Welcome to your language journey!
You came here for some support and accountability and here it is, your first homework assignment. I want you to go out and listen to your language.
Sounds
What, no memorization, no worksheets? “Let’s start at the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start.” Your first step is to listen to your language. “What, I won’t understand a word” you might be thinking.
Phonemes
We are indeed starting at the beginning, with the pieces of a language. A spoken language is made up of pieces (phonemes) of sound that when put together become representations of more complex things. The pieces themselves don’t have meaning, but without them nothing does. So first, learn about your phonemes. After you have the pieces, then you can start to put them together to say something. Read through the section on sounds in the Language tab for more information on why this is important. Next, check out opera singer Gabriel Wyner of “Fluent Forever” . He has a fabulous write-up about language and sound.
Check here (https://talkingdictionaries.app/) and here (https://www.eldp.net/here link) or here learnyourlanguage.com/interesting-places-to find some clips of someone speaking your language. Bonus points for children’s programing. Double bonus for songs or rhymes. Comprehension is not the goal right now, just cadence and flow.
Places to find sound clips
https://languageconservancy.org/
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/region
http://learnyourlanguage.com/Interesting-places-to
Your family
Seasame Street:
Embassy Websites
YouTube covers–Can you sing “Let it Go” from “Frozen” 40+ ways?? Irish, X, X