Languages | Language Log Update

[@anyaakovalchuk]

I remember I set up a language log inspired by you after watching your previous language study organisation video and it's been working so well for me! Thank you ^_^

[@MrsJMYoung]

That is definitely a massive project! But inspired. I am also working on organizing my studies in a similar way.

[@celestechiang360]

It's really useful for me.I also study many language, hence I want to organize them.😍😍

[@nancynurse4552]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 yes!!! Excited to try this to help with my Spanish and a French learning. Definitely need to start listening and watching in these languages more. Thank you for the amazing ideas!!!

[@SunshineStationery]

Happy studies!!!

[@ithoughtuwereamerican8707]

I'm just in awe of someone who can stay motivated to learn so many languages. Initially I find it interesting, but I'm honestly so bad at it and I just die inside honestly lol. Spanish is a hard class at my school so I have to work hard, but i still only pull low a's lol. I got a 46 on a quiz but we'll call that freshman years low point lol

[@SunshineStationery]

I think the main thing for me is that I find a way to make it fun - either I love the music or the food or a tv show...or I’m motivated because I want to go to the country! There are tons of languages I’ve started but haven’t felt that particular motivation, so I drop them 😅 (that’s not to say I won’t find the motivation someday, but I try not to force it so languages always stay fun!)

[@sonjah.6209]

Sooo ... some thoughts on this. Of course this is a channel about stationery and journaling, and in this context this is a great video, well done. But a word of advice: If anybody is watching this because they want to be more productive, these handwritten logs are not the way to go, in my humble opinion. If you really feel the need to track everything in such a detailed way, well, create a template on the computer, print it out and put it in a binder. While tracking your habits, you will find out if this template works for you, and if not, you can easily modify it on the computer. And yes, of course these handwritten journals are more aesthetically pleasing, and maybe you just enjoy the process of creating them. That’s okay if you do both the language learning and the tracking voluntarily. You have two great hobbies that go hand in hand well. But if you should actually be studying for school and prefer to spend your time planning and journaling - then you are just procrastinating. Every hour of doodling and colour-coding would have been spent more efficiently learning vocabulary.

[@SunshineStationery]

These are all good points! However, I will point out that I spend about 5 minutes setting up my monthly log, maybe 10 minutes for a tracker that lasts a few months... and they take about 2 minutes to fill out (if that...). Everyone has their own style for studying (for example, I learn languages for fun and so am not hyper-regulated in how I go about it) but I hope that no one watching my language log videos thinks I spend that long setting things up! What you’re seeing is an accumulation of months of tracking that, individually, take very little time ☺️

[@sonjah.6209]

@Robert Brainerd , oh, yes, I'm 100 % in favour of taking notes by hand when learning a language! It's one of the best ways to help your brain to memorize stuff. I just thought that all the tracking and making one's notes and trackers beautiful would consume way too much valuable time. But Caitlin has already pointed out that her process of tracking doesn't require as much time as I thought, so I stand corrected. :-)

[@animangaful]

Me encanta tu forma de organizarte el estudio de los idiomas ^^. Voy a tomarlo como ejemplo para estudiar inglés y chino. Muchas gracias por tu aportación y mucho ánimo con el estudio. PD: También me gustan algunos K-Dramas como Descendant of the sun, it's okey that's love, y Playfull kiss.

[@SunshineStationery]

Muchas gracias!! (Me encantan también esas serias!)

[@thefolktalefox5960]

I find reading in French super hard. I'm pretty good with understanding when I have to listen but I just can't deal with that passé simple. I'm form Belgium so I've had plenty of French but that tense... I can't hahah. Amazing how many languages you've taken on and actually keep up with!

[@SunshineStationery]

I actually never officially learned passé simple...I picked it up from reading and honestly...I just mostly ignore the endings as long as I know what the verb is 😂😂 (I also don’t read super difficult/flowery literature in French...I stick to mystery novels mostly since my cloze/predictive skills in that genre are pretty good 😳). I think the best thing for me was figuring out how to make languages a part of my daily life - I save my “effort” for new languages and use habit with the others!

[@makt7448]

Can you do a video on your reading and whether there are specific books you recommend for language learning (not textbooks)? Loved the journaling idea, I don't practice writing in Portuguese enough. October may be a Portuguese month in my bujo. 😊

[@SunshineStationery]

Have you seen my language learning vlog? I talk some about the kinds of books I like to read when I’m learning a language ☺️

[@kellykim3114]

궁금해서 들어왔는데 한국어 공부를 하신다니 이런 우연이! 영상 잘 봤습니다 ㅎㅎ

[@alexreith4877]

I'm a fair bit older than you, so a couple decades out of school, but I'd like to learn some grocery store Korean since we have a good mom & pop type Korean Market in town and I love cooking and trying new things. There are English translations on most things, but it would still be good to learn pronunciations and be able to ask more intelligent questions. Any advice on a good resource specific to food terminology?

[@alexreith4877]

Tarot Traveller thanks for the tip!

[@SunshineStationery]

Tarot traveler’s tip is excellent! I would also add that talk to me in Korean has a plethora of videos...they may have some on food...KZbin in general may be a good source!

[@craftycoachwill4599]

Hello! I love your vlogs and this has inspired me soooooo much! Question - what is it you write on the side of the color tracker for the month (ex. 12:22). It's in Korean, but what exactly are you logging there?

[@SunshineStationery]

Hi! I’m so glad ☺️so the Korean is just the YT channel I watched - usually when I “watch” in Korean, it’s a kdrama so if it’s something else I try to remember to write it down (since future me will have definitely forgotten!)

[@jennah94]

I should set up a language bujo too :D I study Korean (just took TOPIK II 2 weeks ago, waiting for results), German, Chinese and should revise some Japanese too :Dd Going to exchange to Korea next year so I want to be able to do daily stuff in Korean (i could now too, but too nervous to speak out loud...) 😅😅

[@SunshineStationery]

I feel your pain re:speaking aloud in Korean! And good luck on your TOPIK results!!

[@alexreywils]

I should try to his out for my conversational Spanish. Also, do you think this would work for ASL?

[@SunshineStationery]

The log would definitely work for ASL although you may want not use al aspects of the legend (like writing 😂) I used to use video software to record short videos of myself signing so I could look back and see how I was doing

[@TisiphoneSeraph]

I've come back to this video a lot lately as I'm reorganizing my German studies and it's helped so much! I would love to see a study with me or the like from you!

[@yaderilopez6362]

You have to tell where you get those Junho stickers

[@SunshineStationery]

I found them at a kpop merch shop in the underground shopping area at Myeong dong!

[@myidealplan]

I can recommend Lingodeep. It's amazing app to learn basics, grammar and a little vocabulary.

[@zoehenwood9706]

Bless your little Harry Potter heart xox

[@SunshineStationery]

😂☺️

[@venusphantomhive7285]

On a very random note, we have the same name but my first name is spelled "kaitlyn"

[@SunshineStationery]

Yay! And gotta love how many spellings there are for our name! 😂