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How much of your audio consumption is in English? #16 (permalink) Fri Aug 25, 2006 14:56 pm   How much of your audio consumption is in English?		  
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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How much of your audio consumption is in English? #17 (permalink) Fri Aug 25, 2006 16:43 pm   How much of your audio consumption is in English?		  
Hi, Amy:
Thanks for your compliments! Embarassed
I will consider your advice____to watch more english movies when I have much free time. In fact, Jamie's study experiences make me recall those days spent on english listening, I took the buses with my walkman on hands, It was very noisy so I had to turn the tune high. It was really useful to me, because I felt happy to listen to my tapes while watching the outside . Everything seemed to become nice immediately.
So that is , everyone has his way of learning English. The point is that it is suitable for you and you are loving it! Wink

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