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hello hello hellooooo! (or bonjour bonjour bonjouuuur, I must say!)

okay, i’ve had a few messages about learning French soooo I’ve created this masterpost on studying foreign languages! I’ve been learning the French language since I was four and I am now studying French at Higher level and hope this post helps a lot of you!

please note!!!!!!: like any other skill, it takes a lot of dedication and effort to learn a language. it won’t be easy but if you practice a little everyday you will be totally fine!! i’m here if anyone needs a hand x 

reasons to learn another wonderful language

∙        you make lovely friends when u go abroad

∙        it’s like speaking a secret language cause you might be the only one in your friendship group/family that know the language

∙        you can curse under your breath without ur parents knowing??? hahaha bonus

∙        uhhhh it’s fun?

∙        u can get a better job

∙        it makes u feel pretty awesome when you go abroad and understand things

∙        improves your first language (grammar etc. etc. etc.)

∙        gain respect for someone elses culture

∙        u can move/live abroad

∙        the opportunity to do more things abroad with ur extra language skill

∙        there are loads more reasons but it would take up the whole post:)))

so u wanna teach yourself??

∙        bbc languages - choose from 40 languages to self-teach

∙        duolingo - good ole’ duolingo is an amazing smartphone app (and u can use it on ur laptop etc) that lets you teach yourself a language

∙        languages online - more grammar based work on languages that you can do yourself

∙        babbel - online lessons on learning a foreign language - there are 14 to choose from (you get a trial but after that i think you have to pay)

∙        hellotalk - an amazing app on your phone that allows you to speak to people in your target language and you can help them learn English etc. it’s a win win situation guys

∙        101languages – amazing site. just visit it. okay thank u!

∙        polyglot club – meet people just like u who are wanting to learn language!! fun right???

∙        youtube – there are loaaaaads of channels on youtube which help you to learn a language. check out some of these :)))

∙        digital dialects – games based activities for over 70+ languages to choose from to begin learning

∙        forvo – basically this is a dictionary but it pronounces the words for u

∙        lyrics training – this is mainly European languages but you are to fill in the gaps from songs :))

∙        babadum – one of my favourite websites! You can pick and choose which languages you learn, it’s great

∙        livemocha – you can learn and teach people languages

∙        memrise – a fun way to learn vocab

  specific languages

-          spanish

∙       udemy – learn spanish (beginners)

∙       spanishdict

∙       mi vida loca – spanish course for beginners – it’s pretty good!

∙       spanish with paul (youtuber)

∙       fluencia

∙       spanish radio stations

  -          french

∙        bonjour – learn french using this site!! it’s brilllll

∙        francolab

∙        français interactif

∙        vogue – read the French edition of Vogue for reading practice

∙        comme le francais (youtuber) – I watch these videos regularly! They are so helpful with grammar and vocab

∙        ls french

∙        french radio stations

  -          german

∙       deutsch lernen- online lessons on German

∙       der die das – phone app which helps you learn noun genders

∙       mission berlin - german adventure game which helps with vocab

∙       german connection – kids vocab games

∙       germanpod101

∙       german  (duolingo) – everyoneeee knows duolingo, its basically a handy little app that lets u learn loads of languages

  -          russian

∙       russian lessons – videos and activities on learning all things russian

∙       dictionary (russian)

∙       quizlet – revision, games, flashcards and tests on russian

∙       master russian - various activities/topics in russian

∙       bbc: a guide to russian – website to teach you the basics of russian

∙       learn russian

  -          chinese

∙       mandarin lessons –audio clips provided to help u learn chinese??

∙       bbc: learn chinese – website to teach you the basics of chinese/mandarin?? (sorry I don’t speak it)

∙       chinese tools

∙       digital dialects (Chinese) – vocab games

∙       hello world – games to help you learn mandarin

  -          arabic

∙       my easy arabic - learn basic Arabic (including alphabet and vocab)

∙       salaam arabic – beginner or intermediate levels of learning :)))

∙       madinah arabic – online courses in Arabic! They also offer a free 1-hour tutoring session via. Skype

∙       Haliae’s Arabic masterpost - @rockinspired.tumblr.com

    other language masterposts

∙        areistotle - omg i am in love with basically all her masterposts but this is her ‘foreign language learning’ one, it is fab-u-lous!

∙        z-co - this is a masterpost and a half!!

∙        romancing the languages – variety of language resources can be found here!!

∙        language adventurer – maaaaaassiiiiiive language resources masterpost :)))))) I loooove this!

∙        les langues sont ma vie – masterpost of helpful websites to use when studying languages! it is huuuuuge

  extras??? Who doesn’t love those??

·          aesthetically pleasing notes- rewrite notes as revision and make them pretty. it makes them easier to read/come back to

·          listen to the radio (in your target language) – to listen to French, I personally listen to Ado FM (it has the right balance between English and French music/speech)

·          take a break – learning a language takes time remember!! u r constantly learning so chill out sometimes :))

∙       word reference – rather than using Google Translate, try using this app because it tends to be more accurate and requires you to put in a little bit more effort. like a dictionary, only its electronic??? if that makes sense

[ If you need a study buddy or just someone to talk to, give me a message or ask and I’ll help u out!! ]

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POC-FRIENDLY PSDS, a masterlist by evansyhelp.

There are (150) links to POC-friendly PSDs that don’t whitewash darker skin tones under the cut. This is essentially an updated, more organised, and more accessible version of the ask I answered a while back and the tag I created afterwards, and I’ll be updating this list whenever I can. Please like or reblog this post if you find this useful, and don’t forget to like and reblog the original PSDs if you use them.

Keep reading

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Dialogue Tags & Redundancy

Redundancy is not a favorable quality in writing. The verbs we use as part of our dialogue tags are often used with purpose. We’re trying to put the reader into the scene so they can hear exactly the tone of voice someone speaks with. Unfortunately, when paired with some punctuation marks, they can become silly and unnecessary.

There’s a reason we have all kinds of punctuation available to us. They each provide something for us. Question marks denote, well, questions; exclamations denote something of the tone and emotions of the character speaking; periods are the common-man’s mark that denote the ending of a sentence. Periods are inconspicuous where these others are much more attention-grabbing. Periods allow you to continue reading without interruption. Of course there are other kinds of punctuation, but these are the three we tend to use for dialogue, so I’ll stick with those for now.

“Get a grip!” Alice exclaimed.

Dialogue tags are great, but sometimes they are our worst enemies when trying to trim out the redundancy in our work. “Alice exclaimed,” in the above example is completely unnecessary because the exclamation point already tells us that. Same with “they asked” after a question–no kidding! In general, after a special punctuation mark at the end of dialogue, you won’t need a dialogue tag.

But Pear, how will they know who’s speaking? Scenes have a rhythm, a kind of back-and-forth to them between characters. The rest of your scene will put the line in context for you. Characterization throughout the piece will set up opinions and personality of the characters in a scene. Your word choice, tone, and pacing will help put it in context, too. Your line will also be couched in among other lines of narration and dialogue that may reference back to the line’s speaker.

At the bang on the door, Jared screamed. “Get a grip!” Alice slapped him.

Strategic placement of paragraph breaks will help do what a dialogue tag would. Paragraph breaks happen in a couple of ways, but it generally comes down to two things: a change of subject or a change in speaker. A line of dialogue doesn’t have to hang out on its own if the following action is performed by the same individual who spoke. Alice spoke, Alice then moved, and thus all Alice actions are part of one paragraph. If Jared had done something in between Alice speaking and Alice moving, he would have gotten his own paragraph:

At the bang on the door, Jared screamed. “Get a grip!” Jared reached for the light switch, his voice rising, rising until it petered out in the upper octaves. Alice slapped him. “Get it together.”

Dialogue and narration work together. You may want to include those dialogue tags, may even feel obligated to include them, but be sure that what you’re tagging needs it. You’ll hear it from me over and over: Trust your readers to put things together without you laying it out completely.

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buffyverse meme: [1/1] big bad | Glory

“A slayer? Oh, God, please don’t tell me I was fighting a vampire slayer! How unbelievably common. If I had friends and they heard about this…”

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Marley Dias is frustrated with the lack of diversity in her reading curriculum. That’s why the 11-year-old started a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks, which collects and donates books in which black girls are the main characters.

“I was sick of reading about white boys and dogs,” Dias said. “And I told [my mom] I was going to start a book drive, and a specific book drive, where black girls are the main characters in the book and not background characters or minor characters.”

The goal is to collection 1,000 titles by February 11, 2016 when Marley and two fellow student organizers will travel to St. Mary, Jamaica to deliver the books and host a book fair. [via]

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How to get those drafts done and stay stress free

In the roleplay community I frequently see people posting their high draft counts for threads they say have been their for months. Now this is not a job and no one is obligated to complete those drafts, but I wanted to give some advice on how you can clear out your drafts and get those plots moving forward. Please note this is an advice post, no one needs to follow this advice. 

First of all, try not to take on more than you can handle. Drop things if you need too. But if you don’t take on more than you can handle you’ll be less likely to drop things. Sometimes it’s best to not make like for a starter posts if you already are feeling overwhelmed on a high draft count. Many make like for a starter calls when they don’t feel like tackling those drafts but doing this adds to your drafts. Like for a starter calls work best once you’ve completed drafts and want to take on some new things. If you really aren’t interested in doing drafts and really just want to do smaller stuff even put a limit on your starter call to stop from getting to overwhelmed. 

Second, take some time to focus on your drafts. Go into your drafts and pick one and begin to write. Don’t worry about finishing your reply in one go. Write what comes to you and then save it and move onto another and work on that one. You can come back and add more later. 

Avoid the dash when you do this because the dash is extremely distracting. If you can, I highly recommend writing replies somewhere else (like in a writing program). This keeps your focus on your replies and not on what’s happening on your dashboard. If listening to music helps you stay focused, do that too.

It also helps to not post completed replies immediately if you still have lots of drafts. Why? Say you have 45 drafts and you’ve just finished 5 of them and you then post those completed 5. Some people are very fast meaning you might very well be back at 45 drafts again within a day. Posting a few completed replies at a time like this will just keep your draft count at about the same number and you’ll end up feeling like you made no progress. I recommend building a queue or holding off on posting until you complete all drafts. Of course, there may be replies you want to get out immediately but it does help to keep most of them drafted until most are complete. 

This is some advice I thought of giving. Again, this advice is just advice. It’s not an order. I’ve just noticed a lot of people in the community overwhelmed by their draft counts. It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I believe we make it overwhelming by taking on too much and constantly adding more for ourselves to do. Following this method I have been very stress free when it comes to completing my drafts and you move forward with all plots at a steady pace. If this advice doesn’t work for you, then it doesn’t. If it does, I hope put into practice it helps to make your roleplaying more enjoyable and less stressful.

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a basic summary of me

me: i have written a reply

rp partner: you fucked up a perfectly good, fluffy thread is what you did. look at it. it’s got angst

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New York

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So…look normal. Look more normal, more normal. But relax.

Oh, forget it!

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health always takes priority over ur education!!!!! 

sleep + study

tips for getting rest

how 2 wake up early

more early waking

even more earlies

sleep infographic

balancing sleep

importance @sleep

go 2 bed early af

tips 4 going to sleep

sleep calculator

exercise + study

working out mindset

advice on why …

fitness journal ex.

bullet journal tracker

food + study

rasp/straw smoothie

healthy snack ideas

pantone smoothies

school lunch inspo

veganism for anyone

pb/banana smoothie

+alt recipe for it ^^

cinn banana smoothie

exam season snacks

french toast roll ups

green bean smoothie

water + study

why drink h2o?

+more reasons

lemon water!!!!!

how 2 drink more

illness + study

bouce back frm absence

what to do in free period

hygiene/beauty advice

skin scrub/mask tutorials

avoid straining ur eyes

medicine + pill reminders

periods + study

lots of period advice

gen vaginal hygiene

stress + study

minimizing stress

clear ur mind easily

smol little reminder

confidence advice

send letters @urself

anxiety relieving sites

stop a panic attack

discovery channel

exam self care comic

30 day minimalism

mental minimalism

1 hour to beat stress

how 2 notice burnout

avoiding burnout

some self care advice

+masterposts!!!

back to school advice

productive summers

note taking methods

starting a study blog

time managements

succeed @ school

ap world history

study instagram

web resources

ap psychology

bullet journals

school advice

happy things

ace ur exams

study sounds

stress reliefs

annotations

essay writin

study 101

printables

sat help

+more

i also have a youtube channel and instagram account with a whole bunch of study resources!!!!  ~ i hope this was helpful ~ xoxo sareena

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Anxiety attacks aren’t always hyperventilating and rocking back and forth

Anxiety attacks can take different forms, such as:

Unpredictable bouts of rage or irritability

Nit-pickiness (obsessive behavior, which may be a part of OCD), and even a hypersensitivity to disarray, chaos, or any sort of change

Fast-talking, stuttering, stumbling over words

Not talking at all

Sitting rigid, staring into space, almost seeming “zoned out”

Understanding the way our or other’s anxiety works can help to decrease the stigma and help to calm a person faster and get them out of that state. These are just a few, but it gives an idea of the range in which attacks can come.

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