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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4908 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 449 of 766 10 July 2014 at 2:08pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Thanks for the inspiration to read L'homme qui plantait des arbres, Kanewai. I found another source for the text, which you can use without an account. Scribd has both the pdf and a txt version. I'll have to test which one works better on my kindle later.
L'homme text EDIT: Scribd is a pay site. Darn. Edited by Jeffers on 10 July 2014 at 11:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| sfuqua Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4764 days ago 581 posts - 977 votes Speaks: English*, Hawaiian, Tagalog Studies: Spanish | Message 450 of 766 11 July 2014 at 1:16pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Is "news radio" legal? It seems to be the same thing as a podcast,
only live. I seem to remember some rule against radio. Maybe it was a rule against background listening. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4888 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 451 of 766 12 July 2014 at 4:46am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I've found two more interesting French resources. I might make this mini-challenge a habit.
Audio: France Culture Jeunesse ___________________________ Une histoire d'Ulysse de Jean-Pierra Vernant. A Greek historian recounts the Odyssey to an audience of children. Two parts, 30 minutes each. Transcript 25 pages at 350 words per page. 33 pages at 250 words/page. ___________________________ Le roman de Tristan et Iseut renouvelé par Joseph Bédier. A modern (well, 1913) version of the medieval romance. Adapted by Hervé Prudon. 1 hr 27 minutes. Text The audio is an adaption; a lot is the same as the text, but not all (based upon the couple minutes I reviewed it). 126 to 176 pages, depending on how you count. ___________________________ I would love to find texts for the Polar & SF podcasts on France Culture, but haven't had much luck yet. Le monde occasionally posts summaries, and it looks like you can buy the stories, but I haven't been able to figure out the system yet. Edited by kanewai on 12 July 2014 at 4:47am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| sfuqua Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4764 days ago 581 posts - 977 votes Speaks: English*, Hawaiian, Tagalog Studies: Spanish | Message 452 of 766 12 July 2014 at 5:24am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Dumb question, I guess. I suppose the answer is somewhere in
these threads. I can't find it. I'm going to have a glass of port. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4261 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 453 of 766 12 July 2014 at 10:14am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
From what I understand of the challenge, ANY listening (except for live person-to-person interaction) is allowed, sfuqua. I will often tune into the "live radio" part of a French telecommunications website, just to get in a few minutes of ear training, in the natural high-speed speech of commentators. I actually find radio more useful than watching a film, since you only have the voice to focus on; with a film, my attention will sometimes wander away, and I'll find myself wanting to "watch" other things, like my computer screen ... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5333 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 454 of 766 12 July 2014 at 10:51am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I am a bit hesitant to radio, because mostly it would tend to blend into background noise. I think we should
have more focus than that. However if you chose a particular radio programme that interests you, the fact that it is on the radio itself does not disqualify it. It could be a programme on an author you like, or a novel being read out, or a specific topic that holds your interest. But "30 minutes of random radio" is not my idea of how this challenge would be. Do not be afraid to use the same material over again if you do not have a lot of variety, though. I am listening to Harry Potter in Russian for the third time in three weeks now, and am amazed at the progress. The first time I listened to it was torture. I only knew where I was in the text occasionally, and mostly because of a single word which gave me a clue. The second time over I could make out entire scenes, and know exactly where I was, and now the third time I understand several whole sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5235 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 455 of 766 12 July 2014 at 10:53am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Actually the radio isn't allowed. It was WAY WAY back in the thread where this was discussed but sorry, no radio. And even audio books only just snuck under the wire.
EDIT: Snap, Solfrid beat me to it, because she is the final authority, but I had to go and look it up! Edited by rdearman on 12 July 2014 at 10:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4908 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 456 of 766 12 July 2014 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
How did you find that source of transcripts? I have had an eye (ear?) on the France Culture Jeuness page, but so far I didn't quite feel up to that much listening without the opportunity to check a transcript. Thank you, Kanewai, you are on a roll! Edited by Jeffers on 12 July 2014 at 12:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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