January Language Recap + February Goals ⭐️

[@bookswmadi]

I'm rewatching this already... Myuni ❤❤❤❤

[@bookswmadi]

I almost started rewatching this at work. I needed to see my bestie and hear her voice ❤

[@myuniyt]

So sweet 🥲 I hope work went okay

[@claire_450]

This is a really cute video and I also liked what Elysse said about just writing down 1 word for each minute of a video. It can really help to keep us more focused on what's important :)

[@myuniyt]

Thank you :) Here's to more focused studying

[@kandyviris]

your vibes are so cozy, love watching your videos, you are gonna be huge girl!

[@myuniyt]

🥹 thank you! I appreciate you

[@skorpi09irl]

When I read in a target language, I don’t take note of every unknown word…I wait until I have seen it a few times to the point that I can recognize it and be like “damn this word keeps coming up so it must be relevant/common/important etc”. I’m learning Persian and so I had to learn the Persio-Arabic script. I didn’t learn letter by letter, I learned “in context” which is how I learn all scripts. Basically just reading/learning words and how they’re written in the script. After a month, I feel much more comfortable with it. I’m still slow with words I’ve never seen or don’t recognize but definitely making improvements. Happy learning!

[@myuniyt]

Thank you for this tip! What kind of context have you been using to learn the script? And what’s kind of your process once you come across a word you deem important? I would love to hear more

[@skorpi09irl]

@@myuniyt I’ve mostly just been using LingQ. I just dove in and started listening and following along until I started to recognize letters and words. Then when I read, I read out loud and if I come across a word that I start to recognize it, like I feel like I have said it before or something related, that’s when I consider it important. Sometimes with new scripts, I’ll even go by the visual, like if I have seen the word before. But I really try to read out loud in my target languages as much as possible. I made a video a while ago about how I learn scripts in other languages but I think I’ll make one about my reading technique too.

[@myuniyt]

@@skorpi09irl thanks for informing me! I need to try out LingQ

[@bookswmadi]

Early into my language learning journey (I say as if I'm the *expert*😒) I started the first episode of my favorite TV show in Swedish and then prodceed to write down *every word* I did not understand or know. By the end of a twenty minute episode I had 200 words. I never looked at them again. When I started watching a different show that was 15 minute episodes and only allowed myself to write down 5-10 words I know I learned them and comprehended them way better than those 200. Still to this day I shout "VÄNTA" instead of "wait"

[@myuniyt]

This is what i'm talking about⭐ yas

[@bookswmadi]

Oh ny gosh! The Arabic at the start!! ❤❤❤❤❤ *kneels over dead*

[@myuniyt]

I'm rolling, this is so cute

[@bookswmadi]

I didnt study any of my languages in January (and i am noticing the lack of ease when it comes to asl) so in February my goal is to just study the languages again!

[@myuniyt]

As you should 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 wishing you success with that this month

[@bookswmadi]

I've read Red Queen in English and its a good book. The sequels are not but