Welcome~

 Hi~ Welcome to my language study blog, I hope you enjoy your stay and come back to see my journey. I am Spencer, 스펜서, and I am American. I've been seriously self-studying these past two years and it's been so amazing. Besides language learning, my other hobbies include arts and crafts, writing, gardening, walking, reading, and baking. As I am getting 'better' at my target languages I am trying to integrate them into my other hobbies so that I can learn more naturally.

Languages I am learning (hierarchy list)

1. Korean (main priority)
2. Spanish (second main priority)
3. Japanese (medium priority)
4. Chinese (medium priority)
5. Thai (low priority)
6. Turkish (low priority)

Languages I want to learn (in no particular order)

German

Ukrainian

Arabic

Persian

Scottish Gaelic

Irish Gaelic

Hungarian

Polish

French

Vietnamese

Bulgarian

Belarusian 

Italian

Zulu

Swahili

Somali

Afrikaans

Hausa

Yoruba

Amharic

Shona

Hindi

Urdu

Tamil

Navajo

Cherokee

Wyandot

Hawaiian

Kreyòl

    Yes, I know that is A LOT. I know that it's highly likely that I won't become 'fluent' in all of them but that's not the point honestly. I like dabbling in different languages and just learning the basics. There are only a few languages that I really want to learn to 'fluency'. I just like learning and keeping my brain stimulated and the way I do this is by learning the basics of several languages. That's just me. You might just want to master one or two languages and that is GREAT! DO YOU! I will do me. 

How I Study My Main Priority Languages

I start off my study sessions for each language with Anki and Duolingo. I like to start with vocab and sentence review and study as that sets up me for a pretty good study session with grammar. Let me break down my study session after vocab for each priority language!

Korean

1. Cake (app): Before diving into grammar lessons I begin with a Cake lesson which is usually a review but sometimes something new comes up so I write it down. With this, there is speaking practice so I get that as much as I possibly can. 

2. Go! Billy (Youtube): Billy is a Korean Teacher and he provides lessons on Youtube. I use his lessons as my main grammar study but if I don't understand something I search TTMIK and How to Study Korean for further explanation. 

3. Korean Made Simple (Book): This is a book series by Billy that I am using for review and practice after the main study. He has the main textbook and a workbook for each level. I have these as ebooks so I use them on my iPad. 

Spanish

1.     Complete Medical Spanish (book): I have this book from a course I took in university and I want to get my Spanish back to the level where I can interpret for medicine situations. 
2. Teach Yourself Basic Spanish (book): I am using this as an ebook as a supplementary resource to help with review and practice
3. SpainshDict Learn (app/web): I just discovered this gem but it's a wonderful supplementary resource.

Japanese 

1. Anki: I am using Anki solely right now to learn hiragana and katakana. Once I have hiragana and katakana under my belt I will start learming vocab

2. Duolingo: Just like Anki, just trying to learn hiragana and katakana while learning some basic vocab.

3. Tuttle Japanese Kana and Kanji Workbook (book): Handwriting practice to help memorize the stroke order, is very useful.

4. Japanese from Zero (book): I have this as an ebook, but this is my main resource for learning Japanese.

Chinese

*Sometimes I practice Chinese Characters before Duolingo other times I do Duolingo before practicing. 

1. Learn Mandarin Chinese Characters (book)/Reading and Writing Chinese (book): books for practicing writing and reading Chinese. I find the stroke order to be confusing and hard, but overall I am enjoying learning the characters. I do have fun writing even though right now it takes me forever. 
2. HelloChinese (app): After practicing characters, I dive into this app to make learning Chinese fun and interesting. It keeps my interest and preps me for my grammar study coming up.
3. ChineseGrammarWiki (web): I'm not too sure about this source for a grammar resource yet. As I am still a beginner at Chinese, I study only a few grammar points a session and focus on practice.