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Thoughts on "slowly spoken" material?
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amethyst32
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08 April 2012 at 9:44pm | IP Logged

PillowRock wrote:

geoffw wrote:

I think the only reason why slowly-spoken materials are a problem for some people is because they're too proud or too scared to even TRY listening to stuff that they can't really understand, at least for more than a minute or two.

Another possibility:
They may have too low of a frustration threshold with respect to failing to understand.

I think this is the real issue. For beginners, the intention shouldn't be to understand but to familiarise with the new lang's sounds. That said, as a beginner with Spanish I briefly went down the slow audio road, and it took a huge shift in mindset (which only came after taking in advice from experienced language enthusiasts) to realise why audio aimed at native speakers should be a must right from the start. That's my approach to French and Portuguese now, and it will be my approach to any other lang I learn in the future.

Edited by amethyst32 on 08 April 2012 at 9:47pm

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