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[natedoeslangs]

long time, no post

so i’ve neglected this account but there’s still a lot of people active here which is cool! i’m sorry i left you all hanging around. i kinda quit using tumblr for several months.

i won a scholarship last year from the u.s. dept of state that gave me the opportunity to graduate early and spend my senior year in germany. so i live in de 🇩🇪 now, until june 2020 anyway, and i’m learning german 100% immersively. i’ve been here two months so far and it’s going great! my german is so so so much better now than five weeks ago when i arrived to my host family, and i can exist here without feeling uncomfortable speaking (most of the time). obviously i have bad days too where i feel completely overwhelmed by being here, but overall it’s an amazing experience and i love it here.

yeah i don’t know. i probably will continue to not use this account very much because i try to limit my english exposure usually, and if i do use it then it will be about my exchange or german learning!!

if you want to learn more about the scholarship i have, called CBYX, then you can click here to learn more! applications for the 2020-2021 program year are now open :)

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Reading French Literature

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Basic German

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Reading German Literature

Hebrew

Alphabet Crash Course

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced

Advanced Italian I

Italian Literature

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century

La Commedia di Dante

Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Learn The Norwegian Language

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Basics of Russian

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Russian Alphabet

Russian Essentials

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Reading and Writing Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

La España de El Quijote

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Reading Spanish Literature

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian for Everyone

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

 Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: March 1, 2017

[korean--chinese]

For all my language learning buddies

[italiano-inglese]

MOOCs are great.

[natedoeslangs]

salut tout le monde 👋🏻

i have recently been accepted into the cbyx program and will go on a foreign exchnage program to germany in august of this year!! so basically i need to leanr german hahah, can any of you recommend me some great resources?

thanks!! 😙

[aspoonfuloflanguage-deactivated]

YouTube Channel

Hi guys! I really appreciate your kind messages <3 I’m still kinda nervous, but… here’s my YouTube Channel ~

I post about my language learning journey, as well as random story times and anything else I feel like sharing.

All of my videos are in French, but I’m wanting to start making videos in Chinese as well. At the moment I don’t put subtitles, but if there is enough interest I might start :)

P.S. Corrections and comments are always welcomed, but please be nice… I’m a smol bean <3

[nordic-language-love]

Going from Norwegian to Spanish like

[salutonriano]

Norwegian: Verbs don't conjugate according to person and most verbs don't change their form very much between tenses. There are some irregulars, but they're not hard to grasp :)

Spanish: Verbs conjugate according to person, tense, mood, tectonic activity and the alignment of the planets. There are so many irregulars you'll be surprised when you come across a regular one. Hope you like verb tables because this is your life now! :) :) :)

[languages-are-my-second-home]

romance languages are a “learn one get three” kind of deal

[langsandlit]

scandinavian languages are a “learn one get three” kind of a deal

west germanic languages are a “learn one get three” kind of a deal

slavic languages are a “learn one get three” kind of a deal

more in “closely related languages are similar to each other”. crazy, right?

[nordic-language-love]

Polyglot life is discovering a whole new world of poetry, songs, tv shows, memes, puns and jokes that you can’t share with your friends because none of them speak your TL

[blacklinguist]

language learning is basically 95% mistakes with 5% inspiration

i’ve spent the past seven and a half years saying “qué peña” instead of “qué pena”.

me, a whole late bilingual, has been walking around saying “what a ROCK!” instead of “what a PITY!”

qué pena…

[brainstatic]

Everyone’s like “those Germans have a word for everything” but English has a word for tricking someone into watching the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

[queenrinacat]

English has a lot more words created for very specific phenomena! It’s not just rick-rolling. Language is always evolving and it’s super interesting! Here’s a list of hyper-specific/untranslatable words in English.

[ms-demeanor]

This happens a lot with compound words in particular. Seriously, the construction of English compound words is so fascinating; just what you’d expect from a mongrel creole fucked-up language. And here are some more English-Specific verbs.

[krakenartificer]

This is either going to be the most wonderfully educational post I’ve seen all night, or else this is five (5) links to the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

[eevielearnsfrench]

Can someone just………………. explain French to me?

[markedbyx]

its spanish but you speak it in cursive

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

You have 11 letters. You pronounce 4 of them.

[wideeyedsmile]

Learn to speak spanish. Now learn to speak italian. Now subtract the spanish from italian. You are left with french.

[iamnotswarley]

Latin, but then make it fashion

[andthosearesmalleragents]

Cover the second half of the word, squint, and pronounce only the vowels you think you see

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

gargling but with air

[mjaosemjao]

Just puke man

[sciogli-lingua]

My favorite Spanish words

tararear (verb) - to hum

(el) rocío (n.) - dew

(el) cobijo (n.) - shelter, refuge

(la) posta (colloquial Ar., used as n., adj. or adv.) - “the real deal”, the truth, real, honestly

patidifuso/a (adj.) - dumbfounded, taken aback

(el/la) trotamundos (n. or adj.) - globetrotter

madrugar (verb) - to get up early

(el) mamarracho (n.) - mess, something badly made

perspicaz (adj.) - perceptive, sharp

ningunear (verb) - to look down on, to treat someone like dirt

[homunculus-argument]

arguing on the internet

a guy: Who cares if a language is endangered? If it doesn’t serve a purpose anymore, let it die.

me: I’m not sure if you know about this but languages don’t just… Die out on their own. Nobody just freely decides to not teach their children in the language their mother taught them. Languages are murdered, deliberately suffocated and wiped out. It’s a tragedy, not a natural occurence.

guy: Maybe it sucks enough for the children to quit and speak a language that is actually used in the world?

me: I don’t think you understand how cultures work.

guy: What does culture have to do with this?

me:

[diadromy]

Hi everybody! I’m Alyssa, a rising senior. This past year, I did some things that I think really helped me and also some things that really, really didn’t. So, here’s my guide to your junior year!

Summer before junior year:

This summer should be pretty normal, as far as summers go! Just do your usual summer thing- hanging out, making friends, making cash, etc. Make sure that you do all of your summer homework! This is also a great time to begin studying for the PSAT and for the ACT if you haven’t already, as well as applying for scholarships. Also, if possible, begin touring colleges! They don’t even really need to be colleges you want to go to, just visit a variety of colleges so that you get a feel for how size affects the campus feel, rural vs urban, public bs private. This will help you figure out what qualities you will want and hey, who knows? Maybe you’ll fall in love with one you tour.

Fall of junior year:

Take the PSAT. A lot of schools will pay for it so that you can take it during the day, which is a huge advantage! the PSAT is A) practice for the SAT and B) how you can qualify for the National Merit Scholarship. Both of these are good things!

Additionally, take the ACT and write your personal statement! The Common App prompts may be different next year when you write it for real, but in any case there’s a high chance that your essay will still be applicable with a few tweaks. It’s good practice! This way, you’ll be able to take your time editing and revising it.

Keep up with your classes. You’ve probably heard this a thousand times, but junior year grades are really important because it’s one of the most recent things that a college will see. If your GPA isn’t where you want it to be, now’s your time to bring it up! Since fall is usually the end of the first quarter, bring up your midterm grades if you aren’t happy with them. You have the time, but only if you move quickly!

In your clubs and sports, start pushing for a leadership role. If your school is anything like mine, officers and club leaders are mostly decided by seniority and next year you’re going to be the senior.

Still keep looking at colleges! Talk with your friends and peers about what they’re looking at.

Winter of junior year:

Take the SAT. It’s still early, so this way you’re giving yourself plenty of time to improve. (I can’t stress this enough, dont make the same mistakes I made lmao)

If necessary, retake the ACT. If you’re happy with your score: congrats! You’re done with the ACT!

Gradesgradesgrades my dudes. They’re important. This is the end of your first semester of your junior year and colleges are absolutely going to be looking at them.

By this time, you should have an idea about what colleges you do and don’t like. Make a spreadsheet of colleges you’re interested in/might want to apply to to track their pros and cons. If you don’t have an idea, don’t worry! You still have some time. Keep looking and applying to scholarships.

Spring of junior year:

Take the SAT subject tests if you want to take them. Now is a great time since it’s the end of the year! Not all schools require you to take the subject tests and if they don’t need you to take it? Boom baby! Money? Saved. When you get seated for the subject tests, you purchase the chance to take up to three in one sitting. It’s up to you how you want to take them, but just make sure that the tests you want are actually being offered on that day.

If you weren’t happy with your last regular SAT score, now is a good time to retake it.

Make sure to support/keep in touch with your graduating friends! They’ll be an invaluable help when you go through your own college application process and also? Hearing about their college escapades is just plain fun.

If you take AP classes, these will be the last scores colleges you apply to will see on your app, so take them seriously. $94 dollars in test fees can save you hundreds in course credits when you’re in uni. It’s worth it.

Finish off the year strong!

In conclusion:

Make sure that you give yourself plenty of time for standardized testing so that you don’t do what I did and leave tons of testing for your senior year.

Academics are super important! But still, take time to slow down and have fun with your senior friends. You’ll be grateful.

But most importantly? Believe in and take care of yourself! You got this. And if you don’t? “Fake it until you make it” works wonders.

[roeum-blog]

1. Take a clipboard to school. You have to be prepared to do homework ANYWHERE at ANYTIME. Carry it in your hand with some paper and your homework clipped onto it and get work done whenever you can. Don’t keep the clipboard in your bag.

2. USE YOUR PLANNER EVERY DAY. Keeping track of assignments and important dates helps clear your mind. You don’t have to worry about remembering everything because all of it is written down. If you have a lot going on at once, start a bullet journal. If you can, divide your planner into sections based on different activities. For example, my bullet journal has 4 major sections: school work, extracurricular activities, community service, and general life issues. This creates order in the midst of chaos and also enforces the idea of taking everything one at a time. Your planner shouldn’t overwhelm you.

3. Get the biggest calendar you can find and hang it on the wall. The purpose of the calendar is to allow you to establish a general time frame for everything you need to do. PLAN AHEAD. Make sure EVERYTHING is on that calendar. Being overwhelmed by your planner is bad because it leads to a stressful day; your calendar takes on the role of allowing you to see the big picture. Having everything written down on a calendar creates a sense of urgency that’ll decrease the likelihood or duration of procrastination.

4. If you’re taking multiple AP classes, dedicate at least one day of the week to each subject. I had 7 AP’s so I studied a different subject each day. For example, every Monday was Macroeconomics day. I took my econ review book to school on Mondays and studied whenever I had some extra time. Start doing this 3 or 4 months before the exams in May to avoid cramming and excessive stress.

5. Sleep whenever you can but avoid sleeping on the way home from school. If you enter your home feeling sleepy the bed is going to be extra enticing.

6. If you NEED to pull an all-nighter (try to avoid them), drink a cup of straight up black coffee (no sugar) and take a 20 minute nap. It takes some time for the caffeine to kick in so you might as well get some sleep. You’ll eventually get used to the bitterness.

7. Sometimes you need to skip school but don’t skip unless you absolutely have to. If you do, you better not sleep in! Wake up normally and get to work ASAP. Do the makeup work and turn it in the next day, even if you don’t have to.

8. Study smarter, not harder. Figure out which study methods work for you. Note-taking is time-consuming so try to find alternatives. You don’t have to make everything aesthetically pleasing to post it on tumblr. In fact, if you’re compelled to take pretty notes just to post it on tumblr, LEAVE NOW. DO NOT WASTE TIME.

9. Do homework for the learning experience instead of the grade. Don’t copy work from your friends. If you use homework as a study resource, you won’t have to worry about long review sessions before a test. I have never studied for a Spanish test but the lowest score I’ve ever gotten on one is a 93. How? I did my homework.  

10. STOP TRYING TO BE PERFECT. STOP IT RIGHT NOW. Perfection = waste of time. Don’t spend 10 hours writing an essay if you know you can get the same grade by only spending 2. I used to believe that the most important thing was being proud of everything you put your name on but none of that matters when you haven’t slept in 48 hours.

11. Complete the difficult tasks first. One of the many reasons people procrastinate is to avoid difficult tasks. If you save the hardest assignment for last, you’re more vulnerable to wasting time.

12. This one is very bad because it involves lying but it saved my grade a couple of times: ALWAYS turn in your homework. Why? Rarely missing an assignment gives you a good reputation and teachers tend to trust hardworking students. If you ever forget to do an assignment and you’re known to be a good student, your teacher is more likely to believe your excuse. Or, if you really left it at home, he/she/they might give you an extra day.

13. GOOGLE DRIVE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND. Can’t turn in your essay because you told yourself you’d print it in the morning and forgot? No worries! It’s in google drive! Need a past assignment for reference but have the copy at home? No worries! It’s in google drive!

14. Your study space significantly impacts productivity. Organize your room/space to maximize concentration/productivity.

15. MOST IMPORTANTLY, give yourself some time off. If you don’t, you’ll eventually burn out and nothing will be able to motivate you again. I like to go watch a movie alone once in a while because it clears my mind for 2 hours. Being constantly bombarded with due dates can lead to massive anxiety issues. And guess what? You can’t get anything done if you’re having multiple panic attacks or if you’re in bed all day because you’re depressed. Take care of yourself. School can wait but your physical and mental health can’t.

[pigonhhae]

ひろがるで「カフェ・お茶」の単語を勉強した。 僕の小さい手で笑

time to start posting original content. I got the readings on this page off of a site called ‘Hirogaru’. It’s a site that teaches you about your interests, completely in Japanese. I highly recommend it.

[learngermanblog]

Folgen Sie uns auf YouTube www.youtube.com/learngermann

[brainstatic]

Everyone’s like “those Germans have a word for everything” but English has a word for tricking someone into watching the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

[queenrinacat]

English has a lot more words created for very specific phenomena! It’s not just rick-rolling. Language is always evolving and it’s super interesting! Here’s a list of hyper-specific/untranslatable words in English.