateful to be in my new degree and I’m ready to show it who’s boss!!

[noorstudy]

15/4/17

a photo of (part of) my study space! just doing some last minute bio revision before the exam tomorrow

[kaiilattes]

07.08.17 // a lil flat-lay ft. bio notes, stationery, a corner of my bujo, and the top of my old ds which I found while doing some packing for vacation (I may have spent all day two days ago and a bit of yesterday playing pokemon heh); also hope everyone is having a fantastic summer holiday so far!! c:

🎧: the pokemon game soundtracks 

find this on my new studygram!! (gonna try it out c:) 

[candlesandkanji]

Useful Spanish conversation phrases to get to know someone!

Hola, ¿Cómo estas?: Hello, how are you?

Estoy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?: I’m fine thank you, you?

¿Cómo te llamas?: What’s your name?

Me llamo …….: My name is ………

¿Cuántos años tienes?: How old are you?

Tengo 18 años: I am 18 years old

¿De dónde eres?: Where are you from?

Yo soy de España: I am from Spain

¿Quieres salir luego?: Do you want to go out later?

¿Quieres comer algo?: Do you want to eat something?

Tengo hambre: I am hungry

¿Tienes sed?: Are you thirsty?

Tengo sed: I am thirsty

¿Qué quieres hacer hoy?: What do you want to do today?

¿Qué estás estudiando?: What are you studying?

Yo estudio Psicología: I study psychology

¿A qué clases vas?: What classes do you go to?

Este año voy a francés y teatro: This year I go to French and Theatre

¿Te gustan los perros?: Do you like dogs?

Me encantan los perros!: I love dogs!

¿Dónde estudias?: Where do you study?

Estudió en Inglaterra: I study in England

¿Dónde vives?: Where do you live?

Vivo en Londres: I live in London

¿A qué curso vas?: What grade do you go to?

Voy a primero de bachillerato: I’m a junior

¿Quién es tu escritor favorito?: Who is your favourite author?

Mi escritor favorito es…: My favourite author is..

¿Te gustan los teatros?: Do you like plays?

Si! Mi favorito es Mamma Mia: Yes! My favorite is Mamma Mia

¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?: What type of music do you like?

Yo escucho sobre todo punk rock: I mainly listen to punk rock

¿Tienes hermanos?: Do you have siblings?

Tengo una hermana mayor: I have an older sister

¿Qué planes tienes para el futuro?: What plans do you have for the future?

Me gustaría ser abogada: I would like to be a lawyer

[candlesandkanji]

Feelings Vocabulary

Happy- heureux(se) .

Sad- triste .

Upset-dérangé .

Sick- malade .

Angry- colère .

Confident- confiant .

Tired- fatiguè(e) .

Jealous- jaloux(se)

Anxious- anxieux(se)

Embarrassed- gêné(e) .

Surprised- supris(e) .

Guilty- coupable

Disgusted- dégoûté(e) .

Lonely- solitaire .

For practice I will write a small story using all the words from the list:

Aujourd’hui je me suis réveille j’ai senti tres malade et fatigué. J’étais suprise, parce que je suis allé a lit hier soir me sens bon et heureuse. Avec colére j’ai appelle mon frere et il marche dans ma chambre avec confiance. “voulez-vous expliquer ?”

“bien,” il a dit, “hier j’ai senti dérangé  parce que j’ai prévu en rendez-vous double avec mon ami et sa copine a qui je n’ai jamais rencontre . Quand je suis allé a l’endroit j’ai senti anxieux a voir les filles , et j’était dégoûté  quand suelement une fille a arrivee! elle a explique qu’elle était suele et elle a decide a dater deux garcons a la fois. j’ était tellement gêné que je l’ai quitte”

“Alors??” je demande anxieuxment. “Elle a dit tu l’avez presentee a mon ami.” il avait l’air coupable. “donc je t’ai donne varicelle.”

I’m sorry it was such a wild nonsensical story lol be free to reply any corrections because i really am just learning :)

[justgotoneday]

When To Use Tenses

This is part 3/3 of my Spanish Series and its all about Tenses! Here’s a link to the rest of the series (1 /2 /…)

{This will take a lot of practice to memorize but it will become second nature so don’t worry}

PAST-  this is used when referring to actions done in the immediate past or when the exact time of actions is known, for example: yo comí y bebí ayer (I ate and drank yesterday)

IMPERFECT- This is used when describing actions done in your childhood, or things you used to do, for example: yo tocaba piano, o cuando era una nina yo jugaba con jugetes (I used to play piano, or when i was a child i played with toys)

SUBJUNCTIVE- To remember this my teacher gave us the acronym WEIRDO to remember the situations in which the subjunctive is used.

       -  W ishes

        -  E motion

        -  I nquires

        -  R ecommendations

        -  D oubt

        -  O pinion

{i will be making a post all about the subjunctive if this gets enough notes cus its a tricky topic}

FUTURE- Usually we use IR + a to describe an action to be done in the near future, and otherwise, the future endings (é , as, a, emos, an) are used. {I used this interchangeably tho and never got it wrong so}

PERFECT- Okay so to make things easier I’ll just give an example in English

   present: i have eaten (he comido)

   past: i had eaten pies at the party (había comido)

   future: i will have eaten this apple when I’m finished running (habré comido)

   conditional: i would have eaten if you did not call me (habría comido)

(pLease be careful with the present perfect and the past perfect if you’re confused visit this)

Okay thanks for reading, please reply any corrections, and other tips for remembering when to use tenses. Love y’all :)

[myfrenchiestfry-blog]

Study/Homework Tips

1. Whilst studying, drink something caffeinated that is really cold. I recommend caffeinated water (yes that is real), coffee, or tea. The caffeine will help you stay awake and the temperature should also help with that.

2. If you are reading paragraphs, put some sort of snack on top of each paragraph (or only take one from the bag for each if you are on the computer). Make sure it is a snack that you like, such as Oreo’s, gummy bears/worms, Goldfish crackers, Cheez-its, etc. Eat the snack on top of the paragraph you have just finished reading only after you are done.

3. If you have to read a book, set goals! If it has to be read in a certain amount of days, I recommend dividing the pages among the days but keep it so you have one or two days to practice writing reports on it. Before turning each page, check and see if you can remember and understand everything that happened in those pages. If you see something you have questions about, inferences about, connections you have made, or if you just see quotes you think you could use in your reports, put a sticky note wherever you saw it with a note about what you saw.

4. Say you need to write a 5 page essay…you probably know how big your average body paragraphs are, right? We’ll pretend that they’re a half page each. Maybe your intro and conclusion are only a quarter page each. So 5 pages times 2 paragraphs each equals ten paragraphs, but we would turn that into 11 paragraphs since your intro and conclusion are only a half page together. Brainstorm your 9 big statements onto a piece of paper and write 3 supporting details with elaboration for each statement.

5. Back to essays, if you can’t imagine a mic dropping at the end of your conclusion, it’s not strong enough.

6. If your ice cold caffeine isn’t enough to keep you awake, try rubbing an ice cube under your eye and on your eyelid.

7. TAKE BREAKS! You probably know how much studying or homework you can handle before needing a break. I recommend taking a 10 minute break to take a walk, shower, get a snack, watch a short YouTube video, etc. every hour.

8. Come up with silly phrases to help you remember what you are learning. Maybe it’s a funny little song or jingle, or maybe it’s just a joke to remember something. You’ll probably remember these better than your usual boring notes.

9. Take notes with colorful pens! Then you can differentiate one note from a totally unrelated other note instead of having them all mesh together. Now you won’t think that Commodus helped Shakespeare defeat the Mongols.

10. Have music without words playing. Whatever helps you focus best works, whether that is funky techno or classical piano, as long as it works for you.

11. Have some sort of healthy snack and a bottle of water nearby. This will prevent you from having to get up when you get hungry and you won’t be sitting there devouring a whole bag of chips.

12. For every A you get on your Quarter/Trimester/Semester report card, treat yourself. Maybe let yourself have a cookie for each one or buy a candy bar or some gum for each one.

I wish you the best of luck and hope this helps!

[redmetallic-blog]

inspired by @lemonadeandlanguages and @lovelybluepanda, if i got something wrong or if there is something you think should be included let me know!

illness (n) - la enfermedad

well-being (n) - el bienestar

psychological (adj) - psicológico

emotional (adj) - emocional

to recover (v) - recuperar

to cope (v) - salir adelante

stigma (n) - el estigma

screening (n) - la proyección

diagnosis (n) - el diagnóstico

prevention (n) - la prevención

therapy (n) - la terapia

to self-harm (v) - autolesionarse

to harm (v) - dañar

esteem (n) - la estima

suicide (n) - el suicido

awareness (n) - la conciencia

medication (n) - el medicamento, la medicación

depression (n) - la depresión

bipolar disorder (n) - el trastorno bipolar

obsessive (adj) - obsesivo

compulsive (adj) - compulsivo

anorexia nervosa (n) - la anorexia nerviosa

dementia (n) - la demencia

autism (n) - el autismo

hyperactive (v) - hiperactivo

anxiety (n) - la ansiedad

alcoholism (n) - el alcoholismo

schizophrenia (n) - la esquizofrenia

bulimia (n) - la bulimia

[sadsocietypress]

likes & reblogs are very welcome hihi

[studyblr]

ah looove the editing!!

[justgotoneday]

When To Use Tenses

This is part 3/3 of my Spanish Series and its all about Tenses! Here’s a link to the rest of the series (1 /2 /…)

{This will take a lot of practice to memorize but it will become second nature so don’t worry}

PAST-  this is used when referring to actions done in the immediate past or when the exact time of actions is known, for example: yo comí y bebí ayer (I ate and drank yesterday)

IMPERFECT- This is used when describing actions done in your childhood, or things you used to do, for example: yo tocaba piano, o cuando era una nina yo jugaba con jugetes (I used to play piano, or when i was a child i played with toys)

SUBJUNCTIVE- To remember this my teacher gave us the acronym WEIRDO to remember the situations in which the subjunctive is used.

       -  W ishes

        -  E motion

        -  I nquires

        -  R ecommendations

        -  D oubt

        -  O pinion

{i will be making a post all about the subjunctive if this gets enough notes cus its a tricky topic}

FUTURE- Usually we use IR + a to describe an action to be done in the near future, and otherwise, the future endings (é , as, a, emos, an) are used. {I used this interchangeably tho and never got it wrong so}

PERFECT- Okay so to make things easier I’ll just give an example in English

   present: i have eaten (he comido)

   past: i had eaten pies at the party (había comido)

   future: i will have eaten this apple when I’m finished running (habré comido)

   conditional: i would have eaten if you did not call me (habría comido)

(pLease be careful with the present perfect and the past perfect if you’re confused visit this)

Okay thanks for reading, please reply any corrections, and other tips for remembering when to use tenses. Love y’all :)

[flstudynetwork-blog]

sign up info + guidelines for the foreign languages study network

Hello, this is Estrella (ella) from @ellastudyblog . Here I will explain what this study network is, and how you can be a part of it.

what is the flstudynetwork?

this is a network where high school students can interact and be connected by the language they study. 

rules

you must be in high school. It is currently May of 2017, so graduating hs classes of 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 are accepted. The program will start August 2017 (date not yet decided)

you must be either a studyblr or a langblr (if you want me to make an exception, send me a message

you can enter even if you are a beginner. Fluency does not matter, but you must be studying the language you say you are. 

you must speak fluent English

be an active member.

Follow this account. I will post important updates that you don’t want to miss if you are interested in joining.

Re-blog this post so more people can get involved! (for people who want to join a network)

How you will be accepted in + extras

Everyone gets accepted in, but you will be divided by the language you study, and your year of graduation. Once you are grouped, you can follow the members in your group, and interact with them. 

On this account, the second admin and I will reblog: helpful posts / language learning tips / info-graphics / anything the members post that is inspirational and relevant that will help others.

Each month, you will submit a document with a small list of things you learned that month from the language you studied. Just to let us know that you are involved.

More things will come later on, with help from the second admin, and you all.

How to join:

Click here. That link will take you to a google forms doc where you are to sign up. Here are the things it will ask:

your studyblr or langblr username

the language you are learning

high school graduating year

previous experience

contributing info

optional

only applications sent through there will count. Do not message me your answers. They will not count. 

The last day to send in applications is August 14, 2017

How to be an admin:

Click here. That link will take you to a google forms doc where are you are to sign up. Please answer each question honestly. I will choose an admin by June 30, 2017 

so that is it! If you have any questions, send me an ask on this account. I will try to answer as soon as I can. If there are any updates, I will post them on this account. Thanks. 

[candlesandkanji]

me: mistakes are a part of learning! everyone makes them! they are nothing to be ashamed of!

native speaker: actually, it's—

me: oh my god, I can never show my face to them ever again, or anyone really, if i don't die in the next 15 minutes i'm going into the witness protection program, tell my friends and family i love them

[the-notegarden]

body parts 体 // 18.07.17

[therevisioneer]

To everyone learning a language, who is getting frustrated and impatient and maybe even thinking of quitting: remember how far you have come (not how far you have to go), remember why you started and remember how fantastic the end product will be. Learning a language is difficult and the journey can be long but it is rewarding and it opens so many doors. You are capable of doing this, you can do this… don’t quit now

[sprachtraeume]

if you’re a useless unmotivated polyglot who doesn’t actually speak any of the languages you speak, clap your hands

[languageananas-deactivated20170]

My strategy for studying languages

I’ve been learning foreign languages for a long time and over the years I’ve come up with a kind of routine that I use to become conversational and eventually fluent in my target languages.

I thought I’d share it with you guys because it’s kind of unconventional and I don’t see advice like this given often.

It’s split into 3 stages. Here we go:

First stage: getting acquainted Basically in this stage you want to get down the basics of the language. Learn common phrases, work through the grammar, and learn as much vocabulary as you can. The end of this stage might come when you finish the Duolingo tree, finish working through a language book, or finish any other course you were using.

Second stage: absorbing the language Here, you want to come into as much contact with your target language as you can. Watch Youtube videos, watch TV shows, read books, listen to podcasts… anything involving the language. Try changing your phone’s default language as well as following some people on social media who speak it. This is also the time to practice pronunciation and speaking (I recommend reading aloud from a book). This stage will end as soon as you can confidently understand most of what you hear/read in a variety of topics.

Third stage: using it yourself This is when you actually start speaking the language. Because you’ve now had so much experience with the language, it will be a lot easier to use it yourself. Find a language partner and speak with them as often as you can. Keep speaking with people, reading books, watching movies, etc. and eventually you’ll be fluent!

Well, there you have it. Feel free to implement any of this into your own language learning if you like it. Above all, have fun with your target language and don’t take it so seriously!