Fall Sem Starts In 2 Days! Heres My Schedule

Fall sem starts in 2 days! Heres my schedule

Intro to Ethnomusicology (Intermediate Seminar) - MWF / 8-8:50am

Dinosaurs: A Natural History - MWF / 9-9:50am

Intro to Biological Anthropology - MWF / 10-10:50am

Intro to Cultural Anthropology - MWF / 11-11:50am

[ LUNCH BREAK ]

Intro to Archaeology - MW / 1-2:15pm

currently can’t get my textbooks because of an issue w financial aid that will hopefully be resolved in the morning. super nervous bc new school and lots of work ahead but also excited for my new major/program and hopefully making more friends :)

idk if anyone else does this but music is distracting for me when i do homework but i still need noise so i usually try to watch a show or movie thats somewhat related to the topic im studying at the moment. that way even when i take a little break i still feel like im engaged and keeping my mind on track. ex: when i took my forensics class i would keep csi vegas on in the background.

im having trouble finding anything that has to do with anthropology/archaeology thats actually interesting for this purpose. (the things that show up on netflix is stuff like ancient apocalypse which im not a fan of) what i have on currently is outer banks lol does anyone have recommendations?

im gonna get school supplies with my next check, any cute stationery store recs ??

does anybody have note taking tips? or favorite stationery stores? (that arent muji) ive been using goodnotes for a bit for digital notes but have heard about notability also would anyone say its worth buying or are they basically the same app?

Finally a first language laddering post! In the near future I hope to start posting updates to my personal studying, maybe accompanied by study materials for others to use if I have the time! But first, I wanted to post an introduction.

Transcript of the images below the cut!

Language Laddering!

An Overview

I recently made a post asking about interest in me posting my personal Japanese -> Korean language laddering study journey and resources. And a lot of people seemed interested! Let's start off with an introduction to language laddering itself, since people may not have heard of it, or may not recognize this name for it! For my own personal stuff, I hope to post updates to my studies along with some resources as regularly as I can manage!

What is Language Laddering?

Language laddering, as I'm using the term, is a method of language study in which you use one target language (TL1) to learn a second target language (TL2). Basically, you cut your native language out of the equation and study in a target language!

How I Ladder

There are several methods you can use that I'd say count as language laddering, but I'm only going to go super in-depth into the methods I personally use!

If you study this way and have a specific method you love that I didn't mention, please mention it in a comment or reblog! I'd love to hear more methods.

Reading Japanese textbooks for Korean

Getting access to resources in Japanese is definitely harder because of international shipping, but I'm able to find store listings that offer sample pages! I've been using these until I can get the money to actually buy them.

In the meantime as I wait to get fully Japanese texts, I use the speaking pen from Learn Korean With BTS, haha- the speaking pen reads the book in four languages, and Japanese is one of them! So I just listen to it like an audiobook instead of reading the English!

Using apps and websites made by and for Japanese learners

While my Japanese dictionaries and apps are all in English, my Korean dictionaries and apps are all in Japanese!

I use an online Japanese-Korean dictionary on my phone, and when I practice grammar and other concepts in Korean, I use Japanese websites for Korean learners.

Recently, I've been using the site ハングルの森 to review basic grammar. I've been getting a pretty strong hold on Japanese grammar terms, too, which is exciting for more fully laddering!

Laddering languages in the way I choose to can be a very fun way to learn a new language and study one you've already been working on, but it doesn't work for everyone!

People who enjoy learning grammar and reading about how language works may enjoy it because they can learn grammar the way it's taught in their target language rather than how it's taught in their native language! This can be exciting, it's interesting to see how different languages teach concepts and learning grammar terms in a TL can open grammar-related doors! If you're a linguistics nerd like me, grammar-related doors are super exciting.

However, if you struggle a lot with understanding language instruction, and classroom language learning is really difficult for you, then it may only make things harder to try and use your TL's classroom language learning material for a new TL.

And that's okay! Not every learning method is for everyone. Learning through immersion may be easier and less frustrating if you struggle with classroom learning!

And guess what?

You can still ladder languages when doing immersion learning! Watching something in your new TL with subtitles for your stronger TL is one good way you can combine immersion learning with laddering!

I hope to post more about language laddering, although it will probably be pretty catered to my own personal study! People can feel free to send asks about anything specific they'd like to know! (Although I certainly am not an expert, so I can't answer everything)

Also, I know this post was SUPER text heavy, so thank you for making it to the end! I hope it wasn't too droning to read ^-^ Good luck with language laddering if you decide to try it!

heyo ! update from school lol ive had 4/5 classes so far today and im overwhelmed. more detailed updates to come later but for now im off to archaeology !! (very excited for this one)