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2 años, 7 meses y 2 días tardé en leer esta maravillosa novela. Me cuesta un poco admitirlo, pero es también por eso que lo quiero hacer.

Me puse a leer con la idea de utilizar la novela para estudiar vocabulario, apuntando las palabras nuevas que encontraba y creando fichas en Anki con las palabras y su contexto en las frases del libro. Si bien el método resultaba eficaz para aprender y me gustaría intentarlo con textos más cortos en el futuro, pronto me dio cuenta de que la tarea extra muchas veces me quitaba las ganas de leer (sobre todo cuando ya estaba pasando por un período difícil en otros aspectos de la vida). Eventualmente decidí abandonar la idea de «estudiar» la novela para simplemente leer por placer, y poco a poco seguía leyendo. Después de todo, me encantaba la historia y los personajes, y quería saber el final.

Este libro me ha acompañado a través de unos años largos y difíciles, y me siento muy satisfecha de por fin realizar la meta de terminar de leerlo.

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New year, new classes!

I’m taking a medical translation elective this quarter, and I’m excited to put my science background to good use (and to get a break from literary translation for a bit because it makes my brain hurt 😅)

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Updates & (Re)introduction!

It’s been a few years since I started this blog, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some updates/reintroduce myself.

I’m Lexi, my pronouns are she/her, and I’m in my 20s. I was just diagnosed with ADHD a little over a year ago, and I’m still learning how to work with my brain instead of against it in terms of work/studying. I double majored in biology & Spanish in college, and now I’m going to be taking classes towards a professional certificate in Spanish<>English translation. I’m especially interested in scientific & medical translation.

I am also learning French & Japanese, and hope to (re)start learning Korean and Finnish soon. You can also find me on twitter @lexilearnslangs

I mainly post and reblog posts about languages/linguistics, biology, and general & ADHD study tips. I’m hoping to be more active / make more original posts once winter classes start 😊

❄️Happy New Year!❄️

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...what else am I supposed to be using words as?

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~~2021 Language Goals~~

I think this is more of a thing on language twitter, but I’ll post them here too in case anyone is interested 😊

🇪🇸: Pass DELE C1 (planned on taking an ACTFL exam in 2020, but clearly that... did not happen 😂& I like the idea of certifying all 4 "skills" in one exam better anyway)

🇫🇷: Finish grammar review, do some immersion, get more comfortable writing

🇯🇵: Finish Genki II, review all of Genki I & II, then find & start working on intermediate resources (and start ~reading~ now that I am a little more comfortable with kanji) 

🇫🇮: Start casually working from textbooks & reach ~A1/A2 level (still more of a "side/fun" language for me at the moment)

🇰🇷: Learn to read & write, start to gather and explore beginner materials

In general, I also want to work on finding better study methods that work for me, especially now that I know a little more about my ADHD & to tie in language practice with working on my social anxiety- recording my voice, interacting more on social media, etc.

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Cette année j’ai décidé expérimenter avec un bullet journal pour la première fois... ce petit projet s’est devenu une exercice de patience et d’accepter la imperfection 😅 je ne suis pas artiste, j’oublie souvent écrire en français, etc... Mais ce n’est pas grave !

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4/30/20

When grammar review becomes an impromptu vocabulary lesson 😅

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3/5/20

Quelques notes du français avec une « bande sonore » de le vent qui souffle très fort cet après-midi

Actuellement je suis en train de recommencer mes études du français parce que jusqu’à présent je l’ai appris d’une façon trop désordonnée et j’ai oublié beaucoup. Je me suis acheté un livre de la grammaire ici à Espagne (quelque chose que j’ai longtemps voulu !) et cette fois je veux étudier le français à travers de l’espagnol autant que possible 😇