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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes  12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 29 03 March 2005 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | ||
Seems very interesting - I had never thought about it. For Russian there are many audiobooks you can buy in MP3 and also e-books, especially for classics. Sounds interesting - I'll see if I can try. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7318 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 29 03 March 2005 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think that you absorb a lot more when you hear it read out to you. When listening, you generally do not avoid the things you don't know and you don't skim parts, though this may be a good or bad thing.
I just borrowed a copy of Le Petit Prince with the audio version - I haven't looked at it for a long time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7238 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 19 of 29 03 March 2005 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought about that, there's audio tapes for harry potter for example, but those cost allot.
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| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7318 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 29 03 March 2005 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Really? Well I bought some of the English audiobooks for Harry Potter - but in my public library, I was able to find French recordings of the first 4 Harry Potter series. Check out to see if it's in your public library system. Our system permits us to put holds on items in libraries and it is delivered to the local public library. It's quite efficient and I booked a lot of books and materials that way.
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| heartburn Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 355 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 21 of 29 03 March 2005 at 6:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Funny. I just started reading the first Harry Potter book in Spanish. I wonder if there's a Spanish audiobook.
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| heartburn Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 355 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 22 of 29 04 March 2005 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well there is an unabridged audiobook of "Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal." Amazon has it for US$77.95 and I was only able to find it with Google. Apparently Amazon doesn't have it "shelved" correctly. But I just called my local bookstore and they have it for about US$40. There was one review on Amazon by a learner of Spanish. She said that the audiobook follows the printed version word-for-word. I'm going to pick it up tonight. If anyone is interested, the ISBN is 847888856X.
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| heartburn Senior Member United States Joined 7207 days ago 355 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 23 of 29 04 March 2005 at 1:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm wondering how I should do this. Should I read the English version first? Should I just use the English version as a reference? Or, should I try to do it without the English version.
Should I try to listen to the chapters before reading them? Or, should I read the chapters then listen to them? I was thinking I'd listen to a chapter a few times, then read it, then listen again. Any ideas? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pentatonic Senior Member United States Joined 7247 days ago 221 posts - 245 votes | Message 24 of 29 04 March 2005 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am reading a chapter in the foreign language, looking up any words I don't know, and trying to commit those to memory. Then when I finish the chapter I will go back and read along while listening until I know it pretty well. And then finally, just listen to it. On to the next chapter, etc.
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