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America's Next Top Language Learner
Today at Living Language, we spiral into the world of television gossip to report that in last week's episode of America's Next Top Model, the girls were "forced" to speak Italian. What was most interesting to me in watching the episode was to see how the models interpreted the "phonetics" that were given to them on cue cards. Those who read the phonetics straight from the page seemed to be speaking gibberish, whereas the models who used mimicry -- interpreting the script with an over the top Italian accent to match the film crew eagerly feeding them lines -- tended to get it more or less right. I never thought I'd use a televised modeling competition as a jumping off point for a language learning tip, but if that isn't proof of the benefits of "listen and repeat" right there, then, well, then I must be a top model. (SUZANNE) Tags: Italian
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