Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 21.02.2021 19:34

 AK>> Another problem, as I had said once, is that the Russian language
 AK>> consists of longer words than English,

 AS> A language does not consist of words. It merely has them. You may
 AS> say that the vocabulary consist of words.

A machine has details or consists of details?

 AK>> and because of it a Russian thinks and understands slower.
 AS> If you are serious, than I disagree. Your conclustion is wrong on
 AS> so many levels:
 AS> 1.  you ignore the amount of words,
 AS> 2.  it is likely humans to not think entirely in words.
 AS> 3.  learners  of English has simlar problems understanding
 AS>     fast Russian speach, e.g.: in this animated detective:
 AS>        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UlN6Zuz5E0

When they (the Russian animators) record sound they very often speed up
voices and dialogues. A funny film demands speed and dynamic. Our famous
Winnie-the-Poor also speaks quicker than the actor who voiced him.

 AK>> So, for training hearing skills a Russian should start hearing all
 AK>> the Russian video show and movies sped up by 1.5-2 times.
 AS> He or she had better start with listening to slow and clearly
 AS> articluated English speech, as found, for example, in early sound
 AS> films.

You don't understand -- most Russian people should gain skills in quick
word processing if they want to understand quick English speech. Many
people know how the words should be pronounced, but it is not enough.

 AK>> Unfortunately I have no such a device. To be exactly I have it,
 AK>> but it often freeze after couple of minutes of speeded up
 AK>> playing. ;-<

 AS> You mean Youtube? From "Get lamp" -- a great documentary about

Youtube, if run in browser, can speed up videos, but I only watch movies
and shows recorded on my media player box. After work I use only TV set
and I don't want use a computer with youtube. But it is of course only
my problem. ;-) Theoretically, now it is a hummer time to buy a new TV
set with Internet.

 AS> interactive fiction -- I know that blind people use text-to-speech
 AS> converters at what I cannot help designatig an incredibly high rate
 AS> of fire, but I should never recommend this with real speech,
 AS> because that way you lose all emotional content. While remastering

When my aim is focused on training my speed skills I don't pay too much
attention on such details. Besides -- you can watch two time more shows
and movies. It is shame to spend time watching serials in Russian, but
if you speed them up you waste less time and get more hearing skills.

 AS> old acoustic recordings of 1900s, where the original RPM was not
 AS> known and could not be determined by key notes, such as the La at
 AS> 440 Hz, AML+ determined the correct playback speed by the degree of
 AS> emotional fidelity -- and never erred as test with reference
 AS> phonograms showed.

IMHO, first, a learner should learn how to hear and understand quick
speech. Then he can enjoy emotions.


PS: And a spell checker is extremely useful, too.

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021

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