In my L1-acquisition class two weeks ago, our professor talked about how only 9% of the speech a baby hears is single words. Everything else is phrases and sentences, onslaughts of words and meaning!
Thus, a baby not only has to learn words and their meanings but also learn to segment lots of sounds INTO words. Doyouwantalittlemoresoupyesyoudoyoucutie. Damn.
When she talked about HOW babies learn to segment words our professor said, and I love it, "babies are little statisticians" because when listening to all the sounds, they start understanding what sound is likely to come after another vs which is not.
After discussing lots of experiments done with babies, our professor added something that I already knew somewhere in my brain but didn't know I know: All this knowledge is helpful when learning an L2 as well:
It is NOT about understanding meaning. It is about learning the rhythm of the language, getting a feeling for its sound, the combination of sounds, the melody and the pronunciation.
Just how babies have to learn to identify single words within waves of sounds, so do adults learning a language. It will help immensely with later (more intentional) listening because you're already used to the sound, can already get into the groove of the languge.
Be as brave as a baby.
You don't even have to pay special attention. Just bathe in the sound of your target language. You'll soak it up without even noticing.
*my current character has beige eyes* swoons
*says that I like Blue eyes(I genuinely do, I think blue-eyed people are pretty)* Cove;
me fr;
BOOKSTORE BOY
Yelling his "I love you" in the briny wind.
Series : Bookstore Boy / end
Pairing : Armin x fem!reader
Tags : @sad-darksoul — @ringsofsaturnnnn — @underthetree845 — @oliviaissocool1 — @crisalidaseason — @koriinsan
Note : the finale can't live in the drafts forever! i know it's short and the story was meant to have more chapters, but i don't have the "feeling" to continue it (some stories have their time and i can't write on them further, happens to my irl stories too). so please take this finale scene and let it have a home in your daydreams. thank you everyone who enjoyed this story, your comments made it a memorable and wonderful experience to write💗
Armin was in love with you. Anyone could see that even at a glance. He radiated his feelings like the sun, albeit a bit self-consciously. Sometimes when staring at you, he seemed entranced; his coffee would go untouched and turn cold, his stories would go unfinished and stay at 1300 words — 1300 words of love.
He would write each word carefully with his quill, and bring the onion-thin letter to the beach one day to give to you. God knows he couldn't say all that he felt with his voice — no way, it would shake too much and he'd stutter just like he had stuttered when he first met you in the bookstore. So he wanted to tell you everything he felt in a letter instead.
But of course, funny things happen in life.
It was a windy day when you rode on the back of Armin's bicycle to the beach. When he prepared to give you the letter, it blew right out of his delicate grip, and flapped away in the air until it swooped down into the incoming ocean waves — disappearing forever.
"I spent a long time writing that..." he shook his head.
"... what was it? Poetry?" you asked.
He was walking alongside you to the rustic wooden path that lead away from the beach. The wind whipped his hair around violently and made him squint and blink.
"I — uhm — no, not poetry... just a letter." he replied.
He started shifting awkwardly.
"A letter?" you questioned, "What did you write?"
"Ahhh, I can't say it..." he made a shy smile and rubbed the back of his neck.
He goofily backed away from you until he made a distance between you and him, and then he waved. He was stood in the sand and you were stood next to the beach grass.
"Tell me!" you yelled, smiling at his antics. "I want to know! So come back here and tell me!"
You were yelling with a smile, holding the handles of his bicycle to keep it stable in this forceful wind. Armin's cat was sat in its front basket; Umi looked at Armin, then at you, then started licking her paw.
Armin took a deep, steadying inhale of the briny scent of the sea. It gave him courage. Something about the sea always steadied his mind.
Then he yelled something into the wind at you, but it was inaudible because of a sudden and hard gust that blew by.
"WHAT?" you yelled back, "WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU."
"I LOVE YOU."
"WHAT?"
"I LOVE YOU!"
"HUH?"
He rolled his eyes. You watched his t-shirt flapping with the wind, and his hair whipping around.
He cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled louder.
You paused, looked at him, and slowly smiled with your eyes and cheeks. He was so red in the face, redder than you'd ever seen him. His ears felt hot. His heart was pounding like a drum.
His heart pounded harder and his blush spread down his cheeks to his jawline.
He inhaled and used all the strength in his lungs to yell back;
The letter he meant to give to you was lost at sea somewhere in-between waves by then. The ink of the last part dissolved;
... your love makes me feel courageous like a soldier. Thank you for everything; my bookstore girl.
© arminsumi
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─── genshin impact xiao smau masterlist !
I want you, bless my soul And I ain't gotta tell him I think he knows
PAIRING ─ xiao x f!reader [ college!au socmed!au ]
SUMMARY ─ you've liked him since the first time you saw him perform in your school's battle of the bands. so you do what any normal girl with a crush does: send him cheesy pick-up lines through a dummy account. he never replies. until now.
WARNINGS ─ a lot of cursing, cringy and horrible gen z humor, fluff, she fell first and he fell harder trope, and angst
FORMAT ─ mostly socmed but some parts have a mix of socmed and paragraphs. written parts are marked with (W).
AUTHOR’S NOTE ─ credits to @aequha and her cracked anons. their shenanigans inspired me to write this. there's a large shortage of xiao smau in this platform and I need my daily fix. I'm down bad for this short king (シ_ _)シ. hope yall enjoy ! and in case anyone asks, I used the apps: social maker and social dummy.
STATUS ─ hopefully once a week (no promises tho🥹)
TAGLIST ─ open ! send an ask if u want to be added :))
introduction ─ y/n’s group / xiao’s group
:: [01] consistency :: [02] opportunity
:: [03] screaming :: [04] pick-up lines
:: [05] bitch what? :: [06] its seven in the morning
:: [07] get lost (W) :: [08] bury u alive (W)
:: [09] dropkick ur ass :: [10] eat me
:: [11] sus :: [12] i did it
:: [13] not enough (W) :: [14] beauty (W)
:: [15] get paid :: [16] a xiao
:: [17] choke :: [18] with u
:: [19] i hope its u :: [20] pleasure (W)
:: [21] sing :: [22] when is it my turn?
:: [23] high (W) :: [24] investigation
:: [25] murder :: [26] answer me
:: [27] i wont let you (W) :: [28] to love him (W)
:: [29] self-sabotage :: [30] ticket (W)
:: [31] in your eyes (W) :: [32] fuck
:: [33] tent :: [34] tba
© daixuki 2022 all rights reserved
mc: i like sebastian, thoughts?
ominis: and prayers, girl what
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when they wake up to an empty bed
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men reacting to you purchasing ‘premium air’
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men reacting to your version of the viral Tyla dance (Bacardi)
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men reacting to you wanting breast augmentation as a prank
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men tasked with babysitting
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when someone’s publicly flirting with you
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when they cheat on you
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when they cheat on you [part 2]
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when you dream of them cheating on you
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when they cheat on you [part 3]
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men taking pictures of you sleeping
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men accidentally confessing to you
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when they cheat on you [part 4]
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men finding your diary
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men when you cheat on them
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men going on a date with someone else (pre-relationship)
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men going on a date with someone else (pre-relationship) [part two] .ᐟ
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men reacting to suspiciously specific haircuts .ᐟ
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men during an argument when you threaten to leave .ᐟ
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men messaging you ‘he’s busy!’
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men comforting their partner .ᐟ
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men texting you after a break up .ᐟ
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ JJK men reconciling with you .ᐟ
oh that’s cool but did you ever think about how you will never mean as much to anyone as killua and gon mean to each other? and you will never be able to imagine how they felt when they separated.
well, good night! [ominously]
synopsis ; in which the jik characters ask you to pair up with them for the upcoming science project
requests are open!
summary ; fem!reader, fluff, crack !, slight suggestiveness
including ; inumaki toge, takuma ino
pt. 1 , pt. 2 , pt. 3 !!
inumaki toge
takuma ino
likes + reblogs r appreciated !! <3
✦ ditto — k. rui (secret tag @lunavixia)
class has been hard ever since you and rui got seperated. his eyes travelling to you once you pass by him whilst he's frowning.
seperated from being beside each other in class, that is.
it's truly a shame he laughed too hard at one of your jokes; this resulted in him being moved to the front of the class, so the teacher could "get a better look at him".
you'd have to hide your smile at his 'i miss u best friend' texts in the middle of class while he looks back at you.
and during lunch breaks, you two would run up the stairs to the school's rooftop to see who's the fastest between you both. people would give weird glances— but neither of you really cared.
so, it usually led to this.
you settled your head on the taller male's shoulder, whilst doodling on your notebook, soon breaking the comfortable silence.
"have you ever liked someone here, rui?" you hum, the sound of the pencil gliding over your paper accompanied by the soft rustling of the wind as he looks down at you.
he pauses, smiling before answering. "yeah."
"oh. who?" you question, your eyes finally meeting his.
he shrugs, "you."
...
"REALLY? i mean— really?" you furrow your eyebrows, clearing your throat as he laughs at your voice. "yeah. why? did you like me too?" he teases, slightly closing the proximity between the two of you.
you soon then raise an eyebrow, "im not answering that." you mutter, taking a sip out of your juice box. "but why'd you like me in the first place? girl tell me everything."
rui clears his throat, as if he's about to tell a reddit story.
"i think i liked you in middle school actually. we weren't even friends yet. i accidentally walked into your classroom— and.. you smiled at me. it's some sort of cliché love at first sight. but after we became friends it kinda stopped. "
he sighs, laying his head on top of yours, but you shake your head; as if taking offence to what he just said. "did you stop liking me once we got to know each other because im weird?"
"i didn't say that. are you weird?" he repeats your question, and he could tell that annoyance was bubbling in your blood at this point.
"you're weirder." you mutter, before realizing. "wait, kinda stopped?" you ask, emphasizing the 'kinda' on his sentence.
he hums, "i think i still, kinda like you."
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scaramouche x g!n reader
you and scara get asked to go on the youtube talk show ‘truth or drink’, where you ask eachother a series of questions. if one of you decides not to answer you must take a shot instead.
welcome to truth or drink! celebrity couples will ask each other a set of random questions. they can either answer the question or take a shot!
Scara immediately starts pouring himself a shot.
You: we haven’t even started yet!
how long have you both been together?
Scara: about five years
You: five long years
Scara: go fuck yourself?
how did you both get together? did you two secretly pretend to hate each other online? everyone is dying to know!
You start reaching for the bottle but Scara yanks it away from you.
Scara: go on, answer it baby
You: do i have to?
Scara: if you don’t then i will
You: fine. basically i fell for scara before i knew he was a popular streamer, he was just a classmate from my photography class. the day after our first date is when i found out he was the balladeer.
Scara: and you continued to date me and not tell me you were my mortal enemy!
You: he’s still petty about this as you can see
when did he find out you were stardust?
You: a month later i think? after we went to paris for twitch con?
Scara: i need a drink just listening to this
worst thing you both experienced after doing your face reveal years ago?
Scara: no more alone time, i couldn’t even go for a walk without people recognizing me
You: also college was so weird after, i remember professors would play my videos after and ask if that was me. like obviously it is?
Scara: also so many photos, couldn’t even go to a public bathroom without people trying to photograph my dick
You: thankfully it’s died down since then
how often do you guys have sex?
Scara: it used to be every other day
You: but then we got real people jobs like acting and directing and now it’s less
Scara: a shame
most public place you’ve have sex?
You and Scara both share a look.
You: okay, i’ll divulge one place that’s not too bad. his trailer on his most recent project
Scara silently takes a shot.
have you ever considered breaking up?
This time it’s your turn to take the bottle away from Scara.
Scara: i wasn’t serious about it, but i have thought about it
You: tell them how many times
Scara: not my fault i have commitment issues!
have you ever cheated on one another?
Scara: they cheated on me with my alter ego
You: I TOLD YOU EVENTUALLY DIDN’T I?
what’s something about eachother the media wouldn’t believe?
You: he is so clingy, but it’s so cute
Scara: i am not
You: you’re literally playing with my foot right now
Scara: fuck off, and nobody would believe how kinky you are
You: i think you mean how kinky you are
Scara: and you’re into it so what does that say about you?
You: pour me a shot
how many sexual partners have you had?
Scara stares off to the side to count in his head.
Scara: 20?
You: the way you don’t even know
Scara: before you i just had a lot of one night stands, i was a whore
You: you still are
Scara: you’re into it
You: …unlike him i will be taking a shot for this one
have you talked about marriage?
You: tell them what you told me
Scara: marriage is a social construct, why do i have to host a big event and get down on one knee to prove i want to be with someone for the rest of my life? yn already knows i love them and now i have to get a ring and do paperwork too? society sucks
You: he’s insane, but we have talked about it
Scara: they will be proposing though
You: he’s such a princess
if you were allowed one pass, who would you sleep with?
You: wait, out of people we know?
Scara: Hm…say it on three
You: okay…1…2…3
You and Scara: Kazuha
Scara: honestly, i think he and Heizou would be down
something romantic your partner does?
You: honestly he has a lot…a recent one i found out about was when Scara buys me flowers he always keeps one for himself, so when it dies he knows when to get me a new bouquet
Scara: okay
You: awe look, he’s all shy now
how many kids do you both want if any?
Scara: i like kids but i want zero of my own
You: he compared it to a dog
Scara: that makes me sound bad! i said it’s like a dog because other people’s dogs are cute but if i had my own i would accidentally kill it
You: my blood line ends with me
if your partner was in a coma, how long would you wait for them?
Scara: a good year, maybe two if i feel like it
You: THAT’S IT?
Scara: …yeah?
You: offended you won’t wait an eternity for me and never fall in love again
Scara: my water bill will finally be normal again without you
You: such a romantic you are
how often do you two get into arguments? and what about?
You: not as much as we used to, we’re better at finding solutions and communicating
Scara: it’s usually about how busy we are due to work
You: yeah sometimes we go weeks without seeing eachother and it makes him cranky
Scara: one time they ran towards me at an airport
You: it was romantic!
Scara: i had to drop my coffee to catch you
something about marriage that scares you?
Scara pours himself a shot.
You: hey, tell me!
Scara: no thanks
You: Please?
Scara: …fine. just scared you’ll get bored eventually or realize i’m not the one
You: i’ll ever get bored of you!
Scara: we’ll see
has anyone flirted with you during on a project? any fellow actors or directors?
You: sometimes people hit on him right in front of me
Scara: you’re no better, people hit on you more. literally just last week—[censored]
You: can you guys bleep that so nobody loses their job!
first impression of each other?
You: i thought he was the cutest boy in class
Scara: you’re fun to listen to
You: i talked a lot during our college days didn’t i?
Scara: you still do
You: wow…
Scara: didnt say i disliked it, idiot
one thing you would change about the other?
Scara: nothing
You: okay i feel bad about my answer
Scara: fuck you?
You: i was going to say i wish you were less of a workaholic!
Scara: i can try
how do your parents feel about your relationship?
Scara: thanks for watching, make sure to like and subscribe and comment down below-
You: sore topic as you can see
last one before we let you two go, something you love about eachother?
You: he’s going to take a shot
Scara slowly puts the bottle back down.
You: told ya
Scara: theres so many fucking people watching me right now
You: fine, i’ll go first. i like how he shows his love for me in different ways like a lot of people think hes really cold but once he gets comfortable he can be the loudest and sweetest person in the room
Scara: thanks i guess
You: look how red he is
Scara: do you want to die?
You: okay, my turn!
Scara: i like…how you make me feel safe
You: you’re so cute
Scara: die
You: i love you too
behind the lens !
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author’s notes — i thought this wud be silly so hope u enjoyed 🙏 almost free 😭😭
synopsis — you, better known as STARDUST, and BALLADEER have always been in competition for the top streamer spot on twitch, which is especially impressive since the two of you have never shown your faces. you’ve never been on good terms, constantly one-upping each other in matches and getting into petty arguments on twitter, causing your fans to also dislike each other. that’s until BALLADEER does a face reveal that breaks the internet with his good looks…which makes you realize it’s the same guy you went on a date with last night. the type of date that made you crave to see him again. the only problem was he didn’t know you were STARDUST and he was way different behind the lens than he portrayed himself online to you. should you keep your identity a secret to salvage the relationship or just let him go?
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Characters: Aether, Albedo, Bennett, Chongyun, Dainsleif, Diluc, Gorou, Itto, Kaeya, Kazuha, Razor, Scaramouche, Tartaglia, Thoma, Venti, Xiao, Xingqiu, Zhongli, gn!reader
Warnings: Not much, not proofread, taglist not updated
Notes: I know this is such a weird idea but if kissing booths and charity dates exist then….
Personal favourite in this work: ZHONGLI, DAINSLEIF, Thoma, Xiao
Summary: During the school festival, in order to attract more customers to your class’ cafe, the idea of giving free hugs came around.
His friend had heard about it and came running to him, knowing that he has had the biggest crush on you since forever. “Y/N’s giving free hugs! Here, they’re on a schedule!” his friend shoves the flyer at him and he takes a look at it out of curiosity.
A few other students in your class are on schedule to give free hugs.
Your timeslot was 1:30 to 2:00
“Ahaha…” Aether grips the piece of paper and feels as if he started to sweat bullets. He waves his hand and laughs it off. “It’s alright, I don’t really wanna bother them. They must be really busy already,” he concludes and passes the flyer back to Lumine.
“Aether!” Lumine exclaimed. “There’s gunna be other people lining up for the hugs, you know that right?” She was exasperated, Aether could tell, and the more he thought about it the more he just didn’t want to pass up the opportunity, and so, he was in line by 1:40.
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