 #16 (permalink) Fri Aug 25, 2006 14:56 pm How much of your audio consumption is in English? |
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| spencer wrote: |
| You have to distract (if this is the right word here) your mind in order to let your subconscious do the real work. |
This is one of the points I was trying to make.
| spencer wrote: |
| (Torsten's right, while you're focusing on your driving the 95% of your mind is ready, and open for information) |
This is what I've noticed. Because in the US we can get a lot of really comprehensive audio programs from the government for learning almost any language (includng Igbo!), I have always wound up doing a lot of my language learning while driving. I find that the language gets absorbed well while I'm paying attention to something else. The other advantage of learning in the car is that the mechanical and highway noise encourages you to talk louder.
Another time I've always learned is while walking at night. For some reason, I find that practicing the language using audio programs while walking around my neighborhood at 11:00 p.m. or so helps me learn. In this case, again, most of my conscious attention is not devoted to the task of learning.
And it's funny how the same practices have spanned the technology eras. I started out doing all these things with cassettes, skipped over the portable CD player era, and now I'm using an MP3 player. The technology has completely changed (for the better!) but my practice is the same. |
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