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Did you know that plants increase your productivity🌿?

According to a 2014 study by the University of Exeter, bringing plants into the workplace increased productivity by 15%🍀.

Bring some greenery into your workplace, it’d be a very worthwhile experiment💚.

pic: endofthelifee

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Feb. 26, 2021

it was my birthday on the 23rd! got a new keyboard and deskmat :D also had an exam yesterday and got 96/100 !! VERY EPIC

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I’m absolutely in love with my new set-up ✨

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Karim Residence by Shatotto Architects // Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Hi my langblr fellas,

I've seen this post make the rounds and I just wanted to guve a heads up: it seems like the website they link to has changed their structure/aim and I think it's mostly focused towards schools.

I've seen this post make the rounds and I just wanted to give a heads up: it seems like the website they link to has changed their structure/aim and I think it's mostly focused towards schools nowadays.

I was very sad when I clicked on the link and it didn't show what I was expecting, so I looked around a bit and found a similar site for german: it's called Deutsch Akademie and, as far as I know, it's completely free to use and practice your German grammar.

I looked around for other languages and found the following:

English: The British Council

German: Deutsch Akademie

Spanish: Todo Claro

French: Le Point du Fle

Italian: Scuola e dintorni

I know it's not a lot but it's better than nothing. If you know of a better resource website, please add it below or put it in my inbox!

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🌿🌿 Introduction 🌿🌿

//basics//

~ call me whatever

~ she/her

~ black, west indian

~ intp, virgo

~ 20 something (shoutout sza lmaoo)

~ uni student, intl studies major

//languages//

~ english (native)

~ spanish (B1)

~ japanese (N5)

~ french (A1)

//interests//

if you're into any of these i'll love you forever + pls come talk to me abt them

~ kpop: mainly TWICE & LOONA, casual fan of other girl groups

~ reading: my fav book is currently Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn

~ hiking/ the outdoors: my old high school had a wilderness program & i've been in love ever since 🤧

~ anime: some of my faves are Naruto, Revolutionary Girl Utena & Code Geass

~ languages & culture

~ listening to music: feel free to put me on to something 😏

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Mi Diario de Lectura 1

Escases de mano de obra crea oportunidades de trabajo para inmigrantes en Canadá

Género: artículo

Resumen: Este artículo fue escrito por Nuestra Redacción. Es sobre la escasez de mano en Canadá se debe a la pandemia y cómo los inmigrantes la están aprovechando. Se reporta que en el tercer trimestre de 2021, había alrededor de 913000 puestos vacances. Creo que el artículo fue interesante y no tuve dificultades cuando lo leyendo.

Palabras Nuevas:

• creciente (adj mf)- growing

• la mano de obra (nf)- labor

• rechazar (vtr)- to reject/turn down

• frenar (vtr)- to stop/slow down

• realizar (vtr)- to make, carry out/conduct

• promedio (nm)- average

• la pandemia (nf)- the pandemic

• según (prep)- according to

• ingresar (vi)- to enter/go in

• revelar (vtr)- to reveal/disclose

Fuente: (x)

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So I decided to focus on reading as my area of study for spanish this month. The goal is to read every day whether that be intensive or extensively. I'll try to make posts like this for my intensive reading material. Hopefully this will motivate me to read more and it's a nice way to keep track of what I read. As always feel free to correct my grammar 🤗

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coming back to wanikani after six months😅

april 1st vs april 2nd

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source: x

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Working on my last paper 📝 and yeah I have a plant obsession 🍀🌵🌱🌿🌷

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How to Read a Novel in Your Target Language

Watch the video here!

Or click the ‘keep reading’ button to read a transcript!

Keep reading

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presso Tivoli, Italy https://www.instagram.com/p/CPloQd5APBS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

UPDATE because apparently not everyone has seen this yet the new and improved version of this is a MEGA folder

I know there’s so many more urgent things but if you like this resource you may consider buying me a ko-fi

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What should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of literature we can learn from. Baby books bore you, but you’re not ready for any type of novel, so what’s left?

Here are some tips 

For beginner/A1/A2 learners

Watch a YouTube video in your target language, then read the comments

you’ll already have vocabulary from watching the video, most of the comments will probably use that vocab

it’s a short enough text that you won’t get fatigued

the only downside is that sometimes people utilize abbreviations and slang terms, but even these are good to know

Read news headlines and if you find one you understand almost fully, try to read the full article

sometimes the vocabulary used is not common in everyday usage, but it’s a total win for an A1 learner to fully read and mostly understand any text

while vocab is not used everyday, it will give you the ammunition to talk about that particular topic

Watch Netflix in target language with subtitles in the same language

believe it or not, you will learn to read better, especially because you don’t have to understand written description of visuals (usually uses very niche vocab) or emotion

and now you can slow down or speed up 

I watched DARK in German before I felt like I could read a book, and I understood 85% of it. This is because I looked up some vocabulary in the first episodes and they continued to use it throughout the show so it really cemented in my head to the point where I don’t even think about it. Now, I had to rewatch some conversations the characters had, but that’s much better for understanding than switching it to English or looking up full phrases and sentences. 

For intermediate/B1/B2 learners

read fanfiction

it’s ALWAYS good to read about something you’re interested in so if you like any major movies, books, television, this is the perfect option for you

most people use relatively basic language and you can choose the length 

find a comic book or graphic novel

like watching tv, that visual aid really helps with understanding of the plot without all those tricky descriptions

read a book in your target language that you’ve read and loved in your native language

this is by far my favorite way

you don’t have to worry about trying to understanding the bigger picture because you already know what’s happening/what will happen, you really have to discover the meaning of each sentence and then you begin to picture the scene using only your target language

Check out my other post for methods of how to get the most out of reading !

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my february in pictures 🥀

in summary : a lot of books and skincare finds. also a lot of cramming french for my job, but well worth the effort✨

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Francophone POC Youtubers to Watch

I wanna apologize for putting a certain racist youtuber *ehem ehem* Shera Kerienski on one of my recent masterposts. I had no idea. Since I am no longer watching her, I made a list of some much better youtubers to watch. Thanks so much to @afronomade 

(Please add your favorites!)

Mademoiselle Gloria: (>1M subs) she makes loads of challenge videos or general entertaining videos as expected for her big personality :)

Sweet Vicky: (>100K subs) she loves pranks, reaction videos, and beauty. she is much like a mischievous older sister.

Beauty Glam Paris: (>100K subs) she is always super beat. she is a beauty guru that doesn’t limit herself to just that. she loves humoring her viewers like the other 2.

Beautiful Naturelle: (>60K subs) she runs more of a lifestyle channel. all you watchers of vlogs, cooking vids, natural hair vids, and booktube (like me) will love this channel. (she also has an English channel if you’re interested)

Cerise Daily: (>30K subs) she makes a lot of videos giving advice and favorites. If you like to sit down and get caught up on what’s going on in a YouTuber’s life (honestly we’re all nosy like that because of social media), then you will love her videos.

TheCocodollzz: (>50K subs) she says it herself in her header pic: Beaute Mode Lifestyle. she makes quality content that always leaves you satisfied (it can be refreshing amidst all the sponsored videos on YouTube).

Tia Mendy CheveuxAfro: (>70K subs) she makes great videos for natural hair care and whatever else she’s loving at the moment. perfect if you want to watch product reviews and hair routines in French.

Black Twins: (>10K subs) their channel is a bit newer so it’s still growing. but if you want tips(!) with styling and caring for your natural hair…they will be your go-to. I consider them a younger francophone version of the Glamtwinz.