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Learning a language = learning a culture

To truly understand a language and the people speaking that language, you also have to make a conscious effort to learn about the culture and history of these people. I know that the cultures of the countries where a language is spoken can be very different (e.g. Mexico vs. Spain, France vs. all African states where French is spoken, and even England vs. Ireland vs. Australia), so these suggestions work best if you have a specific target country in mind.

Here are some ideas on where to start: 

look at the political system of your target country/culture: how does it work? Who are the most important people right now? Is there a monarchy? 

look at the (broad) history of your target country/culture: since when is it an official country? Has it been in any wars? If so, with who and why? Was this country ever colonised or a coloniser? 

research the most popular TV shows from the last 20 - 30 years and watch some of them

find out the most popular sport of this target country/culture and the culture surrounding it 

research the holidays and how they are celebrated and whether there are any special holidays & what they mean to your target country/culture

watch some movies and TV shows that were made in your target country/culture, so you can get insights into the everyday lives of these people and how they interact

watch/read some news of your target country to find out what’s happening there right now & what the most important topics are for them

research how the school & education system works

research how the healthcare system works

research the typical cuisine of your target country/culture

find out whether there is some kind of traditional wear, its history, and what it means to the people

find out whether there are any indigenous people living in your target country, what their history is, and how they are perceived/treated in the country’s society nowadays

are there any stereotypes about this country/culture? Research whether or not they are true and why they exist in the first place

find out whether there is some kind of traditional folk music. Listen to it and find out its history and what it means to your target country/culture

what are the main religions of your target country/culture and how incorporated are their practices in society?

are there any social divides in your target country/culture? If so, what are they based on?

how is your target country’s relationship to its neighbouring countries?

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If you have any other ideas or suggestions, feel free to comment or reblog!

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I want to hug him so bad

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warmth in the cold

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gravity falls is so funny through robbie's pov

>be me, 15 year old emo in a bumfucknowhere town

>lives in a funeral home. my parents embalm bodies twenty feet and an entire wall away from where we cook dinner

>have a friend i want to be my girlfriend

>she starts hanging out with her boss' (???) twin niece and nephew outside of work hours even though they're like in elementary school

>friend becomes your girlfriend

>weird shit happens around these twins. conscience store ghosts, a weirdly pixelated adult man beating you up, your dirt bike gets stolen, your girlfriend's boss and his nephew make your gf break up with you???

>gets memories erased at some point

>suddenly in love with only other female friend, like instantly in love and it's like this came out of nowhere but she's so perfect and you loooooove her it's so great don't question why there's a part of you that doesn't remember ever actually falling in love with her. also those fucking twins had something to do with this again.

>apocalypse happens

>mfw im apparently part of a secret key of people that can save the world by holding hands but it gets fucked up last minute by your ex's boss fighting with his twin over grammar (did he always have a twin?? why are there so many twins??)

>the ritual you were a part of failed. you were supposed to be a special person and part of saving the world but nope. that failed.

>get turned into a statue

>apocalypse ends and you have no clue how or why

>things like immediately go back to normal

>still with girl you don't remember falling in love with

>the twins just fucking. leave the town. and now there's two of your ex girlfriend's bosses around. no one ever explains how or why any of this has happened. you still live in a funeral home.

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i suppose dreamwidth and insanejournal are also there but their customization options are also a bit lacking for me

livejournal is literally russian spyware atp so

i hate everything about web 3.0 and how few options we have for any form of social platform nowadays but i especially hate how awful the blogging scene is now.

wordpress is filled with robo-"art" and you can't do any sort of customization without paying money.

blogger is boring and also has like no customization.

bear and mataroa are great but have no comment systems.

medium and substack are filled with people who blog to make money. tbh, so is wordpress.

neocities/nekoweb have zonelets but tbh i don't want to fuck around w code every time i wanna make a blog post.

i love tumblr, of course, but it definitely feels like the microblogging site that it is. and that's okay!! but sometimes you just want longer form blogging and a site that isn't so demographically skewed to one country.

but. i dunno. maybe i'm just yapping into the void, but i miss the old blogging days and the old internet.

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京都の雨の日 ⋆ Rainy day in Kyoto // 김영민

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i hate everything about web 3.0 and how few options we have for any form of social platform nowadays but i especially hate how awful the blogging scene is now.

wordpress is filled with robo-"art" and you can't do any sort of customization without paying money.

blogger is boring and also has like no customization.

bear and mataroa are great but have no comment systems.

medium and substack are filled with people who blog to make money. tbh, so is wordpress.

neocities/nekoweb have zonelets but tbh i don't want to fuck around w code every time i wanna make a blog post.

i love tumblr, of course, but it definitely feels like the microblogging site that it is. and that's okay!! but sometimes you just want longer form blogging and a site that isn't so demographically skewed to one country.

but. i dunno. maybe i'm just yapping into the void, but i miss the old blogging days and the old internet.

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Thinking about the fact that, to pull Gale from the stone and get him in the game at all, you have to decide to try to touch an extremely dangerous looking swirling mass of unstable magic. Something that is, objectively, a terrible idea

Like, the options it gives you are to either touch the sigil or leave, and if you leave you just... don't get Gale in the party

You have to take the risk. You have to let your curiosity override your common sense. You have to look at this unstable, possibly dangerous malfunctioning magic sigil and go "...Ok, but what if I poke it?"

In short, to get Gale in your party, you have to do exactly what he would in that situation, and indulge in a moment of reckless curiosity. And I just think that's delightful

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Random Owl Shack edits

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Happy Birthday Mystery Twins !!!

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If we see Warden Carver/Bethany they’re going to be 41….

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Just close your eyes, the sun is going down You’ll be alright, no one can hurt you now Come morning light, you and I’ll be safe and sound

so have I ever told you that Lady of the Forest is probably my favourite npc from the entire trilogy and when the Brecilian forest quest ended I was left weeping? yeah that’s how it went 

I love ancient tree wolf mom & her wolf family

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First time ever seeing the aurora, I was not disappointed.

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rip mabel pines you would’ve loved neopronouns

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We back at the falls

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forest fog

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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to disappear at sea