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Episode 8: Questions, Part II: This Time, It’s Personal!

Posted on January 25, 2019January 27, 2019 by dave

Rick and Dave answer questions about flow, conversational fluency, materials in the target language, and Harry Potter. Listen as Rick takes the lead and discusses how he shares his techniques on pushing the intermediate-language-learning envelope, taking the listener on a thrill ride of techniques and tips until finally the listener is out of breath. Which begs the question: there’s only one listener?

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Show Notes

01:20   Question 1a: How can I improve my conversational flow?

and      Question 1b: How do I improve forming complete sentences?

08:49   Question 2: How do I maximize using native/target language media?

21:12   Question 3: How do I find books at my level in my target language?

28:13   Question 4: How can I think in a language?

And links to some things we talked about:

A sad obituary but nice article about Boris Shekhtman

Boris Shekhtman’s book on language learning

Harry Potter Translations

Rick’s presentation at the Polyglot Gathering discussing demoralization and demotivation (in French)

And, of course, the Language Learners’ Forum!

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