{"id":515,"date":"2009-11-29T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T15:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/?p=515"},"modified":"2009-12-05T17:53:43","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T17:53:43","slug":"listening-and-learning-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/29\/listening-and-learning-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening and learning – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking further about yesterday\u2019s post<\/a>, where I advised trying to understand the gist of a sentence, rather than every word.<\/p>\n

Another tip is to listen to a lot of the language you\u2019re studying, even if you don\u2019t understand any of what is said. This can get you used to the rhythm of the language, and how words sound. I like to have Spanish TV or radio on in the background of whatever I\u2019m doing, occasionally tuning in to actively try and listen and understand. It\u2019s helped make the fast Spanish I hear in everyday life a little less scary!<\/p>\n

This is backed up by research which shows the best way to learn a language is through frequent exposure to it. <\/p>\n

\n“Our ability to learn new words is directly related to how often we have been exposed to the particular combinations of the sounds which make up the words. If you want to learn Spanish, for example, frequently listening to a Spanish language radio station on the internet will dramatically boost your ability to pick up the language and learn new words.” (Source: Victoria University<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you\u2019re wondering where you can find an internet radio station in your chosen language, multilingualbooks.com<\/a> is a great find which has numerous popular languages broadcast in news and podcasts as well as internet radio and television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thinking further about yesterday\u2019s post, where I advised trying to understand the gist of a sentence, rather than every word. Another tip is to listen to a lot of the language you\u2019re studying, even if you don\u2019t understand any of what is said. This can get you used to the rhythm of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,40,327,16],"tags":[434,123,427,436,165,432,327,433,435],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hints-and-tips","category-language-acquisition","category-spanish","category-technology","tag-internet-radio","tag-language-learning","tag-listening","tag-multilingual-books","tag-radio","tag-rhythm-of-language","tag-spanish","tag-spanish-tv","tag-victoria-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}