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a ravenclaw student

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Eileen, 21, infp, ravenclaw, a student of History and English Studies in Germany, currently studying abroad in Ireland.
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I’ve gotten 4 anon requests to make a Swedish Resources Masterpost, so here it is! It was difficult to find resources, so this language masterpost is much shorter than the others I’ve made. I definitely recommend taking a class for this language due to the lack of resources on the Internet!

Learning Websites

Dictionaries & Checkers

Pronunciation

Grammar

Vocabulary

Extra

Tips

  • Keep a notebook
  • Take a class if possible!!!
  • If you’re taking a class, write down any extra Swedish vocabulary you may get
  • Practice pronouncing. All. The. Time.
  • Take notes
  • Have readable notes
  • Practice writing & grammar
  • Once you start learning, do not stop or else you’re going to forget things!!
  • Take quizzes & tests online for practice
  • Make some online Swedish friends
  • don’t look at the tumblr swedish tag because you will find more pornography than actual swedish

Thank you for reading my masterpost!

MY MASTERPOSTS:

#languages#swedish#language learning
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myrcellas

who doesn’t love languages? or free resources? or free! language! resources!?

i was on duolingo, reading a discussion, and saw a link to a free swedish grammar book! and when i checked the website, there were loads of free language books in downloadable pdf form just waiting to be put in a tumblr post. i even used proper capitalisation for the book names! but that was shortlived, as i have a nonchalant online presence to consider. 

Arabic- Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic, Colloquial Arabic (Levantine), Arabic: An Essential Grammar Cantonese- Basic Cantonese, Intermediate Cantonese Catalan- Colloquial Catalan Croatian- Colloquial Croatian Czech- Czech: An Essential Grammar Danish- Colloquial Danish Dutch- Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar, Dutch: An Essential Grammar English- Colloquial English, English: An Essential Grammar Estonian- Colloquial Estonian French- Colloquial French, Modern French Grammar, (another) Modern French Grammar, Student Grammar: French Georgian- Georgian: A Learner’s Grammar German- Basic German, German: An Essential Grammar, Intermediate German, Modern German Grammar, (another) Modern German Grammar, German Synonyms Greek- Essential Grammar: Modern Greek Hebrew- Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar Hungarian- Hungarian: An Essential Grammar Icelandic- Colloquial Icelandic Irish- Basic Irish, Colloquial Irish, Intermediate Irish Italian- Basic Italian Grammar, Colloquial Italian, (another) Colloquial Italian, Intensive Italian Workbook, Modern Italian Grammar, Modern Italian Grammar Workbook Japanese- Colloquial Japanese Norwegian- Colloquial Norwegian Polish- Intermediate Polish Portuguese- Portuguese: An Essential Grammar, Portuguese of Brazil Romanian- Romanian: An Essential Grammar Russian- Colloquial Russian, Contemporary Russian, Intermediate Russian, Russian Grammar Scottish Gaelic- Colloquial Scottish Gaelic Serbian- Serbian: An Essential Grammar Swahili- Colloquial Swahili Swedish- Colloquial Swedish, Swedish: An Essential Grammar Tamil- Colloquial Tamil Thai- Thai: An Essential Grammar Turkish- Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar Yoruba- Colloquial Yoruba

obvious disclaimer: i don’t own any of the rights etc etc to any of the above etc etc, i just thought i’d share.

and while i’m here, if you want an actual free online course to do, FutureLearn has some language ones (as well as lots of other disciplines too!) i did a few modules of their Italian For Beginners which i really had fun doing and i learnt a lot of the basics- unfortunately they don’t offer those at the moment, but do check back as they introduce new courses all the time! 

Open University offers loads of free courses, including some language ones. i haven’t done any language specific ones through OU, but i have done a few history ones which i enjoyed (although personally, i prefer the format and structure of FutureLearn, if i’m being honest). 

Open Culture seems to have lots of language courses (48 languages, to be precise), although i have never personally used their resources they have been recommended to me, and they seem to offer a lot of languages not previously covered by any of the above, so it may be worth a look! 

YouTube and Spotify also offer some good visual/aural learning resources which really helps with pronunciation, but you’d have to check for your specific target language. i am currently trying to learn swedish and italian (although i have fallen dreadfully behind in the latter) and i’ve found some useful things on both! 

#languages#language learning
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hi everyone! since the holidays are over for most of us, i thought i’d make an inspirational and motivational masterpost all about notes! upgrading your notes by changing the layout, adding doodles, banners, using sticky notes, changing your handwriting etc. motivates me personally to study! 

out with the sloppy last minute notes and in with the new!

  • handwriting

how to write in cursive

some fonts to try out

how to improve your handwriting

  • note taking systems

study methods summed up

stationery to make it all happen

sticker printables to jazz it up

  • notes

how to take lecture notes

how to annotate books

taking notes from a textbook - studyign

note taking system - theorganisedstudent

note taking system - emmastudies

another note taking system - academicmind

another note taking system - wonderfullifee

the 2 notebook method

note taking with highlighters and post its

pretty timelines

note taking printables

plot summary with sticky notes

20 uses of sticky notes

colour code your notes

method with columns 

the cornell note taking system

the cornell note taking system using onenote

in class notes

another in class note taking format

what are sketchnotes?

online whiteboard

  • flashcards

how to make flashcards

another how to make flashcards

an example

another example (with sticky notes)

and another example (biology)

8 ways to improve your flashcards

make  and test flashcards online

alternative to flashcards - studyign

print onto flashcards

  • mindmaps

how to mindmap (1)

how to mindmap (2)

some examples

  • apps

notability

  • banners

simple banner

more banners

it’s a banner party over here

banners (shown how to draw in gifs)

  • illustrate your notes

how to illustrate your notes - reviseordie

sketchnote tips (banners, lettering, doodles)

more sketchnote tips

even more sketchnote tips

how to make your notes pretty - theorganisedstudent

how to make your notes pretty - studyspoinspo

how to make your notes pretty - booksflowersandtea

what is visual note taking?

a visual alphabet

  • note taking printables

dot grid 

note outline printables

lined cornell method printable

grid cornell method printable

hope you all had a good rest and are ready for a new year of studying!

xoxo lou

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Everything You Need To Know About MLA Format

General Format:

  • 8.5 x 11 inch paper
  • Double spaced
  • Times New Roman font
  • 12 pt font
  • Only one space after each period
  • 1 inch margins on all sides
  • Indent the first line of each paragraph by half an inch
  • Use a header that includes your last name and page number in the top right hand corner

The First Page:

  • In the upper left hand corner:
  • Your Name
  • Your Instructor’s Name
  • The Class Title
  • The Date (Day Month Year)
  • The title of your paper should be one double-space down and should not be bolded, italicized, or underlined
  • The beginning of your paper should start one double-space down from the title with the first line indented by half an inch

What to Italicize and Quote:

  • Book titles are italicized
  • Play titles are italicized
  • Poem titles have quotation marks
  • Article titles have quotation marks
  • Chapter titles have quotation marks

In-Text Citations:

  • When you know the author’s last name
  • (Last Name Page Number) or
  • (Last Name Paragraph or Line Number)
  • When you don’t know the author’s last name
  • (Book Title Page Number)
  • (Article Title Page Number)
  • Remember to italicize the book titles and put the article titles in quotation marks

Works Cited Page:

  • Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one inch margins and header as the rest of your paper
  • Label the page “Works Cited” (do not italicize or put in quotations) on the top of the page and center it
  • Double space all citations but do not skip spaces between entries
  • Indent the second line of a citation by half an inch
  • List sources in alphabetical order
  • If the source has more than one author, the first given name appears in last name, first name format and the following authors appear in last name, first name format separated by commas. The last author’s name should be preceded by an “and”

Citing Print Sources:

Book or Poem:

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book or Poem. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Magazine or Newspaper Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Print.

Journal Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Print.

Citing Web Sources:

Whole Website:

Name of Site. Sponsor or Publisher, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access. 

Web Page or Web Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Site. Sponsor of Publisher, date of resource creation. Web. Date of access.

Online Journal Article:

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Web. Date of access. 

Note: Don’t forget to indent the second line in the citation. I did not indent the examples because the indents on tumblr mobile and tumblr desktop differ starkly and I figured this was probably the less confusing way to write the information needed for a citation (trust me)

Unknown Information in Citations:

  • If the author is unknown, begin citation with the title
  • If the publisher is unknown, write “n.p.” in its place (no quotation marks)
  • If the publishing date is unknown, write “n.d.” in its place (no quotation marks)

I hope this guide is as useful for me as it it for you!

I’ve been using MLA for 10 years and this was still helpful, THANK YOU

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My notes on English idioms, unit 4,5 and 6, made with Stabilo pastel highlighters and Stabilo pens point 88, I just love how they turned out in the end! 

I’ve been super productive this morning, maybe it was for that super tasty orange and date fruit bar, definitely my favorite snack while studying! 

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Go to university, but go for the right reasons. Education isn’t a gun held to your head: it’s a weapon in your hands. Go not because you’re afraid of not getting a job but go because you love to learn, because you’re excited by ideas, because you believe that education is important for its own sake, and when you get there, pay attention, read everything you can get your hands on, cram yourself with words and figures and ideas, because that’s the one thing they can never take away from you.

Laurie Penney, The Independent, August 2012  (via withonefootinafairytale)

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mochi-studies

16 APR 2017 | 4月16日 | SUNDAY | 일요일

posted these on my studygram yesterday (?) i think but here are some human geog notes :^) food resources ((i put way too much time and effort into the header lmao))

#notespo
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