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| Mandy Newbie United States Joined 5588 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 25 August 2009 at 2:06am | IP Logged |
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I am at home studying a lot (not just Spanish because I am in college as well). Usually I have the tv on in the background , its loud enough so I can hear it and understand what is going on while I am studying. My question is, starting today, I have decided to keep my TV on Spanish progamming only. I can understand some things they are saying while I study and I wonder if this type of "passive" learning (since I'm not actually looking at the tv and watching the program) will be worth the sacrifice or if I'm better off only having the tv on Spanish programs when I will actually be watching the show.
Have you used this method before? Does it work, what are your thoughts? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6445 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 3 29 August 2009 at 2:25pm | IP Logged |
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It's a useful supplement; no more, no less. It helps, but a fairly limited amount.
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| whoa182 Newbie United Kingdom matts-cr.blogspot.co Joined 5584 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 3 30 August 2009 at 2:58am | IP Logged |
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I think 'watching' it is far better than simply listening. I've picked up so much from just watching cartoons in Spanish. Some easy ones to understand were Bambi 2, Little mermaid and other old disney films. I tend to have 1 - 1.5 hours a day of watching TV, a few hours listening, but at least 5-6 hours of proper studying using rosetta stone v3, books, and websites. Also talking to my friends. I've found that just listening to Spanish helps me retain the words I've learned. When I hear something I think, ahh yes, I remember that word now and it comes right back to me so easy. Watching + sound is far better, but I have found listening to be good also. However, I'm very new to learning languages, this is just my own 'feel' for what helps me. Edited by whoa182 on 30 August 2009 at 3:00am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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