By: Shanel | bookish_nel

mugs. are. back. at one of my fav coffee shops and it’s unreal how happy I am!

Also- taking votes, should I go to sleep when I’m planning on getting up at 3:30 AM for a flight? current leaning is just stay up because… well otherwise I’d just take a short nap

“Did I understand this phrase on my target language because I’m actually getting any better at it or am I just making clever deductions and educated guesses” a thrilling novel by me

Thanks for the tag @mindscistudies 💛

Rules: answer the 20 questions, then tag the bloggers you want to get to know better.

1.NAME: Valentina

2.NICKNAMES: Vale.

3.ZODIAC SIGN: I'm a capricorn (I don't really believe in this)

4.HEIGHT: 1,65 cm or 5’4”

5.LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Spanish and English (still learning).

6.NATIONALITY: Chilean

7.FAVOURITE SEASON: Tbh I love them all, I love how beautiful everything looks at autumn, how I can stay at home and watch the rain at winter, how colorful is spring even though I'm allergic to pollen, and how I can can get out and know new places in summer.

8.FAVOURITE FLOWER: Sunflowers. I think miniature roses are extremely cute.

9.FAVOURITE SCENT: I love a lot of scents, for example, vanilla, coffee, strawberries, forest, sea breeze or the smell of a natural Christmas tree. Now let's move to something less common, I love the scent of cumin, Idk why I just love it.

10.FAVOURITE COLOUR: Blue and yellow.

11.FAVOURITE ANIMAL: Butterflies, wolves and dolphins.

12.FAVOURITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: I can't choose one at the moment.

13.COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Hot chocolate.

14.AVERAGE SLEEP HOURS: I wish I could say 8, but as a Uni student I usually sleep 5 or 4 hours.

15.DOG OR CAT PERSON: Dog person, I have two babies.

16.NUMBER OF BLANKETS YOU SLEEP WITH:  Usually 1,but since winter is coming I sleep with 2 blankets.

17.DREAM TRIP: New Zealand or Nuremberg at Christmas with my family.

18.BLOG ESTABLISHED: Since this blog reborn as a studyblr recently I'm gonna say 20 of March because that day I decided that I wanted to join the studyblr community.

19.FOLLOWERS: 18

20.RANDOM FACT: In Chile people have something called "once", which can be translated as "eleven". It's called "once" because "Agua ardiente" has 11 letters. In the past when miners were working but wanted to sneak off for a sip of agua ardiente liquor they would say "let's go to take"𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞" so their boss wouldn't know what they were up to, as time goes by it degenerates in a snack that take place something between 6 and 9 pm. Now we eat bread and drink coffee but it started as a code word.

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June is here!!!!!

And one of my exams is also here because, reasons 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

I'm thrilled, today I had the last session with my first patient, she's a lovely girl of 15 and she's great. Every one of my teachers at uni told me that teens are so complicated and that establish rapport with them is difficult af, but in my experience it wasn't, we click from the beginning, today she and her mom were so grateful and happy for everything we achieved during our time working together as a team, also, she told me she'd never feel as understood as she did in therapy with me and that she's gonna miss me, as if that wasn't enough, at the end of the session I told her I have a gift for her, a diary so she can write her thoughts and feelings now that I won't be there, she told me that she have something for me too, she gave me a beautiful necklace, and before she hug me, being honest I almost cry right there. It's the best first experience I could've ask for and I'm gonna remember it and her forever 😭🤍

Something great happened!!

Yesterday I was in an online lecture about qualitative research, everything was pretty normal until I noticed that I was writing in English instead of Spanish. I'm so excited because I finally reach the point where I can think in English.

1.8.21

Last semester I'd always forget(procrastinate until I forget) to take my quizes and remember it a few hours after it's due. Now I'm glad that I did not forget to take it this time today. Apart from that, 44 degrees and maths don't make a great combo, tested by me.

MAY 15 / 21

A BOOK, A BUJO, AND AN ART JOURNAL = the essentials

here are a few study tips on how to learn a new language 💻☺️:

1. start speaking as soon as possible. even when you haven’t learned too many words yet, the most important part of studying a language is not being afraid of using it. so download apps like hellotalk to get in touch with natives! of course, it’s even easier if you already have friends or family members speaking your target language.

2. study the most frequent words! there are tons of free so-called “frequency lists” online that prevent you from studying vocabulary you don’t need in the long run. with only 500 of the right words you could already have basic conversations!

3. get a lot of native exposure - through podcasts, videos and movies. there are so many recommendations on the internet, no matter what language you’re learning. the earlier you start immersing yourself in native material, even if it’s children’s books, the faster you’ll find yourself having fluent conversations!!

4. keep a weekly or daily diary to practice writing in your target language. even if it’s only composed of basic sentences, it’s the best way to use the vocabulary you’ve learned!

qotd: what language would you like to study next? i really look forward to studying Italian once I have a little bit more time!! 💕

[more posts like this on my instagram @softlyshade]

reblog if it’s 100% okay for your followers to message you and tell you how productive they’ve been or how they aced a final exam or even just talk about their new study supplies