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Language Learning Ideas Printable

Here is a printable I made that I hope can help you out on your language learning journey. It has different activities based on how much time you have, as well as a checklist for frequent activities. By using it, you can see what works for you and what doesn’t. 

I tried to include as many things that many people can use, but some activities can’t be used by all language learners, unfortunately. The links to the website are clickable in the PDF file. I tested this myself and have even included a blank version if you prefer to write your own activities. Again, these are just some ideas for you to incorporate and I hope that they are useful.

Download Links: Dropbox

Full Activities 

study in shorter intervals and take breaks (ie, 40 minutes studying and 20 minutes break)

during your break don’t watch tv or surf the internet. get outside if you can and go for a walk. or at least listen to some instrumental music and walk around your hall. or meditate or do some art. anything that doesn’t require super directed attention. this allows your attention to be replenished. it’s like a muscle and you gotta give it time to rest. tv doesn’t allow for that.

relate the information to yourself and your life. creating visual images will improve your memory.

when studying, take notes by hand and put them in your own words. generating material yourself will encode the material better in your brain, and you’ll remember it better

don’t just reread, rehearse! quiz yourself on the materials. if you use a visual image “memory palace” technique, walk yourself through it. you’re likely to remember information you’ve tested yourself on better.

organizing information into groups that make sense create more connections in your brain and allow you to remember things better. the more meaningful connections you make, the better.

make sure the last thing you do before bed is study. no phone, no netflix. your brain will process what you’ve just done while you sleep and this improve recall.

[26/2/17] I planned to dedicate this week to physics but ended up doing a lot of math too. Finals are in one week and i really wanna do my best! Good luck to anyone else taking exams ♡

last spread for the spring semester of 2017! i still have one more final to take and then i’ll be free!!! at least until the fall semester starts ;;;; been pretty tired since i’ve been getting up early to study but a nice day off before my last final is a nice refresher!  

5.7.17  ♡  31/100 days of productivity

3.26.17- hello!  my belated 2017 bullet journal calendar ft. my dotted muji notebook (the paper is so smooth!!)  

anyways, have a great day!

//2.03.17//   Finally, a pretty post! Sorry about not reblogging much and kinda just spamming my own stuff, hopefully once this term ends I’ll get back to normal 😅 

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