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Repeating the sounds (out loud or in your head) will give you a feel for the language. Memorize not just words, but sentences and even songs to get the rhythm and intonation of the language.
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The more you expose yourself to the new language, the sooner you will become familiar with its sounds and structures. Familiarity, in turn, will speed understanding.
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Create the need to talk in your new language. Regularly, seek opportunities for conversations, brief and long, with old neighbors and new friends.
Start with short sentences. Be prepared to make mistakes. Welcome when someone corrects you.
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Read words, sentences, children’s books, newspaper articles. Read as far and near as you can, whether out loud to an audience or quietly to yourself.
Seeing the language in print helps you understand word structures. It also anchors the new sounds, and helps them get impr...
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Read words, sentences, children’s books, newspaper articles. Read as far and near as you can, whether out loud to an audience or quietly to yourself.
Seeing the language in print helps you understand word structures. It also anchors the new sounds, and helps them get impr...
To master the art of personal magnetism
- Speak slowly. Visualize the slow, emphatic tone of a judge delivering a verdict.
- Pause. Those who show confidence often pause for a second or two between sentences.
- Drop intonation. Lowering the tone of your voice at the e...
Say It Aloud
- Talking out aloud opens up the words, providing full thought retrieval, and using rhythm and intonation to bring out the main idea while increasing the dialogical abilities of our own speech.
- Mute inner speech, on the other hand encourages short-hand language and mental shortcuts, ...
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