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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 33 of 35 27 November 2010 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd never heard of "Finland's Foreigner" Roman Schatz before - thanks Kounotori! I'd be really interested to i) hear what native Finnish speakers think about his pronunciation (here are some examples: clip1, clip2), and ii) learn a little more about how he went about learning Finnish?
Here's a section I particularly liked in one of his profiles: 'One of the biggest keys to Roman's success was conquering the Finnish language. The best way to learn about a new culture is learn the language of that culture, according to Schatz. He never took a class to learn the language, but learned by integrating himself. Though many can attest; learning Finnish can be quite challenging at times, Schatz advises “Don't give up, be resilient”. Even learning a few words can be beneficial to the experience in another culture. “Go where no one speaks your language, and speak!” says Schatz. He then adds half sarcastically,“have a relationship with a native, it's the ultimate integration.”' [Roman Schatz - Foreigner Integration] Edited by Teango on 27 November 2010 at 9:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kounotori Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5335 days ago 136 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 34 of 35 28 November 2010 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||
You're welcome :) As for his pronunciation, it's excellent, but a slight accent can be heard at times, at least in the first video it was sometimes noticeable. In the second video that you posted, however, his pronunciation was completely native-like (even though his speech wasn't always as monotonous as you would expect from a native). I'd give him an A+, really, and I consider myself a pretty merciless grader. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| matthewmathieu Newbie United States Joined 5111 days ago 14 posts - 19 votes | Message 35 of 35 02 December 2010 at 5:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, it's possible.
I've just finished a 75,000 word novel in Spanish, which I started learning about five years ago. Much of the content reflected upon this same topic. I have yet to edit or read my text however; and for the time being, the task seems so enormous that I don't even know where to begin. I think the only thing really necessary in order to write in a non-native language is to read in it, incessantly. After this experiment, I can say that writing (fiction) in Spanish comes much more naturally to me than in English. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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