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| thebard Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5978 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 1 of 4 30 June 2011 at 2:55pm | IP Logged |
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Hello,
Possibly a strange question, but has anyone ever tried speeding up the material they listen to in a foreign language in order to improve their listening skills? With Audacity you can change the tempo of a sound file without making it high-pitched, for example. It's just that I remember back in the early days of learning Spanish that I often struggled to understand Spanish on the radio (even though I didn't have any obvious vocabulary problems) just because I couldn't process what was being said quickly enough. I don't have that problem any longer, but I wonder if I might have overcome it more quickly by doing some intensive listening to material I already knew at a faster pace.I'm learning Chinese this summer, so I might experiment with idea and report back. Cheers, Alex. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6374 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 4 30 June 2011 at 4:13pm | IP Logged |
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I've done it, and written about it on this forum. I find it helpful, within reason. How much faster I can make audio while keeping it comprehensible varies a lot on the audio, but 20% or 30% faster tends to be ok; experiment.
Also, if you haven't tried listening while you read transcripts, give it a try. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5406 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 4 30 June 2011 at 5:18pm | IP Logged |
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I also have done this with several audiobooks that started to sound too slow with repeated listening. I found it quite helpful.
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| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5353 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 4 of 4 30 June 2011 at 9:52pm | IP Logged |
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You can do this in Windows Media Player too without altering pitch. Go to View->Enhancements->Play Speed Settings and you can slow it by up to a half or increase the speed up to double.
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