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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5000 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 9 of 11 28 October 2013 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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There are more choices for literature. For exemple some works of Zafon are aimed at
young readers, they are not too hard but they are really interesting and fun. Or there are original Spanish BDs! I think Valenzuela is name of one of the authors (I always remember it wrong, it sounds close to Venezuela). And a lot of other translations may be accessible now, should you get bored of Harry Potter. Watching movies may be tough. But a well chosen tvseries may get you far, if you manage to get through the initial panic that may last an episode or two. My first was dubbed Once upon a Time=Erase una Vez. And my passive skills were around A2 at the moment. If there is something you love, it could be the best thing to do. If not, you may prefer to wait in order not to "scare" yourself from further attempts. I totally understand your trouble with finding natives!!! And Polish is nearly as worthless as Czech on the language exchange market. However, there are a few things how to get the most out of your situation and be ready for any opportunity that arises in future: -speak with yourself. Do not just think things or whisper. Speak out loud when you are learning. Get your mouth, respiratory apparatus and face used to it. -repeat after audio. You can catch a lot of mistakes that way, you learn a lot by mimicking the person. -you might like Shadowing, even though I personally prefer repeating after audio -you may find recording yourself useful. Audacity is a very easy tool to make such recordings. You may even find it useful to listen to the recording a few days later, just like we often find our writen mistakes only after getting some distance. -practice thinking in the language. That way you can both discover the gaps and practice using all you know even when you are in a crowded bus. -listen a lot! a lot of people think you can learn to speak only by speaking. I believe it is true only to some extent. All the skills are interconnected. Large doses of listening have done miracles for my speaking in past. Of course having someone to speak with as a supplement and practice opportunity does always help. But it is no end of the world (or learning) if you don't find anyone now or in the months (or extremely even years) to come. You can still work on yourself and prepare well for your opportunity so that you can get the most out of it. :-) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6588 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 10 of 11 28 October 2013 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Oh and watch Destinos too! It's a telenovela for learners, with an actual plot and professional actors. You may want to skip the "introduction" to each video, as the "tips" they give are always the same and it's more like a teaser/an attempt to make the episodes longer maybe.
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| rafi94 Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4331 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Polish*, English | Message 11 of 11 02 November 2013 at 11:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Will try this, sometimes I talk with myself but only in a 'thinking way'
I do ;)
I started watching "Santa Diabla" a telenovela (or however they call it) for natives, I watch 20 minutes of it every day (which is 1/3 of episode) without subtitles and I have to admit that works pretty well for me. They mostly talk slowly and clearly so I can usually understand them (or at least hear the words, even if i don't know what do they mean). Anyway what I'm trying to say is that it's the best listening exercise I've done so far and the best thing about it is that I really enjoy watching this telenovela so it doesn't feel like learning at all, just a daily pleasure. Will check the gloss and Destinos - thanks for them Serpent 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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