| The two most important of these styles are known as [b]Intensive Reading | Submit new or vote |
| The more you become self-aware, the more you can reflect on how you could formulate certain sentence... | Submit new or vote |
| Every time you meet someone new, discuss a new topic, or try to approach a certain subject in an unu... | Submit new or vote |
| Human interaction is the realm of improvisation and unexpectedness.
[b]N... | Submit new or vote |
| They think that if they wait and study long enough, then they will be able to handle everything perf... | Submit new or vote |
| However, many language learners—myself included, sometimes—prefer keeping their mouth shut instead o... | Submit new or vote |
| It is as if my brain got particularly good at recording [b]unexpected corre... | Submit new or vote |
| This is my story, the language lessons I have learned along the way, and how these lessons can help ... | Submit new or vote |
| If I had a penny for every language mistake I have made over the years, I would be rich. Filthy rich... | Submit new or vote |
| In fact, in the world we live in, [b]no real growth is possible without dis... | Submit new or vote |
| {1}
Written by [a {4}]... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Step 3: Listen Again, and Mark Variations in Tone[/h2... | Submit new or vote |
| Some of these pauses are marked with punctuation, like a comma or period. Some are not.
Using t... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Step 2: Divide Each Sentence Into Chunks[/h2]
... | Submit new or vote |
| {2}
While listening and reading, make sure you are seated comfortably, w... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Step 1: Listen to Each Sentence Twice[/h2]
Le... | Submit new or vote |
| To do this activity effectively, you'll need:
- A [b]printed copy | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Preparing yourself[/h2]
I recommend studying ... | Submit new or vote |
| That's why I've developed a system to make intonation accessible to language learners, so it can be ... | Submit new or vote |
| For intonation patterns...nothing. Or at least, nothing intuitive, easy and concrete. There are thou... | Submit new or vote |
| There are many reasons for this, but I believe this happens mostly because there's no intuitively ea... | Submit new or vote |
| Intonation plays a wide variety of subtle-but-important roles in every language spoken on the planet... | Submit new or vote |
| I could make the sounds, but when I tried to mimic the rhythm, the pitch, and the musicality of the ... | Submit new or vote |
| Intonation Patterns | Submit new or vote |
| He just needed a roadmap; he needed to know what steps to take to head in the right direction.
No... | Submit new or vote |
| If you can be consistent, and maintain such a routine for months, and years, you will find soon enou... | Submit new or vote |
| The biggest lesson I had to share with him was this:
[b]Be patient | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]6. Vary Your Listening Routine[/h2]
For any l... | Submit new or vote |
| When working on your listening skills, take out a notebook or piece of paper, and do the following:
... | Submit new or vote |
| To get the maximal value from your listening activities, you need to turn passive listening into act... | Submit new or vote |
