[EnglishLanguage 3508] Re: oral vs reading traditionsAndrea Wilder andreawilder at comcast.netMon Jan 19 16:19:29 EST 2009
Steve--Have you used Rosetta Stone? Andrea On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Steve Kaufmann wrote: > You can buy a starter course for a language, or borrow one at the > library. Teach Yourself, Colloquial, Assimil, Pimsleur, these are > just a few. To go further in a language, there is an abundance of > content on the web, podcasts, radio stations and the like. At first > you have to listen repeatedly to a limit range of content, but in > time, as you understand better, you do not listen as often and > instead cover more and more interesting content. I do not worry > about how to pronounce things until I have been listening for at > least 6 months or more. > > For my Russian I have enjoyed audio books, and right now especially > enjoy a wonderful source of radio interviews complete with > transcripts. both of which are available for free download daily. > > Much of this kind of content is available in our language libraries > at LingQ, and anything that is not free of copyright can be still > imported into t he system for pesonal use, but cannot be shared. > > The Internet and the MP3 player have exploded the opportunities for > finding sound content and carrying it with you. Language labs have > been made obsolete. > > Steve Kaufmann > www.lingq.com > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Andrea Wilder > <andreawilder at comcast.net> wrote: > Steve--"Listening to recordings," what ones are you listening to? > Programs? Radio? > > Thanks! > > Andrea :) > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Steve Kaufmann wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> Do you recommend different writing systems for each regional >> accent? In French this would mean a Quebecois writing system,a >> Parisian writing system, a Toulouse writing system, or in English >> a Texas writing system, a London writing system, a Boston writing >> system, a Yorkshire writing system and all the shades of >> difference in between. >> >> Listening to recordings is more useful. I have studied 12 >> languages and only rely on the sound. I never use any phonetic >> script. I do not trust them. I trust what I hear, and then I >> connect that to the script that I see. >> >> I admire your enthusiasm but I do not understand the usefulness >> of truespel. >> >> Steve Kaufmann >> www.lingq.com >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> National Institute for Literacy >> Adult English Language Learners mailing list >> EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov >> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to >> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage >> Email delivered to andreawilder at comcast.net > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult English Language Learners mailing list > EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage > Email delivered to steve at thelinguist.com > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult English Language Learners mailing list > EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage > Email delivered to andreawilder at comcast.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/englishlanguage/attachments/20090119/3779d8d9/attachment.html
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