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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6667 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 9 of 17 12 January 2011 at 10:10am | IP Logged | |||||
Very interesting. I have just started other thread about this Glossika's method. http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=24730&PN=1&TPN=1 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6264 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 10 of 17 13 January 2011 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I do sometimes talk to myself in an L2, as a way of rehearsing phrases, sentences or scraps of vocabulary. I do it mostly when alone or walking in a park with nobody nearby. If you have no speech partners, it is the only way you can get in some "conversational" practice.
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| 1qaz2wsx Diglot Groupie Greece Joined 5365 days ago 98 posts - 124 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Albanian | Message 11 of 17 29 January 2011 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes,that sounds helpful.And if you stand on one foot while joggling with three balls at the same time will definitely help a lot with your accent. Improving your comprehension takes a lot of listening not only to movies and radio but to actual speakers of the language.The same goes for the accent.One needs to engage in actual conversation with native speakers of the language and learn some about the phonetics of that language to achieve a pleasant accent.Cupping your ears with your palms forward will hardly do anything. Edited by 1qaz2wsx on 29 January 2011 at 9:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5075 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 17 31 January 2011 at 4:19am | IP Logged | |||||
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@1gaz2wsx: cupping the ears is not meant to improve comprehension, and does not replace listening practice. Nor
did I suggest such a thing. Rather, it aids accent formation, because it allows one to hear one's voice more clearly. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6667 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 14 of 17 31 January 2011 at 8:05am | IP Logged | |||||
Can you show a link to a picture? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5075 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 15 of 17 03 February 2011 at 9:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't have a picture, sorry. But it's nothing too complicated. Place your hands behind behind your ears, palms
facing forward, fingers facing upwards.. Then, cup the hands into a 'C' shape. Lastly, speak. Bob's your uncle mate ; ) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5075 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 16 of 17 03 February 2011 at 9:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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Oh, and also, it helps if you speaks facing a surface, such as a wall or looking down at your desk.
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