[graceandopulence]

POV: HOSTING A DINNER PARTY

[amillionlanguages]

Ted Talks for aspiring polyglots

I love these all for various reasons so I highly recommend checking them out!

How to learn any language in six months — Chris Lonsdale

The secrets of learning a new language — Lýdia Machová

How to learn any language easily — Matthew Youlden

Why We Struggle Learning Languages — Gabriel Wyner

Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game — Marianna Pascal

Hacking language learning — Benny Lewis

How to Talk Like a Native Speaker — Marc Green

[amillionlanguages]

Resources I'm using to learn ASL!

ASL is American Sign Language and it's a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. I've been studying it for about 3 months now and have completely fallen in love with it! My roommate and his gf both know varying levels of ASL (she's fluent and he's around my level) so it's been great to practice with them when we're able.

A lot of my language progress has been coming from youtube videos and practicing by myself (especially in a mirror or recording myself) so I wanted to share some of the resources I've found particularly helpful!

HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words

What The Deaf?! Podcast: A podcast run by two Deaf women talking about various aspects of their lives, gives some insight into Deaf culture and their lived experiences

ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: They show short videos of a fingerspelled word that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Fingerspelling is a super important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing either with sites like this or through other resources meant for receptive practice!

Bill Vicars ASL 1 YouTube Lessons: These are more extended lessons taught entirely through sign while still being largely understandable. I recommend checking these out once you have a little more of a foundation in vocabulary so you can follow along better!

Chris Gorges ASL Basics YouTube Lessons: He gives clear and concise explanations for a lot of different concepts. I went through all of the videos in this playlist which helped me build up my vocabulary quickly

The Daily Moth YouTube Channel: They produce daily news segments signed in ASL with captions, which I’ve found is great for receptive practice and semi-immersion even though they still go quite fast for my current level

I hope some of you find these resources helpful, and it would be awesome if anyone else learning ASL could reply with some other resources you've found beneficial too!

[thearology]

my study routine

so, currently i am learning spanish. i took it in high school (a requirement lol), but i haven't touched it since. i do this routine everyday for about 1-2 hours a day depending on how dedicated I am that day. so, i have decided to study it again so here is my current daily routine (not in order):

duolingo for about 15-20 minutes (for vocabulary & reading)

watching one episode of a telenovela/spanish t.v. show (currently watching ELITE)

watching some videos on spanish grammer & taking notes

journaling about my daily life in spanish

spanish word of the day

read an article in spanish

listening to my latin music playlist

working in my spanish workbook

[er-cryptid]

Saying Yes (Spanish)

sí = yes

vale = okay

bueno = okay

claro = sure

cierto = true

exacto = exactly

perfecto = perfect

está bien = it’s fine

de acuerdo = alright

claro que sí = certainly

por supuesto = of course

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