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Look, I knew five languages by age 19 and now I am learning like 3 more. I work as a language instructor and a consultant. If I can give language learners only one advice, this is it.

STOP LEARNING WORDS ON THEIR OWN.

You're doing yourself a disservice by learning lists of "30 words you must know!" "100 most common words!" like it literally means nothing if you cannot use those words in an appropriate context with proper grammar. So what you actually need to do is learn those words via example sentences.

Of course, sentences have more words so you may think you're learning less but you're actually learning the way to use it in context. That's what's important.

Language is about communication, which also means if you want to learn languages, you have to observe how people communicate with each other universally. Native speakers never have a list of words they know and they don't count every single new word they've learned. So why are you doing it to yourself? What native speakers do is listen to the new word, remember the context they're spoken in, and keep using that word in that context. And that's why people go "wait, you can use that word LIKE THAT?" all the time. So you, a language learner, are also allowed to do that. I'm not even saying those word lists are useless but they're the most useful AFTER you've known most of them and are trying to go over them for practice etc. Native speakers do click on those word lists to check out how many words they don't know or to remind themselves of those words or to learn some facts about each word. That should be your goal as well.

Learn sentences. Learn them in context. Do not fall into the "I must know xx amount of words or I'm a failure at language learning" trap perpetuated by bloggers or youtubers or whatever. Have fun with it!

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4/19/24🍡🍡

I usually do my stats homework on my iPad, print the homework to turn in, then finish solving the next day/editing the next day.

Also, I had an interview today! Really hoping I impressed them🥲

Weekend to-do

Political theory final project

Stat 512 practice exam

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20.04.2024 [🙂]

🌜: 지금 할 일을 하자/ Finish studying for TOEIC

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i was looking up stuff about 琉球王国 and thought its crest looked familiar, and i realized that it was basically the same as OBS (the streaming software)

for quick reference, here they are side-by-side:

so i looked it up and this symbol is called 巴 (ともえ) and it's used in a bunch of different things. mostly shrines and taiko and stuff. it also has an association with water so near the end of heian period they'd put this symbol on roof tiles as a protection against fire.

also there's a bunch of types. look at this funky one

#ooh very cool #culture

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reblog to give the person you reblogged from the strength to complete The Task™

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Puppy sleeping. 1955, Japan

#this is a japanese photo so i’m using that as an excuse to rb it here

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Ooh, I never get tagged in these things. Thanks, toki! (And sorry for taking a while to get to it)

Last song I listened to: アフターペイン (After Pain) from MILGRAM

Currently Watching: Given

Sweet/Savory/Spicy?: I have a huge sweet tooth

Relationship Status: Just hit 1 year with my girlfriend less than a month ago

Current Obsession: Project Sekai, Stardew Valley, Japanese language (obviously)

I'm not gonna tag anyone because uhh social anxiety, but any of my mutuals are welcome to do it if they haven't already.

Nine People I'd Like To know Better

@alby-noted tagged me so I figured why not!

Last Song I Listened To: Too Sweet by Hozier or Pink Venom by Blackpink, I don't necessarily remember

Currently Watching: My Demon, Avatar The Last Airbender (Live Action), and I want to start watching Shogun and a Spanish tv show soon!

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: Savory and Spicy!!! (my favorite indulgent meal is spicy cheesey ramen!)

Relationship Status: about to hit 2 years with my man that I've been long distance with for the last...8 months? I love my boyfriend <3;

Current Obsession: watching study/productivity youtube videos, specifically studyquill, The Bliss Bean, Study To Success, Mikayla Mags, Lindie Botes, etc (and also being efficiently productive)

No pressure to anyone I tag! much love 🩷

@mystudyrecords @study-diaries @tokidokitokyo @gretheresa @zzzzzestforlife @slavic-roots-western-mind @winryrockbellwannabe @wonyoungismind @alcnek

I tagged people I'm mutuals with since I don't really know anyone here (besides maybe my accountability buddy zesty!)

#tagged

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How to Improve Your Handwriting in Japanese

Learning to write in Japanese, teaching others to learn to write in Japanese, and watching Japanese people write in Japanese has taught me that it’s hard to write in Japanese. Remembering how to write the kanji in the first place is hard (especially with the ease of writing in Japanese on the computer or phone), remembering the stroke order and then figuring out how to fit the character into the space that you have - these are all difficult. And then on top of that, you don’t want these beautiful characters to look like you were bouncing up and down on a dirt road while you wrote them.

Handwriting in any language varies by person. There are people whose handwriting is sloppy in Japanese, just as in any other language. My handwriting in English isn’t perfect either, but I want my kanji to look less like shaky squiggles and more like, well, a native Japanese speaker’s characters. So I decided to break down how I go about improving my Japanese handwriting.

Keep reading

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A little reminder(s) on second language/ foreign language learnering

Even native speakers make typos.

Even native speakers say the wrong word.

Even native speakers sometimes forget how to spell/write a word/character.

Studying for a test is not the same as learning to communicate.

Scores don’t mean anything other than your retention of a specific set of information and should be used as a progress tracker not and end mark. 

Though I’m all for testing and such, it’s important but it’s not the be-all end-all to mark how well you know something, and a lot of it is geared to a specific set of learners who have a very specific learning style.

If you say something and the other person understands you–or they say something and you understand them.. congratulations you spoke in a different language.

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10.04.24 poor Alcibiades

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🌼 07.04.2024 // It's the beginning of my two-weeks revision period before my exams and I started with 3 hours of pharmacognosy (even tho I hate that subject). It went slowly but surely and I reviewed the basics.

I made pancakes to motivate me to study on a (rainy) sunday (and it worked, they were delicious!!) and took some pictures of the flowers in my garden :))

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08.04.2024—me actually studying in the day *collective gasp*

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march 18th

a lot of paperwork, pdfs to read, one meeting with my internship supervisor, and the feeling that things are going to be alright!

#general #aesthetic #queue

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spending time and researching each flashcard is much better than to make them in a hurry and forcing them into your head. i just made a few and i recalled almost all of them on the first try. understanding is much more valuable than memorising, especially now that i have the privilege of studying for my own enjoyment!

#resources #general #queue

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one of my favorite ways to study is by copying down the short stories in the back of the genki textbook for writing practice, and translating it as i go~

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