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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4862 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 4 23 February 2014 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Finally I've started shadowing, but after couple of days I'm not sure if it really works for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a huge garden to wander around ;) So I'm interested if in your cases it worked just from scratch or after some time. Edited by prz_ on 23 February 2014 at 2:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 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 2 of 4 23 February 2014 at 3:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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And are you sitting down or walking at home? Try both.
Quoting what I wrote elsewhere:
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| YnEoS Senior Member United States Joined 4257 days ago 472 posts - 893 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish | Message 3 of 4 23 February 2014 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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What exactly do you mean when you say it doesn't work for you? Do you mean you're unable to speak over the audio comfortably, or that you're not seeing any benefits from it?
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5769 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 4 of 4 23 February 2014 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd say modify the technique based on what you know about yourself, and on what you actually need for the time being.
In my case: I never started a language with shadowing. That means that even when I sometimes talk in the language, I am not used at copying native like sounds at the given speed at my current level. After all, listening comprehension exercises are designed to challenge your listening ability, and speaking lags behind in accuracy and speed for most learners. That means I have to use easier material ... which is boring, and makes me stop. Or I use the material I first tried but in shorter snippets. And that's what I started doing, using material I actually want to be able to say, Olle Kjellin style. And that helps me immediately, as in when I do 15 minutes of that I don't get a sore throat trying to speak French the same day. Oh, wait, I once started the Hungarian Assimil in Spain, like the method is intended, but stopped after something like three days because I'd started pronouncing Spanish with my newly-found Hungarian pronunciation. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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