2024.04.19 Rest Day

2024.04.19 — Rest day 🇰🇷🇸🇪

Watched 15 min of previously watched Our Blues episode without any subtitles.

Listed to 5 min of Lätt Svenska med Oskar before bed.

Practice Speaking ANY Language By Yourself (Step-By-Step Guide)

LingoKev

Practice Speaking ANY Language By Yourself (Step-By-Step Guide)

Step-by-step guide on how to practice speaking a foreign language at home by yourself

roughly this

yes, start with speech prompts. whether from podcasts/lessons/videos/shows (recommended starting point) or from speech prompt generator, like this list online with suggestions for different levels:

5staressays.com

150+ Interesting Impromptu Speech Topics To Choose From

Impromptu speech topics are a great way to awaken the hidden speakers in people & help them speak confidently. Here are some interesting top

Everyone recommends comprehensible input but how exactly should I actually go about it? : r/languagelearning

Generally speaking, if input is comprehensible, you don't have to struggle an awful lot to understand it.

However, comprehensible input at a beginner level isn't very appealing to most learners, since that would mean watching shows for toddlers, like Dora the Explorer or Bob the Builder. Most people don't really find that interesting so you kinda have to find a middle ground between comprehensibility and what you enjoy. 

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Reading children's books would sap my will to study - and I'm already easily enough distracted as it is.

So I'm instead reading what I want with side-by-side translation by Google

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Most people do not say to only do comprehensible input, usually recommendations for additional vocabulary study (Anki) and grammar study are suggested.

Use subtitles. Read stuff, like books or news articles.

2024.04.15 🇰🇷 - 입니다 / 입니까 vs. -요/요? When talking to strangers? Use 요.

Quora

What’s the difference between -입니다 and -아요/-어요 verb endings? Is one more polite than the other?

Answer: Put it to you this way. In many languages, the longer the words/ phrases are the formal/ polite they are. Example: “하다” /ha da/:

2024.04.18 — Hour +1 🇲🇽