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| justinwilliams Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6680 days ago 321 posts - 327 votes  3 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian | Message 9 of 17 14 November 2006 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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That's a good idea! I do find also that listening while reading provides something that only listening doesn't. I find it helps me memorize the pronunciation more efficiently like that but I'm always a bit concerned about the fact that reading might not be beneficial for my listening learning. I'll try it for sure as I believe I do get enough "not read" listening.
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| 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 17 15 November 2006 at 9:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm doing that for Finnish, I'm listening and reading Da Vinci Code that I haven't read before... I read the prologue and the first chapter very thoroughly, looking up every unknown word, then I listened to the chapter over a few times until I could listen to it without looking at the book and still understand everything... but then it just got frustrating to read so slowly, because I was too eager to know what will follow :) I'm currently just listening&reading at the same time without looking up practically any words in the dictionary, satisfied with just understanding what's happening.. I'm going to re-read some parts or maybe the entire book the way I read the beginning when I've finished the book.
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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6666 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 11 of 17 15 November 2006 at 9:49am | IP Logged | |||||
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First I read and listen the book and audiobook unabridged. Second I listen the book again without reading. You can wait weeks or months between the two phases.
If I don't have the unabrigded version, I read the book first and after I listen the audiobook abridged. I think its possible to use slightly variations of this strategy and improve all: vocabulary and listening skills. But in my opinion the most important thing about the audiobook method is to use very interesting content. I know I'm doing well if I am more interested in the content that in learning the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Durben Diglot Groupie Portugal Joined 6610 days ago 42 posts - 45 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German | Message 12 of 17 19 November 2006 at 7:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm thinking of doing this with the German and french versions, but i would like to know for sure that the audiobooks are saying exactly the book's content.
Can someone please tell me if is that the case? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6666 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 13 of 17 19 November 2006 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I think it is better to read and listen without looking up unknown words. I only mark the unknown words. When I finish the book I look up the meaning. I think it is very important to adapt the method for not to be bored Edited by slucido on 19 November 2006 at 4:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6666 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 14 of 17 19 November 2006 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
I use english books (my target language) and the unabridged audiobooks are saying exactly the same. You should be sure that the audio is the unabridged version. Edited by slucido on 19 November 2006 at 4:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7006 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 17 20 November 2006 at 9:30am | IP Logged | |||||
Very true. There's nothing worse than trying to read or listen to something that you have absolutely no interest in. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lady_skywalker Triglot Senior Member Netherlands aspiringpolyglotblog Joined 6881 days ago 909 posts - 942 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian | Message 16 of 17 20 November 2006 at 9:55am | IP Logged | |||||
I second that. When the material is interesting, time flies and it feels like you've achieved something at the end of it. You feel enthusiastic about learning and WANT to go on to the next chapter/CD/lesson. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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