How to Learn a Language by Listening to the Radio

如何聽收音機學語言？


Did you ever study another language without feeling like you understood how it's really spoken? Would you like to get better at understanding speech in another language? One way to improve your listening skills and learn to understand native speakers when they speak at a normal rate is to listen to the radio in the language you're studying. Listening carefully can also help you improve your accent and fluency when you speak. Here's how to get the most out of your experience.

你有沒有過這樣的語言學習經歷，覺得自己雖然在學習語言，卻不懂這門語言到底是怎么說的？想不想對另一種語言表達有更好的理解？其中一種提高聽力能力和學習母語人士正常說話的方式就是聽收音機。仔細聽，能幫助你提高發音和語言的流利程度。我們的經驗之談如下：


1.Find a radio station broadcasting in the language you are studying.

找個用你正在學習的語言廣播節目的無線電臺。


2.Try a few different stations until you find one(s) that seem to work best.

在找到最好的電臺前，多試試其他的可能。


Skip the loudmouth DJs who probably don't make much sense even to those who do speak the language. For learning the language, you'll be better off if you can find a station that focuses more on things like news, weather, and call-in advice programs.

跳過那些充斥著大嘴巴主持人的音樂電臺，因為就算是母語人士來聽，也不會覺得他們的節目有多少語言學習意義。要學習語言，最好是找一個更專注于新聞、天氣和熱線建議等的電臺欄目。


3．Set aside some time each day to listen.

每天留出一點時間來聽節目。


Even if you only listen for five or ten minutes each day, you'll still be exposed to the language, and that's what you are trying to do.

就算每天只聽四到五分鐘，只要你持續接觸這種語言，你也會有所收獲的。


4．Don't worry if you don't understand anything at first.

一開始什么都不懂也別擔心。


If you're only getting the occasional word, you're still getting something. Even if you don't understand a word, you're still hearing the intonation and rhythm, the sound and the flow of the language. As you progress, you'll get better at picking out words and interpreting their meanings as they flow past at the speed of speech. This intonation and rhythm is also part of the accent that you will develop.

剛開始你可能只能聽懂零星的幾個單詞，但是你還是能學到些東西的。即使你一個單詞都不懂也沒關系，因為你在聽語音語調和節奏，你在聽語言的聲音和旋律。隨著你不斷進步， 當單詞以演講的速度出現時，你會很快的把它從句子中挑出來并說出它的意思。語調和節奏也是口音中你會學到的東西。


5. Use any contextual clues available to you to begin to understand what you hear.

剛開始理解所聽到的內容時，記得使用所有的上下文線索。


One place to start is to listen to things that repeat.

聽重復的內容會是個好開頭。