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Cleverbot is More Intelligent Than I Remember, But That’s Okay
Read more: Cleverbot is More Intelligent Than I Remember, But That’s OkayWhat I really enjoy about my language learning style is I take a very free-form approach to gathering details and understanding concepts. It’s not that I don’t want to put effort in–I absolutely do.
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Strengthening Your Skillset in Time for Accomplishing Goals
Read more: Strengthening Your Skillset in Time for Accomplishing GoalsAh, a new year, new goals. I wonder, do you have a resolution in place for yourselves regarding this turning of the clock? It’s been well-documented that a lot of people aim to do better, but never actually get to a point where they’re happy with what they’ve done. Luckily, I don’t set goals. But…
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Language is a Tool, But It Does More Than Just Your Average Wrench
Read more: Language is a Tool, But It Does More Than Just Your Average WrenchThey say all it takes is a little confidence to make a name for yourself in a new language. Forget the hours spent practicing, if you don’t jump on an opportunity to speak and interact with the people of your target culture(s), all can go for naught at the drop of a hat.
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On Being Humble and Dusting Off Old Realities
Read more: On Being Humble and Dusting Off Old RealitiesI grew up in a house where literacy and literature were highly valued. Intellectualism for its own sake was not, however.
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Seeing the World Through Another’s Eyes
Read more: Seeing the World Through Another’s EyesAll bloggers start out with day jobs, unless they’re perennial introverts who won’t leave their parents’ basements. And no dig at Jung’s favorite home-bound, reflective, quiet types. I can easily count myself among them with how I get overwhelmed by people. Or maybe, that’s just an excuse for laziness I can’t shake.
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Packing It In
Read more: Packing It InHave you ever just gotten so frustrated, you wanted to curl up in a ball and not move? That was me this week with language learning.
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Growing Pains: Beginner Struggles
Read more: Growing Pains: Beginner StrugglesLike many beginning monolingual Spanish students in the United States, I was overwhelmed at first by the sheer amount of conjugations and vocabulary we had to memorize in order to pass an ever-increasing number of quizzes during the semester. I didn’t think I could hold a conversation, let alone ever get rated B2 by my…
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Analysis Paralysis: A Book Is A Book, Or Is It?
Read more: Analysis Paralysis: A Book Is A Book, Or Is It?I loved to read as a child. My imagination was average; however, I managed to enjoy books for children my age and get inspired by them for when time came to play. Despite that, for the longest time, I didn’t think about literary symbols. I didn’t worry about the significance of themes. Jokes with any…
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Learning Like a Kid? The Perennial Question
Read more: Learning Like a Kid? The Perennial QuestionIn today’s blog post, I’m going to be covering how I began to learn Korean and how learning it impacted my outlook on things. You may already be rolling your eyes because of the association many people have nowadays with the popular culture of South Korea. Maybe you’re thinking of the geography and politics of…
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An Intro to Me
Read more: An Intro to MeWelcome to the blog! I thought I’d give an introduction to me and my experience with, well, everything. This post will be updated over time as the blog changes and maneuvers around various subjects.