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| Jalds Newbie United States Joined 4950 days ago 23 posts - 31 votes Speaks: Spanish | Message 9 of 10 30 April 2011 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
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Great topic.
I´ve been transcribing for about 3 months now, and while it can be slow and frustrating, I find it incredibly rewarding and worthwhile. It´s amazing and actually fun to find out that while I understood what was going on when I listened to the material, there were individual words or structures that I was unaware of until I wrote out what I was hearing. In addition, I learn a lot of phrases this way and I really get a good sense of the pronounciation. Most of my transcribing activities are from podcasts and espisodes of TV shows, but I have tried a movie. Unfortunately, it takes too long (for me). A 30 minute podcast takes me about a week to complete, a movie would be about a month, I need quick wins to stay motivated, but if the time doesn´t bother you, go for it. Finally, I think there are probably more efficient ways to learn, but I keep transcription as a regular part of my language learning efforts for 2 reasons 1 - I´m interested in a particular accent for which there isn´t a lot of material available where I can read and listen at the same time. Programs like LinQ or Pimsleur sound great, but utilize a neutral accent and audio books from the areas I´m interested in are often recorded by neutral dialect speakers. 2 - I honestly enjoy the accomplishment. I´ve completed 6 half hour talk radio podcasts and 2 TV espisodes and it seems as though I´m learning. One final word, I wouldn´t try this as a beginner. I was studying my target language for almost a year before I started transcribing material, but I recognize that everyone moves at thier own pace. I´d love to hear what others have experienced with this method. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5218 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 10 of 10 30 April 2011 at 12:41pm | IP Logged |
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Of course it is useful. Do you remember good old dictation at school?
The thing is, if you really want to learn and not just practice what you already know, you need (it is highly recommendable anyway) a matching text for the audio (audiobooks, anyone?) so you can check any 'new' items. Again, just like you handed in your dictations at school to have the teacher correct them :) Yet another language learning revolution taking us back to the past? :))) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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