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| ChristianVlcek Bilingual Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5859 days ago 131 posts - 141 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Slovak*, Ukrainian, Irish, German, Russian | Message 1 of 10 28 June 2009 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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So right now I'm studying German using primarily 3 audio courses (FSI, Michel Thomas, Pimsleur, (I might swap Pimsleur for Assimil if I can find a copy) - although I am working through the Schaum's grammar outline workbook, and a basic reader).
When you do a course like one of these, do you tend to take notes, on anything? So far I haven't been, but I was wondering what other people tend to do. Thanks guys. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Loopy Newbie United States Joined 5719 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 10 28 June 2009 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | ||
I have a regular lined notebook to take notes on. They generally are not extensive. When I do Pimsleur, if I come across a question I do not know, or know well, I will jot it down in the notebook. Later that night or the next day I will review it, see where I got mixed up, and try to make another similar sentence. I also write down nouns (with gender!) that I hear but do not recognize off-hand. Viel Spaß! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5774 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 3 of 10 28 June 2009 at 11:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't because when I use audio-only courses, I do so to strenghten my comparatively poor auditiory processing and memory. But that's just me and my obsession with storing knowledge in my memory rather than on a notebook. I progress faster when I take notes - and I forget faster, too. =D
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| LtM Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5868 days ago 130 posts - 223 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 4 of 10 28 June 2009 at 11:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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My problem in the past was that I took extensive notes (even typed them up -- major overkill!), but I never spent enough time reviewing them to make them worthwhile.
Now, I try to focus heavily on being "in the moment" in the audio courses that I'm doing, and only jot down the occasional word that I want to look up. It works better for me this way, and I feel that my time is better spent. I guess the key is to know yourself and decide what will work best for you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6726 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 5 of 10 29 June 2009 at 4:27am | IP Logged | ||
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LtM is right - it's up to the individual. I tend to take less notes now than I did previously - and it seems to be paying off. I feel that I am learning more now. Perhaps in the back of my mind I thought that if I wrote it down it was safe to forget because I had it written! But if I don't write it, I just have to remember it!
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6019 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 6 of 10 29 June 2009 at 9:54am | IP Logged | ||
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If you're going through the Schaum course, you've already got notes you can look up later. I don't see the benefit in taking notes during Pimsleur or MT -- they're designed to be done without notes, anyway.
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5677 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 10 29 June 2009 at 10:28am | IP Logged | ||
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The only notes I ever took in the audio courses were for things that puzzled me - rather than things I was hoping to remember. There were occasional words or phrases that didn't quite make sense in some of the audio courses (particularly in Pimsleur - where the narrator was not also the "teacher") - in fact, there were times when I wondered if the course was actually wrong. So I would jot them down to look up elsewhere.
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| LtM Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5868 days ago 130 posts - 223 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 8 of 10 30 June 2009 at 12:30am | IP Logged | ||
I've done the same thing, Splog. Nothing like thinking "Ah-ha! Is that some kind of mistake?" to make me want to investigate further... :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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