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| Astrophel Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5541 days ago 157 posts - 345 votes  Speaks: English*, Latin, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Cantonese, Polish, Sanskrit, Cherokee | Message 9 of 64 28 July 2013 at 9:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Search for "shadowing" on this forum. It's a method used by Dr. Alexander Arguelles, who knows over 30 languages, and the entire point is that you have to walk with a brisk pace and good posture as you practice. I find this very helpful because it keeps the blood flowing.
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| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 4867 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 64 28 July 2013 at 11:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
People might look at you as if you are crazy though. :D 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4497 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 11 of 64 28 July 2013 at 11:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
What with iPhone headphones having integrated microphones, it's pretty hard to look out of place talking to yourself in public where I live these days. 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 3953 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 12 of 64 28 July 2013 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for all of the suggestions! I love the idea of using more podcasts. While I do
listen to a few, it's not by any means a huge part of my learning. Maybe I need to find and listen to more of them - who knows, maybe I'll even be motivated to clean the house while listening. Ha! I will look up "shadowing". I already talk or sing to myself or the dog when walking - I don't really care if people think I'm nuts. And yes, I could see language learning taking on such an importance that you let your health slide. I tend to be somewhat of an obsessive person when it comes to learning something new. Thanks for the reminder to maintain balance in my life! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4637 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 13 of 64 29 July 2013 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, now at last I can get away with talking to myself in public....even without headphones and an integrated microphone... :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Amun Triglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 4867 days ago 52 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, French Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 64 29 July 2013 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
It depends. If you happen to pass by a native speaker of the language that you are shadowing (very likely in urban areas), it might look weird as the person will notice that it's not a normal conversation. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4497 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 15 of 64 29 July 2013 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
When I was shadowing Yiddish, that was a risk I was more than willing to take. On the very unlikely off-chance that someone recognized it as Yiddish, they almost certainly would have stopped to chat, because it's so rare to run across Yiddish speakers these days (outside of certain areas of Brooklyn, at least). I'm sure it would have been a bit different with something like Spanish. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4545 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 64 29 July 2013 at 11:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My understanding is that standing eliminates a lot of the health risk of sitting- you
don't necessarily have to be moving. With that theory in mind I've been working from a high table for anything that doesn't involve a computer, and I skype on my phone. I would still recommend doing some other kind of daily exercise as well. I used to try to sneak some learning into my gym time, but now I just focus on doing what I'm there to do. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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