leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6359 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog
| Message 33 of 37 01 May 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged |
Just don't make the mistake of cutting audio out of your language plan. It may "feel" like you're learning things well,
but when it comes to conversation and listening, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. That may be what
shut down your German.
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CaucusWolf Senior Member United States Joined 5081 days ago 191 posts - 234 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (Written), Japanese
| Message 34 of 37 02 May 2011 at 4:42am | IP Logged |
leosmith wrote:
Just don't make the mistake of cutting audio out of your language plan. It may "feel" like you're learning things well,
but when it comes to conversation and listening, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. That may be what
shut down your German. |
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I agree, this is a very important thing to do. I can tell you from experience that not listening or speaking in the language enough is harmful to your overall knowledge. I may be able to read news articles and even write ok, but when listening to Arabic I often find myself not being able to understand much of what's said.
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eXtreme Newbie Australia Joined 4784 days ago 20 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 35 of 37 02 May 2011 at 8:01am | IP Logged |
I worded that badly, I'm not cutting audio completely out of my language plan, since 2 out of 3 of the "books" I have come with audio (anyway afterwards I finish these books I will probably listen to some novels in the target language to help compensate this)
By the way German is a 100% completely different situation
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leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6359 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog
| Message 36 of 37 03 May 2011 at 2:32am | IP Logged |
eXtreme wrote:
2 out of 3 of the "books" I have come with audio |
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That may not be enough, judging from my experience with text book audio. I recommend at least 10 min a day,
and you should avoid repeating the same material too often. Podcasts are ideal for this.
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eXtreme Newbie Australia Joined 4784 days ago 20 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 37 of 37 03 May 2011 at 9:32am | IP Logged |
leosmith wrote:
eXtreme wrote:
2 out of 3 of the "books" I have come with audio |
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That may not be enough, judging from my experience with text book audio. I recommend at least 10 min a day,
and you should avoid repeating the same material too often. Podcasts are ideal for this. |
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Ok, thanks.
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