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English Audio Request

asad100101
224 Words / 1 Recordings / 3 Comments

According to several linguistic experts, Brain-Based Research has confirmed many standards of language learning, such as: "learning engages the entire person (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor dominas), the human brain seeks patterns in its searching for meaning, emotions affect all aspects of learning, retention and recall, past experience always affects new learning, the brain's working memory has a limited capacity, lecture usually results in the lowest degree of retention, rehearsal is essential for retention, practice [alone] does not make perfect, and each brain is unique"

Experts also stress "the importance of language learners having a low level of anxiety and a high level of motivation in order to be successful in acquiring a language. Regardless of age at which language study is begun, a critical variable is time on task"

Several foreign language studies have found that "it takes hundreds of hours of contact time to achieve a survival level of proficiency in languages such as French and Spanish and two to three times longer for languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean"

A considerable aspect in brain-based research is that "practice does not make perfect, but rather permanent, allowing the learner to use a learned skill in a new situation"

Therefore, "practice alone doesn't make perfect unless the learner understands what needs to be done to improve and is motivated to do so".

Recordings

  • Brain-Based Research ( recorded by gray53 ), Metro Atlanta -- Neutral/Southern

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Comments

gray53
Jan. 31, 2011

I tried to improve your article.

asad100101
Jan. 31, 2011

Thanks for improving my article. Yes, it was taken from wikipedia as it is. It could be written by anyone.

Your accent is quite interesting. It does not sound like a typical American accent that I'm used to.

My first impressions were like you were a non-native speaker who was grown up in the USA. After reading your profile, I was like in shock!

Something is definitely missing from your accent which I can not put my finger on it.

gray53
Feb. 1, 2011

Hmm, maybe it's because I always have my nose in a book. I know I'd never be able to work as a radio/TV announcer even if I wanted to!

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