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Question about the L-R method
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Volte
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27 November 2012 at 8:47pm | IP Logged

sans-serif wrote:

Volte wrote:

I don't find using non-native L1s particularly effective for L-R, though it can be fun. Enjoy.

I've only ever done "traditional" L-R with English as L1, and it hasn't felt particularly ineffective. After reading this, I'm tempted to try Finnish just in case it turned out to yield vastly superior results. :-)

I suspect your English is strong enough that it won't matter, but I'll be listening for your results! I've mainly tried B2/weak C1 or weaker L2s as L2 LR bases, which is what the poster I was replying to was mentioning as well.

sans-serif wrote:

On a related note, I've recently been experimenting with using L-R for upkeep with stronger languages. Nothing fancy, but I've noticed that it's possible to listen to audio books, in languages one knows well, at roughly double speed, without sacrificing much in the way of comprehension. The faster speed makes following along with the text quite a bit more difficult, so also the other language needs to be at reasonably high level to benefit from the process. Or so it seems to me, anyway.

Has anyone tried something similar? I feel like it's a fun and effective way to get simultaneous exposure to two languages, and thus far I haven't run into any major problems. For anyone interested in trying it out, the easiest way is to use materials available on Librivox and Project Gutenberg.

I've experimented a little with sped-up L-R; I did some with Polish once it started largely making sense with the help of a translation, since I found the material I was using fascinating sped up, and somewhat dull at normal speed at that point. It'd be good to try listening to sped-up German audiobooks too; I listen at normal speed to them occasionally (usually without bothering with a text).

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