June has come and gone and it’s bizarre to think we’re already halfway through 2021. This last year and a half has been such a bizarre experience in general, with the ebb and flow of the spread of COVID changing so much of the status quo for everyone. My own personal journey through all this … Continue reading Thinking About Where to Go from Here
We’re on an off week, so let’s go straight to the numbers. Tuesday 6/22 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Amphibia, 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 6/23 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, … Continue reading June 2021 Week 4 Recap
We’re jumping straight to this week’s numbers. Tuesday 6/15 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 3 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 6/16 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, 1 episode of … Continue reading June 2021 Week 3 Recap
Normally this week would be a full content blog that was drafted in Spanish. However, in sitting down to maybe write it this weekend, I didn’t have much that felt like it would make for good content to discuss and felt anxious and stressed over the idea of writing yet another “I don’t have a … Continue reading June 2021 Week 2 Recap
We’re on an off-week, so let’s jump straight to numbers. Tuesday 6/01 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Tangled, 1 episode of Daniel San GMR, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 6/02 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, … Continue reading June 2021 Week 1 Recap
As we slide into June, this blog has slowly and quietly entered year four. I started it back at the end of May/beginning of June in 2018 as an experiment of sorts, tracking my time and effort spent on language learning, going over the stuff that has worked for me and the stuff that hasn’t, … Continue reading Entering Year Four of Blogging
So after some thought considering last week’s messy weekend making the normal blog untenable, I’m just calling a total kibosh on full-length blogs for May. I’ve just been too busy with experiencing the world again and seeing people I’ve barely seen for the past year and change that I’m not gonna stress on it. So … Continue reading May 2021 Week 4 Recap
This week would normally be an entry written in Spanish, buuuuut this weekend was not very cooperative for that (had major events both days, which impacted my energy levels and time to pretty heavy levels), so I’m calling it an off-week due to outside events. I’m not sure if I’m up for making it up … Continue reading May 2021 Week 3 Recap
We’re on an off-week, so let’s jump straight to the numbers. Tuesday 5/04 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesReading: 2% of Cielo en Llamas, ~90 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Tangled, 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 5/05 Duolingo: 20 XP earned, ~0 minutesWatching/Listening: 5 episodes of Tangled, ~120 minutesSpeaking: … Continue reading May 2021 Week 2 Recap
So as we go into May, at the top of the month I thought I’d revisit a topic I’ve covered before, but one that I think naturally lends itself to evolution over time, and that’s answering the question: “I want to learn a new language, where do I get started?” I’m of course not particularly … Continue reading Language Learning: Where to Start
Fumbling Toward Fluent 