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A point of view.
Everybody has their own strategy to do what they want everyday.
Real Wealth ⚜️ comes from knowing yourself. When you understand your values and passions, you find deeper fulfillment and make choices that bring genuine happiness and a more meaningful life.
Omfg I almost cried here, it’s just so I feel so deeply sorry for him and I can, to a degree, relate to his struggle. Luckily I never lost a loved partner, but the struggles of them? The political scenario? All this is so….I can see it happen, totally. I knew this game wasn’t a happy one, I even know it can’t have a happy end since it’s a prequel to a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. But still, it makes me care so much for all these characters. I can’t even complain here about “kill your gays” trope, because, honestly, it doesn’t feel like some Hets wrote the story and just killed off the gay characters because they were uncomfortable with them. It reads more like a sad tale told by a gay person themselves. Sadly I don’t know anything about the devs, who communicate very rarely. Still, I just love the writing here….
Don't let anyone fool you: Adults don't really know what they're doing all the time. You don't magically earn the drive or the strategy to do all your responsibilities when you turn 18, or when you get out of college - or at any point, for that matter. And if anyone looks like they have it... they don't.
As I was walking around the house, my neglected responsibilities jumped out at me all at once. Dishes in the sink. Unfolded clothes. Homework. All of them important things that I should have done days ago, but they're still lying around. Some have deadlines! And as I asked myself why I can't handle such simple tasks with any decency, I began to wonder whether I'm fit for adulthood at all. How can I be expected to survive on my own if I can't even get myself to take regular showers?
I started to despair about bigger matters like rent. Clearly I'm not cut out for these responsibilities, I told myself. Maybe I should stop trying; I'm just going to fail anyway. It was a crushing thought... I was about to break down on the spot.
But then I noticed the things I'm doing well. My room is mostly clean (other than the clothes, but even those are in a hamper in the corner). I'm well-fed. I'm still in college - I live off-campus, and I've survived this long! I have supportive friends. Heck, I just took out the trash moments before this meltdown.
Really what I was afraid of was that I can't seem to do anything, when that's not true. I can do some things, just not everything. And in the end, I concluded that the things I'm doing right outweigh the things I'm not doing. I need to learn to juggle all my responsibilities first before I master them, and that's part of what college is about.
I've seen what it looks like to not do anything, and I'm not nearly there... But if I'd given up, I sure would be. So it's okay! I'll forget to wash the dishes some days, and that's okay, as long as I'm trying at all.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Auto resolve hurts 🥲
New plan 2024.03.29 for 3 mo.
3 mo = 2024.06.29 - Sat, June 29th.
Mondays & Fridays @ 4 pm: Spanish with dad (edit: 2024.04.06)
2024.04.17 edit - balance approx. goal: 51% SV, 32% KR, 17% ES.
= SV 5.1 hr/week. KR 3.2 hr/week. ES 1.7 hr/week.
(to try for the next 3 mo. 1 active study lang and the rest, 2, passive study langs. total: ~3.5h/day)
1 hour ACTIVE study for 🇸🇪 + 1h TV
- read to flashcards, study EN -> SV (Currently: Kalle Anka) 15 terms. ~30 min (see post on flashcard tips for more info)
Edit 2024.04.04: focus on reading/watching flashcards for the 1st 3 months.
can spend ~1hr per lang per day bc i found myself doing general lang study for about 3hrs a day naturally. think ill just watch (eng/target subs) or study (target/blurred eng subs + flashcards) whenever/additionally.
- speak (or simply write in early days + flashcards) to describe something in Swedish (with or without speaking/writing in English 1st)
& consider reviewing SV pronunciation videos from YT too. (On deck: rewriting my personal journals, or texts etc in SV)
&/or - pronunciation practice: for 3 MONTHS just listen to my recordings and take note of any obvious variations. Later, record myself copying swedish ppl speak and review and retry. ~30 min
(or 1h or read or speak on rotation)
Edit: add singing along/music? no.
- listen to TV show etc with SV. Watch with Eng subs for 3 MONTHS. Then (probs) switch to SV subs with help from Language Learning with Netflix plugin. Later, no subs. (On deck: Young Royals & Love is Blind Sweden) ~1hr
(other ppl: 1. beginner textbook, 2. listen ur heart out with target subs, 3. speak and record and playback)
PASSIVEish study for 🇰🇷🇲🇽
- read Korean. translate as I go. start with basic books 1st oc. 하늘의 일기 ~15min + TV (kor/langlearnsubs) +~30min = ~45min
- watch Spanish TV (eng subs) Latin Am. food show
goal: collect and recognize more words with more focus on Korean over Spanish
1hr Swedish + Korean and/or Spanish (1hr total)
Archive:
1.5h total
- read to flashcards EN -> target. 7 terms. ~15 min
- listen to TV show (~30 min) etc for each. (On deck: read 하늘의 일기 or 한식 show + Street Food Latin America)
things to consider:
2024.04.05
yes: still listening (1)/reading (2) first in the that way i am
listening: eng/target subs native content for chilling + add level-appropriate audio
reading: level-appropriate & topics of interest
i think the listening goes with the reading the way i make flashcards, so whether the flashcards come from a book or a video - there is still an audio component.
add speaking ("from day 1")component to flashcards: use new words to create another sentence that is SIMPLE and RELEVANT to you.
keep in mind, some speaking will occur just by repeating audio from flashcards and audio content.
and you can count on your curious mind to do some speaking exercises both in your mind and outloud.
however, some writing may be beneficial to speaking and easier at this point. (lang journal/brain dump) more details below
+ some recordings of you speaking what you wrote or audio youre copying early on, maybe with benchmarks, would be good to have just to track progress over time
Create a language journal Write only for yourself. This is the simplest way to get started. Do it in a Google Doc or a journal, whichever you prefer. Write about what you did the day before, the things you’re doing at work, your plans for the summer, your thoughts on quantitative easing, or whatever strikes your interest and is near your level.
Brain dump for 25 minutes
Set the timer and start writing, stream-of-consciousness. Whatever comes to mind. The only goal is to get in the zone and write in your target language while the timer is running.
(Maybe...) write an essay
maybe. challenging, but would be cool to write an essay regardless of the language.
Next 3mo. (for an example timeline),
move to speaking to yourself or stuffed animal without writing crutches (record yourself and review) + upgrade listening to avoid eng subtitles or even any subtitles. more details below.
THEN speaking (3) - tips I appreciate:
start here korean 🇰🇷
Read out loud - pronunciation
Focus on pronunciation more than on comprehension. Listen to a native speaker and repeat after them (this is called “shadowing”).
If you don’t have audio for the text, you can put it into Google Translate. It’s not the most natural pronunciation, but it’s better than nothing.
Speak with yourself - sentence creation
Give yourself a topic and record yourself speaking for 5 minutes (increase difficulty based on level).
The topic can be anything. You can summarize an episode of TV, list your plans for the day, talk about your favorite food, describe how you get to work, describe what you see around you, or anything else.
+ review my recordings
+ cont. step 2 of reading/watching to gather more vocab. (into flashcards)
remember flashcards are for: listening practice (if no original audio), and eng to target practice, as well as some basic speaking practice. so if that's not already built into the study content, flashcards need to be made. also plz add grammar to a sort of simple grammar database/dictionary.
& upgrade listening around this time to native only subs and/or no subs
let's skip writing beyond what's necessary to memorize and read and work through sentences.
2024.04.14 Edit
listen to, think then speak
imagine situation while studying the target lang. (and actually dont focus too much on this, think it happens naturally as I study from English to Target)
- and i actually find that this happens naturally when going from listening to speaking. it happens well with reading too but a little more imaginative effort may be required (note: this is also natural, it's kinda harder for me to zone out of whats being said when listening than it is when reading in native lang)
2024.04.23 Edit
Maybe [edit: not] stop with the English speech prompts? I'm finding it more useful to just memorize and repeat. But how to do that for long from speaking? Maybe the issue is I'm going into the speaking without having practiced the repetition (echo method) enough yet.
lesson (naturally includes listening and speaking) -or- another comprehensible audio (or text)
echo method for each section (need TL transcript, need EN transcript in next step too)
use EN to TL speech prompt to record self [upload to Proton]
review video of self, take notes on errors and what is correct
(any need to review pronunciation side by side audio, or do the echo method again before next step, consider that here.)
Return to TL transcript and simply record self reading it. [upload to Proton]
Calendar week
can read for the rest of my "study time" on passive learning days <3
M: light learning/rest day + ES
T: active
W: active
Th: light learning/rest day
F: light learning/rest day + ES
Sa: active
Su: light learning/rest day + ES prep
light learning = actively listen to (or read in) (pre-watched) TL with no subs for 10-15 min each (aka review).
active learning = echo method, speaking, learning new vocab via listening/reading
other times it's good to just listen with ENG subs or TL subs. TBC
How to learn 🇰🇷 (for me) :
Generally considering just listening and speaking for language learning. For korean, ive done a lot of listening already so its not as vital as a prerequisite (still important for pronunciation practice oc). And ive got a lot of korean books. But every now and then I do want to actually speak Korean to someone.
Sooo,
Read Korean. Translate and note tough words. Move on.
At some point, create English comprehension questions or other relevant prompts. see the second link in my post here for further speech prompts.
Good to keep my grammar and pronunciation notes sorted in Joplin too. <3
2024.04.21 edit: i like how it speaks on the fly (or in my case sometimes, with more detailed speech prompts) then reviews, then records again JUST READING the correct transcription.
Alternate between low (or no) and high study days.
low = 10-15 min consuming content in TL (pref. listening, no subs) The goal is not to learn more.
People don't value/recommend enough breaks during language learning : r/languagelearning
Speaking From Day One VS The Silent Period : r/languagelearning
used to the sounds of a new language, but it takes time. If you start speaking only after listening to the language for many hours, your pronunciation will be much better. Please note that this only works if the listening material is made comprehensible through visual clues or vocabulary study.
We assume that it is necessary to forcefully use it a couple of times for this to happen. The silent approach says that hearing this word many times (when you understand it) will make it easier to use it while speaking.
A couple hours a week of speaking practice where you are fumbling your words should be completely overwhelmed by ~7 hours of active listening and some reading. And you should, IMO, add on top of that time doing passive re-listening of material that you used in active listening previously.
Everyone recommends comprehensible input but how exactly should I actually go about it? : r/languagelearning
Generally speaking, if input is comprehensible, you don't have to struggle an awful lot to understand it.
However, comprehensible input at a beginner level isn't very appealing to most learners, since that would mean watching shows for toddlers, like Dora the Explorer or Bob the Builder. Most people don't really find that interesting so you kinda have to find a middle ground between comprehensibility and what you enjoy.
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Reading children's books would sap my will to study - and I'm already easily enough distracted as it is.
So I'm instead reading what I want with side-by-side translation by Google
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Most people do not say to only do comprehensible input, usually recommendations for additional vocabulary study (Anki) and grammar study are suggested.
Use subtitles. Read stuff, like books or news articles.
Experiment: 18 months of comprehensible input : r/languagelearning
Note how he says his speech is next to nill.
The "Silent Period" in Language Acquisition: Truth or Myth?
Problems with the silent period.
Another comment (OP):
I do not assume anymore that language happens naturally. Actually, I don’t assume that any learning happens naturally. Learning of all sorts needs some smart scaffolding, and all children, including the brightest ones, need some help at one point or another. But returning to languages, how can we assume that learning a new language happens naturally when our schools are filled with ESL students that struggle for years and years to learn English? Why is it that Latinos have so much trouble graduating? And why do so many heritage students never master their home language? Could it be that we should be doing a better job at scaffolding speech? I think so. I’ve seen speech therapists at work with my 3 kids and I am a total convert.
My thoughts:
I'm back to liking my previous method of practicing speaking (after some mimicry) Eng to Target.
Just maybe with more emphasis on listening and mimicry/echoing. (kinda as im already doing, but adding in comprehenisble input content, not just lessons, that do this).
I looked into the suffix effect too - basically, my take away is when echoing is not possible (people speaking very quickly and adding unexpected words to the words you were just trying to repeat), just focus all energy on listening.
https://www.tumblr.com/polyglot-thought/734579508777287680/language-learning-resource-video?source=share
while yes, speaking practice is necessary, good speech is the result of lots of exposure. listen, read, (maybe write).
2024.04.20 — Hour +1 🇸🇪 did one CBS lesson and listened to one Oskar episode (#2).
Would like to:
1. listen to Oskar episode again. 2. Mimic (✅)
also write up my top CBS notes here (✅+1hr)
1. listen to CBS dialogue again. 2. Mimic (✅ + 35 min) 3. Write up English speech prompt (translation or questions) 4. Speak (and 5, if i cared about reading better -or at all- depending on the language, I would make a target language transcript of the speech to practice writing and/or spelling)
would like to do the above with Korean too. (first finish speaking review then reading/speaking correct transcript ✅)
CBS 1.13 Notes:
kort: card vs. short:
note the short vowel sounds due to the 2 consonants following.
CARD: like "oo" in Am. "foot" (closed mouth) — kort / kʊrt
SHORT: like "o" in Am. "fought" (open mouth) — kårt / kɔrt
Continuing:
the end of adjectives change depending on whether the following word is an en or an ett word. (ett vin = vitt vin, rött vin; en bil = vit bil, röd bil) Notice short vowel in "vitt" and long vowel in "vit."
något (nåt) - for ett words; någon (nån) - for en words; några for plural words.
att mosa - to smash/mash something
att gosa - to cuddle
jättegoda is for plural nouns. jättegod for singular.
Hardest part of Swedish: getting the en, ett, plural, and adjectives down.
strax - "in a minute"
notan = the bill (to pay)
bjuder = treating someone (as in paying for the meal)
valkomna åter = welcome again / come back soon
är ni redo att beställa? (redo - notice the long vowel "e," sounds like "ee" and "o" comes at the end so i think that's what makes it a short vowel, as in "oo" in Am. "foot.)"
dill stuva pottatis = dill creamed potatoes
att klada = to be messy
det nötter i kakan? are there nuts in the cookie?
det lär ni på notan? (30:44) are you (two) sharing the bill?
Speaking Practice Exercises
Improvised Speech
Transcribing Your Recording
Self-Review
Re-writing a Second Version (Sub to HiNative)
Reading Improved Speech
1. Two-Minute Test. Recount your day. Small talk sharpener.
2. Also, my day. Teach a grammar point. And of course Shadowing on a podcast.
The best thing that happened today
An unusual thing that happened today
What you learned today
What would make tomorrow a great day
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