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coquelicoq · 1 year

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just had the thought "after i exhaust the french fiction, poetry, and textbooks i own, i could read the french dictionary cover to cover" and got, like, GENUINELY excited about it.

#this is the best idea anyone has ever had!#no more wondering how to pronounce things. no more wondering what a word means. it's right there! it tells you!!!!!!#i already read the dictionary on a semi-regular basis but never the whole thing just certain sections at a time #and not out loud. this would be reading out loud #also it would be in french obviously. usually when i read the dictionary i'm reading the english dictionary #(or more accurately the english section of a dual-language dictionary since i don't own a regular english dictionary)#i don't actually think this would be an effective way to acquire new vocab and then retain it but it sounds SO fun #it's going to take me like a year to read all the french fiction poetry and textbooks i own but after that. watch out world!!#french #lecture du dico #my posts #in other news i retook this vocabulary quiz that i last took about 9 months ago #and at the time i scored in the lower 47th percentile and it was like congrats! you have the vocabulary of an 8yo in france!#and THIS time i scored in the higher 47th percentile (+6%) and NOW i apparently have the vocabulary of a 10yo in france!#hah! in your face french children! it takes you two years to learn the words i can learn in nine months!!!!#(this is a joke the quiz probably has like a 5% margin of error lol)#(also french children are DEFINITELY learning french faster than me. no question. but let me have this)

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xo8ball · 6 months

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actually many mental disorders and illness have been converted into digestible. palatable. easy to consume. easy for neurotypicals to understand and relate because they wont pay attention until its slightly about them. and easy for capitalism to seem as functional or non functional instead of diverse humans with diverse conditions with determinated needs that deserve respect and wellbeing EQUALLY. what and why.

#im kind of distressed because its all pink and silly memes #like yeah some memes are funny and relatable. but where is the truth. where are the voices of the disabled.#the voices of people who struggle badly and have higher needs and can't communicate the same way.#i think english is failing me right now (its not even my second language. i just know how to speak. i cant do too much when stressed)#and i hope my message gets through??#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #like dude its so fucking ableist because they see humans as Workers only. and those incapable of doing said work are left behind.#WHAT THE FUCK. where is the fucking humanity.#messy it's so messy this

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arsonist-chicken · 2 months

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I think my university should pay me for emotional damages for having to write a thesis exposé. To the amount of whatever I need to go on a short trip to Helsinki to recharge from this bs and to get a tattoo and a coffin full of Fazer chocolates.

#i've been in the library since 6pm or so and have not gotten a single letter done #because i genuinely Do Not Know what to write about this #i don't WANT to write a thesis; having to write a thesis will be my last straw to a break-down if that terminography seminar doesn't do it #and i don't get the point of a thesis anyway. no one but me and my advisor and maybe two examinors will read it #i'll not bring forth any important new knowledge to use #even if i did magically discover some groundbreaking new way to teach second languages - which is not the focus of my paper #like i wanted because the head of institute said no - it would still mean nothing because no one's gonna read it anyway #i'm literally just some rando with subpar grades and papers and motivation and dedication to my studies except for the classes i like #and feel like i'm actually learning something important #which is another point: I'm studying translation and interpreting. I'll do a final translation exam in both language directions.#why is that not enough for a degree? it's literally what I study. i couldn't give less of a shit about scientific theories about translatio #yes you should hear about them sometime and it can be useful. but i don't give a single fuck about research etc.#i want to translate and subtitle and maybe at some point interpret. and add a second language besides english because well #the job market but also very importantly my own interests #can't take the swedish course because it interferes with another class; can take a ukrainian class but it's very low-level #can't take a polish or bosnian or serbian or croatian class because they only have higher levels right now #could take a chinese or japanese class but it's... a lecture? with 40+ people in it? how are you supposed to learn a language from a lectur #tried a portuguese class once but the teacher was absolutely awful. nice but so bad at teaching.#and every now and then i think maybe i should learn how to teach a language to someone because oh my GOD would i love to help people #coming here to learn german in ways they'll actually use and see them improve and help them be excited about learning!#or go somewhere else and teach german maybe while also learning the language of the country i'm in #and i thought maybe writing a thesis about second language acquisition and teaching would be a nice way to find out how interested #i am in that actually. but no. my topic now is... hold on. hmmm.#man i'M not even sure. i submitted something and my advisor wrote me an email with a different suggestion for the title #and idk what i'm supposed to write about. not saying the depression isn't playing a role too but damn am i not excited about this #which is. a great start to writing a thesis when 90% of your work ethic comes from being excited about something or interested init #'The preparation of translation-oriented language competence at school using the example of English lessons at Austrian High Schools'#ah yes. someone help me write an exposé about that.#i don't know how and what to include and I don't want to either #come onnnnnn two days ago being at the library helped at least a little bit but now i've been here 3+ hours and i've got nothing

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disdaidal · 11 months

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Good news: your girl got a call from her school today, passed all her exams and is getting her high school diploma this spring/summer, so yay.

I’m “only” 34 after all, but what the fuck. I did it.

#personal #none of my grades were too good apart from english #where i scored higher than in my own mother tongue ldkglgklg #but even that was good not excellent #anyway i passed and i'm getting out of there and onto new adventures (and challenges)#might post pictures later when i'm actually graduating heh #i also took another test today. for another school i applied to this spring #it was a remote test and the first test out of many i guess #and my god it was so fucking hard. i took ages to write it and i couldn't even properly finish it in time because i'm such a turtle #when it comes to writing anything kdkfkg #so it's probably littered with mistakes and sounds dumb as hell and i doubt i'm gonna pass it but anyway #at least i got accepted to that one school already if anything #it's just that. it wasn't my first choice so. i'm still trying D:#anyway i'm feeling hyper and shit and i can barely process this all #at least my stress from the last two days got relieved a little bit #because i apparently have to buy new tires and wheels to my car and i can't fucking afford it right now so heh #but anyway life finds a way i guess

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eirianerisdar · 6 months

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Loud-mouthed British patient at my night clinic today:

YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD ENGLISH!!!

Me, trying to hide my offense: Really.

#mate I'm Hong Kong born and bred but you really shouldn't judge if people's English is good by their ethnicity #at my school way back when there was one white boy in the IB higher level English Literature class. ONE. The rest of us were all Asians #meanwhile here he's trying to convince me he has pancreatitis with an amylase of 125 #mate it's DOWNTRENDING you had gastroenteritis a while ago ok #if you had pancreatitis it would be sky high and you wouldn't be sitting here without abdominal pain happy as pie #misc #personal #medical happenings #medicine #doctor #my post

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silenthillbunni · 7 months

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#anyway so yeah im so sick of hating myself. of missing out on things and being too scared to go after things i want when i have the chance #so sick of almost being 25 and having spent almost 6 years alone in my room missing out on life #and my mom and sister might be moving in the not too distant future #so i have to try to get my life together for real now!!! or homelessness will be awaiting me :D #what i will try to do.. is start going to the gym (w my mom so i dont have to deal w the anxiety of an unknown place by myself sksk)#i'll workout 3-5 times a week. every week. i like going to the gym so if i just get started i dont have a doubt i'll not be able to do it #i'll focus on finishing my english class. hopefully in december even if i have the possibility to get it extended a few months #then i'll start my other 4 classes in january #i'll be patient and wait for my ultrasound and get the gallstone situation fixed (latest in january if i need surgery)#(and i have to try to make sure i eat properly so i dont wind up with b12 deficiency... i cant eat anything without pain but i have to..)#also i have an appt at the psychiatric in mid october. and im still waiting on what my healthcare center says. hopefully i can get cbt #if possible i will really really try to apply for jobs as a personal assistant sometime between january-may #if i have a job instead of being on wellfare i will 1) have way more money 2) not feel constabtly anxious abt being rejected and homeless #i'll stop caring abt me being 'old' and a late bloomer. the planet is dying. who cares if im 28 and start university????#i'll take my time to finish high school. and the thing is i really should get a job before starting higher vocational education #bc the program i want to start i HAVE to have a laptop. and theres no way i can afford that now. cant even save up to it #also need to find and put myself up on waiting lists for student housing/apartments so i can actually move #i hate this city and i need to get the fuck out of here!!!!#but the world is crazy rn and it's super hard to find places to live and find jobs but it's not impossible so i need to try #i cant live like this & i have no idea how tf i'll manage to be a normal person and have a life but i need to try bc what else am i gnna do?

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mejomonster · 8 months

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Sometimes I feel like I write really... simple? Which isn't a bad thing. Just sometimes rereading my stuff feels like I'm reading a fairy tale (ignoring the actual Faerie Stories I write galore lol)

#rant #mejo writing #like. i get it? part of it is i lean toward simpler words because i want as MANY people to understand what i mean as possible #and im used to tutoring a lot of people of varying vocabulary and the simpler more understandable words the BETTER when #trying to teach math frankly. and then also when i speak in french or chinese i likewise lean toward more common words #since im more certain im expressing myself in the way i intend. whereas if i use specialized chinese words theres a higher risk i say #something i didnt mean. and in general i just notice a lot of things i got used to in french grammar i...#oddly ended up integrating into how i write english. which is absolutely bizarre to me. and tjen since reading more chinesr #ive really adapted to more SHORT sentences just focusing on making my point.#and then of course. my biggest style influences are haruki murakami and edgar allan poe.#i dont pick as perfect words as poe (unfortunately). but i like the idea of prose written as if its poetry. with thought put into #the length of sentences and SINGLE WORDS as sentences. and cut off sentences. and alliteration. to control #the reader experience and affect the impact of the prose on the emotions.#and then murakami lol. murakami??? my favorite short story he wrote is The Kangaroo Communique #which i think explains a LOT about why the fuck i write the way i do #have you ever read his stories in The Elephant Vanishes???#its like this... the ideas and words and settings are ordinary. but the experience is emotional and surreal and magical and it swallows you #inside the narrator's head.#and you truly have no idea what objective reality in the story is. only what the character narrating is Claiming to experience (and they #might be lying about themselves and whete their attention is too).#and i LOVE it. i love it i love it. it FEELS like being in my mind. so i try to write that way.#and i almost feel like when the prose is simpler words... its more like how a general person may think things #(at least how i do. with simple understandable explanation) and so its easier to suck the reader into the #narration pov's mind #and get them to feel what the character feels and notice what the charqcter avoids. and feel reality of the story #becoming as warped and unreliable as the narrator.

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movietonight · 2 years

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I'm going to have to write an entire mash fic in German just so I can include a scene of Charles offering the informal pronoun to Hawkeye

#mash #For those of you that don't speak German #German has informal and formal pronouns like thou/you back in early modern English #Since they're not introduced as friends in s6 they use formal pronouns with each other #Unwritten rules say that the person with the higher social status has to offer the switch to informal pronouns #'May I offer you the thou'#Or 'we may use thou'#And if your conversation partner is older or more experienced or in any other way above you in the social hierarchy #They have to offer it #It would be rude otherwise #This is an intricate social ritual and it would be great to see play out on mash

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bluemoonstonesy · 1 month

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SAME I loved English lit and history. But then I did a level English lit and I’ve hated it ever since, made me wanna kms

yeah i think i liked it at school but i couldn’t go do it at college or uni. probs enjoyed the actual studying and organising information than the subject itself 😭

#enjoyed english way more than maths but i was like rlly good at maths and all my teachers wanted me to be on like special higher things #beyond school and i was like no thanks fuck that #have a maths brain but i don’t want to do maths THANK YOU

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rigelmejo · 1 year

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I don’t have the link at the moment, but on r/languagelearning on reddit someone mentioned a statistic I’ve also heard before: that the minimum for reading and comprehending the gist overall main idea (and therefore being able to learn at least Some new vocabulary/grammar from context) requires 80-92% comprehension of a text.

So, one, it makes the suggestion to learn ‘2000 common words’ somewhat useful. 2000 common words covers around ~80% comprehension of text in many languages, meaning if you’ve studied those 2000 words you’re more likely to find texts you comprehend Enough of to follow the main idea. And meaning if you do not comprehend enough, you’ve got a better chance of looking up some key words to get you up to at least that 80% comprehension. And, if you’re going to learn by extensive reading, at least hitting the 80% comprehension mark is going to make learning more doable. (Although true, it will be quite draining and frustrating if you have a low tolerance for ambiguity and you’re trying to read stuff you only comprehend 80% of, it is at least doable).

Two, that point from 80% comprehension to 95-98% comprehension may feel brutal (in my opinion). Because it is when reading texts for native speakers roughly becomes doable, but it won’t necessarily be easy or clearly understood until you learn a bulk of words that make the difference between those percents of comprehension. Once you get past learning the common words, the vocabulary increases you make do not increase your comprehension % nearly as much. You can learn a few hundred words and see a huge improvement in comprehension (like 50%), you can learn 2000 common words and see a huge improvement in comprehension (around 80%!). Then you get to the next thousand and next thousand and the percent comprehended isn’t going up as quickly anymore. What you comprehend starts to depend on if you learned words in that subject before or not, if you’re brand new to that topic domain or not.

I am really fascinated by this 80-92% comprehension is when you start grasping the overall main gist of what’s going on. Because when I learned French, and now Chinese, I remember directly experiencing it. This is about when I gave up ALL word lookup in french and relied solely on extensive reading (which worked). This is also about where I started giving up word lookup in Chinese shows and manhua, moving to solely extensive watching/reading. It’s also where I started to be able to slightly push into reading novels (though I would not really try extensive reading until another 1000 words were learned, and I’m maybe at 4000 words known or more? Probably between 2000-2500 hanzi known anyway, and now I’d consider some extensive reading quite enjoyable and some doable but draining). I do think for someone with a high tolerance for ambiguity, and who enjoys just diving in and Doing stuff, 80% comprehension is that minimum you want to reach when moving into studying by Doing reading/watching extensively. (And of course, using materials you’re already familiar with like watched before in your native language is going to somewhat make comprehension higher, helping with learning from context).

#rant #extensive reading #i also read about this statistic in english comprehension reading improvements by the way #the lower level of 'could learn from context' was 80%+ comprehension #for people with higher tolerance for ambiguity

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iwasntplanningonlikingkpop · 1 year

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My Top 10 K-Pop Songs of 2022

If you're curious about my top 10 non-k-pop songs of 2022 check them out here!!!

RUN2U By Stayc

Forever 1 By Girl's Generation

After Like By Ive

Heart Burn By Sunmi

Chiquita By Rocket Punch

Antifragile By Le Sserafim

Attention By NewJeans

Copycat By Apink Chobom

Eye To Eye By Limelight

Higher By Fifty Fifty

English Release Honorable Mention: Pom Pom By Rocking Doll

I'm tagging: @shyirefly @backtodaydreams @beomieotter @thatadorkablegirl @hinataek @prettywordsyouleft @aigoo-exo @arzehh @orbityyxy also anyone else who sees this im also tagging you! and of course none of you have to do this but it would be nice if you did!!!

#the honorable mention i didnt know if i should just put it on the other list #since it is in english but its by a kpop group #but thinking about it being fully honest i dont think it could compete with the songs on that list imo #but i still really liked the song and wanted to mention it #i hesitate to put really new songs on this list like i thought about adding Limbo by Nature but didnt for that reason #but Higher by Fifty Fifty also came out around the same time #but i have high expectations for this group and i feel like its a song ill like for a long time #oh i didnt explain but thats why i hesitate to put new songs on here #like some songs have all year to go from faves to songs i dont listen too #so i like to remember ones that i loved through a good part of the year #but with songs that are new i have less time with it to see where it ends up #but again i have high hopes that i will like this song for a long time #and plus to be a new song im so obsessed with i feel compelled to put it on here is pretty good on its own #but it is still in the last spot #Eye to Eye is also pretty new but same as Higher im just really into the songs and think ill like it long term #the top song was so easy to pick tho #its been one of my favorites all year and it came out way at the start so pretty impressive but i wouldnt expect less from stayc #i just realized their isnt a single boy group lmao trust me its not on poupous #but i think got7 was the only boy group (and male soloist) i even considered for this list they just didnt make the cut #tho if im honest im struggling to think of any other boy groups ive really listened to this year (like new songs)#also not to be a fake fan but im sorry their is no loona song ill blame it on the current loona boycott #but in reality i think i just liked all these songs more then anything loona released this year #like for sure if i got to 20 songs of the year theyd make it but not with just ten #my post

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whales-are-gay · 2 years

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i was today years old when i learned that eeyore from winnie the pooh is named that bc that’s the sound a donkey makes if you speak english with a non-rhotic accent

#same thing with er and erm cause i read that and was like ok i guess that’s how british people say it #but no that’s just uh and uhm #but higher in vowel space #but anyways both of my english accents are rhotic so there is no way i wouldve figured this out #personal post

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aromanticannibal · 2 years

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all my childhood I told people I was atheist bc everytime I said I didn't have a religion they said oh, so ur atheist

but like really I do think theres some higher forces and stuff it's just that christianity and islam and judaism and all that jazz don't really vibe with what I think man