A Week in College Vlog | My Classes Are Getting Cancelled | How I Study Languages

40,711 views ・ 2021-05-01

English with Veronika Mark


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- So, today's video is gonna be a little bit different
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because I'm actually gonna show you
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some clips of a vlog
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that I was filming a couple of days ago.
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It was my first ever attempt at filming a vlog.
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But I think I kind of failed
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because I only filmed a couple of days
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instead of my whole week at the university.
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But I still think that it was pretty, pretty interesting.
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And I also gave you some tips there
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about how to study best,
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how to organize your workspace.
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So, keep watching.
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(mouse clicking)
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(gentle music)
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(mouse clicking)
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Hi guys, today is Tuesday.
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And today I have four classes
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at my university.
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So I just had two already
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The first one was about my term paper
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and I'm writing a term paper
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on foreign direct investments
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from China into the United States.
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I just feel like the whole process
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is really, really hard for me,
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and I'm really struggling
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to do the research correctly.
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And my supervisor always tells me
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that I make a lot of mistakes
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and that I'm not doing the thing I am supposed to be doing,
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so I dunno know.
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If you ever had this type of problem before,
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maybe you can give me some advice in the comments.
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So yeah, now I just wanted to show you
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how I study because I'm living in an apartment
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that is not mine.
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I'm renting this apartment for like three months,
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so everything is temporary here.
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So here is my computer.
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And if you're wondering what that is over there,
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I just put like the thing,
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that I don't even know what it is, on top of it.
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Because I don't like looking at myself when I'm working,
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if it makes sense.
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So yeah.
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Just yeah.
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So this is my computer and I just put it on this box
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that I found in my apartment to make sure that it's raised.
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Because my neck hurts a lot If it's not raised
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because I'm always looking down.
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So that's why I put this box.
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Because I also have an keyboard
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and I also have a mouse.
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This is the mouse I'm currently using
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and it's so freaking cool guys.
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It's like so ergonomic, but I would say it's not perfect.
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I mean, it's really nice
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and there are a lot of customizable buttons here,
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but if you're looking for something more ergonomic
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maybe the vertical mouse.
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The Logitech Vertical Mouse
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might be the better option for you.
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And this is my keyboard.
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I don't even remember the brand of it anymore.
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Is it somewhere here?
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Oh yeah, this is the brand name,
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Keychron.
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I have no idea how to pronounce it.
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And this is the place where I take notes.
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I mean, I don't take notes at university's,
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this is the place where I just write
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what I have to do, my to-do list for today,
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and then I like cross everything out.
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Yeah, so this is my setup.
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It looks kinda ugly
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and this table is kinda makeshift,
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but it's fine for now.
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My neck feels way, way better now.
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(mouse clicking)
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(gentle music)
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(mouse clicking)
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I'm just having a 10 minute break,
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so I decided to chat with you a little bit
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and just walk you through on how I study I guess.
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I don't really have like a schedule when I study.
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There are some websites that I use to study languages
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or to study Chinese and English.
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But when I study English,
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what I just do is I read books.
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And I usually
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use what is called Kindle,
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the Kindle app.
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I have a Kindle app on my computer and in my phone,
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so I download some books there,
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like buy books on Amazon.
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And I also download some books
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on my iBooks,
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like the Apple bookstore kinda thing.
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I mean what I currently have is not really...
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I currently have like a really small selection of books
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that I would wanna read
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maybe in the next couple,
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not the couple,
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that I would wanna read this year.
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I can show them to you right now.
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So these are some books that I'm currently,
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I mean I'm not currently reading all of them,
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I'm only reading this one, How Not to Diet,
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'cause I'm just a huge fan of nutrition.
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And I love everything about it
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so I'm reading this book.
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I love, I love this guy.
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And I'm also planning on reading this one,
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and this is like one of my favorite authors,
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and she just published a new book.
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And I really, really wanna read this book
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because I only read the Nightingale in Russian,
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so now when I read it in English, in the original version.
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And also start reading this one in English as well.
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I also have like a book about nutrition
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and China right here.
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This book is really famous
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because of the author, Michael Pollan.
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He's extremely famous.
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And I also have a book right here,
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How to be a Freelance Translator,
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because this is something I'm interested in.
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(mouse clicking)
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(gentle music)
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(mouse clicking)
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Right now I'm gonna have a class
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and if anything interesting happens,
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you're just gonna hear everything.
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Oh, I feel like I'm not gonna have any classes today.
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Wait, what?
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Yeah, I think I'm not gonna have any classes today
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'cause our professor just said
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that like some of the students who are online,
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she asked us to go on Wednesday,
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but we can't because we have a lot of,
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I mean I have a lot of classes on Wednesday already.
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So what I'm gonna do? I have no idea.
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What I also wanna do is to just show you
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what I personally use to study Chinese.
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And for English I already showed you.
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It's just reading books.
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But for Chinese, it's a little bit different.
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I actually use like special websites
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targeted at Chinese learners
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because my training is as not that fluent right now.
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And I hope that maybe some of your also studying Chinese
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and are planning on studying Chinese in the future,
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so maybe some of those resources are gonna be useful.
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Yeah, sorry for not filming the last day.
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I decided to not attend classes that day
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because the weather was really, really good outside
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and I just decided to go for a walk, enjoy the weather.
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I know it's not good to just skip classes
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because the weather is good,
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but I just felt really, really tired
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and I thought it was best to just skip them.
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If you like this kind of format,
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just leave your comments down below and like this video.
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So that I know that you'll like these kinds of videos
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and that I can film maybe more later.
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And I promise that I'll try to make them more engaging
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and not just like couple of clips,
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but I still think that the video turned out pretty good.
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So thank you for watching.
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Subscribe to my channel.
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Follow me on Instagram
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and check out my Patreon page.
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See you next time.
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Bye.
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(upbeat music)
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