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Learning Diary

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my goals and approaches to language learning. After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by redundant overthinking.

For example, in order to learn English, I focused for some time on English grammar. I've read one of the English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise.Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills is helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.

It goes without saying that grammar is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn the language at a decent level. In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar. Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to remember all the rules, and only then begin to practice them. That's the main reason why in the near future I’m planning to pay less attention to grammar. Instead of that, I'll give a shot to more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts. I consider this approach much more relaxing, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

There was also another recommendation that I was trying in my language learning and didn’t see much result. It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.” It’ll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster. Then you can use these words by yourself and feel that you've made some progress."

Thinking about the potential benefits of this technique, I’ve also been trying to concentrate on one topic in my immersion recently. According to that advice, I narrowed down my content consumption solely to psychology. All my reading, listening and watching practice was devoted to that topic. At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English it started to feel for me like a dull chore. The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelette, or fiction book instead of psychology podcast. That said, I can’t force myself to read content on one topic for more than a couple of days, no matter how hard I try. Maybe I'm not interested in that, or maybe it’s just not my thing.

So, this January I’ve decided to set aside intense grammar drills for some time, as well as learning complicated terms and collocations for improving my vocabulary. I’ve noticed the stiffness in my texts every time I try to unnaturally cram them with some unusual words, so for some time I'll also stop gathering specific words.

Instead of that, I’ll pay more attention to basic and everyday English. For that matter, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, reading blogs and other simple content. Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction book, Youtube video or Medium articles.


For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my goals and approaches to language learning. After analyzing my learning process, I've come to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress with redundant thinking.

For example, in order to learn English, I focused for some time on English grammar. I've read an English Grammar textbook from beginning to end twice already, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills are helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubt I've learned some of the rules.

It goes without saying that grammar is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn a language at a decent level. In no way do I believe that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar. Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to first remember all the rules, and only after begin to practice them. That's the main reason why in the near future I’m planning to pay less attention to grammar. Instead of that, I'll take a shot at a more random approach, which implies сhoosing random lessons for practice from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts. I consider this approach to be much less strict, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

There was also another recommendation that I got that I was trying out in my language learning, but didn’t see results from. It was a piece of advice from the English learning community. They suggested that it's better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like 'nature' or sports.' This will help you feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster. Then you can use these words by yourself and feel that you've made some progress."

Thinking about the potential benefits of this technique, I also tried to concentrate on one topic in my immersion recently. According to that advice, I narrowed down my content consumption solely to psychology. All my reading and listening practice was devoted to that topic. At the start of this experiment, I was giddy with inspiration, but it quickly turned out to be a maddening, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English, it started to feel like a dull chore. The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, they prefer new and unique stuff, whether that's pancakes instead of omelettes, or a novel instead of a psychology podcast. That said, I can’t force myself to read content on one topic for more than a couple of days, no matter how hard I try. Maybe I'm not interested in that, or maybe it’s just not my thing.

So, this January I’ve decided to set aside intense grammar drills for some time, as well as learning complicated terms and collocations for improving my vocabulary. I’ve noticed the stiffness in my texts every time I try to unnaturally cram them with some unusual words, so for some time I'll also stop gathering specific words.

Instead of that, I’ll pay more attention to basic and everyday English. To that end, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content. Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a novel, a Youtube video or an article on Medium.

Corrections

Learning Diary

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my goals and approaches to language learning.

After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by redundant overthinking.

"Redundant overthinking" sounds redundant to me.

or,

After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by perseverating.

For example, in order to learn English, I focused for some time on English grammar.

I've read one of the English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills is helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.

It goes without saying that grammar is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn thea language at a decent level.

In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar.

Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to remember all the rules, and only then begin to practice them.

That's the main reason why in the near future I’m planning to pay less attention to grammar.

Instead of that, I'll givtake a shot toat a more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons for practice from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

I consider this approach much more relaxing, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

There was also another recommendation that I was trying too hard in my language learning andso I didn’t see much results.

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like, “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like 'nature' or 'sport.”s.' It’ll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

We nest quotation marks starting from double on the outside to single on the inside.

Then you can use these words by yourself and feel that you've made some progress.

"

Thinking about the potential benefits of this technique, I’ve also been tryingtried to concentrate on one topic in my immersion recently.

According to that advice, I narrowed down my content consumption solely to psychology.

All my reading, listening and watchreading practice was devoted to that topic.

"Watching practice" sounds strange to me.

At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English, it started to feel for me like a dull chore.

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction booka novel instead of a psychology podcast.

That said, I can’t force myself to read content on one topic for more than a couple of days, no matter how hard I try.

Maybe I'm not interested in that, or maybe it’s just not my thing.

So, this January I’ve decided to set aside intense grammar drills for some time, as well as learning complicated terms and collocations for improving my vocabulary.

I’ve noticed the stiffness in my texts every time I try to unnaturally cram them with some unusual words, so for some time I'll also stop gathering specific words.

Instead of that, I’ll pay more attention to basic and everyday English.

For that matter, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content.

Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction booknovel, Youtube video or Medium articles.

Feedback

I have to say, this was much easier for me to edit now that you're not trying to cram mismatched words into your journal entry. The flow is much better, too!

I think the grammar drills have really paid off for you. You've achieved a high level of fluency in writing. *You're ready to speak to native speakers.* That's it. The more we converse with natives, the better we get. It's part of the beautifully iterative process of learning a language. The adage should not be, "Practice makes perfect" but rather, "Practice makes better." I wish you the best of everything on your next stage to fluency!

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by redundant overthinking.

thank you!

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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Instead of that, I'll givtake a shot toat a more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons for practice from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

give/take a shot have the same meaning, isn't it?

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like, “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like 'nature' or 'sport.”s.' It’ll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

thank you for this correction 🙏

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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All my reading, listening and watchreading practice was devoted to that topic.

agree

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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Thank you so much for your corrections and feedback, I appreciate that 🙏 I agree about grammar drills, though. Maybe I don't feel a progress just because I'm the one who experience the learning process and everything is changing unnoticeable for me and very smooth. :) Thank you also for your recommendation about speaking! I'll definitely agree with you and I think it's time to finally find someone for practice 💪

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mari

Jan. 14, 2023

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give/take a shot have the same meaning, isn't it?

"Take a shot" has more of an active nuance to me.

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mari

Jan. 14, 2023

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Thank you so much for your corrections and feedback, I appreciate that 🙏 I agree about grammar drills, though. Maybe I don't feel a progress just because I'm the one who experience the learning process and everything is changing unnoticeable for me and very smooth. :) Thank you also for your recommendation about speaking! I'll definitely agree with you and I think it's time to finally find someone for practice 💪

That's the spirit! 💪

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liya_allien

Jan. 15, 2023

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"Take a shot" has more of an active nuance to me.

Thnx

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liya_allien

Jan. 15, 2023

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That's the spirit! 💪

🙌🫶

I've read one of thean English Ggrammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills isare helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnted* some of the rules.

*more common in the USA.

Instead of that, I'll give a shot to a more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

I consider this approach to be much more relaxing, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

There was also another recommendation I got that I was trying in my language learning and, but I didn’t see muchget good results.

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.”s." It'll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

Then you can use these words by yourself and feel that you've made some progress.

According to that advice, I narrowed down my content consumption solely to psychology.

At the start of this experiment, I was thrfilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

thereafter sounds antiquated/old

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction books instead of psychology podcasts.

Maybe I'm not interested in that, or maybe it’s just not my thing.

So, this January I’ve decided to set aside intense grammar drills for some time, as well as learning complicated terms and collocations for improving my vocabulary.

I’ve noticed the stiffness in my texts every time I try to unnaturally cram them with some unusual words, so for some time I'll also stop gathering specific words.

Instead of that, I’ll pay more attention to basic and everyday English.

For that matter, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, reading blogs and other simple content.

Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction book, Youtube video or Medium articles.

Feedback

I completely agree. Lately I've been trying to achieve immersion in my target language rather than using flashcards or drills. I've found that I can train, for example, social media algorithms to feed me content in my target language and that's been immensely helpful. This way, when I get bored and pull out my phone, I end up spending a few minutes practicing rather than mindlessly scrolling in my native language.

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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I've read one of thean English Ggrammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills isare helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnted* some of the rules.

thnx 🙏

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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At the start of this experiment, I was thrfilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

thnx ❤️ I'll use it less in the future

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Jan. 14, 2023

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Yeah, I have to say that I've had the same experience. Every time I'm reading a book, my writing is improving, as well as every time I'm listening to podcast, my flow in speaking increase. I don't understand how it's work but we definitely have to pay more attention to immersion 🙏 Thank you for your help with this post btw 😇

After analyzing my learning process, I've caome to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress bywith redundant overthinking.

either tense is fine, changing it just makes this feel more like a _current_ concern

I've read one of thean English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end twice already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills isare helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.

In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar.

a bit confusing with the multiple negations - do you mean something like "of course I realize I won't be able to become fluent without understanding grammar"?

Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to first remember all the rules, and only thenafter begin to practice them.

yours was fine but this reads a bit better to me

That's the main reason why in the near future I’m planning to pay less attention to grammar.

Instead of that, I'll give a shot to more random approach a shot, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

I consider this approach much more relaxinged, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

or "much less strict"?

There was also another recommendation that I was trying in my language learning andbut didn’t see much result from.

or "didn't see results from"?

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be. They suggested that it's better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.” It’This will help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

it's not necessary to rephrase this, but I think it reads better when it's not a quote

At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter itit quickly turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

"full of inspiration"?

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English it started to feel for me like a dull chore.

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, ithey prefers new and unique stuff, whether ithat's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction books instead of psychology podcasts.

For that matterTo do that, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content.

Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction book, Youtube video or Medium articles.

Feedback

this is very well written. only a couple of the corrections I suggested are really necessary to make it sound fluid and natural, so take or leave them as you see fit

good luck with your new approach!

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Jan. 14, 2023

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After analyzing my learning process, I've caome to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress bywith redundant overthinking.

Yeah, I see what you mean, thnx 🙏

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Jan. 14, 2023

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In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar.

Yeah, I mean that. Maybe it would be better to say " In no way do I believe that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar." 🧐

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Jan. 14, 2023

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I consider this approach much more relaxinged, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

"much less strict"would be better I think :)

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Jan. 14, 2023

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There was also another recommendation that I was trying in my language learning andbut didn’t see much result from.

thnx, both options are great 💪

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Jan. 14, 2023

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It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be. They suggested that it's better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.” It’This will help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

I agree, quotes are rarely help me to say smth simpler.

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Jan. 14, 2023

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At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter itit quickly turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

hm, why did you delete "but"? I think it's necessary here, otherwise here will be just two unrelated clauses, isn't it?

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Jan. 14, 2023

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For that matterTo do that, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content.

"activity, activity, and activity and activity." I try to figure out the usage of "and" in this case.

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Jan. 14, 2023

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thank you so much! You gave me some useful corrections, I appreciate your help Thank you also for your opinion, it's really inspirational 😊

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Jan. 14, 2023

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hm, why did you delete "but"? I think it's necessary here, otherwise here will be just two unrelated clauses, isn't it?

yep, typo

your original sounds ok too, my suggestion should be "but it quickly turned out..." or maybe "i soon realized it was ..."

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Jan. 14, 2023

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"activity, activity, and activity and activity." I try to figure out the usage of "and" in this case.

I know what you mean, but it wouldn't be grammatical the way you had it

Personally I think it reads fine with 2 "and"s - a good argument for the oxford comma!

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Jan. 14, 2023

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ah, i see the problem maybe

I realized just now that you could have meant "reading blogs, and other simple content" as two different things while I read "reading <blogs and other simple content>" - like you're reading two types of things

yours is gramatical in that case, I guess i was tripped up by the _lack of_ an oxford comma :)

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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yep, typo your original sounds ok too, my suggestion should be "but it quickly turned out..." or maybe "i soon realized it was ..."

thnx, I like your options :)

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liya_allien

Jan. 14, 2023

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I know what you mean, but it wouldn't be grammatical the way you had it Personally I think it reads fine with 2 "and"s - a good argument for the oxford comma!

thnx, I'll try to remember this structure 🙏

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Jan. 14, 2023

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ah, i see the problem maybe I realized just now that you could have meant "reading blogs, and other simple content" as two different things while I read "reading <blogs and other simple content>" - like you're reading two types of things yours is gramatical in that case, I guess i was tripped up by the _lack of_ an oxford comma :)

thnx for your explanation! yeah, I meant "reading (what?) blogs and other simple content"

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For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my goals and approaches to language learning.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by redundant overthinking.


After analyzing my learning process, I've caome to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress bywith redundant overthinking.

either tense is fine, changing it just makes this feel more like a _current_ concern

After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by redundant overthinking.

"Redundant overthinking" sounds redundant to me. or, After analyzing my learning process, I came to the conclusion that sometimes I overcomplicate things and even block my progress by perseverating.

For example, in order to learn English, I focused for some time on English grammar.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I've read one of the English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise.Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills is helping me a lot to make progress, though there' no doubts I learnt some of the rules.


It goes without saying that grammar is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn the language at a decent level.


It goes without saying that grammar is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn thea language at a decent level.

In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar.


In no way do I doubt that I’ll be able to become fluent without understanding grammar.

a bit confusing with the multiple negations - do you mean something like "of course I realize I won't be able to become fluent without understanding grammar"?

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to remember all the rules, and only then begin to practice them.


Despite that, I've been realizing lately that it’s impossible to first remember all the rules, and only thenafter begin to practice them.

yours was fine but this reads a bit better to me

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

That's the main reason why in the near future I’m planning to pay less attention to grammar.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Instead of that, I'll give a shot to more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.


Instead of that, I'll give a shot to more random approach a shot, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

Instead of that, I'll give a shot to a more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

Instead of that, I'll givtake a shot toat a more random approach, which implies сhoosing for practice random lessons for practice from the textbook and simply noticing grammar in books and podcasts.

I consider this approach much more relaxing, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.


I consider this approach much more relaxinged, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

or "much less strict"?

I consider this approach to be much more relaxing, but maybe it'll give as good results as intensive grammar exercises.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

There was also another recommendation that I was trying in my language learning and didn’t see much result.


There was also another recommendation that I was trying in my language learning andbut didn’t see much result from.

or "didn't see results from"?

There was also another recommendation I got that I was trying in my language learning and, but I didn’t see muchget good results.

There was also another recommendation that I was trying too hard in my language learning andso I didn’t see much results.

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.” It’ll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.


It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be. They suggested that it's better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.” It’This will help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

it's not necessary to rephrase this, but I think it reads better when it's not a quote

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like “nature” or “sport.”s." It'll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

It was a piece of advice from the English learning community which sounded like, “It would be better to concentrate on one domain in your reading and listening — for example, you can opt for topics like 'nature' or 'sport.”s.' It’ll help you to feel more confident in the language since you’ll learn all the common vocabulary for this topic faster.

We nest quotation marks starting from double on the outside to single on the inside.

Then you can use these words by yourself and feel that you've made some progress.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Thinking about the potential benefits of this technique, I’ve also been trying to concentrate on one topic in my immersion recently.


Thinking about the potential benefits of this technique, I’ve also been tryingtried to concentrate on one topic in my immersion recently.

According to that advice, I narrowed down my content consumption solely to psychology.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

All my reading, listening and watching practice was devoted to that topic.


All my reading, listening and watchreading practice was devoted to that topic.

"Watching practice" sounds strange to me.

At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.


At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter itit quickly turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

"full of inspiration"?

At the start of this experiment, I was thrfilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

thereafter sounds antiquated/old

At the start of this experiment, I was thrilled with inspiration, but soon thereafter it turned out to be a maddeningly, excruciatingly tedious and boring practice.

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English it started to feel for me like a dull chore.


Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English it started to feel for me like a dull chore.

Even though I’ve always adored psychology and fiction books more than anything else, after a couple of weeks of reading them in English, it started to feel for me like a dull chore.

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelette, or fiction book instead of psychology podcast.


The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, ithey prefers new and unique stuff, whether ithat's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction books instead of psychology podcasts.

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction books instead of psychology podcasts.

The problem is, our brains don’t like repetition — on the contrary, it prefers new and unique stuff, whether it's pancakes instead of omelettes, or fiction booka novel instead of a psychology podcast.

That said, I can’t force myself to read content on one topic for more than a couple of days, no matter how hard I try.


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Maybe I'm not interested in that, or maybe it’s just not my thing.


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So, this January I’ve decided to set aside intense grammar drills for some time, as well as learning complicated terms and collocations for improving my vocabulary.


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I’ve noticed the stiffness in my texts every time I try to unnaturally cram them with some unusual words, so for some time I'll also stop gathering specific words.


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Instead of that, I’ll pay more attention to basic and everyday English.


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For that matter, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, reading blogs and other simple content.


For that matterTo do that, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content.

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For that matter, I’ll concentrate more on listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, and reading blogs and other simple content.

Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction book, Youtube video or Medium articles.


Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction book, Youtube video or Medium articles.

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Instead of narrowing down topics for reading and listening, I’m going to consume content that I like, whether it's a fiction booknovel, Youtube video or Medium articles.

I've read one of the English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise.Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills is helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.


I've read one of thean English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end twice already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills isare helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.

I've read one of thean English Ggrammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills isare helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnted* some of the rules.

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I've read one of the English Grammar textbooks from the beginning to the end already twice, even though some may consider it an excessive exercise. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to me like grammar drills is helping me a lot to make progress, though there's no doubts I've learnt some of the rules.

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