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| shinkarom Diglot Groupie Ukraine allthetongues.hRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4313 days ago 40 posts - 59 votes  Speaks: Ukrainian, Russian* | Message 1 of 9 27 February 2013 at 11:32am | IP Logged | ||
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In his book Barry Farber advices to mentally rehearse situations (for example, if you
bumped into a man, what would you say). I took this as a guideline and made my own version of it. I created for myself a "second life" in my mind. There I'm married to an Italian girl, have a house, a car, and work in the office (it would be redundant to say that IRL I am single, live in an apartment, have no car and am not employed). I describe my wife and my house, practice conversations with her, invite guests and so on. This method gave me many benefits. First, I am immersed in Italian. Second, I memorize the words bcause they are about topic that's interesting to me. Third, I improve my skills of visualization and world-building. What do you think? Edited by shinkarom on 27 February 2013 at 11:33am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5570 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 2 of 9 27 February 2013 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Its a good method - similar to the 'language islands' described by Boris Shekhtman in How
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| mahasiswa Pentaglot Groupie Canada Joined 4437 days ago 91 posts - 142 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, German, Malay Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Persian, Russian, Turkish, Mandarin, Hindi | Message 3 of 9 27 February 2013 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I talk to myself because my polyglot friends do it too, but also because Tim Doner mentioned doing it and
I figured that young man knows what he's doing. My friends talk to themselves in the showers. I've gleaned other methods from reading this site. I also practice phone calls when I'm on the bus or walking around without my iPod and its podcasts. I've never imagined giving myself a wife though! That's a great idea. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4694 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 4 of 9 27 February 2013 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | ||
Great book, BTW. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7210 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 9 28 February 2013 at 2:19am | IP Logged | ||
Don't keep us waiting. Tell us what she's like! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6444 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 6 of 9 28 February 2013 at 8:37am | IP Logged | ||
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It sounds a lot like Arekkusu's self-talk exercise. Check it out, the tips for improving pronunciation are useful.
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| shinkarom Diglot Groupie Ukraine allthetongues.hRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4313 days ago 40 posts - 59 votes Speaks: Ukrainian, Russian* | Message 7 of 9 28 February 2013 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | ||
Mia moglie Sara ha ventiquattro anni. Si presenta come una modella (obviously) con occhi azzurri, capelli bruni e gambe lunghi. E' alta. Era cantante (I watch Dick Van Dyke Show), ma ora e' una commessa e vende profumi in un negizio indossando un vestito rosa. Non abbiamo mai litigati. Oh, by the way, viviamo negli anni ottanta. Edited by shinkarom on 28 February 2013 at 5:36pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5267 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 8 of 9 28 February 2013 at 7:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hmmm, the Italian version of a 24 year old Mary Tyler Moore living in the 1980's! Well, if you're going to imagine, why not!
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