Dec. 16, 2020
I feel like taking a break for a week was good. However, I still haven't done any of the things I meant to do. I want to keep studying English by myself but in a serious way. I'll need resources for learning theory and exercises, which I should have looked for. I also wanted to revise my old notes and read my old English books. I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I gave them to my brother. I also haven't re-read books I own in English. I've just remembered I wanted to read a Word document about essays too.
To sum up, I've got a lot of things to do. I'm not really sure how to track my progress in terms of writing. I'm also not sure how to actually learn from corrections. I guess I'll have to figure it out.
Does anyone else think they overshare when writing journals? Because I do, but that's probably because I actually do overshare.
I feel/felt like taking a break for a week was good.
However, I still haven't done any of the things I meant/wanted/planned to do.
I want to keep studying English by myself but in a more serious way/seriously.
I'll need resources for learning theoryies and exercises, which I should have looked for before.
I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I gamust have given them to my brother.
I also haven't re-read the English books I own in English.
I've just remembered I wanted to read a Word document about essays too.
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Hi Naza!
Glad to have you back! Haha I was wondering why I didn't see your name or journals recently. Yes, I do agree that taking a break/some time off from anything that brings you stress is good. What'd you do during your break, if you don't mind me asking?
I'm also trying to figure out how to learn from my corrections, and I've recently been trying out a new method. I am going back to re-write my original writing and then using a red pen to put an star/other symbol and write below (after my original writing-so like a whole new paragraph) in red the new corrections I've received. This way I can see what I originally wrote and how I can improve with other's corrections. Just beware, this method takes quite some time, so maybe it'd be better to write a paper draft first, put it onto LangCorrect then have it ready for adding corrections later.
Oh, to answer your question about oversharing in journals, I also feel the same haha :p. I guess I just don't know when to stop talking sometimes.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Curiosity345
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I feel like taking a break for a week was good.
However, I still haven't done any of the things I meant to do.
I want to keep studying English by myself but in a serious way.
You could also say “I want to take my English studies more seriously.”
I'll need resources for learning theory and exercises, which I should have looked for (during my break).
For clarity I would recommend explaining the type of exercises (grammar/vocabulary/pronunciation) because at first the sentence reads as you wanting to learn “theory and exercises”
I also wanted to revise my old notes and read my old English books.
I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I gamust have given them to my brother.
I also haven't re-read the books I own in English.
I've just remembered I wanted to read a Word document about essays too.
To sum up, I've got a lot of things to do.
I'm not really sure how to track my progress in terms of writing.
I'm also not sure how to actually learn from corrections.
I guess I'll have to figure it out.
Does anyone else think they overshare when writing journals?
Because I do, but that's probably because I actually do overshare.
Feedback
I could really relate to this journal. I have really high expectations when it comes to learning Spanish and I often feel like I am not studying hard enough or improving fast enough. Recently I haven’t been feeling that way (I think since I’ve been focusing so much on my writing practice) but I’m sure it will come back soon... especially in regard to my speaking abilities.
I think you write very well and I congratulate you for all the hard work you have put in! I hope you are able to come up with a study plan that works for you.
In terms of learning from other people’s corrections, I try to make flash cards using this spaced repetition app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spaced-repetition-by-w%C3%A4rn/id1476169025. An interactive website about spaced repetition: https://ncase.me/remember/
I’ve never been much of a flash card person but I think this helps me to remember new phrases I learn from corrections or common mistakes I make. The only issue that it takes time to make cards so I don’t create new ones as often as I should, lol.
For corrections that are not conducive to flash cards, I just bookmark them and try to remember to go back and look at them again every once in a while.
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I'll need resources for learning theory and exercises, which I should have looked for. I'll need resources for learning theory and exercises, which I should have looked for (during my break). For clarity I would recommend explaining the type of exercises (grammar/vocabulary/pronunciation) because at first the sentence reads as you wanting to learn “theory and exercises” I'll need resources for learning theor |
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I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I gave them to my brother. I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I I have some notes and photocopies I used for practicing, but I can't find my books, so I guess I |
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