Shadowing Discussed

Alexander Arguelles presents a discussion and commentary of his technique of "shadowing" foreign languages. For more information, please refer to http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• shadowing
• foreign
• language
• learning
• linguistics
• lecture
• technique
• method
• skill
• polyglottery
• polyglots
• acquisition

[mekalika]

How do you edit out the pauses in Assimil..?

[ProfASAr]

Please watch the next video for more details on this.

[sebtuber]

What is one to do on cold periods of the year or in cold climates? Do you pace around halls of some empty building, or a treadmill during winter?

To all reading, this is not to mock this video or this approach. It is a legit concern of mine.

[ProfASAr]

Yes, either of these would be acceptable alternatives in truly inclement weather or frigid climates if you have been working with this method and find the motion to be as beneficial as I myself do.

[anne241163]

How about putting on clothes fit for the climate? That's what we do in Norway :)

[4545454545asp]

tremendous sense of humor at 2:57

[makeiteasyable]

thanks for the info it helps a lot

[marckami]

It's convenient to convert those videos into mp3 and listen to them on your mp3. Use this site youtube-mp3 [dot] org

[Haseeb2]

The motor cortex of the brain is used when doing any type of physical activity... this includes exercising and articulating speech. Also, whenever we listen and repeat words, we are using two parts of the brain called Broca's area and Wernicke's area. To optimize one's study time, we should minimize the activity in different parts of the brain as much as possible, not increase it. This is why from a neurological standpoint this technique is worst than sitting down and studying only.

[darthmop1]

i have several ways to study a language but this is the most interesting i've heard ever of. Today i met a 15 year old French, able to write perfect english and german, learning japanese on record time. He told me of this technique and that i should try it myself on mandarin. I say i give it a shot. Thank you for the all the detailed information.

[martinraeside]

I'm just about to complete the Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese course - mostly by taking my mp3 player for long walks - not shadowing, but I would certainly say my state of mind, attention, and concentration are always best outdoors. Plus it eliminates the conflict between finding time to study and also remain healthy. I also seem to be more willing to repeat and revise - the scenery changes anyway.

[jceja24]

Merci. Obrigado. Gracias. Thanks

[shounenbat510]

@Yusuke1096 I still have that problem somewhat. When I'm listening to Japanese, I seem to want to translate it into English in my head first, and then formulate my response in English before translating it into Japanese. Hopefully, this technique will help me.

[karlkid333]

Professor, perhaps it is that students are looking for an abstraction of the practice; a summary, without mention of all concrete details, so that they may follow an axiom rather than a schedule. Some prefer to compress the information of life rather than relay it bit by bit.

[19fas88]

All due respect Arguelles you did not invent the concept of shadowing. Whether or not you invented a variation of it; I have no idea.