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worldbuildingex has been revealed (:D) and I wrote:Threading the Eye (4937 words) by shopfront
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Families of Choice, Alien Culture, Post-Canon, Civilian Starships, Gamma Quadrant, Bajoran Wormhole, Karemma
Summary: Getting accidentally caught behind enemy lines has left the Alpha Quadrant science vessel Lorentzia battered and its crew devoid of any hope of the Bajoran wormhole re-appearing, until they are rescued by an unusual Karemma trading vessel. A story of two found families from two quadrants finding a way to fit together.
Also just as a heads up that I am off to the Canary Islands for a week and a bit (:D :D :D) and idk what the wifi is going to be like + our UK mobile plans are a thousand times better with international roaming but far less likely to co-operate as hotspots and all my fandom emails are set up on my iPad not my phone. So I will probably not be keeping up with my feeds or fandom email much if at all, but I will log into my DW on my phone to monitor my inbox here for any emergency fic exchange stuff if need be. So, y'know, if you need my attention for some reason: comment or PMs are welcome.
Also the girl and I recently started taking Spanish classes together and it's been really! anxiety! inducing! But in a productive I've been able to work through it way (I took Spanish for a little while in uni but had to drop it because it was around a time when I was unwell for a long period, and hello surprise past hang ups lurking in my brain bleurgh) and now I've mostly worked through all that I'm just... really excited to be learning this again. I downloaded duolingo and a flashcard app the other day and set up all my vocab and verb lists that we've done so far and just *flaps hands* exciting. Any fellow introverts and/or anxiety peeps have tips for learning a language properly when you hate talking to people in your native tongue?
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I find that watching TV and movies in another language (especially repeatedly watching the same thing so that things start to sink in) helps a lot with comprehension of sentences and natural speech.
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That's a good point, I hadn't really thought of that yet because we're only a couple of weeks so obviously I've not got far (and I've officially forgotten everything from uni haha) but maybe if I rewatch stuff I'm familiar with in other languages to start with...
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Watching things you've already seen in English DEFINITELY can help. I once watched a movie in English and immediately re-watched it in Spanish, and it was a really cool experience to be able to recognize the phrases.
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Here's the bookdepository link for Uso la gramatica espanola. Some places might have better prices but here's the series all in one place for your perusal. :) Shipping is free worldwide from bookdepository too.
https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=uso+de+la+gramatica+espanola&search=Find+book
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Immersion is the best. Movies, podcasts, the Canary Islands. :D
Pronouncing the letters right from A-Z is the best first step in Spanish so there would be less anxiety. (I mean, speaking as someone who has a Spanish gran, but I've only got a smattering of the language.) Maybe if you can find the book Embarque by Montserrat Alonso. It has a CD, I think, with the audio exercises. I've a friend who used it for her MA in Languages.
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Pronunciation is literally the only thing I seem to have retained from my uni classes, so that's something haha. And ha, yes, idk how much we'll get to practice poolside (which is our entire island plan this trip) but we'll see.
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Yay new Spanish buddies! How are you finding it so far? Beyond the actual learning it's also been really been interesting to me to compare studying in London vs in Australia, because there's a whole standardised stages of course material for all languages thing whereas back home it's much more variable (to a point, obviously, there are basics that you always need to start with regardless, but I couldn't necessarily hop between institutions from stage to stage back home like you can apparently do here.) Which makes sense, unless you have a very specific kind of job multiple languages aren't so useful in Australia like they are in Europe so standardisation isn't really as necessary. But it's making for a very different experience.
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Definitely take it slow and be kind to yourself, there's a heck of a lot to get your head around in a new language! If you want a PM buddy to write to in really terrible beginners Spanish (depending on how far along you are that may or may not work for you as I'm only four weeks in, so I have like five conversational questions so far haha) to practice with or something feel free to hit me up.