tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28942361.post3722304137986195167..comments2014-04-27T14:58:20.798-07:00Comments on Journey to Thai: Thai Word of the WeekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28942361.post-61655911978704604992007-02-05T19:54:00.001-08:002007-02-05T19:54:00.001-08:00Thanks, Jeremy, for your posts on overlearning. I'...Thanks, Jeremy, for your posts on overlearning. I'm looking forward to reading more about this on your blog.Scott Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13935791260386876357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28942361.post-79071772754154058602007-02-04T23:07:00.000-08:002007-02-04T23:07:00.000-08:00Good luck with using Overlearning. It takes a lot ...Good luck with using Overlearning. It takes a lot of dedication as overlearning takes a long time for each bit you want to learn but it's worth it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28942361.post-51937356614426961722007-01-30T19:34:00.000-08:002007-01-30T19:34:00.000-08:00Thanks for the ideas and the link!
That Orville J...Thanks for the ideas and the link!<br /><br />That Orville Jenkins site has some interesting thoughts on learning tonal languages, in addition to the overlearning article.<br /><br />Glad to get your update and information about your study techniques, Peter. Sounds like it's going well.Scott Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13935791260386876357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28942361.post-44954314960808126662007-01-30T09:35:00.000-08:002007-01-30T09:35:00.000-08:00Thanks, Scott, for those links about overlearning....Thanks, Scott, for those links about overlearning.<br /><br />I've been using overlearning with my teacher for two years now. Here is one example of how we do it:<br /><br />I use the Audacity software you show in your blog links. My teacher reads and records my current lesson into an Audacity file. He speaks slowly, a phrase at a time: 2-4 words.<br /><br />After he's recorded the lesson, I go back into Audacity and use copy & paste. In the visual editor, it is easy to see each phrase segment. I'll copy each segment, then paste it five (5) times. And I'll add enough silence between each phrase so that I can repeat it myself. That way I hear him say the same phrase five times. And I repeat it five times. (You could easily do the same with recorded radio broadcasts by first importing them into Audacity.)<br /><br />Then I take that entire track and export it into an MP3 file. Can listen on my MP3 player while on the treadmill at the gym or out walking around the park.<br /><br />Using Audacity and MP3 to make recordings of repeating phrases, has been a useful format for overlearning practice. <br /><br />Overlearning seems to work well. Now Bangkok taxi drivers understand when I say where I want to go. So I'm eager for more ideas about overlearning. If you have other techniques, I hope you'll post about them.<br /><br />-- Peter<br />-- BangkokM.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08286516488140588230noreply@blogger.com