![]() Whatever it really does, here's what I think it does for me: Sometimes, I let it run for quite a while because it's fun to say this sentence over and over, and at other times, I do it only about 10 times in total and move on to the next sentence. Sometimes I skip a round or two to listen and focus on some phonological detail I'm not sure about etc. I play around with the volume, loud at first to hear clearly all the sounds, quieter later to be able to better compare my own production to that of the native speaker. After a number of repeats I'm usually in sync and can then focus on the finer details. Then I speak along, trying to match the native speaker as well as possible. ![]() I usually plug in only one ear plug so that I can hear myself more easily. I open a sound file with Audacity, select a phrase or sentence (2-5 seconds) with the mouse, and press Shift+Space to start an endless loop. Maybe I missed something about it, but to me it seems really, really easy. I do chorusing quite a bit and find it fun. There is no need for using Audacity unless you really must slice sentences out of a longer recording. I can write up how to do this if anyone is interested. You can implement an endless loop with a little html markup and then play your sentences in any browser on any device. Simply copy some sentences off Tatoeba or a similar site. Why not use something already made?Īgree that his method could be implemented without Audacity. Why fiddle with audacity? Still maybe it is better for certain languages and easier to use than I think, but my idea of it is it just seems fiddly. This is one area in which courses can be excellent - slow pronunciation, detailed descriptions of how to produce particular sounds, plenty of audio repeat exercises. One only need to focus on the phonetics of the language and aim to improve one's pronunciation. PeterMollenburg wrote:I haven't read the paper yet but I think I understand the concept and have seen some ppl use audacity in their language studies. Or élisions or amuïssements in French with dropped E or silent letters. However for a language like French, I'd be more inclined to pick sentences which allow you to produce the French R and the French U as well as nasal sounds which English speakers have problems with. For Chinese (as per the video) this is more helpful since you have to learn the tones and be comforatble with them. I think the point is to assist with your pronunciation in areas where you are having difficulty. I don't think the point is to burn specific sentences into your brain. I will have to choose sentences very carefully, since I will be practicing them so much, and burning them into my brain. ![]() * put each sentence on repeat for hundreds of times and speak along with the sentence.ĭo this for 100 hours until you have mastered pronunciation for all of your 20-30 sentences. * choose a very small set of sample sentences, maybe 20-30. I think there is no more to it than this: I would have liked a little more direction on how to organize a practice session. After reading it I'm still not quite certain that I totally understand his method. ![]() Tomás wrote:Thanks for that link, very stimulating. ![]()
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