http://storiesfrombeijing.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/tv/ Stories from Beijing Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://storiesfrombeijing.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/tv/#comment-446 Ellen Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:49:26 +0000 http://storiesfrombeijing.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-446 TV really helped me learn Croatian/Bosnian. Though, it did have lots of help in that American shows were broadcast in English, with subtitles. Turns out I'm a visual learner, so seeing all the casual conversation and slang translated right before me helped me learn a whole lot. Hearing it from the mouths of my friends later was just the bonus reinforcement I needed. However, it was a Croatian TV news broadcast which helped me realize that I had broken through my language learning plateau - I realized "Wow! Even though I didn't know every single word that that guy just said, I understood exactly what he was talking about!" That was a good day. TV really helped me learn Croatian/Bosnian. Though, it did have lots of help in that American shows were broadcast in English, with subtitles. Turns out I’m a visual learner, so seeing all the casual conversation and slang translated right before me helped me learn a whole lot. Hearing it from the mouths of my friends later was just the bonus reinforcement I needed. However, it was a Croatian TV news broadcast which helped me realize that I had broken through my language learning plateau - I realized “Wow! Even though I didn’t know every single word that that guy just said, I understood exactly what he was talking about!” That was a good day.

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