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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:15 am
I have a strange tendency to repeat very softly what I say or what other people say. If you do that, do it in the language you want to learn. This is how I learned English.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:07 pm
Da_Nuke I have a strange tendency to repeat very softly what I say or what other people say. If you do that, do it in the language you want to learn. This is how I learned English. good idea. 4laugh
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:39 pm
I have done all of those things, yet I STILL am no where near any of that! BAH! that figures. THe Irish never specified on there luck.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:36 pm
Celt person I have done all of those things, yet I STILL am no where near any of that! BAH! that figures. THe Irish never specified on there luck. Some languages are harder to access.
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:23 pm
spanishnerd99 Celt person I have done all of those things, yet I STILL am no where near any of that! BAH! that figures. THe Irish never specified on there luck. Some languages are harder to access. Тhat is true, I am trying to go at Bulgarian. I have learnt more from listening to the music and the pronounciations then any web site, though I have a big musical brain too. Just so many weird things.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:11 pm
Celt person spanishnerd99 Celt person I have done all of those things, yet I STILL am no where near any of that! BAH! that figures. THe Irish never specified on there luck. Some languages are harder to access. Тhat is true, I am trying to go at Bulgarian. I have learnt more from listening to the music and the pronounciations then any web site, though I have a big musical brain too. Just so many weird things. Music is the best way to learn. Catchy melody+new words=song stuck in your head(plus the words of course). LOL. rofl
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:47 am
Dunno if this has already been said (though I doubt it, it's a pretty unique idea).
Living in Canada, I have unlimited acces to French learning resources, including grammar books, dictionaries, and even novels in French. But here in Toronto the French-speaking population is very small, and most people who do speak French only speak it as like, an 8th language, ie their accents gives me the urge to kick something. Heck, Toronto even has a reputation as a French-hating city stare
So while I can read in French as much as I like, I don't get to speak it much. Music and movies are good listening excersizes, but just listening isn't like actually taking part in a conservation. And talking on the phone with people from Quebec can only happen so often, since I have to buy phone cards to be able to do that (long-distance calls are expensive otherwise).
So, what I do is, every day I record myself talking (in French) about my day. I guess you could say it's like a "casette diary", where I talk about my life and my feelings, and stuff. It only takes like 2-5 minutes a day, so it's not time consuming, and it's good oral practice that helps with fluency. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:04 pm
Proudly_Jewish Dunno if this has already been said (though I doubt it, it's a pretty unique idea). Living in Canada, I have unlimited acces to French learning resources, including grammar books, dictionaries, and even novels in French. But here in Toronto the French-speaking population is very small, and most people who do speak French only speak it as like, an 8th language, ie their accents gives me the urge to kick something. Heck, Toronto even has a reputation as a French-hating city stare So while I can read in French as much as I like, I don't get to speak it much. Music and movies are good listening excersizes, but just listening isn't like actually taking part in a conservation. And talking on the phone with people from Quebec can only happen so often, since I have to buy phone cards to be able to do that (long-distance calls are expensive otherwise). So, what I do is, every day I record myself talking (in French) about my day. I guess you could say it's like a "casette diary", where I talk about my life and my feelings, and stuff. It only takes like 2-5 minutes a day, so it's not time consuming, and it's good oral practice that helps with fluency. 3nodding I've GOT to do THAT!!!!!!! biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin I think I LOVE you!!! whee heart
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:08 pm
lol that was I was like when I came up with that idea xd I was like, OMGWTFBBQ why didn't I think of this before? xd
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:09 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:12 pm
Oh yeah, another suggestion: read Harry Potter books in the language you're learning. I know that reading books in another language has already been mentioned, but HP books in particular are special. Not only do a lot of people know the story, it's also in available in every language you could possibly think of (not to mention that the vocabulary is fairly simple).
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:40 pm
Proudly_Jewish Oh yeah, another suggestion: read Harry Potter books in the language you're learning. I know that reading books in another language has already been mentioned, but HP books in particular are special. Not only do a lot of people know the story, it's also in available in every language you could possibly think of (not to mention that the vocabulary is fairly simple). No offense but Harry Potter books aren't my cup of tea. I'm not really in to that kind of stuff.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:42 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:28 pm
Proudly_Jewish Dunno if this has already been said (though I doubt it, it's a pretty unique idea). Living in Canada, I have unlimited acces to French learning resources, including grammar books, dictionaries, and even novels in French. But here in Toronto the French-speaking population is very small, and most people who do speak French only speak it as like, an 8th language, ie their accents gives me the urge to kick something. Heck, Toronto even has a reputation as a French-hating city stare So while I can read in French as much as I like, I don't get to speak it much. Music and movies are good listening excersizes, but just listening isn't like actually taking part in a conservation. And talking on the phone with people from Quebec can only happen so often, since I have to buy phone cards to be able to do that (long-distance calls are expensive otherwise). So, what I do is, every day I record myself talking (in French) about my day. I guess you could say it's like a "casette diary", where I talk about my life and my feelings, and stuff. It only takes like 2-5 minutes a day, so it's not time consuming, and it's good oral practice that helps with fluency. 3nodding I must say, this method is incredibly effective eek I've been doing this for like, 1 week and I think I can already feel an improvement <3
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:28 pm
Proudly_Jewish Proudly_Jewish Dunno if this has already been said (though I doubt it, it's a pretty unique idea). Living in Canada, I have unlimited acces to French learning resources, including grammar books, dictionaries, and even novels in French. But here in Toronto the French-speaking population is very small, and most people who do speak French only speak it as like, an 8th language, ie their accents gives me the urge to kick something. Heck, Toronto even has a reputation as a French-hating city stare So while I can read in French as much as I like, I don't get to speak it much. Music and movies are good listening excersizes, but just listening isn't like actually taking part in a conservation. And talking on the phone with people from Quebec can only happen so often, since I have to buy phone cards to be able to do that (long-distance calls are expensive otherwise). So, what I do is, every day I record myself talking (in French) about my day. I guess you could say it's like a "casette diary", where I talk about my life and my feelings, and stuff. It only takes like 2-5 minutes a day, so it's not time consuming, and it's good oral practice that helps with fluency. 3nodding I must say, this method is incredibly effective eek I've been doing this for like, 1 week and I think I can already feel an improvement <3 I totally have to get a tape recorder! sad So you just talk about your day and stuff? Like what do you say?
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