Slowed-down speech - the root of listening comprehension failure?

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Re: Slowed-down speech - the root of listening comprehension failure?

Postby Marais » Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:38 pm

Φιλόσοφος wrote:The root of listening comprehension failure, as with everything else relating to language learning, is fretting about it.

You learn a language by reading meaningful, semantic texts with a dictionary by your side, then you listen until you become used to it. That's all. Giving it more than two seconds' thought is the reason why some never get around to actually learning a language.

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Re: Slowed-down speech - the root of listening comprehension failure?

Postby Serpent » Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:31 pm

Delaying listening is unnecessary, and it can be harmful. Sure, it depends on your goals and the specific language - most learners of Latin don't seem to regret not listening :D But the situation where your reading is much better than your listening is not inevitable.
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