JG la Comunicadora

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speaks: English

learns: Spanish

likes: language learning, psychology, cognitive science, music, productivity

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Hi, I’m JG! I speak American English and “gringified” Spanish. Feel free to browse my archives for language-learning resources. Tchüss!

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SUPERFICIE: mi palabra clave para el 2025

Tengo mente de ingeniera. Entiendo las cosas en el contexto de sistemas. Prefiero poder visualizar un proceso en su totalidad, desde su principio hasta su fin. Si no veo claramente el final, pues
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Jan 7 - 1 min. read

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SKIMMING: My Word for 2025

Happy New Year, friends! Do you have resolutions and plans for the year? For me, this is my first year to set year-long goals. I also found something that helped: an overarching word. The word
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Jan 7 - 1 min. read

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Una celebración… aún indeterminada

Elysse da Vega, una YouTuber, celebró su aniversario de aprendizaje de portugués cocinando brigadeiro (un platillo brasileño). Eso me puso a pensar: ¿Qué haría yo si celebrara mi aniversario de
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Dec 31 - 1 min. read

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How Low Was Our Redeemer Brought (letra y traducción)

Video musical: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZ3RDse9Cc&pp=ygUgaG93IGxvdyB3YXMgb3VyIHJlZGVlbWVyIGJyb3VnaHQ%3D How low was our Redeemer brought The King who held the stars Lay helpless in a maiden’s
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Dec 13 - 2 min. read

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La fascinante historia del reloj

60 ¡Qué número tan divino! Me parece un poquito gracioso, pero personalmente opino que se puede determinar el número favorito de una civilización por la base de su sistema numérico. Los mayas,
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Nov 22 - 2 min. read

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My First Programming Language :)

A year ago, I asked Journaly what it’s like for a foreign language learner to learn a programming language. https://journaly.com/post/32627 Recently, I dipped my toe into(don’t worry, there’s a
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Oct 11 - 4 min. read

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My Backup Language

No one ever warns you that once you go from knowing one language to two, you will never view your native language the same way again. You’ve also dashed your chances of ever speaking it perfectly.
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Sep 20 - 1 min. read

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Reaching for the Sky

My first two loves were high places and the act of reaching them. People have probably written research studies about the benefits of climbing trees, but I haven’t read them. The only point of
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Aug 20 - 2 min. read

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Tocar el cielo

Mis dos primeros amores son los sitios elevados y el acto de subirlos. Probablemente existan estudios de investigación que enumeren los beneficios de subirse a los árboles, pero yo no los he leído.
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Aug 19 - 2 min. read

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En respuesta a la encuesta de Zobayda

Pocos días antes, Zobayda publicó una encuesta sobre cómo abordamos nuestro aprendizaje de idiomas, basada en una entrada en su cuaderno. Se la puede encontrar aquí: https://journaly.com/post/39251
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Jul 4 - 3 min. read

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(bilingual) La sensación sobre ruedas

Me encanta patinar. Recientemente fui de patinaje con un grupo de amigos, y aquí quisiera intentar a expresar en español cómo se siente volar… ejem, patinar. No tengo el vocabulario en español para
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Jun 20 - 2 min. read

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Random Things About Me

Hi, guys. Even though I've been on this platform for about two years, I haven't told much about myself. Here are a couple of anecdotes about me. Random Facts Favorite color: turquoise/cyan Favorite
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Jun 9 - 2 min. read

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Estoy aprendiendo… (?)

Nunca esperaba escribir un post así, pero aquí estamos. Desde que empecé a aprender español, decidí que el español sería mi mayor enfoque y a los otros idiomas, si decidiera aprenderlos, les trataría
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May 31 - 2 min. read

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Common Errors on Journaly

1. To remind vs to remember Remind : to put in mind of something : cause to remember Remember : to bring to mind or think of again It can get a bit tricky when you're wondering whether to say "to
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May 28 - 5 min. read

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I'm Making a Conlang!

I never thought I'd write a post like this, but here we are. Conlang is a shortening of the words "constructed language," such as Klingon, Elvish, and Esperanto. A few years ago, I tried making one
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May 25 - 3 min. read

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Where are we, and will anyone listen?

Hi guys, Slight change of plans. Instead of writing about recommendations for Journaly’s site UX (User Experience), I decided to focus on something more subtle. This post is about recommendations for 
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May 2 - 4 min. read

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Un adiós al aprendizaje del idioma

Hola a todos No estoy segura de cuál es la mejor manera de introducir este post. Realmente es un post difícil de escribir. No me imagino que mi decisión les vaya a caer bien a todos, pero a fin de
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Apr 28 - 2 min. read

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Interview with Cocopop

Thank you @Cocopop for agreeing to be part of this "interview!" I’m interested in your background in languages and editing. Here are his answers. Being a Native Bilingual Is either language more
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Apr 27 - 1 min. read

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Au Revoir, Language Learning

Hi everyone, I’m not sure how to start this post. It’s a challenging post to write. I don’t expect everyone to be happy with my decision, but after all, it is mine to make. It was a bit bizarre to
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Apr 27 - 2 min. read

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Ways to Practice Your Target Language

Here are some ways to practice your target language. They seem unique to me because I don’t hear these ideas that often. I’ve done most of these myself, and they’re pretty fun. Describe a movie or TV
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Apr 18 - 2 min. read

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