I’ve found a lot of success with using memory techniques for reading comprehension, but I’ve found that my listening comprehension is terrible.
I’ve looked around on the internet and it seems that the universally agreed way to improve is by listening to hundreds of hours of content. While I agree, I do wonder if I can make this process more efficient using mnemonics.
Since listening comprehension is about getting your brain to recognize patterns through hours of exposure, I figure if you take audio clips and memorize them that might speed up the process of your brain remembering enough examples to recognize a pattern, right?
My problem is I have no idea how to apply the current mnemonic techniques I know to audio clips.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or have you done something similiar before?
More sitting there focusing, I’m definitely not at the level where I can not pay attention and still understand. Although if you do have tips for more advanced learners then you can also share them!
I did some experimenting and experienced a huge leap in comparison today (going from understanding 10% of simple French to 80%) I think that memorizing sentences in a memory palace might be the way to go. I memorize the words + practice recording myself saying them (copying a French speaker saying the words) in my Anki deck.
I have a French exam coming up next week so perhaps I’ll reflect more once I recieve my results, but I am really amazed at what memorizing like 20 or so sentences has done. I’ve gone from accepting that I’m going to complete fail the listening portion to believing I`ve got a real shot at it if i can get a critical mass of sentences before my test.
This.
Working on prononciation helps a lot for listening.
It’s hard to hear sounds you don’t really know, so working on prononciation from the start is really important.
Something I wish I understood sooner. Alas I was a shy teenager and hid behind the excuse that I’m a visual learner to avoid speaking… My loss