Deutsch this time! For beginners a brilliant way to learn German vocabulary in particular is by repeated pronunciation to oneself. If you go to iTunes Ireland store, education, german there's is a podcast (which I can't remember the name) by a German guy (whose name I cant remember either). The great thing about this videocast/videopodcast is that it's free to subscribe to. The author actuallly uses a method which is very effective -audio and visual. He introduces a word with a picture illustrating that noun in the background. He repeats each new word a few times, that way the user begins to associate that word with the picture and vice-versa (this works much like flashcards), and hence the word with its meaning. Towards the end he recaps and reviews all the new words, this time with only the pitcure showing at first so that you have to try to remember the word. The new vocabulary is usually grouped according to a theme e.g the Weather, with words like rain, storm, hail etc.
This is active learning and is a very effective use of audio and video to teach new vocabulary.
Apologies, that I don't have the exact details for this podcast (I can't access iTunes right now), but I will try to put them up as soon as possible!
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I'd really like this, except I don't do German.. Did you find anything similar for French?
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