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[daylilystudies]

it’s my brother’s birthday !!

[xvinotes]

9.26.19

My current autumn vibe 🍁

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Writing in German

During the course of daily bullet journal entries, I had to confront my fatal inconsistency when it comes to writing in German. At the moment, I write in French on a daily basis, with increasing fluency. 

The key method I have used is to copy out vocabulary 5 times for memorisation, and then write as often as possible, using all the words learned. I should be doing this most days of the week, but waking up late and bad organisation have halted this progress on some days. 

I use these two methods throughout my working day: bullet journal, language journal, morning notebook, French study book, planning lessons, and anywhere else. From time to time, I will publish a link or a video in French with a little commentary (which should be longer). 

So, why haven’t I done the same in German? Fear. the thought of writing in German is drowned in cold water when I think of its perceived difficulty. I fret over mistakes I might make in a piece I haven’t written. Yet when a couple of weeks go by without my making any progress, I get frustrated and write (in French!) of how I want to make progress. 

Fact is, no magic formula exists for German. When I am concentrating and engaged with the subject material, I do not find German difficult. On the contrary: while studying adverbs that begin with „da-“, I was shocked to find them far clearer than the French translations (often «en» and «y»). My excuses about German being “difficult” fell to pieces. 

The same techniques which have improved my French writing will improve my German writing, particularly given that I do not often get the opportunity to practice speaking with natives. My lack of confidence has nothing to do with German, and everything to do with limiting thoughts and a lack of consistent study. 

As it happens, I have written entire pages in German, and would be able to do more, if I read widely and made notes on vocabulary. Thankfully, I did watch some videos in German which were mostly easy to understand, and make notes on useful vocabulary in German. So it can be done. 

When writing in a foreign language, don’t worry about mistakes until the rereading and rewriting phase. Just remove the thoughts. I found that non-native English speakers who make Youtube videos often use un-English turns of phrase, despite being fluent in the language. So don’t worry if you still have some Anglicisms in your writing. 

If unsure about something, then highlight it for later. Feel free to make corrections and annotations across the text, most of which will come to mind during the rereading phase. Take parts of previous writing and improve them later on, which should turn out better if you have been consistent with reading and vocabulary acquisition. 

What to write about? Anything. I write about my daily goals, language study, the history of German, feelings, and many other topics. I recently realised that I don’t actually want to blog about the language research material I am using. Other topics interest me, and I was keeping my areas of interest too narrow, thus preventing me from reading and writing widely. 

I aim to post more frequently in French and German, with longer commentaries in the language. My hope is that native French and German speakers will read these and provide feedback on the quality of my writing-- a lack of feedback is a drawback to self-study, if you don’t have the relevant resources. Social media is invaluable in this regard. 

Long story short: don’t bow to fear, or you will get nowhere. 

Happy study.

[nixix]

yoyoyoyoy

so i’ve been trying to think of ways i can use tumblr, what i could post or if it is even worth keeping this account lol but then i thought i could make weekly journal page posts? let me know what you guys think lol i just love looking at people’s artsy aesthetic journals and i really want to make one tooo :) dm me ideas of what should inspire each page if ya want x

[thatnewgirl-blog1]

Bullet Journal, que bonito método para empezar en año.

[bluefoxstudies-blog]

Anyone studying now?

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