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it’s been six months and i never did learn the unit circle 😬

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the fact that i’m actually reviewing old material for once needed to be recorded for posterity

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I’ve decided to turn this into a studyblr, but with an emphasis on languages, in an effort to post more often. My latest low-key obsession is attempting to learn shorthand, and I’d like to track my status here! thus, i have changed my url from @/lanblrrrino to @studyblrrrino. I hope I can provide some useful content! ❤️

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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change

Arabic

Arabic Without Walls

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Armenian

Depi Hayk

Bengali

Learn Bangla (Register to see course)

Catalan

Parla.Cat

Speak Cat

Chinese (Mandarin)

Beginner

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters for Beginners

Chinese for HSK 1

Chinese for HSK 2

Chinese for HSK 3 I & II

Chinese for HSK 4

Chinese for HSK 5

Mandarin Chinese Level I

Mandarin Chinese Essentials

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Intermediate

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Mandarin for Intermediate Learners I

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

Vivre en France - A1

Vivre en France- A2

Intermediate & Advanced

French Intermediate course B1-B2

Passe-Partout

Travailler en France A2-B1                    

Vivre en France - B1  

German

Beginner

Deutsch im Blick

German Project

German at Work

Goethe Institute

Gwich’in

Introduction to Gwich’in Language

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

UT Austin

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Irish 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Marugoto Courses

Tufs JpLang

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Introduction to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian I, Norwegian II

Norwegian on the Web

Persian

Easy Persian

PersianDee

Polish

Online Course

Portuguese

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

A1 Course

I speak Russian

Intermediate

B1 Course

B1+ Course

B2.1 Course

B2.2 Course

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish I, Spanish II

Spanish for beginners  

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Swahili

Online Course

Turkish

Online Course

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Speak Ukrainian

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Yoruba

Yorùbá Yé Mi

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: May 2019

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my goals for learning ASL in Jan/Feb

- to learn at least three new signs each day

- to learn one tidbit of grammar or history each day

- to review by creating own sentences each day

- to go through everything I can remember to have learned recently each weekend

- to record videos of myself signing at least four times

- to watch at least 5 themed-vocab videos each week

I’ll add more as I progress 😘

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Ok, I take it back. The videos don’t have an option to be played slowly for better understanding, like the app SignSchool has. And the lessons don’t explain what’s happening either, so you’re left to watch it again and again and hope you’ll get it eventually. Thus, I still prefer Bill Vicar on YouTube and @/aslmeredith and @/sign_disney on Instagram.

I just started using the Rocket Langauges app for learning ASL! It’s the first app I’ve been able to find that isn’t just a dictionary or that only teaches you the alphabet! It gives you history and grammar as well as vocabulary, and then quizzes you on the vocabulary at the end of each lesson.

So far the only downside is that when I tried to see how the Italian lessons looked, and then switched back to ASL, my progress was gone, although my points remained. Therefore, I do not recommend using Rocket Languages for more than one language at a time, as one would Duolingo.

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aboyer | to bark bâiller | to yawn bêler | to bleat bourdonner | to buzz clapoter | to lap (water) crépiter | to crackle croustiller | to crunch crisser | to screech (tire) fracasser | to shatter fredonner | to hum frissoner | to shiver gazouiller | to twitter gratter | to scratch grésiller | to sizzle grincer | to creak (door) hululer | to hoot (owl) miauler | to meow murmurer | to murmur pétiller | to fizz ronfler | to snore ronronner | to purr siffler | to whistle tambouriner | to drum tousser | to cough toussoter | to clear your throat

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I just started using the Rocket Langauges app for learning ASL! I got it for free through my library. It’s the first app I’ve been able to find that isn’t just a dictionary or that only teaches you the alphabet! It gives you history and grammar as well as vocabulary, and then quizzes you on the vocabulary at the end of each lesson.

So far the only downside is that when I tried to see how the Italian lessons looked, and then switched back to ASL, my progress was gone, although my points remained. Therefore, I do not recommend using Rocket Languages for more than one language at a time, as one would Duolingo.

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One Year Language Challenge ! 💖💜🤍💓

@amillionlanguages had the fantabulous idea of challenging oneself to work on a new language every month of 2020. I’m a little afraid to do that so i’m going to be switching it up every two months or so lol. If you’re interested,here’s my plan! I’m very indecisive, though, so it it subject to change!:

Jan/Feb - ASL

Mar/Apr - Greek

May - Russian

June/July - Norwegian

Aug - Russian

Sep/Oct - Hawaiian

Nov/Dec - Spanish

Russian is split up because I tend to get annoyed with it frequently 😂 I’ll continue to work on my French and Italian throughout the year because I love them too much to put them away for 5/6 of the year. Also I take French in school lol

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yoooo this is such a good idea!! I’m totally gonna do this but maybe only six languages overall so i don’t lose too much focus 😅

Ok. I love languages. As you can probably tell. And I also love challenges and New Years Resolutions-type things. So I thought I would combine the two and give myself a language challenge for 2019! Essentially, I want to try and learn as much as I can of a certain language in a month, and do this for all 12 months of the year. I think that it will teach me a lot about languages and linguistics and it will hopefully show me which languages I want to pursue in the future and which ones are just not for me. It’s a big long-term goal of mine to be fluent in multiple languages so I thought I would try and jump-start that now! If anyone wants to join me, please feel free! I’d love some people who are also doing this or another language challenge so definitely message or tag me in your posts, I’d love to see them!

Anyway, enough talk, let’s get into the nitty gritty of the challenge!

1. Choose your languages. I have a basic idea of what I want to try and do and when, but I’m leaving it so that if I’m not particularly excited for a certain language one month, I can switch it out for another one that I would feel more passionate about learning. I think that would help maintain my motivation! Here’s the “rough draft” of what languages I want to try:

January: Italian

February: German

March: Russian

April: Swedish

May: Greek

June: Polish

July: Chinese (nervous for the Asian languages!)

August: Portuguese

September: Hindi

October: Hebrew

November: Korean

December: Irish

Here are some alternate ideas that I may exchange for some of the languages: Dutch, Turkish, Welsh, Norwegian, Finnish, Romanian, Czech, etc.

2. Set some daily goals/tasks. Determine what things you want to try and do every day to help you make the most of your month and maximize your learning. This definitely is up to you since everyone learns differently, but here are some ideas!

Spend at least 30-60 minutes a day working on the l.o.c. (language of choice)

Use Duolingo, Memrise, LingoDeer, LingQ, Busuu, etc.

Watch 1+ video a day about grammar

Write 3+ example sentences from scratch

Post on blog + Tumblr

3. Have some ideas for more advanced language practice for if you are more comfortable with a language (so if a language comes pretty easily to you then can do this earlier, for the others try to do some of these in last week or two of the month)

Watch a documentary with subtitles in l.o.c.

Read a blog post in l.o.c.

Read a short story written in l.o.c.

Listen to music in l.o.c.

Write something in l.o.c. (story, journal entry, recipe, etc.)

Practice speaking in l.o.c. about a certain topic (full sentences/paragraphs, not just individual words or phrases)

Watch a YouTube video in l.o.c.

Listen to an audiobook or podcast in l.o.c.

Read a book (or part of one) in l.o.c.

Translate/read poetry in l.o.c. (and maybe try to write some, too?)

Change phone and computer language to l.o.c.

Research country and culture behind language (watch documentaries, read articles, watch YouTube videos, etc.)

Good luck! Tag me in your posts and/or use the tag #1yearoflangs if you want to participate! :D

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my first set of language notes in this notebook — Italian! I’ve already messed up a lot in copying it down from my laptop. how do people do this??! 😅

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french mnemonic: “you and i don’t like t(ea)”

My French teacher last year taught me a brilliant mnemonic device which I haven’t seen anyone else mention, so I thought I’d share it here! Here’s how it works:

“You and i don’t like t(ea)” refers to how “je” and “tu” conjugations tend to end in an “s” or “x,” rather than a “t,” while il/elle/on probably do. For example:

FAIRE

je fais, tu fais, il/elle/on fait

ÊTRE

je suis, tu es, il/elle/on est

-IR

je finis/dois/etc, tu finis/dois/etc, il/elle/on finit/doit/etc

POUVOIR

je peux, tu peux, il/elle/on peut

I hope this helps! À bientôt!

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The Environment / L’environnement - French vocab list

Common Verbs and Nouns

*= Irregular verb

Gaspiller (Noun: le gaspillage) - To waste

Consommer (Noun: la consommation) - To consume

Polluer (Noun: la pollution) - To pollute

Augmenter (Noun: L’augmentation) - To increase

Prendre conscience (Noun: La pris de conscience) - To gain awareness

Aider (Noun: L’aide) - To help

Collaborer (Noun: La collaboration) - To collaborate (work together)

Contribuer (Noun: La contribution) - To contribute

Résoudre (Noun: La résoulution) - To resolve

Recycler (Noun: Le recyclage) - To recycle

Trier (Noun: Le triage) - To sort

Réduire (Noun: La réduction) - To reduce

Réutiliser (Noun: La réutilisation) - To reuse

Économiser (Noun: L’économies) - To save

Améliorer (Noun: L’amélioration) - To improve

Créer (Noun: La création) - To create

Sensibiliser (Noun: La sensibilisation) - To raise awareness

Proliférer (Noun: La Prolifération) - To proliferate

Développer (Noun: Le développement) - To develop

Réuire* - To reduce

Produire* - To produce

Conduire* - To drive / To conduct

Augmenter - To increase

Diminuer - To decrease

Devenir* - To become

Émetter* - To emit

Nuire* (à) - To be harmful

Réchauffer - To heat

Sauver - To save

Entraîner - To cause

Prendre* - To take

Arrêter (de + infinitive) - To stop

Se déplacer - To move oneself  (A reminder on how to use reflexive verbs)

Protéger - To protect

Utiliser - To use

Gaspiller - To waste

Acheter - To buy

Éteindre* - To put out

Menacer - To threaten

Détruire - To destroy

Éviter (de + infinitive) - To avoid

Jeter* - To throw

Prendre* conscience (de) - To gain awareness

Problems and solutions - Problèmes et solutions

La circulation - Traffic

La pollution atmosphérique - Atmospheric pollution

La pollution sonore - Noise pollution

La fumée des pots d’échappement - Car fumes

Les déchets - Waste

Les ordures - ‘Dirty’ rubbish

Les véhicules / L’essence - Diesel / Petrol

Les produits toxiques - Toxic products

Les émissions de CO2 (COdeux) - CO2 emissions

Le réchauffement climatique - Global warming

Le déboisement - Deforestation

L’effet de serre - The greenhouse effect

Le trou dans la couche d’ozone - The hole in the ozone layer

La sécheresse - Drought

Les sacs plastiques - Plastic bags

Les usines - Factories

Les conteneurs - Bins (containers)

L’écologie - Ecology

Les déchetteries - Waste disposal centers

Les énergies renouvelables - Renewable energies

Les transports publics - Public transport

Les voitures électriques - Electric cars

Les campagnes de publicité - Advertising campaigns

L’écologie - Eco friendly / being green

Les zones piétonnes - Pedestrian zone

Le création de pistes cyclables - Creation of cycling paths

Le co-voiturage - Ride sharing

Le tri - Recycling

please DM me with any translation corrections!

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greetings, friends! and welcome to my langblr

my name is nora and I love learning languages (read: messing around on duolingo)! for some reason it never occurred to me to make a langblr before now but i’m glad it has! here’s some bits and pieces to get to know me!

- i’m a libra! 💁‍♀️

- i love animals, books, music, musicals, and sweaters

- my favorite musician is Marina

- i want to get a PhD in linguistics and then move to Norway and do research on indigenous scandinavian languages

- my mother tongue is english

- i’m a us high school student learning french in school

- i’d say i’m at a high-intermediate level in norwegian

- i have some very very limited russian

- i’m a beginner at latin, greek, and italian

- i want to learn ASL, german, arabic and japanese eventually but i know I have to be patient so that I actually learn anything lol

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When did you create your langblr?

Why did you create your langblr?

Who inspired you to create your langblr? 

What do you expect from your langblr?

How much time do you spend on your langblr daily?

Do you reblog all language posts or only posts in/about your target languages?

Do you stick to the langblr theme 100% or reblog unrelated content too? 

How many followers do you have?

How many langblrs do you follow?

Do you follow all langblrs or just the ones who study same languages as you?

Who are your favourite langblrs?

How would you describe the langblr community to someone who doesn’t know what it is? 

What do you like the most about the langblr community? 

What’s something you don’t like about the langblr community?

Which do you prefer: langblr or studyblr? 

Do you think having a langblr benefits your language studies?

Do you think langblr makes you waste time and procrastinate more? 

What are the pros and cons of being a part of the langblr community?

What is something langblr has taught you? 

What is the most helpful piece of advice langblr has given you? 

What changes in your life/behavior/thinking did you notice since you joined langblr?

Does langblr motivate, stress, or have no affect on you?

Has langblr made you see languages in a different way? 

Do you think having a langblr has made you more open-minded and understanding of different countries and cultures? 

Would you recommend making a langblr to others? 

What tips would you give to someone who wants to make their own langblr? 

Who are some langblrs that inspire you?

Who are some langblrs you’d like to get to know better?

Have you made any friends in the langblr community?

Are you dating someone or do you have a crush on someone in the langblr community? 

Do you know anyone in the langblr community irl? 

Have you met up with someone from the langblr community irl?

Do your irl family and friends know about your langblr?

Are you a member of any langblr group chats or forums?

Have you participated in any langblr challenges?

What do you like the most: vocabulary lists, grammar explanations, studying tips, resources, memes, or something else? 

Do you create original langblr content?

Are you willing to make vocabulary lists, grammar explanations, etc. if requested? 

What is the most popular langblr post you have made?

What is your favourite langblr meme?

What do you think langblr lacks right now?

What kind of posts do you wish there were more in the langblr community? 

What language do you wish more people in the langblr community were studying? 

Has langblr got you interested in or learning some language you weren’t interested in before? 

Has langblr got you interested in linguistics?

Has langblr got you interested in other countries and cultures? 

Has langblr made you lose interested in a language you were interested in before?

Can you help other langblrs with your native or target languages? 

If you’re an old langblr, what’s the biggest change you’ve noticed in the community?

What do you expect the langblr community to be like in the future?

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625 Words to Know in your Target Language: A Masterpost

I noticed @linguangelica asking if there was one of these floating around, so I thought hey, why not start one? This is a directory of the 625 most useful words to know in your target lang, which you can find here. It’s by no means complete, so feel free to make one in your target/native langs!

Spanish by @tryingpolyglot

Spanish by @polyglotten

German 1 2 and 3 by @marvelous-language

Hungarian by @finnishfun

Finnish by @languagesandshootingstars

Norwegian by @lingolden

Turkish by @langrecs

Italian by @metamoros

Dutch by @helaas–pindakaas

French by @getshitdonetbh​

(Brazilian) Portuguese by @autumnian

Romanian by @wordsnnblues

Hindi by @she-learns

(Standard) Arabic by @polyglotten

Korean by @lingolden and @heyemmateach

Mandarin Chinese by @matthewko28​

Croatian by @lolazt​

Bulgarian by @bulgarblr

Russian by @belustudiesjapanese

(European) Portuguese by @the-european-portuguese

If there are any that I forgot to include, or if you decide to make one, please send me a message so that I can include it. Thanks!