Re:Show HN: Deckmill – affordable, high quality, language-le...
by amelo on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:32PM
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Hi spoonjim! In our experience it's important to train your ears to listen to native speakers as early as possible in the learning process. However, you are correct that listening to slow speaking is also very pedagogical -- this is exactly why we provide a 0.5x speed version of the audio, alongside the 1x (native-like) version.
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Re:Show HN: Deckmill – affordable, high quality, language-le...
by spoonjim on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:34PM
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Yes, I tried the 0.5x version, but it's not the way that a Spanish teacher talks. A good Spanish teacher emphasizes the parts of the sounds that are different from English, and doesn't slow down even close to 0.5x -- it's more like 10%, but a much clearer 10%.
In this example, a Spanish teacher would have put more of a pause between "Mi" and "hermano", not such a weird elongation of the "o" in "hermano", and less emphasis on the "es" (even a native conversation would not have that kind of stress on the "es").