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| seemewoo Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4573 days ago 21 posts - 22 votes | Message 1 of 11 11 January 2014 at 1:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi,
I have got to a stage with my Spanish where I can listen to the language being spoken, and recognise the words being said, however I can't understand them. For example if i listen to a lesson in assimil, I recognise the words on the audio, however I have to sit and think what these words are before I understand what the audio means. Sorry if this isn't making much sense but this is the best way I can explain it :-/ It's really frustrating because I know the words, I just can't seem to understand the meaning of them quickly enough. Any tips would be much appreciated! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4052 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 2 of 11 11 January 2014 at 9:37am | IP Logged | ||
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It's happening the same also to me with Dutch. It
was like that years ago with English. It's absolutely normal, it's a normal step in language learning. First it's noise, then you start to recognize words, then whole sentences and eventually it becomes better and better. It just takes time. Try to watch how many videos with Spanish subtitles you can. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6602 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 3 of 11 11 January 2014 at 11:15am | IP Logged | ||
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Subtitles are often inaccurate though. Audio with transcripts is less distracting.
GLOSS is a good source of matching texts and audio, in Spanish, French, Portuguese and many other languages (though sadly not the ones limited to prosperous countries like Italian or Danish). Click "source" on top. Consider also getting an unabridged audiobook if you feel ready to use one. Edited by Serpent on 11 January 2014 at 11:17am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5771 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 4 of 11 11 January 2014 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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What they said. And, repetition helps. Repetition of material you've listened to before as well as listening to new material that is similar to what you've heard before. For example, when working with GLOSS I might work through one lesson with audio + transcript (and activities if I had the time), use the audio of one I'd already worked through before and play it 2-5 times, and then listen to maybe three new lessons at the same level with similar content to what I've already worked through before. Of course, I expect to understand the finished lessons, but if I understood too little of one of the new ones I'd just mark that one down for the next day.
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7210 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 11 11 January 2014 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | ||
Two things I found very helpful taking my Spanish from where you are to where you want to be. 1) Reading an easy book for native speakers. For me, one of those books was Los Siete Pasos para Ser Feliz. The audiobook is also available and is read by the author, which I like. Also, I think there is a little magic in a book originally written in your target language versus a translation for taking you to the "next level". 2) The Spanish as a Second Language 4 You website has a bunch of podcasts that are meant to help learners. What Teresa Sanchez (the blogger) does is explains everything she says in several ways with lots of synonyms and circumlocution. She speaks fast, but once you get comfortable with her podcasts, I think you'll find a lot of benefit in your other listening. Good luck! Edited by luke on 11 January 2014 at 1:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| seemewoo Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4573 days ago 21 posts - 22 votes | Message 6 of 11 11 January 2014 at 3:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you all, I had been listening to a lot of Spanish music on the radio and the football commentary (since I
love football) and i see now I need the input to more easy to comprehend :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6602 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 7 of 11 11 January 2014 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Football ftw! :)
GLOSS has some lessons explaining football to clueless Americans ;) should be easy if you're not new to the topic :P And here is some useful vocabulary/phrases :-) Edited by Serpent on 11 January 2014 at 5:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| seemewoo Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4573 days ago 21 posts - 22 votes | Message 8 of 11 12 January 2014 at 12:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you there going straight into my anki deck! And athletico madrid are looking good this season! Be nice
to see someone else top the leauge besides real and barca! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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