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LinguaphoneConversationalCourse 10297451
LinguaphoneConversationalCourse 10297451
C O N V E R SAT I O N A L C O U R SE
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S T U D E NT S
I NS T R U C T I O NS
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S T U D E NT S
I NS T R U C T I O NS
IN A P H O NE I N ST I T U T E
L I N G U AP H O N E I N ST I T U T E , L T D .
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2 0 7 - 2 09 , R e gen t S t ree t , L o n d on , W . x,
3 0, P la ( a, Ne w ( o r k,
a nd t b r o u g l wu t t h e wor ld
I ND E ( .
I nt r o du ctio n
H o w t o m ake the m o s t of the L i ngu ap h o ne Course
I nst ru ctio ns f or A du l t S tu d e n ts
P reliminary A dvi ce
General In structions and Exercises
Su mmary o f Ex rcises e
G neral A dvice
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Final N ote
I nst ru ctio ns f or C h i l dren
E x er cis e s for C h i l dre n un d er 12
widely rea d and widely verse d in the cultu r e of their own nation .
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knowle dge to others and in un der s tanding and sm oothin g out
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for how many time s to listen and how to ab sorb all that there
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the momen t you may not see the v alue of t h e m— i f you are pre
pared to begin a t t h e beginning and go on t ill you come t o the
e nd — y o u will find t ha t a t e v e ry s t ep of your progr e ss as o n a
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a t your feet .
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Beginner s .
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o nly how t o speak t he lan guage but also how to write it and
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unders t an d i t .
tr ary the fi rs t few record s are spoken very slowly and delibe r
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clearer and more distinct the foreign words b ecome to you and ,
I ( POR T AN T .
Do no t at t e m p t t o p r no u nce t h e
o s e nt ences alo u d unt il
i ns tru ct e d to do so.
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GE N E RA L I NS T RU CTI ONS .
colle c ted by the needle as it tra v els round the groove s may dis to r t
th e sound Never use worn needles Find out how often y ou
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D e c ide how m uch you can assi m ilate in the time y ou have
allowed for y our stu dy and work to that plan Ex perience
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P rel i m i n ary E ar t ra i ni ng -
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. s ten to it twice m ore following,
t he t ext .
If neces s ary repeat this exer cise se v eral t imes more Then play
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and each word and to identify the spoken wor d with the p rm ted
text.
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2 .
U n d erst a n di ng .
w ill help to make the meaning of the s ente nces clear to you and
t o fix the words 1 n your mind Wherever a number 1 5 a t tached .
le sson there you will see the same n u mber a t tache d to the obj e c t
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Si len tly
. At this s t ag do e n ot a ttemp t to pronoun c e the
foreign words .
3 .
b ook and then concen t rating o n the pictures and l ooking at the
v ariou s obj ec t s as t hey a men t i o ned By n o w you sh ould hav
re . e
the m.
E ar t ra i ni ng
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S p ell i ng— Writi ng
co m b i n e d with .
Listen again while follo w ing th e t ext in the book this t ime
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t hree or fo u r t imes .
a special scrip t prac t ise first wi th the alphabet and i ndi v i dual
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wor ds ( .
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D e t a i le d E ar t ra i ni n g
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. rlined and
lis ten to tha t s en tence again and again witho ut the book un til ,
yo u are able to u nd ers t and i t all P roceed in the s ame way to the
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a re ab le to unde r s t and e v e r y w o rd .
S p ea ki ng .
You are now ready to s t ar t speaking the words and sen tences
you hav e heard If you are t o be under s tood easil y you mu s t
.
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whe th er you can de tec t any di fference R epe at until you are .
qui te satisfied t hat your p r o n u ncia tion and intona t ion co rrec tl
r ep r od u c e th o se of th e rec o r d P r oc eed in the same way with
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D i ct a ti o n .
D i c tation
from the re cord gives ex cellent practice in ear
training s pelling and writing at the s ame time P lay a few
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t his way compare it with the printed text and c orrect any m i s
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R ea di ng .
to satis fy your self that y ou und ers t and every word y ou hear .
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10 .
S p o n t a n e o us C o nv ersio n of Im a g es i nto S p ok e n
Wo r d s .
t o the text A lway s say th e words aloud Now take ano ther
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D e t ai le d U n d ers t an di ng o f t h e Te x t .
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( i n al Test .
esson .
m aking a final che c k on the c orre c tness of your pronu nc iation and
intonation .
SUPP LE ( E N T AR ( E ( E R CI S E S .
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remaining questio ns .
14 .
ques t ion then lis ten t o th e same ( u e s t ion to see whe ther y our
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the an s wer A s soon a s you hear th e answer s top the record and
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I ND E P E ND E N T S E L ( E ( PR E SS I ON .
find in the end t hat within the limit s of this book y our master y
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GE N E R AL AD V ICE — I ( POR T AN T .
Never take any sound for granted Make s ure alway s that .
Engli s h equi v alent The Fren c h legon doe s not soun d the s ame
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a s the English less n The s t ress in the Fren c h wor d vis i teu
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v is i t o
r .The s ound of a in S panish fa m ili a or Italian fam igli a
is not the sam e as in the English word fam ily( the Italian genti le
is not pronoun ce d in the same way as the En li s h gent ile nor ,
hair ? (
I t i s be tter to d o a li ttl e a t a time at regular inter v als t han
a great deal a t irre gular intervals .
as i t might otherwi s e do .
TH E SOUNDS R E C ORD .
I NA L NO TE ( .
And now that you ha v com t o the end of t his Cours you e e e,
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v , e
a las t ing knowl dge of the lang u ag you hav e chosen You c an
e e .
e e . e ,
are well fit ted to set out on a v oyage of explora t ion in the litera
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way you increase your knowledge while you are making use o f
it .
e e ,
in each c ase the finest and most represen t a t ive exam ples of the
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nation s li teratu re and are m o st beauti f u lly and sy m pa t heti c ally
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our will be th e ,
lighter and e ven m ore abundant and sati s fy ing the rewar d
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I n stru c ti o n s fo r C hi ldr en
Children of twel v e and over s hould in mo s t c a se s be able
to follow the s ame instructions as for adults Children under .
twe lve who are able to read may take the exer c ises given below .
a cquain ted wi th e ach p art of the text b e fore taking the child
throu b it Tho s e who already unders t and the language will
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GE N E RA L E ( E R C ISE S .
1 .
P rel i m i n ar y E ar t ra i ni ng
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several ti m es
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. without looking at the b ook ,
2 .
U n derst an di ng .
3 .
E ar t ra i ni n g
- i n co nj un cti o n wit hTe x t an d P i ctu re s .
ing the text in th bo o k then co ncentr a t ing on the pic tu res and
e ,
4 .
E ar t ra i ni n g
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and S p eaki ng .
way with the rest of the pas s age sentence by sen tence
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5 .
R ea di ng .
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Writi ng an d E ar t ra i ni ng -
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SUPP LE ( E N T AR ( E ( E R CI S E S .
A fter the first few lessons of the Course have been completed ,
While the chil d 1 3 looking at th e large picture ask him the fol
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A t first the child s answer s will be short and s imple but with ,
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2 .
3 .
4 .
5 .
Make sure tha t the child unders t an ds the full mean ing of
w h a t he has he ard on the re c ord Gi v e hi m the English of ea ch
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sen te n ce and let him s a y what the equiv alent is in the forei gn
lan gua ge.
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H aving gone through t he whole of the text as in di cate d above ,
le t the child pick o u t the v arious obj ects in the pi c ture and give
t heir foreign equivalents .
SUPP LE ( E N T AR ( E ( E R CI S E S
on C o nv ers a ti o n co n sisti n g o f ( u e sti o ns an d A ns wers .
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Le t th e child lis ten t o t he firs t q u es t ion and make him s elf
thorou ghly familiar wi th it .
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3 .
p eat i n
g each time the ques t ion alo u d .
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Le t the child lis ten to the ques tion again and give th e
an s wer from memory Con t inu e in t he s ame way with all
. th e
que s tions and answer s .
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A sk q u e stions first in th eir p r oper order and then a t
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L I N G U AP H O N E I N ST I T U T E , LTD .
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2 09 , R e gen t S t ree t ,
L ond on , W . x .
C o p y r i g nt . All r i g lxt s r e s er v ed .
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P r n t ed i n G r ea t ( r t a n fo r I n te r n at ona l C a t alo gu e s , L t d , 2 0 7 -2 09 ,
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R e gen t S t r eet , L on d on , W r , b . i
T h e W oo d b r d ge P r es s , L t d , .
G u l or d i .
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R ET U RN T O D E S ( ( R O( W H I CH ( O R R O W ED
h s boo k
T i s s
i s du e o n t h e la t dat e t am p e d b lo w
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o n th e dat e t o w i h ch
r ene ed w .
R e ne w ed bo ks
o ar e su b je ct to i mm e di at e c
r e a ll .