Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, The Hague, 21 July 1882
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, The Hague, 21 July 1882
[text ID: Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.]

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Morgen fange ich den neuen Kurs über Frontend Development an. Ich muss meine Lernmittel vorbereiten. Mein Laptop ist im Schrank und ich weiß nicht, wo mein Schreibbedarf ist.
Der Grund warum schreibe ich auf Deutsch ist: ich lerne Deutsch und ich habe nur A2. Ich möchte das entwickeln und viel übungen.
I start 100 days of Deutsch and learning coding.
Viel Glück!
👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾
Pass along and use the shit out of them
[ID: two tweets by awthread that read:
coursera.com: free college classes you can take online
slader.com: literally every textbook’s answer
wolframalpha.com: can solve almost any mathematical equations
readanybook.com: free books
thriftbooks: cheap books
polishmywriting.com: paste a text into it and it’ll give you grammar and spelling corrections
tipofmytongue.com: helps you find the word you were thinking of
gutenberg.org: free ebooks to download.
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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1 Month 1 Language
1 Month Kanji Challenge
14 Day Langblr Challenge
30 Day Langblr Challenge
34 Hour Langblr Challenge
55 Days of Vocabulary Challenge
90 Day Vocab Challenge
100 Days Challenge For Langblrs
100 Hour 40 Day Language Challenge
A Question A Day Challenge
Build Your Vocab Challenge
Composition Challenge
Fiction Writing Challenge
Langblr Accent Tag
Langblr Culture Challenge
Langblr Music Challenge
Langblr Vocab List Challenge
Langblr Diary Challenge
Langblr News Challenge
Original Langblr Content Challenge
Linguistic Diversity Challenge
Indigenous Language Awareness Challenge
Vocabulary Challenge
SpeakingIn20 Langblr Challenge
A Book In Target Language Challenge
Brick-By-Brick Language Learning Challenge
Review Challenge
Subtitles Challenge
Summer Language Challenge
Translating Challenge
Challenges for certain months:
February Polyglot Challenge
March Polyglot Challenge
April Polyglot Challenge
May Polyglot Challenge
May Polyglot Challenge
August Polyglot Challenge
September Polyglot Challenge
September: 30 Day Langblr Resource Photo Challenge
October Polyglot Challenge
November Polyglot Challenge
December Polyglot Challenge
December Polyglot Challenge
10 Polyglot Things to Do This September
10 Polyglot Things to Do This October
Langblr NaNoWriMo

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14 Day Langblr/ Languages Challenge by lass-uns-studieren
On a whim one lazy morning, I thought I ought to create a langblr challenge. You don’t see many of these around as you do regular studyblr challenges so I felt like making one specifically for all the langblrs out there. Have fun!
Your target languages and why you want to learn them
Favourite word in your target language(s)
Post a progress pic from Duolingo or Memrise or Quizlet
Make a recipe in your target language. If you can’t do that, translate a recipe from your native to your targer ot vice versa
Fave quote in your target language(s)
Show us your language resources/ exercise books
Hardest thing about your target language(s)
Your favourite songs/bands in your target language(s)
Show us how you write in your target language(s); in any alphabet
If your native language wasn’t x, what’d you want it to be and why? If you like your native language, why would you stick with it?
If you could wake up one day speaking another foreign language, what’d it be? (it can’t be any of the ones you’re currently studying!)
Read the news in your target language(s) and summarise what you’ve learnt of current events
What is your favourite untranslatable word/phrase and why?
Write out something random in your target language(s), in any level of proficiency. Just go random!
I think we can all agree we’re in major need of some positivity right now. So I’ve put together some prompts to encourage us to find the good in our every day lives!!
Join the challenge by posting a photo/text post/etc for each prompt and #positiviteachallenge
Your favorite corner of your home
Who inspires you?
Start journaling
What are you looking forward to?
The best thing that happened this week
How have you grown this year?
Do something kind for someone
What made you smile today?
Get creative + make some art
What’s your favorite way to relax?
Try a new hobby
What are you proud of?
Make your favorite coffee shop treat at home
What’s a current goal you have?
Support a local business
What’s your dream life look like?
Put on your favorite outfit, even if you’re not going anywhere
What was the highlight of your week?
Make a playlist that makes you happy
What are you thankful for?
Post the most beautiful photo on your camera roll
What’s your favorite time of day?
Send a text or (bonus points) letter to a friend
What have you learned recently?
Spend time outdoors
What’s your favorite way to spend the day?
I can’t wait to see what you guys post!!
Get your life together in 8 weeks
Feeling in a slump? In desperate need of refreshment? After exhausting months of studying for exams like me? Well I have this plan to get my life together again and I thought I might share with you!
📚 Week 1: Rest and prep
Spend 3 days resting
No planning and no routines
Don’t do anything you don’t want to do
Sleep in if you want
Binge that show or play that video game
1 day of cleaning your space
Keep it small and surfice level
Clean the dust and the floors
Change your sheets and towels
Declutter the things around
Let in fresh air
1 day of mental health reset
Focus on yourself and your mind with meditating or journaling
Go through your full routines
Read or be creative
Do your favourite self care activities
1 day of social media detox -no social media allowed
1 day of dopamine detox
You have to get bored
You are allowed to go for a walk or work out (no music tho!)
You can journal and meditate
A little bit of cheating: if you feel to desperate you can read
💖 Week 2: Family, friends and love
Spend this week with others as much as possible
Make small gifts for others
Hang out playing games or just talking
Make sure to tell people what they mean to you
🍓 Week 3: Body detox
Make sure to change up things in this part depending on your goals, health and your body’s needs!
No meat, bread (and other pastry) and sweets
No fried food
Drink water only
Fast for 16 hours a day (imtermittent fasting -a lot of you are concerned but don’t worry about me personally. It is safe for me. If you consider doing this do a proper research!)
Work out daily
Go for walks/jogging and spend as much time outside as possible
Take medications and vitamins properly
🧹 Week 4 and 5: Declutter and organise your space
Declutter and organise your closets and cupboards
Go through your clothes
Deep clean your space
Donate things you don’t want or need
😴 Week 6: More rest
3 days resting completely (like the first 3 days)
4 days of active rest
Follow routines
Be creative
Garden/clean/cook
Work out/go cycling/do yoga
Read or learn something new
🎨 Week 7: Be creative daily
Create something every day
📆 Week 8: Planning and new routines
Plan your future
Find new routines
Get into stable routine that makes you happy
Keep in mind that these are all suitable for me and you can change things up as much as you want! I hope you find some inspiration in this and good luck on your journey!
What?
☆ a daily challenge to get in the habit of doing the boring and not-so-entertaining things that I have on my lists…and may or may not skip over bc i did enough of the fun things [call out for myself]
Why?
☆ more than just being productive, i really want to focus on doing things that i know i SHOULD be doing to work towards a better me…sometimes i end up checking things off a list that’s more of extra fun stuff rather than keeping me healthy and prepared…so I want to find a balance!
When?
☆ This challenge starts September 4th, 2018, which is the day after Labor Day for Americans. I’ll have been back to school for two weeks, so I figure I’ll have enough of a routine that my days won’t just be me book studying anymore. :-]
Post goals:
at the end of every day, I’ll make a post w a completed list:
(1) thing to eat or drink every day [for me it’s cod liver oil, ugh]
(1) bedtime goal [definitely 11 pm every night]
(1) wake up goal [no phone usage until I get to school, unless an emergency]
(1) self-care goal [LCO routine for hair every night]
(1) school goal [work on at least one assignment every day, minimum of 30 minutes]
if you want to join w me, just use #lunetudes100, #100dsd, and #lunetudes [as always!], and I’ll reblog your accomplished lists :-] and feel free to change up your goals if you want! this is just a template for me…
In case you need a motivator, I gathered challenges by the studyblr (and langblr) community that you can try if you want. Time span (if not included in the title) and my notes are in parentheses.
About the 100 Days of Productivity Challenge by @isthsnametakenyet
Minimalist Studyblr Challenge (4-Weeks) by @optomstudies
30 Day Studyblr Challenge by @hayley-studies
10 Day Back To School Challenge by @universi-tea
30 Day Back To School Challenge by @universi-tea
20 Days Back-To-School Challenge! by @joystudie
100 Days of Self-Discipline by @lunetudes
Month-Specific
April Study Challenge (30 days) by @universi-tea
April Study Challenge (30 days) by @nerdinaomi
May Study Challenge (31 days) by @nerdinaomi
June Study Challenge! (30 days) by @juliasacads
July Study Challenge (31 days) by @jackistudies
September Challenge (30 days) by @wilstudies
October Study Challenge (31 days) by @athenastudying
Mindful December Study and Self-Care Challenge (25 days) by @ambitiouslylearning
Language Learning
Langblr Challenge Masterpost by @languagesandshootingstars
Learn A Language Challenge (10 prompts/days) by @universitath
Langblr Culture Challenge (30 prompts/days) by @languagesandshootingstars
Original Langblr Content Challenge (27 prompts/days) by @languagesandshootingstars
Summer Language Challenge 2017 by @notglot
Language Learning: Month-Specific
June Target Language Writing Challenge (30 days) by @studyingsenseless
July Target Language Writing Challenge (31 days) by @studyingsenseless
August Target Language Writing Challenge (31 days) by @studyingsenseless
September Target Language Writing Challenge (30 days) by @studyingsenseless

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Mindful December study and self-care challenge
Okay, so here is my December study and self-care challenge! It’s thought to be motivational and habit-forming, but bear in mind that everyone works differently and is involved in a different field, so if you need to make adjustments to this challenge to fit your personal needs, then do it. Feel free to adjust this and view it as a source of motivation and inspiration. Also, you don’t need to this in the right order. The most important thing about this challenge is that you get to know yourself better and find peace while moving in the right direction personally.
You can dedicate daily posts to this challenge in which you elaborate the questions, but of course its also okay to post nothing at all or just on selected days where you feel like you have anything to say, especially because this is a very personal thing. If you decide to post something, you can tag them with #al study challenge. I’d love to read about your experiences!
1. Tidy up your study space and make a mind map of things that you want to accomplish this month, as well as a list of deadlines for December and January. Keep in mind that a clean study space needs to be kept up with during this challenge, so it’s a daily task to keep it neat. Also, remember to drink enough water or tea during this challenge and to sleep well.
2. Do you have a big project coming up? I need to write a 15-page-essay, so this needs a lot of preparation. Make a mind map for that big project as well.
3. Create a study routine plan, so that you will accomplish your goal and make it realistic. You know yourself best, so make up a plan that you’ll be able to stick to. Set up the goal of doing at least one thing a day. Of course, more is fine, but don’t overwork yourself.
4. Start planning your days in the morning (or in the evening before), if you don’t already. Also, try to be mindful. How are you feeling today? What are your plans besides studying? You don’t need to study for 5 hours straight because others do. You can, but it’s not necessary. It’s also fine to take a day off in case you’re not feeling well. Just do some little thing, a short assignment or a reading that is fun. Keep that in mind.
5. Meditate for at least 10 minutes. Sit or lay down comfortably and focus on your breath. Try to control your thoughts by trying to think nothing or of a specific word or thing. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work right away.
6. Try the pomodoro technique for doing a task that you don’t really like and have problems focusing on. You study for 25 minutes, and then do a 5 minute break. Repeat this, and take a long break after 3 or 4 sessions, or stop studying, if you’ve accomplished your goal for the day.
7. Record yourself reading out some of your notes that you need to remember, go for a walk and listen to it. Did this method work for you? Do you remember more?
8. Don’t forget that project you’re working on! Read through some literature or do some more revising. Check your progress, and make adjustments on your planning or your mind map if necessary.
9. Time-log your day to become mindful of what you spend your time on. Eliminate obvious distractions. Remember that it’s perfectly fine to do pointless things just for fun in between, but your daily life shouldn’t be centered around playing Candy Crush.
10. Do something study-related that has to do with other people. Study with friends, start a study group or read an essay of someone else to see how study methods of other people look like or how they think differently than you. Try to pick something up that you remember and learn from.
11. Try out a different study space and see how well you do there. You could work at the library, or in the kitchen instead of your desk, or at a café. Reflect how you did there, and you were able to work out more effectively, think about changing your study space.
12. Declutter. Make space in your room, and therefore space in your head. You could sort some things out that you don’t use anyway, and either throw them away, sell or donate them or gift them to someone. There are great Facebook groups for doing that.
13. Do you move your body regularly? Doing some sort of fitness activity strengthens your ability to discipline yourself, but also your brain and muscles. Try it out! Go to a local gym and do a free trial training or look up workouts on Youtube. You can try Yoga, Pilates, or more challenging stuff like HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training).
14. Check the apps on your phone. Which do you spend most time on and why? Are they useful in any way, or are they a waste of time? Could you download some more apps that could help you reach your goals, like drinking more water? Remember day 9.
15. How does your sleep schedule look like? Is it regular? Try to go to bed earlier and get up earlier or later and see in which direction your productivity levels go.
16. How do you motivate yourself? Have you already established a method that works for you? If you don’t need motivation for studying and can rely on your discipline, that’s great, but a little motivation doesn’t hurt anyone. You could make a vision board or watch study videos on Youtube, for example.
17. Have you thought about trying something new in the past weeks or months, like learning a new instrument or language? Why don’t you give it a try?
18. Do something for your body, as this self-care concerning your outside will also reflect on your inside. Buy or mix your own face mask, take a long and hot shower or bath, put on make-up or put lotion all over your body. Do something you’re comfortable with.
19. In the past 17 days, you have implemented studying into your routine. Did you have any distracting thoughts? If so, what were they about? Were they centered around a special topic? In which location are you able to study best? Think about those things to improve your productivity.
20. What have you procrastinating for the longest time? Do it, or at least start doing it. If you can’t make yourself do it, at least try to start and say yourself you’ll do it for five minutes. Try to do five more, and so on. How do you feel afterwards?
21. Read something for enjoyment. Light up a scented candle, make yourself comfortable and enjoy the book.
22. What is your favorite planning method, and which have you already tried? Which didn’t you try yet? Maybe it is time to find out what method is the most effective for you personally.
23. Watch a documentary that widens your horizon. Either on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube or any other platform you can think of. Suggested topics: Environment, consumerism, nutrition, animals, science.
24. Do you have a personal book which addresses personal development? Which is it? Who, would you say, could this help, and with which issues? What did it help you with? If you haven’t read one yet, why not do some research? You don’t have to buy a book if you don’t want to, of course.
25. Reflect: What has helped you personally, and in your studies and what didn’t? Maybe repeat some daily challenges on the remaining days of the month. Remember to enjoy the end of the year, make yourself a nice time and don’t pressure yourself too much. Have a nice New Year’s Eve and Christmas, in case it’s celebrated in your culture or in your life or family, personally.
Useful Websites for Students
I put together a post containing Awesome Sites and Links for Writers, which is also pretty useful for school work too. Some of these sites I’ve discovered on my own in pursuit of knowledge and other times by friends. Many of them I wish that I knew about back when I was school. Most of the websites listed below are geared towards college students, but a few are aimed at high school students and primary students. So there is a bit of everything for everyone.
Homework Help & Studying
Cheatography – A site that collects cheat sheets that condense information on all kinds of topics, which can be helpful for building study guides.
Study Hacks Blog – Is a college blog that contains a lot of study advice and studying strategies that actually work.
Quizlet – Provides free tools for students, teachers, and learners of all ages to make flashcards to help them study any subject. For many topics, someone has already created a list of flashcards that you can flip through. Generally they might not be exactly what you need, but they will be close enough. You can even print them off.
StudyBlue – Is an online studying platform for high school and college students. The website allows users to upload class study materials, create electronic flashcards to study and share with others, and practice quizzes. StudyBlue allows students to store their notes in the cloud and connect with other students studying the same subjects.
Koofers – This all-in-one website not only helps college students study by providing access to flash cards and practice exams. It also gives you information on professor ratings, helps you generate the ideal class schedule, and posts job/internship openings.
Shmoop – Connects 13 million students and teachers with study guides, practice tests, an essay lab, informational videos, and career advice.
Mathway – Is a free math problem solver from basic algebra to complex calculus with step-by-step explanations.
S.O.S. Mathematics – Is a free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations. Get help with your homework, refresh your memory, prepare for a test, and so on.
Math.com – Contains explanations on almost all topics in mathematics from basic math to algebra, geometry and beyond. If you need review, more practice or deeper understanding of specific topics, this is the place to look. There are many useful tools such as calculators, study tips, etc. Even games that require some logical thinking.
Symbolab – Performs operations, solves equations, computes derivatives and integrals and more. It even come with a symbolic interface.
Number Empire – Is a collection of math calculators that can help you solve equations, compute derivatives and integrals, matrix arithmetic, statistics, and more.
MathPapa – Helps you learn algebra step-by-step. You can also plug non-algebraic equations into Mathpapa and use it as a calculator. It will show you the final answer and step-by-step instructions how the calculations work. There’s also a mobile app of it for Android and iOS devices.
Citation Machine – Helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use.
CK-12 Foundation – Is a California-based non-profit organization whose stated mission is to reduce the cost of, and increase access to, K-12 education in the United States and worldwide. They provide a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to science to history and so on.
Course Hero – Is a crowd-sourced online learning platform for students to access study resources like course materials, flashcards, educational videos and tutors. Its educator portal is a micro publishing platform for educators to distribute their educational resources. Course Hero collects and organizes study materials like practice exams, problem sets, syllabus, flashcards, class notes and study guides from users who upload. Users either buy a subscription or upload documents in order to receive membership and access website material.
HippoCampus – Is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content: videos, animations, and simulations on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school students to help with their homework and studies.
Slader.com – Offers millions of step-by-step solutions to all the questions in the most popular textbooks in middle school, high school, and college. Math homework answers, Science homework answers, Spanish, History, Economics, and more.
Free Online Courses
University of Reddit – Is a community project that aims to focus on the teaching, learning, and sharing of knowledge and experience among its users. There are over 100 courses available: Art, Computer Science, Fun and Games, General Studies, Language, Mathematics and Statistics, Music, Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. Within each category are many, many sub-categories, that focus on particular areas of the genre.
edX – Is a massive open online course (MOOC) provider. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. It also conducts research into learning based on how people use its platform. Unlike other MOOC, edX is a nonprofit organization and runs on the Open edX open-source software.
Khan Academy – Is a non-profit educational organization with a goal of creating an accessible place for people to be educated. The organization produces short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and tools for educators.
MIT OpenCourseWare – Is a web-based publication that contains thousands of Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. It is a free and ranges from the introductory to the most advanced graduate level. Each OCW course includes a syllabus, some instructional material (such as lecture notes or a reading list), and some learning activities (such as assignments or exams). Many courses also have complete video lectures, free online textbooks, and faculty teaching insights. While some OCW content is custom-created for online use, most of it comes straight from the MIT classroom.
Udacity – Is a for-profit educational organization that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) for free and Nanodegree programs.
Saylor Academy – Is a nonprofit initiative working since 2008 to offer free and open online courses to all who want to learn. They offer nearly 100 full-length courses at the college and professional levels, each of which is available to access at your pace and on your schedule.
Alison – Is a website founded with a noble goal: to enable anyone to receive free education of high quality. All you need is a will to learn new things and they will provide you with all necessary tools.
Lynda – Is an online education company offering thousands of video courses in software, technology, creative, and business skills. The ones in blue are available to watch for free, so you don’t need a membership for them. However, others in grey require a lynda.com library subscription for access. But there is a way to get it for free and that’s by checking if the courses are available online through your local library’s website. There is a growing number of libraries that are providing their members free access to Lynda.com courses.
Udemy – Is an online learning platform. It is aimed at professional adults who want to add new skills to their resumes, or explore their passions. Unlike academic MOOC programs driven by traditional collegiate coursework, Udemy provides a platform for experts of any kind to create courses which can be offered to the public, either at no charge or for a tuition fee.
Codecademy – Is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, React.js), Ruby, SQL, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS
Math Planet – Offers courses in high school math such as Pre-algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry for free. They also have practice tests for the SAT and ACT.
AcademicEarth – Has a collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities. They also make sure that there is something for everyone: whether you want to explore a new topic or advance in your current field, they bring it to you for free.
Harvard University - Harvard Open Learning Initiative – Offers a series of free or low-cost courses. In addition, you can also browse Harvard University’s Digital Learning Portal, which features online learning content from across the University, both free and fee-based options.
Open Culture – Has 1,200 free online courses from the world’s leading universities: Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford and more. You can download these audio & video courses (often from iTunes, YouTube, or university web sites) straight to your computer or mp3 player.
Open2Study – Is an initiative of Open Universities Australia that brings you the best in online education with their four-week, introductory subjects. Open2Study provides free, specialized short courses, entirely online, across the world, in a range of subject areas. When you successfully complete your course you’ll get a free Certificate of Achievement, which you can use to demonstrate your interest in learning about a certain area.
Information & Research
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine – Introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers; not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods. In a way it’s basically a little bit of everything; a search engine, an encyclopedia, and a calculator that can answer nearly any questions you have.
Virtual Learning Resources Center (VLRC) – Is an online index hosting thousands of scholarly websites, all of which are selected by teachers and librarians from around the globe. The site provides students and teachers with current, valid information for school and university academic projects using an index gathered from research portals, universities and library internet subject guides recommended by teachers and librarians.
Stack Exchange – Is a network of question-and-answer website on topics in varied fields, each branch of the site covers a specific topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a reputation award process.
Microsoft Academic – Operated by the company that brings you Word, PowerPoint and Excel, it is a reliable, comprehensive research tool. The search engine pulls content from over 120 million publications, including scientific papers, conferences and journals. You can search directly by topic, or you can search by an extensive list of fields of study. For example, if you’re interested in computer science, you can filter through topics such as artificial intelligence, computer security, data science, programming languages and more.
Refseek – Is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers. It also has an option to search documents directly; providing easy access to PDFs of academic papers.
WorldWideScience – Is operated by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, a branch of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy. The site utilizes databases from over 70 countries. When users type a query, it hits databases from all over the world and will display both English and translated results from related journals and academic resources.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) – Is a great tool for academic research with more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of articles and online materials. ERIC provides access to an extensive body of education-related literature including journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and more.
iSEEK – Is a targeted search engine that compiles hundreds of thousands of authoritative resources from university, government, and established noncommercial providers. It provides time-saving intelligent search and a personal Web-based library to help you locate the most relevant results immediately and find them quickly later.
ResearchGate – Is a unique social networking site built by scientists, for scientists. Over 11 million researchers submit their work, which totals more than 100 million publications, on the site for anyone to access. You can search by publication, data and author, or you can even ask the researchers questions. Though it’s not a search engine that pulls from external sources, ResearchGate’s own collection of publications provides a hearty selection for any inquisitive scholar.
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) – Prides itself as being “one of the world’s most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources.” Utilizing 4,000 sources, the site contains results from over 100 million documents. The advanced search option allows users to narrow their research, so whether you’re looking for a book, review, lecture, video or thesis, BASE can provide the specific format you need.
Infotopia – Describes itself as a “Google-alternative safe search engine”. The academic search engine pulls from results that have been curated by librarians, teachers and other educational workers. The search feature allows users to select a category, which ranges from art to health to science and technology, and then see a list of internal and external resources pertaining to the topic. So if you don’t find what you’re looking for within the pages of Infotopia, you will probably find it in one of its many suggested sites.
PubMed Central – Is operated by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The database contains more than 3 million full-text journal articles. It’s similar to PubMed Health, which is specifically for health-related research and studies, and includes citations and abstracts to more than 26 million articles.
Lexis Web – Is your go-to for any law-related inquiries you may have. The results are drawn from legal sites, which can be filtered by criteria such as news, blog, government and commercial. Users can also filter results by jurisdiction, practice area, source and file format.
CollegeMajors101 – Wondering what you can do with a degree in biology or dance? College Majors 101 offers lots of information about what you can do with dozens of majors, as well as what you can expect academically if you pursue these majors.
College Insight – Is the brainchild of the Institute for College Access and Success. It gathers detailed information on thousands of colleges. You can find statistics for any school on such topics as college affordability, graduation rates, and college diversity, including the racial and ethnic breakdown of students and professors.
Fastweb – Is an online resource in finding scholarships to help you pay for school. All you have to do is make a profile and you’ll have access to their database of more than 1.5 million scholarships.
Books & Shopping (Student Discounts & Deals)
Online Research Library: Questia – Is an online commercial digital library of books and articles that has an academic orientation, with a particular emphasis on books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences. Questia’s library has over 5,000 public domain, classic and rare books that you can read online absolutely free.
The Book Pond – Is an independent online selling service for UK university students and graduates. They allow you to sell your old academic textbooks or buy the ones you need from other students who don’t need them anymore.
Chegg – Is an American online textbook rental company that specializes in online textbook rentals (both in physical and digital formats), homework help, online tutoring, scholarships and internship matching.
Open Book Project – Was made specifically for the academic community. Students and teachers can find free textbooks and other open-source education materials.
Bookboon – Is a source for free textbooks in PDF form that focus primarily on accounting, economics, engineering, IT, marketing, and management. The books are modest in size, most run from 50 to 100 pages.
Boundless – Offers openly licensed, high-quality, customizable digital courseware at a fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks.
Project Gutenberg – Offers more than 43,000 e-books, completely free. Comparative literature students taking only Jane Austen at Binghamton University, for example, can find every book on their syllabus via Project Gutenberg. Titles available on the site span categories such as archaeology, horticulture, microbiology and World War I. Copyrights are expired on all of the titles available for download via Project Gutenberg, so students studying history or classic literature may have more luck than those taking courses in other subjects.
Open Textbook Library – Contains textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
Internet Sacred Text Archive – Is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, where possible, in the original language.
StudentRate – A site that allows college students to take full advantage of their school ID to get student deals and discounts on clothes, travel, textbooks, electronics, and lots of other things.
UNiDAYS – Is totally free to join, and used by over 4.3 million students every day. Signing up provides discounts on fashion, technology, music, stationary, food and more. It’s super useful when online shopping, and useful offline too.
Save the Student – Calls itself the number one student money website in the UK. It gives budgeting advice on how to make money and how to save money. Gives you checklists when looking for a student house, how to pay bills, what to take to university.
Student Hut – Is an online resource that helps prospective students find highly rated university courses, student offers & freebies, jobs and guides.
Student Beans – Is a popular UK hub where students could find useful stuff like offers and discounts on everything from travel, to fashion, to health and beauty and gadgets. And what students can get for free, from Uber vouchers to free drinks and trips to America. It has a dedicated jobs section, advertising part time jobs, internships and grad schemes.
Groupon – In college, every dollar counts so it helps to have Groupon when you can’t find any Student discounts and deals going on. When you and your friends are looking to try out a new restaurant, or if you’re looking for some alternative Friday night plans, make sure you check this first. It offers deals on everything from dining out to shopping products based on your location.
Amazon Student – With a student email (an valid .edu e-mail address), you get six months of Amazon Prime for free! Which means free two-day shipping, cheap textbook rentals, and discounts on anything from electronics to clothing. You’ll also earn $5 for each friend you refer, and they’ll get $5 credit as well. When the free trial ends, students will have to pay a fee of $49 per year, which is 50% off the cost of Prime membership. The student fee includes extra perks such as unlimited instant streaming of movies, TV shows and music. If you don’t want that, just make sure to cancel before your free trial ends.
CollegeBudget – Is like Groupon for college students. There’s all sorts of discounts on clothing, electronics, activities, and more.
Apps & Tools
Sleepyti.me – Uses the sciences of REM cycles to calculate the optimal time you should go to bed in order to feel well-rested, especially when you have to be up at a certain hour.
Alarmy – This app ensures that you get up in the morning for work or school by being very annoying. You set it up by registering a photo of an area or room in your house. Then once the alarm is set, the ONLY way to make it stop ringing is to get out of bed and go take a photo of the registered area. There are other options as well, such as doing a math problem in order to turn the alarm off or shaking it for a certain amount. It’s available on Android and iOS.
Ginger Software – Contains a free online spelling and grammar checker that will correct any mistakes you make. They also creates apps and products that help people communicate more productively and efficiently on their mobile devices and desktop computers.
Plagtracker – Is a plagiarism checker that scans content to determine if any part of your essay has been plagiarized. Teachers aren’t the only ones that use this, students, website owners, and anyone else interested in protecting their writing do.
Hemingway Editor – Is a proofreading tool that helps you to see and fix potential problem areas in your writing. It color codes each potential error type, so you can address them one at a time. It’s a standalone program that costs $20 US, and you can download it to a PC or a Mac computer. But there is also a free online version of it that you can try.
Student Loan Calculator – Was made by the College Board to make it easier for college students to stay on top for their student loan payments.
Desmos – Is a free online grapher and scientific calculator.
Mint – Is a free money manager and financial tracker app from the makers of TurboTax that does it all. It’s available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch as well as on Android.
My Study Life – Is a free app that lets you coordinate your calendar and to-do list. It is designed especially for schools, a planner that can be customized for rotating schedules and long-term assignments. You can even set up reminders about your homework due dates. The app is available on iPhone, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone and the web.
Habitica – Is a free self-improvement web application with game mechanics overlaid to help the player keep track of and remain motivated to achieve their goals. They do so by turning all your tasks (habits, dailies, study time and to-dos) into little monsters you have to conquer. The better you are at this, the more you progress in the game. If you slip up in life, your character starts backsliding in the game. It’s also available on Android and iOS operating systems.
Todoist – Is a free app that keeps track of all your tasks, projects, and goals in one place. Its clean look keeps you focused, and the app allows you to organize tasks into categories like household chores, reading lists, and long-term projects. You can access Todoist from any device, so you’ll always have it with you.
Dropbox – Is a file hosting service that you can access your work from any computer or device. You can also share documents with friends or group members which their edits will show up instantly for convenient group work. Basic account is free with 2 GB of space, but you can earn more space on your Basic account by referrals and enabling camera upload on mobile. Each referral that signs up for Dropbox will give you an extra 500 MB, and switching on automatic photo upload expands storage by three GB. The maximum free Dropbox storage can amount to 16 GB, so 28 referrals on top of your starting storage will get you there. Also, Dropbox is compatible with more platforms than Google Drive which is good if you need your cloud storage to across a range of devices.
Google Drive – However, Google Drive provides you with 15 GB of free online storage from the start, so you can keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos and whatever else in one place as well. Google Drive’s web client has more features, greater file type support and a better search tool than Dropbox. Unfortunately, Google Drive isn’t available for Linux and there isn’t an updated version of it for Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari browsers.
Mircosoft OneDrive – Is another cloud storage service that you can access your files and photos from anywhere and on any device. As well as share and work together with anyone in your life. They use to offer 15 GB of free storage, but they’ve recently changed it to 5 GB. They also cut the previous bonus 15 GB of storage when you activate your camera roll backup.
Miscellaneous
UCampus – Makes it easier for you to find the information and resources you need as a college student. It also provides you with opportunities on your campus and in your city that you may otherwise miss.
Talktyper – Provides Speech Recognition for free. It makes voice dictation freely available to anyone with a computer.
My Money Steps – Is a free online debt advice service from National Debtline. They will tell you what options you can choose from to deal with your debts and give you a personal action plan to help you manage your money.
StudentRecipes – This site offers over 5000 quick and easy recipes for students by students. As a student you often don’t have the time or money, but with this site you can find plenty of recipes that are quick and easy to cook but more importantly cheap.
theSkimm – Is a free daily email newsletter that focuses on delivering a summarize version of all the top news stories for you with a bit of sassy humor. They also have an app called SkimmAhead that will sync important events, like the return of your favorite Netflix show or a presidential speech, with your iPhone calendar (and soon Androids as well).
UnplugtheTV – Is a website meant to replace mind-numbing television. Instead of wasting your life watching TV, you’ll be watching something much more mind-opening and educational. The site has hundreds of educational videos to help you learn or gain a new perspective. If you’re expecting to see cats being cute and double rainbows you’re going to be disappointed.
HackCollege – Is a lifehacking website on a mission to teach students to work more effectively. In addition to offering practical advice and tips, the site also provides information on quality open source software.
Hollar - Is not a dollar store in the sense that everything costs a $1; instead, almost everything is priced between $2 and $5. Free standard shipping is included for orders of at least $25. A lot of the items they have you’ll be saving 50-90% here than elsewhere on the web. So can find a little bit of everything from toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, home essentials, and so much more. There’s also an app version for Androids and iOS.
PrintWhatYouLike – Lets you print the good parts of any web page while skipping ads and other junk, which is a great way to make sure that your ink last longer.
ㅂ Korean Handwriting Tip
Korean handwriting can be tricky, but let’s get you writing a bit quicker (and maybe even neater). One tricky one is ㅂ, especially if you’re writing it in the traditional stroke order it may come out like an ugly #. When writing this quickly many Koreans will write this as I+d or U with a line through it. (You may noticed it in the font on my last post!)
Another great example is the well known hangover 배 juice, or as some people referred to it as “IdH”
If you missed my post on ㄹ, make sure to check that out. As always, more content coming soon so make sure to follow the blog (also I really appreciate it!!)
Korean This vs That Word differences #1
쓰레기통 vs 휴지통
Both are used interchangeably at times, but 휴지통 is used more for wastepaper baskets or bathroom trash cans, whereas 쓰레기통 is used more for general trash cans (e.g kitchen trash can, apartment garbage disposal places, street garbage disposal)
정류장 vs 정거장
These both effectively mean station, stop (as in bus stop, train station) - 정류장 is more used to talk about depots, bus stops, 정거장 is used more for train stations or stations generally (e.g. 우주 정거장 - space station). Both are actually used interchangeably so its no big deal, but if you’re saying “Get off after 5 stops,” you are more likely to use 정거장 (다섯 정거장 뒤에 내리세요)
이를 닦다 vs 양치하다
Both mean ‘to brush teeth’ except one is the Native Korean root and one is the Chinese (Hanja) root - guess which is which? You’d be right if you guessed that 이를 닦다 was the Native Korean and 양치 was the Sino-Korean (養齒). As 양치하다 is derived from the Hanja, it conveys a more formal feeling - you might see it written more than spoken, whereas 이를 닦다 is more informal and mostly used when speaking.
물건 vs 사물
Both of these words mean ‘things’ or ‘objects’ or ‘stuff’ and are somewhat interchangeable. 물건 is a material object that has a relatively constant shape (e.g. pencil, book, clock), 사물 is any object or individual in the universe, even if it does not have a constant shape (e.g. space, air). 사물 has more of an academic/literary feeling (e.g. as in science, law, philosophy etc) than 물건 so you will hear 물건 more commonly used. Some people like to think of 물건 as ‘stuff’ and 사물 as ‘objects’.
부엌 vs 주방
Both 부엌 and 주방 mean kitchen and could be used interchangeably, however there is a slight difference. 부엌 is the Native Korean word and is more commonly heard when referring to your home kitchen, whereas 주방 is the Sino-Korean word (Hanja root: 廚房 ) which is more formal and mostly used to refer to large kitchens, such as a restaurant kitchen or a well-equipped, large, modern house kitchen. There is also 취사장 which is even larger in size and refers to a communal kitchen in areas such as campsites, military, school etc.
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Tips to learn the Korean Alphabet (Hangul)
Hello everyone! 🐰👋 I got a few requests from people asking for advice on how to study and learn Hangul (한글). This is based on my experience and what helped me, so I hope this can somehow help you guys 😊❤️
What I do first is write organise all the consonants and vowels in two separate sections such as this. So if I find myself a bit lost or confused, I refer back to this chart.
Now writing it important and romanisation is possible. But I do not recommend it as the writing cannot transfer well into how the sound should be.
The way I learnt how to pronounce these syllables correctly and help me memorise the alphabet, I watched a YouTube video. I recommend visiting her channel if you haven’t yet!
Miss Mina Oh has a YouTube channel known as “sweetandtastytv”. As of now, she currently posts many videos of her travels and food reviews, but I recommend to also check out her older videos.
I learnt Hangul through her video lessons :)
List of Korean consonants & vowels: http://bit.ly/1Ov2hZF LESSON 2 (Write the Alphabet): http://youtu.be/tLLmotJ1Gec LESSON 3 (Double Conson
In her descriptions, she also shares practice worksheets of her lessons to help you apply your learning. I recommend to download and print these worksheets, if possible or write them down in your notebooks.
Also, do not have any music or any other video playing while watching this.
I often slowed down my progress in learning because I had so many distractions or I’d pause the video often to write down notes. This would lead me to lose concentration and not fully immerse myself into the lesson.
I honestly would recommend to do the following.
1) Drilling technique 🗣️
Watch the video once.
Pay attention and repeat out loud when she writes or says the syllable.
Do not take any notes yet.
Just listen and repeat.
2) Practice listening👂
Play the video a second time but with lower volume so it doesn’t distract you when you are writing down notes.
Think of it as background noise, unconsciously you could possibly already pick up some syllables as she speaks or when you’re writing them down in your books. This could stimulate your memory as you will probably already recognise sounds from listening it the first time.
Honestly I still struggle with pronunciation but practice makes perfect. Keep going and you will master it ❤️👍
3) Production 📝
Copy/download/print a worksheet.
You can remember the consonants easier by repeating them with a single Vowel. I recommend the Vowel “ㅏ”, as its the easiest to learn with.
Here is a quick video of me showing how I organised mine.
(Apologies for the not so good quality and filming, I’m very camera shy😭 I will probably do a better video on this topic and post it on YouTube for you guys.)
You can do this to learn consonants, double consonants and vowels :)
4) Have fun! 🎶
If you want to get more creative, you can try to sing the Hangul characters!
A very quick way I learnt at least half of the basic Hangul consonants with Vowel “ㅏ” is through J-Hope’s rap in “Boy in Luv”. If you’re a BTS fan, this could make it a bit more fun for you to learn.
Song by BTS and lyric video by Hamtaro Gasa. I wish to share the video with audio but unfortunately I can only have one video per post. Apologies!
Another fun way is to sing Hangul with the melody of the alphabet~🎶🎤
5) Test yourself 📑
I know this is pretty common knowledge but it really does help!
I suggest to do worksheets often. Maybe learn half of the consonants first. Then when you are comfortable, learn the other. Practice the vowels, combine them once you’re happy.
What I did was write down all the syllables on a whiteboard, hung it up on the wall and checked it every now and then. This made it easier and quicker for me to learn it as I had the information near me instead of using a lot of my time searching online.
Every few hours I would test myself reading the syllables out loud. Its okay if it’s hard to recognise it at first, take your time~
6) Read, Write, Check 📝👀
I think this method is a common activity to people. My teachers did this to learn new vocabulary in English when I was really young. I tried applying it to learning Korean, and have positive results! 😊
First, read the syllable you are learning. Try a syllable with one consonant and a Vowel.
Pick one or a few from the diagram. Then place a sheet of paper over the character and make sure its not visible to you.
Write down the syllable from how you remember it.
Finally, check your answer by comparing it to the diagram. Do this often and it will really help you memorise~
If you remember any other activities you were taught when younger, try to see if you can apply them to learning Hangul or Korean! 🤗
7) Further Study 📚
Once you’re comfortable and want to improve your speed in reading either the characters or words, I recommend these methods…
You don’t necessarily have to understand what you are reading at the first time, so don’t feel pressured. This is more to help you recognise hangul~
Below is my collection of Korean drama scripts/ transcripts; most of them are popular dramas. Free download and enjoy learning Korean with t
Maybe you enjoy kdramas! 🎬 Why not download and print the script of your favourite kdrama? Although this is more towards intermediate and advanced learners, I think it’s useful for beginners so they can enjoy reading ❤️
Or maybe you like listening to Korean music! 🎵🎧❤️
Here’s a website that has most Korean songs in Hangul format. This will help you recognise the sounds your favorite idol sings the next time you listen to their songs~ 👂
Follow some accounts on social media~📱
Most social media apps have a character limit, so the messages are usually small and simple to read 📖
8) Apps!
Here are a list of apps I recommend. Some are more practical for learning Hangul while others will help you learn Korean in a fun way!
9) Take breaks
Please remember to stay hydrated, eat and don’t worry about the time it’s taking you to learn it. Just focus on the material and please don’t compare your progress with others as this would cause you to lose confidence and motivation. 💪
Love and take care of yourself. Let your mind rest to process everything you’ve studied and continue when you can~🤗❤️
I recommend the pomodoro technique! You can search this technique and maybe you will feel more comfortable applying it to your study plan. 😊
This is the end of the post hahaha
Sorry its taken so long to post this. Tumblr kept crashing for me whenever I tried posting, so this is the 4th time trying to post it. 😂
Also, this is based on my experience and what helped me learn Hangul and progress on my Korean. I hope some of these methods help you. Feel free to adapt them into any way that helps you. We all learn differently and at different pace, so please remember to not be harsh on yourself.
If you have any other questions, suggestions or your own experience learning Hangul that you think will be useful for others, feel free to reply to this message! Let’s help each other in our language journey~
Take care everyone, good luck and see you again soon!
-Hayleen 🐰❤️
Korean Words for Furniture in Living Room
Korean Words for Furniture in Living Room
거실 (Living Room)
그림 (Picture)
의자 (Chair)
시계 (Clock)
화분 (FLowerpod)
선반 (Shelf)
텔레비전 (Televsion)
테이블 (Table - or 탁자)
소파 (Sofa)
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