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chaz47 · Joined: 11 Sep 2003

I hope the title isn't misleading.

I am preparing my own study material and was wondering if their's an ideal number of repetitions or order of placement for word pairings in an audio recording...

for example...

ka-ge ka-ge ka-ge ~ store

or...

ka-ge ~store, ka-ge ~store, ka-ge ~store?

Do you understand what I mean?

Their must be some research out there but I thought that I'd ask here first.

postfundie · Joined: 28 May 2004

actually this is a good question ....i don't really have an opinion just yet

aphase · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

just say the word and think about the thing the word represents enough times till it sticks in your head. thats my advice. it might take forever depending on your learning ability. some weird psychology a friend of mine said he learned is that its supposed to take like 15 times of repeating it is suggested. blah blah blah. blah blah blah. blah blah blah. did you ever wonder about the smurfs? Theres a hidden message in there. they also could all speak the same language. and in the end gargamale didn't get his meal. but he did make smurfette. did you know she had black hair when she was first created?

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Mashimaro · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location

I am no linguistics expert, but I'd suggest thinking in English as little as possible.

You have to get to the point where you are thinking in Korean. If you are memorising the word for store, just picture the store in your head.

Eventually you need to be able to recall Korean vocab quickly, and if they are associated directly to images of the object it will be easier than first thinking of the English equivalent.

chaz47 · Joined: 11 Sep 2003

I am using a vocabulary book that offers a recording of a native speaker, it only uses words, one by one, no repetition. I'm using Audacity to edit the mp3s and inserting a recording of my own voice as the translation.

The goal is to have something I can fall asleep listening to or something that would be easier to access than pulling out the book on a crowded subway.

Kind of like audio flash cards, that would be a great example of what I want to achieve. So maybe varying the order would be a good idea? But if I did that then my brain might not be able to avoid it in a less active state (the twilight zone between waking and sleeping).

Example sentences... hmmm.... that would be ideal but I doubt I could get anyone to sit with me long enough to do it. Maybe if I offered a little bit of money or some coffee... I dunno.

Embarassed

Qinella, you were totally right on the spelling.