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¡Hola! I absolutely love your blog and I use it for almost everything. Thank you for the time you personally take to compose word lists and explain a whole lot of stuff:)💕💕 + I'm planning to do my Spanish GCSEs next year but I started learning Spanish like 2 months ago. Do you have any tips on making this learning process faster? +Where can I watched telenovelas with English subs.(Ps. The telemundo website doesn't work for me)? AGAIN THANK YOUUUUUUUJU💕💕💕💘

¡Hola!Thank you for the lovely message ♡

I think one of the best ways to boost your Spanish is talking with people. Even if you’re a beginner, this will give you a lot of work to do. You will discover what kind of vocabulary, grammar and common phrases you need so you can be more objective on your learning plans. And it will encourage you to keep learning.

Apps to find people:

HelloTalk

Tandem

HelloPal

Speaky

Make it part of your life. Just like brushing your teeth or taking a shower, spend at least 5 minutes everyday learning, reading, listening, writing or saying something in Spanish.

Vocabulary is important. You can speak without grammar, but you can’t speak without words. I’m sharing with you vocabulary lists of the most common words in Spanish.

Vocabulary Memrise courses:

1500 Words Spanish Intro

100 most popular Spanish verbs

First 5000 Words of Spanish

Other Memrise courses:

Spanish (Spain) - it includes short videos.

Spanish (Mexico)

Spanish 101

Learn words in context. So I gave you lists of common words and you can find them in SpanishDict or Linguee and see many examples of these words used in phrases.

SpanishDict

Linguee

Another good app to learn Spanish in context is: Clozemaster

Read a lot. This is another way to learn vocabulary in context. Here are some recommendations.

New York Times en español

beelinguap

Listen to songs or podcasts. Here are some podcasts for you with transcriptions :)

Veinte Mundos

PodClub

Radio Ambulante

¡Hola Viajeros!

Coffee Break Spanish

Open Learn (Go to languages and pick the course that you want)

Ask people. I recommend you HiNative. This is an app where you can ask many kind of things, as translations, meanings, examples and you can even record your voice and ask if it sounds natural. You can also request voice recordings from native speakers.

If you want to learn fast, I don’t recommend you to stop a lot on grammar things. But I’ll leave you some websites where you can look in grammar quickly.

Study Spanish

Lingolia

SpanishDict

121 Spanish

It’s hard to find Spanish telenovelas or series with English subtitles.

But I think you can find some in Netflix. There are some series with English subtitles.

I found some other websites where you can see TV shows, telenovelas and series in Spanish, but unfortunately they don’t have English subtitles.

Series Colombianas

rtve (Spanish series with Spanish subtitles)

Las Estrellas (I hope you can see it)

CiberDVD (popular moves with Spanish audio)

I tried to find more websites, but they either have spam and virus or they’re not available outside the country.

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Hola! I am extremely interested in learning Spanish. I study every day, working hard to learn more new phrases everyday, but I am very nervous to about my accent. I work at a fast food chain and a lot of guest that come in do not speak English very well, I've learned phrases but again, I do not want to mess up my pronunciation. Your blog has really helped eight my reading btw, thanks so much! If you have an advice, it'd be very much appreciated! Thank you!

¡Hola!

Here are my recommendations to improve your pronunciation.

Listen to music

Don’t just play it on the background while doing other things, but really listen to it. And here’s a tip: Don’t try to understand the lyrics, listen to the voice just as another instrument. Don’t try to listen word by word, just listen to the collection of sounds.This will improve your listening skills, and therefore your pronunciation.Listen to the same song over and over again, and when you feel ready try to sing it and mimic the same sounds. Again, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the meanings.

Read out loud

Here are some webpages and apps with readings and audio.

Spanish Podcast

Cuentos para chicos

Veinte Mundos

¡Hola Viajeros!

News in Slow Spanish

beelinguap

Review difficult words

You can go to Forvo and search for a word. There you can find voice recordings from native people saying that word. If the word you are looking for is not there, you can add it and request a voice recording.

Ask people

On HiNative you can ask many kind of questions, but you can also record your voice and ask native speakers if it sounds natural. If your pronunciation wasn’t natural you can request a native speaker voice recording.

Talk to people

I have recommended many apps to find people before, but I will just put them again. People usually are kind, and if you can follow a conversation then your pronunciation is fine. If they don’t understand you well, they will let you know.

HelloTalk

Tandem

HelloPal

Speaky

Spanish sounds

Remember Spanish has hard and strong sounds. Have you heard how Gloria (Sofía Vergara) from Modern Family speaks English? She has a very strong accent and her English is hard and she pronounces almost every syllable. That’s because that’s how we speak Spanish. Try to copy her accent when talking Spanish, remember to pronounce everything clear and loud. :)

VowelsVowels will always sound the same. Not as in English where the letter A sounds differently depending on its place in a word. The A in Spanish will always be the same, no matter if it’s at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.And this is the same for all vowels.Also, remember the O sound doesn’t have that little U at the end.

HThe H is always silent, even if it’s in the middle of a word as almohada (pillow).

PIn English the letter P is pronounced with a little air, in Spanish it is without air.Listen to the difference between the English P and the Spanish P.

piano vs. pianopaper vs. papelpine vs. pino

R & RRMany foreigners can’t roll their tongue. But don’t worry a lot, there are even native Spanish speakers who can’t pronounce very well the R. But it’s fine, people can still understand. You just have to be careful with some similar words, you just need to put a little extra effort on these.

pero (but) vs. perro (dog)ahora (now) vs. ahorra (save money)caro (expensive) vs. carro (car)

TIn English, this letter is pronounced with a little air, too. In Spanish this letter is without air and we pronounce it with the tip of the tongue between the teeth.Also in English, when a word has a T in the middle sometimes it sounds like a soft R. But in Spanish the T is always pronounced the same.Listen to the difference between the English T and the Spanish T.

time vs. tiempotea vs. tétomato vs. tomate

Tongue Twisters (Trabalenguas)

This can be very challenging but it’s also fun and you will improve a lot.I’m sharing with you some videos so you can listen and repeat. Some of them have timing, I think this will also help you. It will be difficult at the beginning, but take your time and start little by little.Remember to warm up before you start.

Trabalenguas fáciles infantiles

Trabalenguas fáciles infantiles 2

Karaoke de trabalenguas

Trabalenguas con subtítulos

I hope this has helped :) Have fun!

ourspanishblog

I'm so glad I found your tumblr page! I'm from The Netherlands and I'm going to study international business and languages, also with Spanish. Can you recommend me some Spanish series or tv shows? Beginner level 😅

¡Hola!

I found a series on Youtube, it’s old but it’s funny and it’s specially for beginners, and It has Spanish transcript.

Extra

On Netflix you can watch some Spanish series and you can put Spanish subtitles in most of them.

You can check this article about learning Spanish with telenovelas, I think it’s useful and you can still watch other series and learn from them even if you’re a beginner.

Some popular series on Netflix:

España

Velvet

El tiempo entre costuras

Gran Hotel

Las chicas del cable

El Internado

Bajo sospecha

Mar de plástico

El barco

Merlí

México

Juana Inés

La Doña

Club de Cuervos

Rosario Tijeras (Mexican version)

Ingobernable

Capo “El amo del túnel”

El Dandy

El Vato

La Reina del Sur

Colombia

La esclava blanca

La niña

Palabra de Ladrón

Pablo Escobar

Las muñecas de la mafia

El Cartel

Cumbia Ninja

Rosario Tijeras (Colombian version)

Cuba

Cuatro estaciones en la Habana

Argentina

Estocolmo

You can also check these websites:

Series Colombianas

rtve (Spanish series with Spanish subtitles)

Las Estrellas (I hope you can see it)

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The Houses as Studyblrs

Gryffindor: Hair held up by pencils, laughing with friends in the library, cups of cocoa, the sound of flipping through papers, the smell of old books, falling asleep in class, humming while you work, debates with friends

Slytherin: Surrounded by empty coffee cups, three textbooks open at once, working at 2 in the morning, competing with friends for higher grades, studying out of spite, working to prove someone wrong, rolling your eyes at your textbook's stupid jokes, sassing teachers because you're friends

Ravenclaw: Messy bullet journals, papers sticking out of binders, impromptu study sessions, binging crash course videos for fun, doodles on the corners of worksheets, never-ending "TBR" piles of books, dog-eared pages, neat buns, dressing up nice to study

Hufflepuff: warm drinks in big mugs, studying in morning sunlight, oversized sweaters, classical music, reading by the fire, studying with friends, bringing your textbook to a small coffee shop, studying with a cat by your side, being asked by classmates to tutor them

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Dear Americans:

It is more important, now more than ever before, that you vote for Hillary Clinton at the Presidential Election this year.

Britain leaving the EU has already hit your economy, like most of the economies all over the world. You can already see how a single country’s vote has had global consequences.

I am BEGGING you to vote for Hillary. I know many of you don’t like her. I know she’s done some pretty bad things. But trust me, she’s nowhere near as bad as Trump.

Don’t be complacent. A lot of people running the campaign for Britain the remain in the EU didn’t think that the leave campaign would win. They severely underestimated them.

Don’t think “my vote won’t count”. Don’t think “I live in a safe Democrat state/area”. Don’t think “Trump won’t actually win”.

Noone thought Trump would last long as a candidate for the nomination.

Noone thought he would get the nomination.

But he did. This is real.

Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America, combined with an isolationist UK removed from the EU will spell disaster.

VOTE FOR HILLARY. Not because she’s the best option. But because every vote for her, means another vote that Trump has to beat.

DO NOT LEAVE THIS TO CHANCE.

DO NOT GIVE DONALD TRUMP A SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ELECTED.

VOTE HILLARY

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Alternatives for Overused Words, inspired by this post from Ultrafacts

Let's get some things done! 📚✊🏼📚

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FOCUSING ON A LONG TERM GOAL!

hi! as requested by several people (a long time ago, sorry this is super late), i’m making a how-to on focusing on a goal that is rather daunting/large/intimidating! now, don’t fear, for this will help you reach that goal very easily!

step one: this should be fairly simple, but sometimes i have trouble with this step. so, what you’re going to have to do is set the goal itself. if you have a goal already, then that’s great! write it down, or stick it at the back of your head, and visualize it. ask yourself: why do i want to reach this goal? how can i reach it? the answers to these two questions will be very crucial for focusing on the goal! for this illustration, i’m going to use ‘become a lifelong learner’ as my goal.

step two: think about your goal, and the answers to the two questions above (how and why). using your answers, you’re going to write down, or think of, or jot down (whichever floats your boat!) some smaller goals that will help you achieve the large goal. for instance, for my goal, i’ll probably do ‘read more books’, ‘learn to appreciate art better’, ‘discover new learning methods’ and ‘become more open-minded’ for my smaller, more specific goals! note that they’re all inter-related and will contribute to me stepping closer to the final goal!

step three: if you’re making a mind-map (i like to mind-map my goals, hehe) you’re going to need to further analyze your smaller goals! now, ask yourself: how can i achieve these smaller goals? what can i do (whether daily, weekly or in the long run) that will help me get closer to these specific goals? for my example, i’ll say that i’m going to try and read five books every month, and write a reflection after i finish each one under the goal ‘read more books’. in this portion it helps to write something that is attainable and extremely specific.

step four: follow these specific guidelines as much as possible, and soon enough you’ll find yourself to be closer to that big, big goal, since you’ve broken it down so much. you won’t realize it, but every small little sub-goal, every small task you make, will contribute to getting you to your goal! have fun, and remember, nothing should take precedence over your mental and physical health :]

and that’s it from me ! remember, you are great and worthy and important, no matter what.

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When you feel like giving up:

On the difficult days, when the world’s on your shoulders, remember that diamonds are made under the weight of mountains. (Beau Taplin)

You’re growing; I can see it. I can see you’re okay with not being okay and it’s beautiful. (Evelyn Julia Wicksteed)

This is the human way, she thought. On the edge of destruction, at the end of all things, we still dance. And hope. (Rosamund Hodge)

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less. (Maya Angelou)

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul. (Napoleon Hill)

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days…Lightly, lightly—it’s the best advice ever given me. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly, my darling. (Aldous Huxley)

When you are being hard on yourself:

I think we deserve a soft epilogue, my love. We are good people and we’ve suffered enough. (Nikka Ursula)

The world will knock you down plenty. You don’t need to be doing it to yourself. (Elizabeth Scott)

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Remember, you belong everywhere. (Derrick C. Brown)

Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)

Be softer with you. You are a breathing thing. A memory to someone. A home to a life. (Nayyirah Waheed)

When you don’t feel good about yourself:

You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you…You can’t rely on beauty to sustain you. What actually sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful, is compassion for yourself and for those around you. That kind of beauty inflames the heart and enchants the soul. (Lupita Nyong’o)

My darling, you can’t see it, can you? How like the moon you are. Both of you so timid in yourselves; hiding pieces from the world. Then, there are those rare moments when you both are full, and it becomes hard to look away. You are beautiful. (Alexandria Drzewiecki)

Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it. (Mark Z. Danielewski)

You are most beautiful. Whenever you are most comfortable. Whenever you are most, you. (Donte Collins)

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty. (Leonard Cohen)

Remember this, girl, you are half sea. No one ever asks the ocean to quiet her storm, so why do you keep apologizing for yours? (Pavana)

Did a good job at geo. but I thought I could do better.

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Studying some spanish for my next test in about a week. Hard topic.

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Finally, winter break! ☃

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hey guys, this is a masterpost requested by loveathenaa about notes and studying basically!!!

notes

taking notes from a textbook

an alternative to flashcards

pretty notes!!!!

AMAZING mind maps!!

how 2 make banners

creating better flashcards

my fav online flashcard website [there’s also an app for ur phone]

note taking methods

illustrated study methods!!!!

some more

more note taking stuff bc i just can’t get enough B-)

printables!!!!

how 2 take lecture notes

annotating!!!

studying

get motivated!!!

relax whilst studying

study playlists by me!!!!

reasons to study

my fav focusing app

how 2 study

memorisation and things

101 study tips!!!

studying biology

when ur having a bad day

productive study breaks

self-study resources

khan academy + on youtube

physics

japanese

other languages <3

more and more languages yaaas

crash course videos!!!

math help

masterpost!!!

mythology!!!!

check out 3 minute philosophy

the school of life which is my fav ever!!!!

sparknotes which is another fave

gradesaver

bbc bitesize

hope this helps u guys out a bit also if u need anything or want to request a masterpost, please message me!!! -helena xx

..... still studying.

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Physik exam in 2 days. Let's get started! :)

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hello everyone! a lot of you have requested a masterpost on language learning, so here are some resources that i’ve come across and found useful, as well as some tips from me :^) hope you guys find it helpful!

apps:

tunein radio - this is a free radio app that gives you access to hundreds of radio stations from all around the world in different languages; great for improving listening comprehension skills + everyday vocabulary

anki - super super flexible + powerful flashcards tool which implements spaced repetition!!

quizlet - for on the go flashcards + other interactive games to help with memorization

memrise - offers hundreds of courses at different levels of difficulty for a huge variety of languages!

duolingo - interactive app for grammar + vocabulary

pleco - hands down the BEST dictionary app for chinese learners

multi-language websites:

fluentin3months - language hacks!! super helpful and motivational in my opinion!

conjuguemos - for spanish, french, german, latin, italian, portuguese

languagepod101 - downloadable podcasts that teach 31 different languages from beginner conversation skills to advanced!

linguanaut - has phrases, videos + alphabets of over 50 languages

livemocha - super cool community where you can learn a new language while helping others learn your native language!

forvo - this is an AMAZING resource which has pronunciations by native speakers in basically. every language. it’s great so check it out

some tumblr resources:

list of language studyblrs from my studyblr directory!

thelanguagecommunity - this blog has sooo many helpful resources for a huge variety of languages

amazing language masterpost with dozens of useful websites for specific languages

some resources for specific languages:

(these are just on the languages that i’m learning, but i thought i’d include them anyways!)

french

french masterpost by @laprincessequietudie

bbc bitesize list for gcse french!

list of french resources including youtubers + music

50 advanced french phrases - this is so so so helpful

french compound tenses and moods

verbs cheat sheet!

pretty good explanation of qui and que (relative pronouns)

japanese

hiragana chart - #1 priority for beginner japanese learners!

katakana chart - the other japanese alphabet for pronunciation of foreign words

super cute writing practice for hiragana!!

and for katakana!

tofugu - an extremely extremely helpful and comprehensive guide to japanese resources + finding exactly what tailors to your needs

wanikani - i’ve been using this kanji learning tool and let me tell you it is a blessing. if you are at all interested in learning kanji please use this it’s amazing

explanation of when to use on’yomi and kun’yomi readings for kanji!

crunchy nihongo - super cute word-of-the-day blog that uses mnemonics to help you remember vocab!

nihongogo - the best japanese learning tumblr i’ve come across yet! full of amazing resources + frequent updates

master3languages - frequently posts great japanese + korean content!

korean

learn to read korean in 15 minutes (!!!)

an ask i answered on the super super basics of learning korean

talktomeinkorean youtube channel - extremely helpful!

naver dictionary - korean to english, english to korean

master3languages - frequently posts great japanese + korean content!

how to tell the times of day/periods of time in korean

really cute website for learning korean

masterpost of korean textbooks!

memorization tips!

use mnemonics! this is what i’ve been using to learn vocabulary since day 1, it makes language learning so much more fun + easier. here is a good explanation of what mnemonics do.

use a spaced repetition system like anki which has been proven to basically be the best way to learn vocabulary for a second/third language!!

here’s a super useful introduction to different memory techniques!

make a schedule - memorizing something once won’t make it stick, you have to commit to revision

if you decide not to use anki/other spaced repetition software, set time-based targets for what you want to achieve!

+ flashcards insp if you want to make flashcards

@studyign‘s amazing alternative to flashcards method that works miracles for anything to do with memorization

study tips:

set a target of at least 5 mins a day either reviewing past content or learning something simple with some of the apps listed above!

keep a “messy tips book” to note down any interesting information you come across on your language-learning journey/any questions you want to ask + write the answers down to later!

keep a “grammar book” - add to this as you go and it will probably help you a lot later on for revision and reference!

a phrasebook MAY be a worthy investment if you are ready to commit to actively learning from the book and make sure you’re not going to buy it to just let it sit there and collect dust

stick to one course/book at a time. there is a huge temptation to start 43 different courses at once, but this distracts you from focusing on completing + mastering the content!

immerse yourself in the language by getting into that culture’s tv shows, music, etc. you’ll probably pick stuff up along the way!

motivation for when the going gets tough:

think about being able to watch tv shows in the language without subs

have secret convos with your language friends

be able to travel to that country and get around no problem

imagine being mistaken for a native speaker!!

10 benefits of learning another language

being able to say “i self-learned ____!”

learning more languages opens up a lot more career options + makes you more in demand in the workplace!

i really hope this helped you guys! wishing you all the best in your language-learning endeavours :^)

xuanlin