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Language Resources Masterpost

#what is this magic #langblr #language resources #languages #language learning #resources #langblr resources

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🇵🇸🇵🇸 LISTY OTWARTE DO REKTORÓW UJ, UWR ORAZ UW // OPEN LETTERS TO THE RECTORS OF UJ, UWR AND UW 🇵🇸🇵🇸

POLISH:

Jeśli szukasz sposobu na wsparcie trwającej walki o wolną Palestyn��:

Obecnie toczą się trzy listy otwarte skierowane do rektorów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego i Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, wzywające do m.in. natychmiastowego zaprzestania współpracy z izraelskimi instytucjami akademickimi.

Może je podpisać każdy, pod warunkiem, że jest w jakimś stopniu związanym z edukacją wyższą. Może to być jako student, członek kadry, itp. LICZĄ SIĘ TEŻ INSTYTUCJE MIĘDZYNARODOWE!!

Mamy jeszcze kilka dni na zebranie jak największej liczby podpisów! Byłabym bardzo wdzięczna, jeśli możesz poświęcić kilka minut na podpisanie listów i udostępnienie ich każdemu, kto mógłby być zainteresowany

(pełne listy w języku polskim i angielskim dostępne są w linkach poniżej)

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ENGLISH:

if you're looking for a way to support the ongoing fight for a free Palestine

there's currently three open letters directed at the rectors of the Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw and the University of Wrocław demanding among others an immediate cease of cooperation with Israeli academic institutions.

They can be signed by anyone as long as you're involved with higher education in some regard. It can be as a student, faculty member or other. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ALSO COUNT!!

We still have a few days to get as many signatures as possible! it would mean the world if you could take a few minutes to sign the letters if you can and share with anyone who could be interested

(the full letters in both polish and english are available in the links below)

(if have any other questions, i'll try answering them to the best of my ability)

#free palestine

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look. the nature of the artist (any kind) is to become inexplicably obsessed with certain themes and motifs for a few years and just milk that subject matter to death. when respected artists do this, art critics refer to it as a “period.” the only thing separating you from them is fame and accolades. to your haters you will be “that freak who’s fixated on drawing weird trains,” while to your admirers, you are simply in your “tiny trains made out of household appliances” period

#!!! #art

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#studyblr #studyspo #study space #study aesthetic #aesthetic #books #book aesthetic

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remember. you can't know things you don't know. you have to find them out. by doing things.

#reminder

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Various stars & moon details from my gouache paintings 🌙✨

#aesthetic #moodboard

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Tagged by @quietpainter

hardcover or paperback? bookstore or library (a hard choice. i love both but spend more times in bookstores)? bookmark or receipt? stand alone or series? nonfiction or fiction? thriller or fantasy (depends on my mood)? under 300 pages or over 300 pages? children's or ya? friends to lovers or enemies to lovers? read in bed or read on the couch? read at night or read in the morning? keep pristine or markup? cracked spine or dog ear?

Tagging: @sirenascelestiales @eames-with-a-rose @beluosus @mediocrelanguagelearner

#ask game #thank you for tagging me <3

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hello fellow bored at work human <3

can you talk about your language learning journey? why did you start learning each of your target languages?

Thank you so much for distracting me from my boredom!

But uff, what a difficult question :D This could get really long... I'll try to shorten it as much as I can :D I'm listing the languages in a chronological order.

English: (I used to not count English as my target language because it felt like a second nature, but after 3 years of almost not using it, I'm starting to feel like I should dedicate some time to improving it) I had to learn English at school, of course, but it wasn't until I was 12/13 that I started loving it. I discovered a youtuber I loved, watched all of his videos in one summer and on top of this I found a blog of a (Czech) girl I idolised. This girl was very stylish, was interested in japanese fashion, learned Japanese and loved English. She said she constantly thinks in English and so I started trying to do that too. After this one summer I basically became fluent and in love with English. Since that I've been the best and always bored in my English classes, up until uni. But I've barely spoken English in the past 3 years and I feel the command of the language slipping away. I still listen to some videos and podcasts in English, but I don't use the language activelly and I've been trying to give a lot of time to my other languages, so my skills just deteriorate.

German: My relationship with German was complicated. I was forced to learn it since I was 13 and I hated it. I didn't want to learn it, I didn't like the sound of it and I had these weird perjudices about German. It changed only when I found Timothy Doner's video where he speaks a ton of languages. I fell in love with the idea of speaking multiple languages (by that point I'd tried to learn Spanish and maybe Dutch? unsuccessfully). And I thought "well if I have to learn German for another 2,5 years, I could try to like it". I started listening to German music and fell in love with Cro and AnnenMayKantereit (still love them to death!) and I decided to sign up for extra German class (where everyone was way better than me) and to do my high school state exam in German. At uni had a bit of a break with German but eventually took some classes to try to maintain the language. I've learned German for so many years and I still feel very inadequate about my skills (I am especially very embarrassed to speak), but I'm glad I never gave up. German is the language of my country's neighbours and it's such a big part of my country's history, I feel like it's important to know.

Spanish: I've always liked Spanish, the way it sounds. I tried to learn it as a kid for a while but I wasn't really motivated or disciplined enough. Then in 2016 I had the chance to go on help exchange to Spain for a couple of weeks (I picked the country myself, probably because I wanted to learn Spanish anyway) and I started learning Spanish about 3 weeks before going. It was a really nice experience and I loved Spain. I think Spanish is such a pretty and useful language, I really want to know it well, but the grammar is killing me sometimes. I continued learning on my own and then later took 2 or 3 classes in Spanish at uni, mostly to get a better foundation in the grammar and to have someone to talk to, at least for a couple of minutes every week. In my Spanish learning journey I spent a lot of time talking to random hispanohablantes on tandem, which probably wasn't the smartest move because it made me not like the language that much anymore – or at least not be motivated to learn it. When you talk to a lot of people who don't interest you and with whom you have nothing in common, you don't feel like wanting to learn that language anymore. But my relationship with Spanish is better now? I'm trying to work with a textbook and just generally do things that seem fun.

Swedish: When I was young I liked the series "Vikings". They spoke Old Norse there and it sounded like the coolest thing ever so I wanted to learn it. Then I thought it would be smarter to learn a language that is spoken today – so Icelandic, the closest thing to it. But I heard Icelandic has pretty difficult grammar so I thought maybe it would be best to first learn a scandinavian language. I couldn't decide between Norwegian and Swedish, but eventually nice people on tumblr/discord, Jonna Jinton and the fact there was a Swedish teacher at my uni convinced me to try Swedish. That's what I thought going to the first class in 2017 – I'm just going to see if I like it. Well, I fell in love. My teacher was so funny and just a generally good teacher, I had to continue taking the class. I did 3 semesters of Swedish (now, don't think it's a lot – it's still 90 minutes a week with bunch of other people) and did a lot of work at home. I loved the melody, the feeling of the language in my mouth, the teacher, the different but similar culture, the nature... I was so sad I couldn't take another class (too few students signed up and we weren't allowed to continue). Since then I've been learning on my own. I fell so hard for this language and right now I just want to be good at it.

That's the end of my very long post! I bet you didn't expect this when you asked :D Other than these languages I tried to learn (unsuccessfully) Dutch, Croatian and Arabic, but for various reasons had to pause learning them. I still want to learn them.

What is your language learning journey?

#oh i was hoping for such a cool and long answer! <3 #thank you for sharing! #if i'll have some time today i'll try to write something similar #langblr #languages #language learning

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I love how routine-oriented cats are. in the old apartment - or rather, previous apartment, given it was a century or so newer than the one we're living in now - Urwisek used to sleep with us, in our bed, every night. but here there's so much room and so many fun nooks and crannies that he has his own spot now.

every night around 1am he goes to curl up on this one particular chair underneath the table by the tile stove: from that spot he can see both us and the door to the room as well. he sleeps there until 6 or 7am - that is the time when he decides to come check on us, and see whether we're still asleep. we are - or if he manages to wake me up with his checking, I have to pretend I'm still asleep, or else he'll demand The Day Begins, Now. and who's ready for that at 6am.

then he goes to lie down on the east facing windowsill and bask in the sun. and then, once he decides he's had enough sun, it is High Time To Wake Up, Furless Things. so he jumps on the bed - usually stepping on my partner's head to get to me - stands right above me, and hollers with as much power as mother nature gave him.

and so I wake up, make more room for him - by squishing myself against the wall - and he lies down for half an hour of pets and scritches, and maybe a quick little nap, and only then can the day begin for all three of us.

#!!! #cats

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5.05.2024 // the past two days were hell -- I did nothing but stay in bed, play BoTW and binge-watch Extraordinary You. today, I pulled myself together because I've an assignment due on Thursday. As I wasn't getting any work done in my room, I decided to join my friend who has been playing Elden Ring. The white noise from the game and the (mostly) silent presence of another person has been amazing for my productivity.

The next couple of weeks are going to be busy as the semester is ending. I am mentally preparing myself for a marathon of deadlines.

#studyblr #studyspo #study aesthetic #aesthetic

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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

#art #reminder

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I hate ANY toxic/mean motivation so much. "You dont want to study because youre tired? Study tired." No? You a) wont learn anything (much probably) b)will give yourself a headache and you'll be dissapointed in yourself.

Especially: if you're sick, YOU DONT NEED TO LEARN. YOURE SICK, GET A TEA AND SLEEP. It can wait.

#important

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I found this test that helps researchers know how your native language and life circumstances relate to the dialect of English you speak. I think it’s very interesting.

#guesses for my english dialect #1. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics #2. South African #3. American (Standard) #guesses for my native: #1. Swedish #2. English #3. Dutch #that was fun lmao #kinda took the quiz differently: what i've heard to be used by others #quiz #linguistics #langblr

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The Hague, Netherlands: Spanish street musician Borja Catanesi and the 68 year old dancer from The Hague mr Roland Parijs

#music #happiness #video

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does anyone have any good mexican spanish resources?

#langblr #spanish #mexican spanish

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Resources for Mending Clothes

We toss out over 80 pounds of textiles each year. These textiles are often made of plastic materials (polyester, nylon), made in unethical conditions, dyed with harsh dyes that often get put into the rivers, etc. Even a single cotton shirt releases carbon emissions and uses tons of water. 

So the best thing to prevent the unsustainable growth of the fashion industry is to make sure that your clothing lasts as long as possible. To do so, mending clothing is a must. So here are some resources to help you learn how to do various things, such as sewing a button, to tailoring clothes, or even upcycling old clothing into new styles. 

* How to sew on three different types of button

* How to hand sew on a patch on a torn pair of jeans

* How to sew up a hole in an old shirt

* How to sew a simple T-shirt

* How to upcycle old clothing into new clothing

* More upcycle and sewing techniques

* How to repair a damaged sock

* How to do an invisible stitch

* 3 different stitches to work with for different results

* How to make a T-shirt smaller so it fits you better

* How to make repairs to your shoes

These are just a few of the things that you can do in order to make sure that your clothing lasts for a long time. Nobody wants to keep buying new clothing, as it is expensive and wasteful. 

So making alterations to your clothing, or fixing small holes hen you see them can be hugely beneficial to your wallet, to garment workers, and to the environment in the long term. 

#resources #other resources #important

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when the random examples to illustrate a point of grammar accidentally make a poem that's better than 90% of instagram poetry...

like water like flour like the faraway sky who is like my brother?

#poetry #linguistics #languages #langblr