Gardner, J. M.. "Listen, Repeat, Speak" language learning course.

Read by Katie H

The 1000 essential Hindi words. Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. There are around 320 million people speaking Hindi, and around 120 millions are speaking Hindi as a second language. How to learn a language differently ? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you

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