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Build Your Vocab Day 2

Hi all! Today my task is to create a vocab list with the prompt “Vacation”. It’ll be short but hopefully helpful!

ENGLISH--SPANISH Suitcase--maleta Passport--pasaporte Tourist--turista (though it ends in an a, it’s masculine!) Beach--playa Sea--mar To travel--viajar To take pictures--hacer fotos To make a reservation--hacer una reserva To visit--visitar To enjoy--disfrutar

See you tomorrow for Day 3!

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Langblr Culture Challenge Day 2

Hi all! Today is Day 2 of the Langblr Culture Challenge! Today we will go over a very brief history of Spain. I apologize in advance, I admittedly don’t know much about Spanish history and I might gloss over something important. 

Spain was first settled by modern humans about 30,000 years ago, but the cave of Atapuerca shows that ancestors of humans lived there as long as 1.4 million years ago. Before the Roman conquest of Spain in the 2nd century BCE, there were 4 major groups inhabiting Spain: The Celts, the Iberians, the Lusitanians, and the Tartessians. Rome ruled Spain from the 2nd century BCE until the 5th century CE. During this time, Spain was called Hispania. In the 5th century CE, as the Roman Empire decayed, Spain was taken over by Gothic tribes. The Romanized Visigoths entered Spain around 415 CE, and converted its people to Roman Catholicism, which remains the prominent religion of Spain to this day. In the 8th century, Spain was taken over by Arab Muslims who had conquered North Africa. This began a tumultuous period in Spain’s history, as the Vikings attempted to invade a century later. In 942, pagan Magyars from Hungary invaded northern Spain. Spain had many wars, both civil and from invasion, for centuries. Muslims and Christians fought terribly. However, by the 1200s, the only foothold the Arab Muslims had left in Spain was Granada, which only survived until 1492. Spain became the world’s first global empire, and one of the largest empires in world history, in the 16th century. Spain had many colonies in the Americas and the Pacific. Spain wanted to find riches, and also convert the native people of these lands to Catholicism. Spain maintained its empire until the 19th century, when it lost its colonies in the Americas. Spain was ruled by several kings and queens until 1978, when it became a constitutional monarchy. Currently, Spain is a part of the European Union and is considered a “middle power”. 

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OLCC Day 2

Hi everyone! Today’s task for the OLCC calls for me to make a masterpost of other masterposts people have made.

YOUTUBE CHANNELS: https://langsandculture.tumblr.com/post/161359671808/spanish-youtubers-masterpost

SINGERS/MUSICAL ARTISTS: https://langsandculture.tumblr.com/post/160153197018/spanish-singers-masterpost

GENERAL LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES: https://elkstudies.tumblr.com/post/135877830855/highschoolering-spanish-resources-masterpost https://travelingwithink.tumblr.com/post/110424294453/masterpost-in-spanish-learning https://study2nite.tumblr.com/post/135832249911/mini-spanish-masterpost https://studyblrmasterposts.tumblr.com/post/143709325169/spanish-resources-masterpost https://thisfloralys.tumblr.com/post/89542256613/a-collection-of-sites-and-apps-that-will-help-you

Sorry it’s short, I couldn’t find much in the way of Spanish masterposts. Maybe I used the wrong search term?

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55 Days of Vocab Day 2

Hello again! I’m continuing today with Day 2 of the 55 Days of Vocab! Today’s prompt is love.

SPANISH--ENGLISH Amor--love Infatuation--infatuación A crush--un flechazo Girlfriend--novia Marriage--matrimonio

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Winter Language Challenge (In Summer) Day 2

Hello again! Today is Day 2 of the Winter Language Challenge I am following. My task today is to memorize a poem, in Spanish. I chose the poem Amemos, by Amado Nervo. I’ll include the poem as well as its translation.

SPANISH Amemos Si nadie sabe por qué reímos; ni por qué lloramos. Si nadie sabe ni por qué vivimos; ni por qué nos vamos; Si en un mar de tinieblas nos movemos, Si todo es noche en derredor y arcano, ¡A lo menos amemos! ¡Quizás no sea en vano!

ENGLISH Let’s love If no one knows why we laugh; Or why we cry. If no one knows why we live; Or why we go; If in a sea of darkness we move, If all is night around and arcane, At least let’s love! It may not be in vain!

See you tomorrow for Day 3!

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60 Day Language Challenge Day 2

Welcome back everyone for Day 2 of the 60 Day Language Challenge! Today, my task is to explain what is around me, in Spanish, in 3-5 sentences.

SPANISH Estoy en mi cocina. La mesa y las sillas son negras y brillantes. Los muros son color crema. El refrigerador es color plateado. En el mostrador hay cactus pequeños.

ENGLISH I am in my kitchen. The table and chairs are black and shiny. The walls are cream-colored. The refrigerator is silver. On the counter, there are small cactuses.

Thank you for reading, and see you tomorrow for Day 3!

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30 Day Language Challenge

Hi everyone! I wanted to also do the 30 day language challenge, originally created by spraakhexe. Today will be Day 1 and I have to write about my favorite animal in Spanish.

Mi Animal Favorito

Mi animal favorito es mi mascota, un perro se llama Max. Max es una mitad de la raza Beagle y una mitad de la raza Pug. Él es muy cómico y agradable. Max no me escucha y él solo se sienta cuando él quiere. Max ama mucha la comida y comerá cualquier cosa. La comida favorita de Max es la crema de cacahuete. La bebida favorita de Max es cerveza, jaja. Max bailará para comida y a veces sin razón. Cuando estoy mal, Max se acostara conmigo hasta me sienta mejor. Me gusta mucho mi perro, y él es mi animal favorito.

Sorry it is so short! Let me know if you’d like me to provide the English translation.

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Hi everyone! So the lovely @nihowdy made a wonderful language challenge to learn lots of vocab! I couldn’t find one for August, but I am starting the June one today. My first task today is to translate this entire list into Spanish.

ENGLISH--SPANISH Vacation--Vacaciones Accommodation--Alojamiento Activities--Ocupaciones Arrival--Llegada On the lake--En el lago Camping--Cámping Celebration--Celebracion Cruise--Crucero Departure--Salida Destination--Destino Domestic--Nacional Holiday--Feriado International--Internacional Journey--Viaje Leisure--Osio Long weekend--Fin de semana largo Party--Fiesta Relaxation--Relajación Restaurants--Restaurantes Scenic--Escénica/Escénico Summer--Verano Theme park--Parque temático Things to do--Cosas para hacer Tour--Gira Transportation--Transporte Travel--Viajar Weather--Tiempo What to pack--Que empacar Winter--Invierno

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Langblr Culture Challenge Day 1

Hello everyone! So the always great @languagesandshootingstars made another fantastic language challenge, called the Langblr Culture Challenge! It’s pretty useless to learn a language while knowing nothing about the country(or countries) that it is spoken in. So, I am going to write the basics about where Spanish began--the wonderful country of Spain!

Name of Country: Spain/España Location: Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, next to Portugal and France Area: 195,364 square miles/505,990 square kilometers Capital: Madrid Population: 46,445,760/46.5 million Official Language: Spanish/Español Currency: Euro Current Time Zone: Central European Summer Time Year Established: 1512 Government: Constitutional Monarchy Leader: Felipe VI Religion: Catholic Christianity (Majority)

Sorry that some of this is in Spanish and some isn’t, I may go back and translate the whole thing. Anyway, see you all tomorrow for Day 2!

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OLCC Day 1

Hi everyone! So @languagesandshootingstars came up with an amazing challenge so that people can create more original content for language learning. It’s called the Original Langblr Content Challenge, or OLCC for short. I wanted to participate so that I am not just reblogging all the time and not giving back to the community. So, Day 1 of this challenge requires me to make an original masterpost of resources. I am choosing to do it for Spanish, with resources that I have used personally!

WEBSITES: https://www.duolingo.com/ https://www.memrise.com/home/ https://www.clozemaster.com/login https://www.lingodeer.com/ https://www.spanishdict.com/ https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp

APPS: Duolingo App Memrise App SpanishDict App https://quizlet.com/mobile https://languagedrops.com/ https://tinycards.duolingo.com/ https://www.hellotalk.com/?lang=en https://www.tandem.net/ (Note: the last two apps, HelloTalk and Tandem, are for chatting with native speakers of your target language and helping them learn English/your native language.)

I hope you all will find this helpful! See you tomorrow for Day 2!

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55 Days of Vocab Day 1

Hi everyone! Because I want to be productive with my time, I am starting a third language challenge! This one is the 55 Days of Vocab by @polyglossa. It requires me to learn 5 new words by theme a day. The first theme is Jewelry! I shall include the English translations as well.

SPANISH--ENGLISH Aretes--earrings Anillo--ring Collar--necklace Pulsera--bracelet Joya--jewel

Thanks to @polyglossa for making this challenge, and I’ll see you all tomorrow with Day 2!

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Winter Language Challenge (In Summer) Day 1

Hi everyone! Even though it’s summer, I am doing the Winter Language Challenge by @myriadlanguages. Day 1 calls for me to learn 2 idioms. So, here are two Spanish idioms I learned and their English translation.

SPANISH--ENGLISH Tomar el pelo--To take the hair (to pull someone’s leg/to make a fool out of someone) Estar como una cabra--To be like a goat (to act crazy/bizarre)

I love these because in their own strange way they make more sense than English (goats are pretty weird). Thanks, @myriadlanguages, for making this challenge, and see you all tomorrow for Day 2!

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60 day language challenge: Day 1

Hello! Today I am starting the 60 day language challenge by @leavelesstree, for Spanish. The first task is to learn 5 new words. Since I don’t really like themes, I learned 5 random words that are fun to say. I will translate them below.

SPANISH--ENGLISH Aguacate--avocado Balbucear--to babble Irrumpir--to burst Ronronear--to purr Zurcir--to darn (to mend)

Thank you @leavelesstree for making this challenge and I’ll see you all again for day 2 tomorrow!

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A Language Challenges

Okay so this is a challenge for myself and for people out there wanting to do one of two things:

1) Progress fast in their main language they are learning

2) Start learning their first new language or start learning a second or third, etc

The idea came to me when I heard about all these “Learn languages in 3 months or 1 week”. I see a lot of people denounce it, but I am here to figure out just how far someone can get in language learning in just 1 month. Now here are the rules for this and if you scroll past the rules to the bold header labelled “What to do” I am going to write a semi-detailed excerpt about how to go about effectively completing this challenge. 

Rules:

- You must choose one language. Why? because the idea is to focus on one language and master as much of it as you can in just a month. If you have been learning German for a year and you want to see how much you can progress with that ,then just use the beginning of the month to start on reviewing basics and then finding a good way to progress. 

-You must spend at least a minimum of 6 hours a day on learning the languages. This is done through videos, movies, reading, playing games, studying, apps, etc all in the target language. 

-You must have fun. If you make this a “job” it wont be fun. Take this as a chance to learn a new language you have always wanted to learn. Maybe just take this month to see how proficient you get and then move away form it. At least if you ever visit that country you will have a basic background knowledge of  that language. 

What to do:

How does one begin? If you are starting a completely new language that you have little to no knowledge of ,then I recommend spending the first week of the month learning the alphabet and pronunciation. Then, learn some basic greetings and sayings. Then, learn some vocabulary words. After about a week move on to basic grammar. Remember, even on the days you are learning grammar make sure to study new vocabulary terms. Memorize a song, etc. 

The idea is to keep progressing. Each day make sure to talk to pets, family members, friends, strangers, etc in your target language. We don’t have 3 months we have 1 month to do this. 

Make sure to post constantly what you are learning. This will not only be a great source for people to use but also a great way to review and summarize what you have learned to reinforce it for that day. @y3lir-europe so I can see what you have done and share it with others. If you have any further questions let me know, I too will be taking part in this challenge. I am just curious to see how effective hardcore studying for just a month can get someone and if it does work maybe I will apply it to the languages I have been learning. 

Good luck!

P.S. I am choosing Portuguese because I have recently been hearing Portuguese songs and my teacher and another teacher talk in Portuguese to one and other and I want to join in! So if you choose Portuguese too message me! Also, if you choose German or Swedish you can message me as well for I can help you with progressing in those languages.

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Summer Language Challenge

¡Hola a todos! (Hello everyone!) So, my Summer Break has officially started, and I wanted to take this summer to practice my Spanish. I know all of us love to be lazy bums all break, but this summer, I wanted to study really hard and practice my weak points in Spanish. So, I created this challenge for myself and anyone else who wants to practice their target language.

Now, counting today, I have exactly 70 days until the end of my Summer Break, so each day I will be performing a “language quota,” meaning each day I will perform one of the tasks below.

1. Learn five new words in my target language.

2. Conjugate five verbs completely in any tense.

3. Create a five-sentence paragraph in my target language.

4. Translate five sentences/ lines of a text (book, song, poem, etc).

5. Create an audio of me saying five sentences in my target language.

I will be posting my progress as of today, and if anyone wants to partake in this challenge, feel free to tag your posts in the #summerlang tag. I’d love to see all of your progress as we learn our language one word at a time!

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random spanish essay vocab

day 5/21 of pooh’s dog days of summer challenge: learn 10 new words and write 10 sentences with them

my compositions in Spanish are fairly basic sometimes when I’m missing words I would normally use in English, so I’ll find 10 essay-worthy words to learn!

New vocab:

1) sopesar - “to ponder”

Cada día sopeso el significado de este mensaje.

2) alinearse con - “to agree with” [align]

Me alineo con tus palabras.

3) dictar - “to dictate”

No voy a dictar las reglas a la estudiante.

4) conducir - “lead to”

Creo que eso va a conducirme a la muerte.

5) el clamor - “outcry”

Debido al clamor, no compré la sopa ayernoche.

6) el criterio - “criterion”

Con solo ese criterio, no pienso que ella sea culpable.

7) vehementemente - “vehemently”

La niña llora más vehementemente.

8) relativo a - “concerning…”

Escribo una carta relativo al conductor de autobús.

9) el escándalo - “din” [great noise]

¡ No te oigo por el escándalo !

10) apestoso - “stinky” [ok not an essay word but it’s fun]

¡ Tus calcetines están demasiados apestosos !

please let me know if any of these sentences are incorrect! <3

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Hi everyone! I just finished the 100 Days Of Languages challenge and I wanted to do something new afterwards, so I came up with a challenge of my own! I’m calling this the Checkerboard Challenge because it’s an 8x8 grid. Along the top there are eight language-related skills, and on the side there are eight modes of learning, so each box contains a way to study a particular skill using a particular mode. I wanted to do that because exposing yourself to the same information in different contexts is so helpful for learning and I wanted to apply that to how I study Portuguese. The result is a list of 64 different ways to study languages, 71 if you include the alternate options listed below, each one versatile enough to be repeated as often as you want using different topics or resources and hopefully interesting and useful for your learning.

Ways To Use This Challenge

Complete all of the challenges on the table, in whatever order you want.

Choose a particular skill you’d like to work on. Complete all of the challenges in that column.

Choose a particular method of learning that works well for you. Complete all of the challenges in that row.

Use dice or a random number generator to pick a challenge to do every day, and see how long it takes you to get bingo or connect four or something.

Choose whichever of the challenges sound useful to you and incorporate them into your regular studying routine.

There’s no obligation to post anything you make; even when I say to record yourself doing something, that can just be for your own future reference. (It’s recommended for the collaborative tasks that focus on creating resources that would be useful to other learners or interacting on social media, but even then you can just write the posts/comments and not post them if you prefer) However, I would love to see anything you do want to share, or any updates on your progress, so you can post anything like that with the tag “checkerboard challenge” which is also where I will be posting the tasks I complete.

The tasks are listed below, with more detail than what would fit in the boxes.

Reading

(Visual) Read a comic book, comic strip, or webcomic in your target language. Depending on your skill level and  the amount of time you have, you can choose anything from a single strip of a  newspaper comic to a full-length graphic novel

(Auditory) Read along with a chapter of an audiobook, or another piece of writing with accompanying audio. Some language learning websites have articles with recordings of native speakers  reading them. If you want, or if you can’t find anything else, you could even  use a song and its lyrics.

(Hands-On) Option 1: Play a video game in your target language. This can be a computer or console game, or an app on your phone or even a  little browser game. Check the language options on games you already have to  see if your target language is available, or if not, many free games have lots of language options. / Option 2: Read and follow a recipe or another  set  of instructions, such as an art/craft tutorial, the rules to a board or card game, a DIY project or a magic trick.

(Logical) Solve  riddles or logic puzzles in your target language. (Alternate:  Read a short mystery story such as a minute mystery (or something longer if  you prefer) and see if you can solve it before the characters do.)

(Collaborative) Talk by text chat with someone else learning your target language, or a native speaker learning your language.

(Read/Write) Read an article or a chapter of a book  (or the whole thing) in your target language. It can be about any topic, and can be a children’s or adult’s book depending on your skill level and preference.

(Personal) Find and read a translation of a piece of writing that’s important to you, such as your favorite book as a kid that you feel nostalgic for, or a poem  that resonates with you.

(Creative) Read story in your target language and illustrate what happens. The quality of the drawing isn’t important unless you want it to be; the important thing is to help you process what you’re reading.

Writing

(Visual) Choose a photo, either at random from a generator or by choice on a website like Unsplash, and describe it in as much detail as  you can. Your description can focus just on describing visible details in the image, or you can make up contexts for and stories around the things you see, whichever you prefer. (Alternate: Do this with a physical object nearby instead of a photo.)

(Auditory) Try writing simple poems, focusing on the auditory features of what you’re writing such as rhyme and rhythm. You can use a rhyme dictionary to expand your vocabulary in an interesting  way while you’re working on this. It’s not necessary to worry too much about  the artistic quality of the poems unless you want to.

(Hands-On) Write instructions for how to do something you know how to do, such as recipe, a life skill, a game  or sport, an art of craft project, or even your method of language learning.

(Logical) Create a persuasive piece of writing that logically argues a point. It doesn’t have to be about a serious or controversial topic. For example, you can defend your prediction for the next season of your favorite show, or what would happen if some fantasy or sci-fi concept were real (maybe a good  way to practice the conditional tense if you’re studying a language that has one), or why your best friend is awesome.

(Collaborative) Use  a language learning social media app like HelloTalk. Comment on posts and  make your own.

(Read/Write) Write a summary of something you’ve read in your target language. You can either read in your native language and summarize in your target language, or do both parts in your target language.

(Personal) Write a journal entry in your target language, talking about how your day or week has been or what you are thinking and feeling. (Alternate: Write about one of your memories.)

(Creative) Write a small story in your target language. It can be about whatever you want, and it doesn’t have to be very long or detailed. You can (option 1) write it as prose, which could be better to practice description and narration or to focus on a particular verb tense, or in (option 2) a script style which could be better to practice conversational language.

Listening

(Visual) Watch a video with narration that describes it, such as a nature documentary, an instructional  video such as a cooking video, or a video reviewing something.

(Auditory) Find an online stream of a radio station. Pay attention to both the music and what the announcers say.

(Hands-On) Watch a video demonstrating a craft project, recipe or other task and follow the instructions.

(Logical) Watch or listen to a mystery story and try to solve it before the characters do. This can be a whole movie or novel-length audiobook if you want, but it doesn’t have to be; even an  episode of something like Scooby Doo should work.

(Collaborative) Exchange audio with someone else learning your target language, or a native speaker learning your language.

(Read/Write) Watch a video or listen to a piece of audio and take notes on what you learn.

(Personal) Watch a dub of a piece of media you are familiar with, such as your favorite childhood movie.

(Creative) Option 1: Listen to a story or other piece of audio and  illustrate it. / Option 2: Listen to a song and make up a new verse.

Speaking

(Visual) Make a video of yourself showing something and talking about it, for  example a tour of your home or neighborhood, a review of something, or a video about your pet.

(Auditory) Listen to a piece of audio and try to repeat what you hear. You don’t have to pause  after every word and repeat it, it’s probably better to go at least sentence  by sentence or with parts even longer so you can keep things in context.

(Hands-On) Explain to someone, or record yourself explaining, how to do something, possibly while demonstrating.

(Logical) Record  yourself explaining, and possibly demonstrating, how something works, such as a science concept.

(Collaborative) Record yourself explaining a concept you’re learning, like a grammar topic or how to use a particular word.

(Read/Write) Read out loud and record yourself.

(Personal) Make a recording of yourself talking about something that’s important to you  or a memory or anecdote you have. (Alternate: Make a vlog entry (even if you don’t have a vlog to put it on) talking about your day.)

(Creative) Record yourself telling a story, or tell one in person to someone.

Vocabulary (Most of these, with the exception of the first two, can be done with any vocabulary list you want.)

(Visual) Choose a page from a visual dictionary to study. One way you can do this is by studying the words and then covering  the labels with sticky notes or whiting them out on a copy and trying to fill in the blanks.

(Auditory) Choose  a song in your target language, and look up and study any unfamiliar words in it.

(Hands-On) Option 1: Use your vocabulary list as a scavenger hunt list. This works well if you have a lot of nouns and adjectives on the list. For everyday household items, you can look for the literal items on the list, while if they’re more obscure you can look for pictures or other representations of them. / Option 2: Act out the words on your list. This works well for verbs and adverbs, as well as more abstract  nouns or adjectives like emotions. You can record video of yourself doing this and later look back at the video to try to guess the words.

(Logical) Option 1: Make a crossword puzzle using your vocab list. If you write the words and clues, there are tools online that will build the puzzle itself for you, or you can do that by hand on graph paper if you prefer. You can either wait a while and then solve your own puzzle to see how much you remember, or give it to another language learner to solve an ask them to make one for you to solve. / Option 2: Look into the etymological history of the words to find out why they mean what they mean and whether they have any connections to words in your own language.

(Collaborative) Create a vocab list post around a theme, including words you are studying as well as any related words you already know. Include any resources that you think  would be useful to someone using the list, such as sample sentences, pictures, or whatever else you want.

(Read/Write) Try to write a small story or other piece of writing using as many of your vocab words as you can.

(Personal) Write  a sentence about what you think of each thing on your vocabulary list.

(Creative) Try to write an interesting sentence using each word on your vocabulary list. (Alternate: Illustrate each word on your vocabulary list. You can do this on index cards if you want, to make illustrated flash cards.)

Grammar

(Visual) Create a color or shape coded system to classify a concept like verb tenses or noun gender. For example, you can read  through a piece of text and highlight all of the verbs using a different color for each tense, or you can make flash cards with your vocabulary words and mark them with different symbols depending on the gender.

(Auditory) Grammar is a common topic for educational songs. Find a one intended for kids who speak your target language.

(Hands-On) Using words on sticky notes or index cards, build sentences that demonstrate grammatical concepts. If you have access to some of those little word magnets in your target language, those would probably work great for this, but if not (and I know I don’t) you can write various words, affixes, etc. on index cards or sticky notes, or use your existing flashcards if you have them.

(Logical) Create a table, chart, or diagram of a grammatical concept you’re studying.

(Collaborative) Write a post explaining a grammar topic you are learning.

(Read/Write) Read through a text, to find (and maybe highlight, circle, etc.) examples of a grammatical concept, then write more examples.

(Personal) Write about a part of your life that corresponds to the grammar topic you are studying. For example, for the future  tense, you can write about your plans or hopes.

(Creative) Write a small story relying on the grammatical concept you’re studying.

Pronunciation

(Visual) Look up diagrams of how to pronounce sounds you struggle with. These can be found as images or in an animated form in YouTube videos, and usually show what your tongue, teeth, etc. are supposed to be doing when you pronounce the sound.

(Auditory) Find a recording of a native speaker, record yourself saying the same thing, and listen for differences.

(Hands-On) Try to pronounce some tongue twisters or other pronunciation-based challenges.

(Logical) Try  learning the linguistic names of sounds you work with, and look into how they  compare to other sounds. Wikipedia has articles about the different sounds that can exist in languages and tables showing how they are used in various languages.

(Collaborative) Record yourself reading something that contains sounds you struggle with and post it for feedback, possibly on an app like HelloTalk.

(Read/Write) Look  at the written IPA pronunciations (these can be found on Wiktionary) of words you learn and look up what the symbols mean.

(Personal) Sing along to songs you like in the language, especially (for the personal category) nostalgic ones or ones meaningful to you.

(Creative) Write a tongue twister using words that are difficult for you to pronounce and practice saying it.

Cultural Context

(Visual) Explore a museum website in your target language. The museum should be located somewhere where your target language is spoken, but it up to you whether you want to look at an art museum, a science or history museum, or something else. Look at the exhibits and read the descriptions.

(Auditory) Create a playlist with traditional, classic and modern songs in various genres that either were invented in or popular in a place where your target language is spoken. Ideally using resources in your  target language, learn about the songs and genres.

(Hands-On) Using  resources in your target language, learn how to do or make something from a culture that speaks it. For example, you can look up a recipe, a tutorial for a dance style, the rules to a game, or how to make an art or craft project. (Make sure the thing you pick is being openly shared by  members of the culture it came from.)

(Logical) In your target language, learn about a scientist / inventor / etc. from somewhere the language is  spoken. Learn about their work, with explanations of what they invented or discovered, and if you want, find out other information about their life too.

(Collaborative) Comment  on or otherwise interact with the blog/YouTube channel/etc. of a native speaker,  after you read or watch it, of course. (You don’t need to receive a reply to check off this box, because that part is not under your control.)

(Read/Write) Try reading a significant work of (children’s or adult) literature in your target language.

(Personal) Learn about something relevant to your job/hobby from where your target language is spoken, using resources in the language.

(Creative) Read  about artistic or literary themes,  movements or eras where the language is spoken, and  create something (it can be something  simple) using those concepts.

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