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--- Forwarded Message from Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Francoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:58:41 -0700 >Subject: Re: #9476.5 Anyone using Tell Me More? >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> I do not know TMM in depth --even though it's been my intention to explore the Spanish version which I have for my own learning needs. However, I'd like to chime in (belatedly) on the voice recognition element and sound waves. a. I don't have the easiest time getting a perfect score in my native language. (Same with Rosetta Stone by the way.) b. More importantly, I think that sound waves are a visual distraction more than a help. There is plenty our eyes do and can do when it comes to learning a language. Basically, we know how to read (that is in the "easier" languages that share an alphabet), and it's often a struggle to ask for books to be closed in class: written language is used as a crutch, but comes in the way of practising oral/aural skills. By the way, while I can't imagine how it would work in an academic setting requiring assessment, I have loved Pimsleur for my own use. No bells and whistles; you can do the lessons while you drive, walk, or jog. I have never met anyone who didn't think that... it works, and I know people who have used it in many different languages, even someone who used it for Modern Hebrew, not an easy language I gather. Pimsleur relies on mouth and ears. No eyes involved. Francoise *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************