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Tips for productivity

For the love of god PLEASE ORGANISE YOUR NOTES

We’ve all shamed and made fun of people who highlighted everything in their work, but now i think they might be onto something???? Seriously, after receiving a pack of pastel Stabilo Boss for Christmas, I have found it 100x easier to study! Create colour codes, draw pictures, knock yourself out. But please, writing a huge block of black text isn’t helping anyone.

Tidy your space

“An organised room leads to an organised mind” is something we’ve all heard at some point in our lives. But, it’s true! I find myself to be far happier and more motivated when I wake up to a tidy room in the morning. No matter how messy you are, at least tidying your desk should help a LOT.

Don’t study in silence

Whilst some people need absolute silence to be able to concentrate, the majority find it easier to listen to something else at the same time. Whether it’s a study playlist:

or a stream, listening to something else will HELP you!

That’s all for now folks. But here’s a final tip. Don’t read this post and think “cool I should do that” and carry on scrolling. Do it now! Try your hardest not to procrastinate - the harsh truth is that the reason most procrastinate is because they’re scared. PROVE THAT YOU CANT BE BEATEN!!!! Go finish that work!

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Listening Tips

Watch. TV shows. In. Your. Target language. Seriously! This is amazing! HOWEVER, its not perfect so here are some tips

Subtitles - realistically, you’re going to need subtitles. DONT use subtitles in your first language. Instead, use them in your target language. If you add subtitles in a language you already speak, it will do nothing for you. You’ll just end up reading the subtitles and not learning anything. With subtitles in your target language, you can read the words which you know and make connections with the words you hear.

For beginner listeners, try watching a show/movie you’ve already seen but in your target language. You already know the story well, so it won’t be a struggle understanding it. If you want, though, you can watch a show that’s original in your target language - this is also useful since there’ll be no weird dubbing!

START WITH SIMPLICITY. Don’t be ashamed to watch Peppe Pig in Polish or Ghiblis in German! I started off with doing just that (but in French). You can’t expect yourself to instantly be able to understand complicated plots AND dialogue! Begin with children’s TV - you won’t regret this.

PODCASTS. POD👏CASTS👏. This isn’t just a rumour, it actually helps! It helps with understanding people speaking rapid foreign languages and most likely things like slang - they’ll use words that are ACTUALLY USED in your target language and not just ones you hear about in class. You can find podcasts on Spotify or Amazon Music etc, but, like I said, they’ll be COMPLICATED. Start with something made for language learners - I recommend Duolingo.

Literally just listening to music. In music, “simpler” language is often used, since the lines can’t be too long. Additionally, it’s important for cultural literacy. This will help just as something to pass the time. Since there is so much to write on this topic, I’ll make a seperate post.

Video killed the radio star? NOT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS! Similar to podcasts, they help with listening to common words in your target language AND culture! Even better, you can learn about the country in the country’s language! Here are some of the best websites to find foreign radio on:

Radio.Garden - currently features more than 8,000 stations from every continent (except Antarctica of course).

Radio.net - 707 stations with MANY different genres of music in MANY different languages!

Radio Caroline - a UK radio station broadcasting from a ship travelling to international waters. This is not technically ILLEGAL, however, it was unlicensed for the first 27 years (since 1964) and the Marine Offences Act of 1967 makes it illegal for any British Subject to be associated with it.

This concludes my extra long listening post, but the biggest tip of all is DONT GIVE UP AT THE START. Seriously. You WILL learn this language and you WILL learn to listen to it quickly if you practice enough!

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The ultimate study playlist

songs in another language (not your target language - your linguist brain will be constantly trying to translate it, can confirm this in incredibly annoying) - you can’t understand the words so it’s not distracting. also very interesting and increases smarts if you do it enough (i recommend using radiooooo) indonesian and filipino are good for people who don’t speak or aren’t learning those languages

lo fi - helps you focus and v chill n nice

video game soundtracks - helps you focus

chill classical music - for obvious reasons

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Best and easiest language learning apps, in order of simplicity

Drops - super chill, just learning vocab with multiple easy least lemon squeezy activities.

Duolingo - i’m pretty sure we all know duolingo, but, just in case: it’s a really handy and diverse language app with many different learning techniques. it teaches you how to say, understand, read and write sentences and occasionally words. Good for grammar.

Memrise Mobile (it’s actually just called Memrise but the website is a lot more complicated than the mobile app so) - pretty much the same as duolingo but more with vocab, depending on which course you take. you can learn literally ANY language on here. seriously. however not all are official. good for extending vocab by speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Busuu - this app is still RELATIVELY new i think so it doesn’t have too many languages on it, but it’s really handy for listening and speaking as it includes videos you have to answer questions on.

Clozemaster - more for more confident learners, as it entirely revolves around revising and deciding which word to use in which sentence, no matter the difficulty. you have to pick a word to fit in a sentence they give you from a variety of options. includes MANY official language courses.

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