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| virgule Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6642 days ago 242 posts - 261 votes  Studies: Korean | Message 9 of 18 18 August 2006 at 6:37am | IP Logged |
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In terms of repetitions, there are such things as fatigue and boredom. Additionally, your brain will need to deal with the information learnt. This is why a single session of 200 repetitions is probably not as good as 10 sessions of 10 repetitions... Edited by virgule on 18 August 2006 at 6:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6711 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 18 18 August 2006 at 7:16am | IP Logged |
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Yes, that was my thought too. Balance between "sets" and "reps" (too use an analogy from the gym :) ).
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| maxb Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6985 days ago 536 posts - 589 votes 7 sounds Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 11 of 18 18 August 2006 at 7:59am | IP Logged |
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Actually a lot of repitions are necessary to get the rhythm
of the sentence down properly. Contrary to what you might expect this method is not boring at all! It is quite challening. It becomes a challenge to match the native speakers pronounciation as closely as possible. Especially the rhythm. According to Olle Kjellin rhythm is the most important part of intonation. He claims that if you master rhythm the intonation will come automatically. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Polyglot2005 Senior Member United States Joined 6990 days ago 184 posts - 185 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 18 18 August 2006 at 9:47am | IP Logged |
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I think the main point people are missing is that no one is saying to sit down and spend three hours doing this method and voila perfect pronounciation. Work in manageable bites of time over a period of weeks or months.
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| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6659 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 13 of 18 18 August 2006 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
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So, I was in a yoga class last spring and our teacher liked to begin each class with a chant in a language far removed from English. And she liked to go through it a few times: first herself, and then we were supposed to join in.
I politely declined the chanting portion, but everyone else in the room eventually chanted along with her without even knowing what they were saying. They matched her intonation and pronunciation exactly. Is this the same idea? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6659 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 14 of 18 18 August 2006 at 4:06pm | IP Logged |
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Also, does the "shadowing technique" (reading along with a recording) described in this forum also resemble this method?
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| The Log Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6382 days ago 57 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 15 of 18 13 April 2007 at 5:06pm | IP Logged |
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Could this method be adapted for self study using recordings such as the Assimil programs. You could cut the recordings into phrases, and listen before repeating the required amount of times. Do you think the lack of a native instructor pointing out the major bits of pronounciation would be a problem or not? You could most likely make up for this by listening for about 10 more times before repeating.
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| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6711 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 18 13 April 2007 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
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Of course, you could tailor the program (or any program, really) to suit you. If you want to repeat a sentence a hundred times, feel free to. Then, go on to next sentence...
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