@ArchAIAlchemist
For higher intensity, you could play it at 2x speed, the Bible is a really good text for this. Personally, I like to listen to Mozart in the other ear while I do this.(learning Chinese)
@NoTengoIdeaGuey
When I was learning Spanish I also found that learning to sing along to songs in Spanish helped my pronunciation immensely. I think doing this is very similar to this method you're describing in terms of its effect. It's interesting too, because I would learn the song phonetically and then after singing along to it just for fun I would eventually look up the lyrics and be able to quickly assign meaning to the sounds I was making. It really wasn't a huge lift either, most of it would be like "Oh that's what they're saying, got it", maybe look up a slang word or two to clarify. and then the next time I'd sing along id basically sing it "perfectly" while understanding what I was saying.
@YeeLeeHaw
Great I knew this worked! Now I can listen to Mozart in one ear, a Chinese man reciting the Bible in Mandarin in another, while I walk in nature reading about the history of the Plenary Councils of Baltimore in Russian at 2x the speed, while doing linear algebra in my head for my upcoming seminar to my wife's boyfriend about the importance of commitment to your work and family.
@russiangrammar
I stumbled onto some elements of this technique when starting with Irish. Ó Siadhail's "Learning Irish" has audio texts read in a quick, natural style from the very beginning; the pace (and spelling!) were intimidating at first, so I tried shadowing the vocabulary lists and the readings over and over, normally while walking around, before allowing myself to look at the text. When I finally got myself to a course in Ireland with native speakers, I'd often receive compliments on my pronunciation, and I think that was in large part thanks to all that initial time spent in shadowing.
@modalmixture
In case you find it a little too easy to simultaneously listen to the language, shadow it with your voice, read in your native language, and glance over at the other, all without pauses and while walking outside, in step 4.5 you add narrow IPA transcription with one hand and juggling with the other, at which point, if you execute perfectly, Stephen Krashen appears and frees you from your affective filter engrams forever and you ascend to the state of a true operating sigman.
@antoniochevalier797
I saw my mother use this technique to conquer English Pronunciation years ago. I asked years later how she lost her Italian accent and she said I didn't I acquired an English accent to speak English. Nothing is new under the sun my Son
@Bi3nfait
Although I lived in Romania for a year and tried immersive classes and grammar books and etc., I never really learned the language beyond greetings, introductions, and food items. I didn't know what I know now about language learning techniques. It also didn't help that all of my friends spoke English anyway so I never had a real need. 10 years later, I decided to give it another go and doing shadowing and scriptorium have really accelerated my ability to acquire the language. There's not a lot of Romanian resources out there, so I do have the Romanian Assimil book (but in French which I translated into English with the help of AI because these are desperate times 🙈) and follow Arguelles' method. Does it take me an hour to do both methods? Yes. Do I feel like a parrot? Yes. Does my hand cramp from all the writing? Occasionally. Am I able to better remember what I've studied, catch the grammatical patterns more quickly, replicate the sounds and rhythm of the language with greater accuracy, feel more confident speaking the language out loud even if I'm just talking to myself, and actually have fun? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.
@Cipricus
That's very close to my method of reading outloud, then memorizing and reciting the most beautiful poetry of a language
@FellowHuman18
Ive known this method for 15 years, and your summary is the best!
@highvisibilityraincoat
The close up shot of you staring into my soul while speaking korean killed me lol
@ericmyrs
This is the best damn integrated ad I've seen in years.
@cadileigh9948
When I moved north from De Cymru I used 'Say something in Welsh' to adapt to the difference between the language which is considerable. As it was audio I would parrot away while cleaning the newly rebuilt house. There was no point in trying outdoors because the river would drown the sound. The flow was much faster than the stuff with pauses you showed. Singing allong is another brilliant way to get the hang of of a language. Thats how I learned a limited form of eclesiastical Latin
@ramkitty
My letter comprehension accelerated once I started this with arabic. Much more vocal range I didn't even have the ear to receive.
@StiloVerso-kn7wn
i did this with German when i first came here. the way i explained it was starting by making my body speak German... once I got the hang of pronunciation I would also read out German texts for hours even when i couldn't understand what it was! There were literally 20 words per page I didnt know... but I could pronounce them... so i built endurance in the German space ahead of understanding. Turns out I wasn't crazy!
@vitorhunt2785
As someone with speech stimming since my childhood, due to my "asperger" autism spectrum, whilst fascinated by languages and linguistics, I realize now that I've done shadowing all my life!I will use your lingua latina courses right on as a stepping stone! Thanks again for such amazing content Luke, cheers from Terra Brasilis!!
@donpotter3752
I did this when learning Spanish back in 1981. Linguists back then called it "tracking." Especially tracking poetry such as Neruda's "Oda al atom." Pequeñísima estrella, parecías para siempre enterrada en el metal: oculto, tu diabólico fuego.
@SpookyAction419
What you said about progressive application mirrors something I was doing with your LLPSI videos a year or two ago. I would read a chapter with your narration of it simultaneously, then read the chapter aloud. Afterwards I would read the next chapter with your video, and then I would go back to the previous chapter and read it aloud to myself again for comprehension after the exposure to new or more challenging content. Before and after my returning reading of each chapter I would try to write down as many new words and grammatical forms as I could remember to make it more active. This strategy worked really well for me for retaining vocabulary as well as making my comprehension of difficult chapters much quicker and more thorough. For example, if I am stuck in say chapter 13 and find it too difficult, I will read (though it sounds likes an oxymoron) an even more difficult chapter like 14 or 15 and usually when I go back to 13 it is suddenly easier.
@javohirquvondikov3800
I think this technique will help to improve pronunciation not to fluency. Fluency will be improved when you produce your thoughts with the words you know. Even if sentences you made had mistakes, you should keep doing it, overtime it will be incredible as you wanted whenever.
@emcarver8983
My youngest son taught himself to read by listening to the audio while reading the book. He was 4.
@polyMATHY_Luke