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| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5905 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 9 of 27 05 October 2008 at 11:01pm | IP Logged | ||
No, honestly, I don't think I can thank you enough :) It's an excellent idea, and I'm definitely going to try it out with Japanese (and maybe Hebrew when I become more advanced in it). Thank you so much!!! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tigresuisse Triglot Senior Member SwitzerlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5995 days ago 182 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 27 06 October 2008 at 5:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Ehi Maya Star17, when you tried it out with Japanese let me know because I was thinking exatly the same ... but as I don't have much time right now, I'll have to wait. So if you collect any experience, please share it with us !!!
Thank you William, for the good idea !!! Marta 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5905 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 11 of 27 06 October 2008 at 10:33pm | IP Logged | ||
It worked quite well! I used part of a children's book I'm currently reading, and did exactly what William said to do; the only slight difference was that I highlighted words that were new to me and wrote the English meaning in brackets beside each one. I even recorded myself reading it out loud - I'm going to listen to it tonight when I go to sleep (yes, I listen to Japanese audio in my sleep). The only slight complaint that I could make is that it's somewhat time-consuming, so it's not really something you could do everyday. But, I would imagine that even doing it 1-3 times a week would be helpful :) I'll definitely be doing this again. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5905 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 13 of 27 07 October 2008 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
I've only been doing it for a few days, and to be honest, I haven't noticed anything yet, but I want to keep at it for at least a few months, just in case it's something that takes more time. I figure that our brains still probably function when we sleep (how could/would we dream otherwise?). As for staying awake - it's not an issue as long as you turn it down VERY low (eg. volume level 1 or 2). You'll still be able to hear it, but it shouldn't stop you from falling asleep (I'm mildly insomniac and this hasn't been an issue for me, so I can't see it being an issue for most people out there). Anyway, I listen to whatever I can get. I've tried music and essays read out loud by a native speaker so far, next on my hit list is the recording I did of myself. I'm hoping to also get news and maybe short stories/myths read out loud sometime as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6262 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 14 of 27 07 October 2008 at 5:32am | IP Logged | ||
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It is somewhat time-consuming. Working with one text takes me at least an hour, more likely an hour and a half. When I first hit on the idea, it was half past eight in the evening, and after working on it rather intensively, the next time I looked at my watch it was after midnight. Still, I could have been doing something less useful in that time, like watching TV.
If you have an hour or two to spare, working up a text is a good method. If you have less time, you could review a text rather than embarking on a new one. And if you only have five minutes spare, then looking over vocabulary cards (another favourite method of mine) is probably a better method. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6262 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 15 of 27 10 October 2008 at 12:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Increasingly I use card (mainly from cut-up index cards) rather than paper, as card is less prone to blow away in the winds of autumn.
Sometimes I take the words, phrases and sentence parts with me when I go out, using them the way I would use vocabulary cards. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5905 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 16 of 27 10 October 2008 at 8:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I did this again today, this time for a song (also in Japanese). It worked just as well as last time, and best of all, it took considerably less time than last time. :)
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