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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything | how to stop procrastinating series

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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to Make Your Notes Aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking Strategies

The Notetaking Process

Keep reading

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One of my favorite ways to prepare for a new semester is creating my little notion page for the semester.

Each semester my notion has:

• class hubs

• a master-list

• various filters of my master-list

The class hubs are so helpful (when I’m too lazy to dig through canvas) during the semester! It’s a nice way to have all the information I need all in one place. Last semester it was extremely helpful to have the zoom links there to cut fumbling time and made it possible to go to class when canvas crashed!

The master-list I use is HEAVILY and almost entirely based on Janice Studies’ master-list from one of their notion set-up videos! I shared it with my boyfriend and brother…happy to report both of them found it very useful.

I’ve seen a lot of people using google sheets but I love using notion because there’s just so many ways you can customize and organize everything! But, the general idea is still the same: put all assignments and deadlines in now so you don’t have to worry about it later!

Finally I copy the master-list all around my notion (which I also got from Janice Studies). This helps me see really clearly what I have due when and focus on what needs to be done. I love using the “on or before today” and “within a week” filter so that I can stay ahead of my work and see my progress!

That was a lot of writing. I hope I didn’t bore anyone some of you found my little guide helpful! Make sure to check out Janice Studies, their content has changed my notion game forever. Let me know if you have any questions :)

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How to practice speaking in a foreign language

Hi! I’m learning many languages, including French and Spanish, and I wanted to perhaps share some advice for practicing speaking, because it can be a very daunting task.

Listen! I know I sound like a broken record saying this, but input is everything. Listen to podcasts and watch TV shows and youtube videos. Listen as often as you can, and if you have a conversation coming up with a native speaker, then try and listen to your target language for half an hour or so before.

Shadow! This means listen to a recording of a native speaker, and repeat what they say after they say it. You could try using Easy Languages videos, as they usually have subtitles.

Keep on working on your vocabulary and grammar! For this, an extra tip would be to focus on your weak areas. For vocabulary, immerse, and look up words that you don’t understand, and maybe put it in a flashcard app if you think that it would be useful. Grammar-wise, just drill the rules into your head, and say correct sentences out loud. Try to understand them rather than just memorise them.

Make a native speaker friend! This is the best advice I can give. You can find a buddy on language discords, or apps like HelloTalk and Tandem. If you are a beginner to intermediate student, then just talk about whatever comes up. If you’re an upper intermediate or advanced student, then make an active choice to speak about difficult subjects like literature, music or politics. Make sure to look words up as you go!

Speak to yourself all the time! Narrate your actions, and try describing what is going on around you. You can also just talk about your thoughts and feelings about things.

Keep a notebook of words you don’t know when practicing, and look them up later! This is pretty self-explanatory. If you are speaking and forget the word for ‘toaster’, then write it down and look up the meaning later on.

Learn set phrases and fillers! This is very important if you are learning a language for an exam, because then you can find ways to use advanced phrases above your level. Try lifting them out of books, conversations, podcasts and TV shows, and put them in a flashcard app like Quizlet or Anki to memorise.

Avoid your native language! Using your native language as a crutch won’t serve you, as much as it will make things easier in the short term. Try to speak around words, using the words that you already know. You could say “a place where you do exercise” instead of “gym” if you forgot the word for it. Try doing stuff like that and eventually your speaking will become more fluid.

Be brave! People aren’t as judgmental as you might think, so put yourself out there!

Thank you for reading this post! I hope it was useful to you!

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Beware!

rayvenreayes

Avoid sci-hub too👀

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From Ask for PDFs from People with Institutional Access

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If you want to read an academic article that's behind a paywall just email the author and ask politely if they will send you the article. Most academics will be thrilled that you want to read their work and will gladly send it to you.

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PSA

draculasdaughter

This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

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Listen, this is serious.

Do not use the website called Sci-Hub!

It lets people access scientific articles for free. This is dangerous. It helps the free flow of knowledge and reduces the competitive edge of all the people who worked really hard to have been born into a wealth.

Like, it’s literally a website where you can type in the DOI of an article and read it, without ever having to pay the publisher who exploited the author.

So, again, do not, under any circumstance, use Sci-Hub. I mean, can you imagine a world where knowledge is free and easily accessible to everyone? Even, y'know, poor people?

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Libgen also has many books online, including textbooks, searchable by name, author, and ISBN. Can you imagine textbook companies not getting their hard-earned income from poor college students? Here is the link just so you make sure that you never accidentally stumble across this horrible, unethical website.

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Oh, and while we’re talking about books, if you’ve managed to stay clear from Libgen, definitely don’t go to zlibrary, where you can also find a lot of textbooks, but unfortunately they’re completely free.

teachingtales

Reblogging so you know which sites to totally avoid

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How to study grammar in a foreign language

I have studied grammar in French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Russian, so I’m basing this off of my experiences with that. I’m going to preface this by saying that in order to study grammar fairly quickly and effectively, you’re going to need to put the work in. Yes, you can learn grammar through conversation and making mistakes, but frankly, it will take a lot longer, and will be a lot more confusing. Grammar is hard and often boring, but it’s necessary.

Do practice questions! This is honestly your best option. Get a workbook (you can probably find loads of PDFs online, like on Z-library), and work through the questions without checking your notes.

Make your notes as minimal as you can! Just write down the essentials, which is usually the structure, when you use the structure and some example sentences. It’s tempting to write down what the textbook says word for word, but it’s a waste of time.

Make your own example sentences! Use your own vocabulary, even if it’s limited, to make your own sentences in the language. If you can do this accurately, then that’s a sign that you do know the structure.

Get corrections! You can use HiNative, or ask a native speaker. It’s important to know where you’re going wrong, so you can target your weaknesses later.

Write! This is the best, honestly. Writing is a fairly complex and necessary way of demonstrating your understanding of grammar, and it’s easy to see where you are going wrong when you write. You can use a site like Journaly to get corrections.

Do translations! Get an article or short story, and try translating a paragraph into your target language (make sure to get corrections). Look up vocabulary you don’t know, as that isn’t the most important thing in this exercise.

Drill your irregular verbs! Use flashcards, write them over and over again, however you do it, just get them stuck in your head.

Make a cheat sheet! I did this with French and it worked wonders. I recommend just doing it to review rules that you at least have a vague idea about.

Ask questions! If you have a teacher, or a native friend, ask them for help understanding grammar. You can also use online forums.

Use formulae! If you have a fairly logical brain, then it might make sense for you to write your notes using this format.

Read more! Input is EVERYTHING. Reading more books and articles in your target language will expose you more to grammar in it’s natural state, and that will really improve your grammar.

Be aware of when you use certain grammar rules! Ask questions, make your notes and practice loads. It’s really important to be solid in your knowledge of the usage of a grammar rule.

Regularly review! You can look at your notes, or do some online quizzes. Just make sure you’re regularly refreshing your memory.

Thanks for reading this post! I hope it was somewhat useful to you!

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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything

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[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to make your notes aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking

Keep reading

myhoneststudyblr

my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything

[click images for high quality]

[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

How To Do Uni Readings

How to Revise BIG Subjects

Keep reading

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How to form habits that last

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Greetings! 💚 Here’s a little something I’ve been working on, which I hope you’ll find useful. :)

All text and graphics are created by me, Sal @blueplaidstudies.

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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything

[click images for high quality]

[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to make your notes aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking

Keep reading

emmastudies

Free November desktop and phone wallpapers

Here are a selection of wallpapers for both your computer and phone.

You can download the phone and desktop wallpapers below:

Download here!!

I hope you enjoy using these and if so, I’d love to see them in action! Feel free to tag me #emmastudies in any photos you upload on Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter.

Whilst these wallpapers are free of charge, it would be amazing of you to check out my Ko-fi account! :-)

Disclaimer: These backgrounds are for personal use only! Please respect that :-) If there are any problems, please contact me!

Thank you for checking this out! If you have any questions and issues, please let me know.

emmastudies

Free November desktop and phone wallpapers

Here are a selection of wallpapers for both your computer and phone.

You can download the phone and desktop wallpapers below:

Download here!!

I hope you enjoy using these and if so, I’d love to see them in action! Feel free to tag me #emmastudies in any photos you upload on Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter.

Whilst these wallpapers are free of charge, it would be amazing of you to check out my Ko-fi account! :-)

Disclaimer: These backgrounds are for personal use only! Please respect that :-) If there are any problems, please contact me!

Thank you for checking this out! If you have any questions and issues, please let me know.

emmastudies

Free November printable organisers

Here are a bunch of printable calendars to use through the month. Organise your study obligations, personal life and goals. You can download the files at the link below. Included in a single file are the 4 colours! Delete or print the colour of your choice. Available in Monday or Sunday start.

You can download them below:

Download here!!

I hope you enjoy using these and if so, I’d love to see them in action! Feel free to tag me #emmastudies in any photos you upload on Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter.

Whilst these printables are free of charge, it would be amazing of you to check out my Ko-fi account! :-)

Disclaimer: These backgrounds are for personal use only! Please respect that :-) If there are any problems, please contact me!

Thank you for checking this out! If you have any questions and issues, please let me know.

emmastudies

Free November printable organisers

You can download them below:

Download here!!

I hope you enjoy using these and if so, I’d love to see them in action! Feel free to tag me #emmastudies in any photos you upload on Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter.

Whilst these printables are free of charge, it would be amazing of you to check out my Ko-fi account! :-)

Disclaimer: These backgrounds are for personal use only! Please respect that :-) If there are any problems, please contact me!

Thank you for checking this out! If you have any questions and issues, please let me know.