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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

#saving for later

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24.9.23

It's been a busy and stressful week but I did manage to get away for a few days. Reading on the beach at sunset is always good. Also learned to crochet! Going to get back to the grind tomorrow but taking a moment of peace and quiet.

#beach #reading #studyblr #photography #the book is Grief is the Thing with Feathers btw #its a poetry book pretty good so far #grief is the thing with feathers #life is good

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16.9.23

Picnics and a (hopefully) final Starbucks session wrapping up my internship. Summer is closing and now it's only a week till university reopens. Time flies.

#studyblr #studyinspo #studyspo #university #picnic #summer #photography #nature #student #student life #chaotic academia #study aesthetic #uni life

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28.07.22

As tedious as research can be, writing papers is one of my favorite parts of uni work.

First paper of the semester is on word formation, which means a lot of OED and corpus research… it is incredibly interesting but the corpora make it stupidly hard to work lol, I wish I didn’t have to make accounts for everything to look up two words

#studyblr #studyinspo

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Unsolicited advice from a second year uni student

Since it's now September and most people I know will be heading either back to school or gearing up for university. And if anyone did what I did they might look at Tumblr to get some studying/life ideas (I did this during my A-levels and ended up making my own blog!). So I wanted to give some general advice from my perspective to anyone who might want it - also this will be specific to the UK but some of it is just general too. Also I want to be able to look back on this since I went back through my blog recently and realised I may have needed this advice even just a year ago.

For those who are about to go to university do not panic (cliché I know) but seriously. You will survive the first year I promise! It obviously varies from person to person and between unis and degrees but the first year will generally be a massive adjustment period in your life. And that will likely impact your mental health. This is totally normal. I got major impostor syndrome the first few months of uni. It wasn't until semester 2 that I started to feel comfortable. And largely because if was an entirely new way of learning and teaching, I had to completely relearn how to study, whilst also learning how to live on my own, and living in a new city and making friends.

You will make friends, it might not be immediately but you will find someone before the end of your first year. I got blessed by chance in making friends, but I know lots of people who it took the entire year to find their people. The unfortunate part of this advice is to make friends you do have to go outside and meet them (and I don't always mean going out drinking although this is definitely an option). Look for societies and clubs at your uni this will be 100% an easy way to meet people. And especially especially in the first few weeks of uni go to the welcome/fresher/first year events. I avoided them because I was anxious but turns out they're an amazing way to meet people because guess what? Everyone else is just as anxious as you are!

Expect your grades to go down at first and don't be discouraged, you can and will get those grades back up. And even if you don't (given that you are passing) it doesn't matter. Grades, especially at grad level are kind of inconsequential for most people. Two things to be mindful of are if you are going for a work placement or study abroad year (if you live in the UK) as first year grades do matter for those. Something no one will probably tell you till it's too late. But even then for most study programs you only need a 60% in your first year. And to just progress you only need a 40% (at most unis double check yours). Point being if there's ever a time for your grades to go down it's now, don't panic, your degree isn't over, you're not an impostor, you deserve to be here.

Everyone is struggling just as much as you are. Don't be fooled by Instagram or whatever. Even though I am guilty of it, we only show the nice parts of our lives online. When I get most stressed I step back from this blog, and you guys don't see the tears, sleepless nights, frustrating, and also kind of gross parts of being a student. So don't be fooled if Amanda from your seminar seems to have a perfect life on her Instagram, chances are she hasn't got it as together as you think, and you are no less better than anyone else in the room.

Save money anyway you can!!! I cannot stress this enough but one of the students biggest issues is spending. I'm guilty too but do your best especially in the first year to not overspend too much. Still enjoy yourself 100%, but do you really need to take out five times a week? Or the new shoes? Trust me by the time you get to your second year and your savings or your loan is gone you'll be wishing you held back a little.

If you are struggling. Talk to someone. For uni students, go to your mentor, academic lead, or look up the mental health service at your uni. Every uni (in the UK) has a mental health team. I know many of us are disillusioned with student support networks but I mean this when I say uni support systems are better funded, more rigorous and it serves them to support you. You are not just a student at the university, you are a customer paying a lot of money to be there. It's important that you are happy and you are progressing, otherwise both you and the uni lose! Don't be afraid to speak up when you need it, there will be someone there.

For UK students look up student groups for your university of Facebook. I'm being 100% serious when I say there is a gold mine of info on Facebook for unis. I never ever post on Facebook but it is so useful for staying in the know on events, stuff currently happening, and lots of student groups are pretty funny/gossipy. Some unis even have pages giving away free stuff from previous students, i.e. crockery, kitchen stuff, speakers etc. I managed to save some decent money on these groups. Also if you're into clubbing this is a pretty good way to learn where the good spots are in your city ;)

Romanticism will only go so far. Don't exhaust yourself on how you look. At the end of the day if you are getting the job done who cares if you did it hunched over a bag of cold McDonalds at 3 am? It's no better than someone with a green smoothie at a coffee shop.

I say a lot of this because my first semester was an emotional rollercoaster. During my GCSEs to A-Levels I thrived academically and then coming to Uni I felt like I was so out of my depth. And it wasn't until the second year I realised that this is, a) normal, and b) not that deep! So you scored a little low on an essay? Take the advice and work on the next one. You had some awkward conversation at a uni event? Everyone has forgotten about it already, give a different event a go. One of my favourite things about university is that it is surprisingly low consequence (in the grand scheme of things). Making mistakes won't end you it's okay. I know everyone on studyblr is a perfectionist but give yourself some leniency please. Anyway that's enough of my ranting. To be honest I expect no one to read this. But I am curious how I'll update it in a year's time once I'm going into third year.

If anyone has any questions about university my DMs are open. (I actually am now a paid guide for welcoming first years so it is literally my job lol).

#studyblr #university #uni advice #life advice #not thst im qualified to give advice im a mess #but maybe thats why im qualified because if anyone gets it #its probably me #university of leeds #studyspo #academia #study tips #uni tips #unsolicited advice #studyinspo

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11.9.23

Went hiking yesterday. Back at work today. Writing up reports!

#hiking #rural #countryside #university #studyblr #studyinspo #chaotic academia #study aesthetic #student #uni life

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#misc from the last few days cuz ive mostly been at Work Work not Uni Work yk #which has been so fun in a heatwave 😀 #but modt days i was able to go to the park after work and read or smth which is nice #going hiking today ofc and its meant to rain! wish me luck #studyblr #studyinspo #chaotic academia #also all the buildings are photos from my campus <3 #campus #university #uni of leeds #study aesthetic #student #uni life

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6.9.2023

It's 29° on campus so it warranted working outside.

#currently reading crooked kingdom btw #studyblr #studyinspo #university #chaotic academia #plants #nature #architecture #student #study aesthetic #also started my new job today and this weather just is not it for such thinfs

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getting back into studyblr/journal content after a long hiatus but most of the accounts i loved are inactive! please please please help a struggling gre prepper out and feed me some motivation if you're a studyblr (or mostly a studyblr) reblog this post and i'll follow you

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4.9.23

Escaped the heat - why is it 28°C in September? - with Starbucks iced coffee (it's a business expense shhh). Terrifying to think that in a fortnight my internship will be over. Going through the final stages of data analysis and writing up the reports!

This week is actually extremely busy schedule wise so taking the opportunity to also work on my pre-reading tonight, I've put off my economic policy reading as long as possible *sigh*.

#studyblr #studyinspo #studyspo #student #university #stem aesthetic #study aesthetic #losing my mind over how close this deadline is #two months of work just to get write it all up in the span of a few days??? #also starting my second job this week which should be... fun... 🥲 but money is money #need it to fund my Starbucks expenses #i also need to relearn how to be able to work from home because i physically cannot do it and its becomifn a hinderance now im not at the #office as much and live further away from uni #like it wont be practical next year to be on campus everyday or work late at night on campus like i used to cuz it won't be safe to walk #home at 3 am through the city jn the dark #so rip my all nighters in the libraries guys </3 end of an era #were adults now

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2.9.23

Welp I'm back (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆ sooooo last time I posted I had just finished my first year of uni and boy has it been a chaotic summer. I took a break from posting partly out of laziness but also because I have been working on a research internship at my university all break. It's been challenging but rewarding! I wish I could post about half the things I got up to but it's mostly been me sitting with my laptop (as per usual).

But it's officially September and exactly one month till my uni classes restart and boy have I given myself a treat next year because I am doing two extra modules (why you may be wondering? The pursuit of knowledge is my hubris). So I'm going to start posting on here again, live-blogging my semi-aesthetic second year. This year is going to be way more career focused for me rather than just adjusting to uni like last year. But yep. I'm concluding my internship in two weeks time so that is still taking up most of my time but in-between I've really got to get going on my pre-reading and such. Especially for my extra modules since they're not actually in my field (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ). Anyway enough rambling from me. That's where I am at the moment. This summer hasn't really been a break for me per say since I've been working but I will say living in your university city over the summer is jarring (campus and the city are both so empty) I'm not prepared for when everyone comes back at all but I do kind of miss the busyness now (⁠●⁠_⁠_⁠●⁠)

#studyblr #studyinspo #university #studyspo #chaotic academia #student #uni life #undergrad #study aesthetic

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25.5.23

Boy has it been a while since I posted. So long in fact that I finished my first year of uni ◉⁠‿⁠◉

This is really only a fraction of the work I've done this month, so many all nighters, but finals were too stressful to post and as of today I'm officially starting a new job! I'm so excited for the summer even if I'm working. Best of luck to everyone studying right now I know it's a stressful time for everyone so remember to stay hydrated and get some rest (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

#studyblr #studyinspo #university #note taking #studyspo #chaotic academia #exam season #student #student life

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How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Reblog this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

#22! more than i expected #i own about 33 books on the list i just need to read them lmao 🥴

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29.4.23

Appreciation post for my campus today 💖

#university #aesthetic photography #aesthetic #campus #spring #cherry blossom #light academia #light academia aesthetic #appreciate the little things (warm weather)

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28.4.23

Start and end of study session. The sunset was so pretty to watch 🌇

(feat. The "gallery wall" in the afternoon and Adele's album on vinyl 🎵)

#studyblr #studyinspo #university #Adele #studyspo #sunset #uni life #i got back to leeds 2 days ago need to start grinding 😭 #dark academia #chaotic academia #exam season

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Messy desk on a hot Friday afternoon. An attempt at creation rather than consumption

#studyblr #study aesthetic #studyspo

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i sit in the sun. i drink tea. i recieve a message from my friend. i read a book. i take a walk. i fall in love with life a little bit.