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Language that survives a new situation
Ten bounded practices for moving from familiar examples to usable listening, vocabulary and interaction.
10 elements · Explore in any order.
1 checklist · 1 heuristic · 8 protocols
10 elements
Hear the contrast across different voices
Learning one recording is not the same as learning to hear a sound.
Read the idea ProtocolUse captions, then check what your ears understood
The subtitles may be doing more of the listening than you are.
Read the idea ProtocolRepeat the message, not a memorised script
Keep the idea stable while making its delivery easier.
Read the idea HeuristicLearn a word with the company it keeps
Knowing each word does not guarantee that the words belong together.
Read the idea ProtocolCheck a phrase in real usage
A plausible sentence is not a usage record.
Read the idea ProtocolPractise from meaning to the missing word
Recognition and production are different appointments with the same word.
Read the idea ProtocolLeave room for the learner to repair the sentence
Hearing the right sentence is not the same as producing the repair.
Read the idea ChecklistCheck the vocabulary burden before blaming yourself
A level label cannot read the page for you.
Read the idea ProtocolGive each speaker information the other needs
A real information gap gives the next question a job.
Read the idea ProtocolChange the request when the situation changes
Politeness is not a longer sentence with please attached.
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