Hi, Lou! I used to use a program which I think is Language Reactor where it would put the readings of the kanji ccfor me to read along. Of course, when things got too hard, I’d just switch it to English. I’ve never thought about double subtitles before and I think that it’s a brilliant idea! For some reason, this post reminded me of a professor us told me to pick any show episode or movie that I like enough to watch obsessively until we knew the dialogue by heart (kind of like how a lot of us did with cartoons as kids). Once we reach that level, we would have had great pronunciation practice! I’ve never tried it myself but now I think I want to!💛
Watching over and over again is apparently super helpful to pick up things you might have missed.
I struggle with watching the same thing twice, but since I mostly do shorter sessions (20-60 min a few times a week), I always have new content to watch! 😊
I swear by double subtitles too! It's weird but even when I watch a cdrama with just English subs, I always feel that I'm messing extra context or nuances. Double subs help because I can read what I'm hearing along with getting a quick translation or what was said.
We use the same strategies when watching shows in our TLs! The only difference is that I watch science fiction because that interests me and it's also what I'd watch in English. I have a hard time letting myself watch shows because I lose interest even if I'm enjoying the show (again, I'm the same way with English shows). I want to watch more shows but I'd rather work with than against myself. It's no good to force yourself to do things you don't want to do.
Hi, Lou! I used to use a program which I think is Language Reactor where it would put the readings of the kanji ccfor me to read along. Of course, when things got too hard, I’d just switch it to English. I’ve never thought about double subtitles before and I think that it’s a brilliant idea! For some reason, this post reminded me of a professor us told me to pick any show episode or movie that I like enough to watch obsessively until we knew the dialogue by heart (kind of like how a lot of us did with cartoons as kids). Once we reach that level, we would have had great pronunciation practice! I’ve never tried it myself but now I think I want to!💛
Watching over and over again is apparently super helpful to pick up things you might have missed.
I struggle with watching the same thing twice, but since I mostly do shorter sessions (20-60 min a few times a week), I always have new content to watch! 😊
I swear by double subtitles too! It's weird but even when I watch a cdrama with just English subs, I always feel that I'm messing extra context or nuances. Double subs help because I can read what I'm hearing along with getting a quick translation or what was said.
We use the same strategies when watching shows in our TLs! The only difference is that I watch science fiction because that interests me and it's also what I'd watch in English. I have a hard time letting myself watch shows because I lose interest even if I'm enjoying the show (again, I'm the same way with English shows). I want to watch more shows but I'd rather work with than against myself. It's no good to force yourself to do things you don't want to do.
Great post!
This is great advice - don't watch something you wouldn't want to watch otherwise!! It should be fun! 😊
I use LingoPie for videos sometimes. I’ve never heard of Language Reactor so I’ll check that out!