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puroespanol

Don’t allow your mental health to depend on someone else.

spanishskulduggery

juanser - to have a black shirt

juansoy, juaneres, juanes, juanson, juansomos

This has for sure already been done before but– Tips for learning Spanish without school: School-at-Home Style

So, this is a spin-off of the other Language Learning post I have (and I'd put a link here but I'm not good like that so good luck scrolling through my memes if you're actually interested in finding it) and I'm making it for those who need The One Thing We're Low-key High-Key Afraid Of™: Discipline. Yes, I said it. The D word.

I was giving my friend some advice on how to get the ball rolling with her Spanish speaking, and I told her how I got started. I went to a school that taught Spanish from K-8 so I was #bleesed. Though, when thinking about it, we seriously started vigorous learning starting 6th grade. I figured I'd share some additional tips that have def been said before, but it's the polar opposite from Procrastination Style.

·Amy Santiago it: Make a Binder - I'm not too sure how many verbs we crammed every week, but we'd get -ar, -er, and -ir verbs and do the conjugations for all 3 persons in both singular and plural. Then, we'd follow that up by writing one sentrce using each conjugation. That built a solid foundation for me. I would advise, however, to only do this with the present and a few preterite irrgegulars (i.e estar, hacer, ir, poner, saber, etc.). Everything else in every other tense has a pattern. Find that pattern and cling to it my friend.

·Post-it-notes - Now, we've all heard this one before. "How do you say dresser?" Post it note. "How do you say stove?" Post it note. Go Oprah Winfrey on every single household item you do not know how to say in Spanish. Take it a step further: Quizlet it. Quizlet is such a tool (not the insult-- the compliment). It's so useful I could give a whole 20 slide PowerPoint presentation on why I love it so.

·Take a trip back to Pre-K/Kinder - Think about how we learn our mother tongue; now do exactly that. I'm talking lullabies, alphabet songs, children's books and whatnot. What helped me through my tough spells sometimes was doing something fun like learning how to sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" (I sing it in Japanese a lot and it's a problem to my friends bc they look at me like I've grown 3 eyes). Take it further: read, like, Kid's books. I'm on the hunt for Me llamo María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada. I started it and it's about a girl starting a new school in a new state. It's so simple, so you don't have to worry about too many words that are hard, and it gives you exposure to tenses! I always think about it like "A ten year old knows this. Let's get to the level of a ten year old." But like, no pressure.

·Artists Corner - Seriously invest some time finding artists you really love and listen to them... A lot. Get exposure to many accents and work on passive listening. The part that's tougher is this: sitting down, looking at the lyrics, and then understanding them. Break out your handy dandy notebook or binder or Quizlet and take the words you don't know and get intimate with them. Take it slow and maybe do like 2 songs a week, and you'll see the benfits. When I look at the lyrics in Spanish, I'll take my educated guess on what it's saying, get the actual translation and compare notes. Sometimes I reverse it. I'll look at the English and then do the same. Take it further - try to translate a few lines from songs you like and translate them. It gets your brain going.

These are my big tips! I hope they spark a flame within your passionate Lang-loving heart. Now, go study!

(Here’s the Procrastination post)

#spanish #polyglot #important #language #spanish problems #duolingo #romance languages #langblr #language lover #language learning #japanese #french #tips #meme #babbel #rosetta stone

under-the-arch

salty-red-mage

Of all the possible jokes in this format I did not expect the Tower of Babel

mindschanging-deactivated201807

I like how if you speak a language that comes from latin you can basically understand italian, spanish and portuguese while french is just like jemtuoilugduparisgujilk

theartofangirling

some memes I made to express my current frustrations with academia feel free to add your own

"Put on 22"

You: 22 by Taylor Swift

Me, a (Spanish) language learner: 22 by Mau y Ricky

#language lover #romance languages #language learning #langblr #language #spanish #spanish problems #taylor swift #mau y ricky #meme

languagebender

when it’s been 3 months and ur still not fluent

ristray

Turns out I’m fucking terrible at English.

thepolyglotgirl

This has for sure already been done before but-- Tips for learning Spanish without school: Procastinator Style

So, you always hear about learning any lang on these apps like Duolingo, Memrise, Babbel, etc. I like a few of those those, but let's face it-- I am undisciplined/avoid any responsibility (even a leaening schedule) like the plague. WELL NO MORE (kind of). If you like reading (FanFic or anything otherwise) and playing apps on the phone, this is for you!

You know Little Alchemy? Well let's change that if you don't. It's a great time waster and super fun! And educational.

You start off with 4 elements: *cue Katara's voice* water, earth, fire, and air. All you do is combine the elements and create everything from glass to aliens to Darth Vader and Batman. There are about 600 creations to be made, so it can get pretty addictive. (Side story-- I lived in a quad my first year and issued a challenge to my roommates which even branched out to our friends to find all combos first). You all know where I'm going with this. Change the lang! I changed it to Spanish and learned common words like lightbulb and corpse. I felt so odd knowing how to talk about technology in this generation and it's effects on economic growth and development, but not knowing how to say something like cotton.

It's super effective. I promise.

You know what else is super effective? Wattpad. In Spanish (or whatever your target language is). I love Wattpad. I like the creative original content I read. And it is riddled with FanFic if you like fic. I changed it to Spanish and I'm having a blast. I'm kind of picking up on how natives say certain things and getting a better grasp on the subjunctive. That combined with my handy dandy Spanish Word Finder (because I don't really like going to my Chrome app and switching back and forth all like that) makes me feel a little accomplished. And I read all the time initially so this doesn't feel like a chore to me.

Last but certainly not least is YouTube. I'm not going to give you a list of YouTubers that Lang the Lang you want. I picked up cooking and I wanted to make a dish (rellenos de papa), so I searched it in Spanish and now I have a few channels that I like to go to for all the food needs. I picked up how to say a few vegetables and spices and more terms. Plus, I have super lazy days where I pass a few hours procrastinating whatever responsibilities I might have watching YouTube. Now, it's low-key a learning opportunity.

Thanks to these three things, I now procrastinate in Spanish. There's a meme for that.

Hope you liked this already done post! Now go procrastinate.

(Here’s the alternative to that)

#langblr #spanish #procrastination #duolingo #babbel #little alchemy #romance languages #language learning #language lover #memrise

ee-far

True story.

polyglotswede

When you don't remember how to say "pool" in English and so you vigorously snap and say, "how do you say piscina in English. You know, that big--" and you stop yourself before you call it a bathtub. And you swear you're a native English speaker, but your brain doesn't know that.