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the_rck ([personal profile] the_rck) wrote in [personal profile] telophase 2006-05-04 04:53 pm (UTC)

If you find that typing helps, you might also try writing things out.

When I took Spanish in high school, our teacher used to hand out dittoed vocabulary lists. I'd sit in class and trace over the letters. I usually picked a letter and went through the sheet, tracing over every instance of that letter, (I tried tracing everything over from beginning to end, but I tended to get bored and lose focus. Adding in the searching for letters kept me paying attention) and then went back, picked another letter and repeated the process. That not only gave me a kinestetic way of learning but also forced me to read the words over and over again.

I'd also suggest trying to write sentences in the language. If you can get as far as paragraphs, it'll help you work at the grammar. It's extra work, but it can be *very* helpful.

Depending on the language, you may also be able to find certain English language children's books translated into it. I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Are All the Giants Dead? in Spanish and found that knowing the story made working out the verb tenses and conjugations and vocabulary easier. (I also picked up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Wizard of Oz in French and could work out quite a bit more than I expected by combining my knowledge of Spanish with my knowledge of the stories.)

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