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Я отмечаю 6-й год своего блога Tumblr! 🥳

#6 year tumblrversary #tumblr milestone

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thursday 23rd september, 2021

It was a foggy morning yesterday. The perfect weather for walking and listening to an audiobook. I'm currently listening to "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt and I really like it.

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rain & fallen leaves, what a lovely day it would be :)

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I’m so behind on all my uni readings because of my bachelor paper. When will I ever find the time to read all those books aaaah ☕️

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) Dir. Joe Wright

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september

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I should really change my name to anna-studies-sometimes :/

#studyblr #lol

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I love the smell of autumn rain…

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Happy Wednesday! It’s a pretty chill day; we had our communicable diseases lectures this morning, CPC this afternoon, then SGD in IM at 3pm. I might go to the gym later but my priority is to walk my dog since I fell asleep yesterday when I got home and woke up late.

I love how tranquil post-exam week is even though we get no break. I’m happy that I have time for myself (relatively). It’s just hard to go back to my 12mn-5am sleep schedule since my body clock’s used to sleeping in the afternoon/early evening so I can pull an all nighter daily (last week). I hope I’ll be able to fix my body clock this week.

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Some language learning exercises and tips

These are some of the activities I do. Maybe you'll find them helpful:

Write a mock dating profile for yourself. Describe yourself, list your hobbies and interests, hopes for the future, likes and dislikes, and the qualities you're looking for in a partner. Enjoyed it? Write one for your favourite character/OC.

Try to find a Youtuber who plays your favourite game and does commentary in your target language. I watch this guy a lot.

Describe locations in your favourite books, games, movies, TV shows etc. I like to wander the Hitman maps and write about the different areas, NPCs, and situations I observe.

Write a mock interview with your character/influential figure of choice.

Choose a fairy tale and write your interpretation of it in your target language.

When you're cooking, say what you're doing out loud as if you were talking to a studio audience.

Imagine your mutuals are coming to your city for a visit. Write up a lil guidebook for them describing places of interest. Write an itinerary to practice using the future tense and "first", "then", "after that", etc statements.

A chalk marker might be useful to you. I write important words and phrases that I'm having trouble remembering on my bathroom mirror. I just wipe them away with a damp cloth later.

Review books, albums, movies etc in your target language. Either write down your review or record yourself talking about it.

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“When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of anxiety can change the future.”

— This is so important. - via thequoteuniverse  (via bellissima)

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wednesday 6th october, 2021

A week and a half my close friend came to my city for the second time and we were having a great weekend together. We were exploring my region and went to the wonderful trip together.

In the photos you can see one of the most touristic places in my region. The place is called "Mountain park Ruskeala".

It's a former marble quarry filled with groundwater. It looks very beautiful especially in autumn season!

There were a lot of tourists and the weather was so gloomy and rainy but we still enjoyed our trip and I can't wait to go somewhere next time 💫

#studyblr #langblr #study #studyspiration #motivation #nature #natural #photoblog #autumn #fall season #photography #original content #original pictures #green #aestethic #dark academia #russia #landscape #landschaft #cloudyday #cloudy #forest #annastudies

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the linguistics students

thick reference books with paper thin pages and minuscule font

collecting idiomatic phrases from other languages, finding meanings that can’t be conveyed precisely in your mother tongue

seeing language like a puzzle waiting to be solved

a love for the complex power of words

fighting to preserve dying languages

studying the essence of communication

a shelf stacked with pocket dictionaries, useful phrases marked by sticky notes

interest in the related fields of history, anthropology, and psychology

learning the international phonetic alphabet

a deep belief in the importance of human language

repeating unfamiliar phonemes until the sounds start to make sense in your mouth

wishing you could learn any language instantly

appreciating the importance of context and nonverbal communication

neat syntax diagrams in your notes

researching how your language has developed over time

deciphering archaic dialects

debates over what, exactly, constitutes language at its core

crowded sidewalks and the buzz of words you don’t understand

a fascination with language families and their similarities

hearing the difference between bilabial and labial fricatives, or aspirated and unaspirated consonants

a willingness to try new things

knowing that the way we use language is in a constant state of flux

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maybe in another world