End-of-Month Reflection for June (finally)
Okay, so I’ve finally finished up with basically everything that I was supposed to do in June, which means it’s time for a reflection post!
Unfortunately, June coincided with the end of my quarter, packing up my dorm room, saying goodbye to everyone for the next four months, and coming home, the last of which has proved lethal for my language studies. Put simply, I did not get to do as much work as I would have liked. That being said, June/the beginning of July weren’t as bad as I’ve made them out to be, and I actually did do some stuff that I said I’d do - I put lots of effort into Arabic and made good progress, and I just finished the Advanced Learner Challenge for Welsh.
I didn’t officially finish my Arabic course, but that was a conscious choice on my part, as the last parts were mostly an assorted miscellany of expressions which I didn’t particularly want to take extensive notes on. I did, however, take extensive notes on all the sections before that, including LOTS of verb conjugation practice, and now I feel like I actually vaguely get how Arabic verbs work?? (a true miracle) I’m also trying to learn some Mashrou’ Leila songs and the lyrics have been easier to learn than before so clearly something’s clicking in my brain.
Welsh was a bit more of a struggle, but I was fairly consistent in my studies throughout the beginning of the month and was on track to finish, if not on time, just a bit late, but then I slacked off and took a couple of weeks to finish the last five challenges. That being said, I do feel like my Welsh is a bit more solid after having practiced so much, and I think there were concrete benefits, even if I didn’t finish on time.
Overall, while it was a difficult month, June was certainly not a lost month for my languages, and hopefully now that I’m back on my feet the rest of the summer will go a bit more smoothly! I’ll post an update soon on new language goals for the coming months, until then keep on language-ing!