209384028340 updates in the world. This post will be about some of my recent travels and a useful language learning find. I'll be posting more in the next day or so about my running and reading, and following that, a meh-schmeh grumbly response to some other books.
I recently had the great fortune of seeing an entirely unique region of France: Le Centre. There are the rolling hills covered with vineyards, orchards, and canola fields, and a distinctly different style of architecture from what I've been accustomed to seeing in the south. It has a much more northern Europe/Germanic feel. (And it was much kinder to my skin than the Mediterranean sun.)
Azay-le-Rideau and Chinon
Orléans
My future university!
My language learning tip: Quizlet.
I don't really know why it took me so long to find it, but it's pretty spiffy stuff. You can build and share sets of flashcards with pictures, sound clips of pronunciation, etc. I've downloaded an app, Flashcards+ on my phone that works with the Quizlet platform, so I can use my sets when I'm bored and have some down time. I scouted around for some word frequency sets in Spanish and in French, so I saved a lot of time and sapped off of some other poor soul's time and effort. They have the same for other languages I'm sure.
There are also resources for subjects outside of languages--anatomy, art history, on and on... and for special exams such as the SAT, GRE and so on.
A little article from Lifehacker has some other helpful tips.
So go out and conquer the world with your lightning-rapid response to foreign vocabulary.
So go out and conquer the world with your lightning-rapid response to foreign vocabulary.
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