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Regrounding myself with languages, and: in which I ask for a little bit more of your patience | The Compassionate Language Learner
https://compassionatelanguage.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/regrounding-myself-with-languages-and-in-which-i-ask-for-a-little-bit-more-of-your-patience
The Compassionate Language Learner. A kinder route to fluency. About the Compassionate Language Learner. Regrounding myself with languages, and: in which I ask for a little bit more of your patience. I’m just worn out right now and trying to remedy that. I also tried to linger more over my news emails, to remind myself what it is to try seriously to parse news articles. I’ve been reading a few pages of a book or a magazine in German before I go to bed — nothing super-challenging, just som...I’m rat...
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Conversation partners, shared experience, and a lessening of anxiety | The Compassionate Language Learner
https://compassionatelanguage.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/conversation-partners-shared-experience-and-a-lessening-of-anxiety
The Compassionate Language Learner. A kinder route to fluency. About the Compassionate Language Learner. Conversation partners, shared experience, and a lessening of anxiety. Headspace, the meditation app I mentioned last time. But once in a while, it does feel like such a relief to know that your problems aren’t unique, that others are fighting similar battles. A while ago, I wrote about how it was helpful to see myself as my conversation exchange partners do. It’s comforting (to me, certainly! I should...
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Being the person they think I am | The Compassionate Language Learner
https://compassionatelanguage.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/being-the-person-they-think-i-am
The Compassionate Language Learner. A kinder route to fluency. About the Compassionate Language Learner. Being the person they think I am. Can be a funny thing. Sometimes you end up with a person that you have lots in common with and lots to talk about; other times it seems the only overlap is that you’re both learning a language. (I don’t think the latter necessarily means the partnership won’t work, incidentally.). I know I sound more confident than I feel. They certainly seem to act as if I have a...
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