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Dec 08, 2016 - 10:07 AM
I've done this too (listen first without knowng what they say). It's a tough exercise at this level, but it's very useful to do it this way I think. It forces you to concentrate hard, and yes, sometimes you won't figure out what is said. It's okay, just read it, you'll then hear the words that you missed and your brain will adapt. What I've done with this particular exercise was to force myself to not go to the next sentence until I'm able to speak over what is said at the exact same speed without any error (technique called "shadowing"). It's tough but it's so rewarding when you finally get it right and I believe that it helps a lot when trying to get fluidity. A trick for doing this is to start from the end. For example if you try to repeat a sentence like this:
"No pude salir de casa porque hice mucho frio y se me olvidó el abrigo en la oficina”. I would repeat like this:
"oficina"
"en la oficina"
"abrigo en la oficina"
"olvidó el abrigo en la oficina" etc.. I found this to be much easier than trying to start from the beginning.
"No pude salir de casa porque hice mucho frio y se me olvidó el abrigo en la oficina”. I would repeat like this:
"oficina"
"en la oficina"
"abrigo en la oficina"
"olvidó el abrigo en la oficina" etc.. I found this to be much easier than trying to start from the beginning.
Dec 08, 2016 - 11:09 AM
Try logging into online.fluenz.com and using the "Slow Speech" option. That should be helpful!
