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(2019) You can find more details about the sensational Birkenbihl method and the new MOVIE© language courses (watch a film and learn a language according to Vera F. Birkenbihl) here: http://fbkr.brain-friendly.de The learning method No more cramming vocabulary! The method of foreign language acquisition described below is based on the findings of Vera F. Birkenbihl, who has dedicated her research to brain-friendly learning and teaching for more than thirty years. This method is divided into four steps. 1. Decoding Decoding is about translating the foreign language into the native language as accurately as possible, word for word. The advantage of this is that learners immediately recognize the structure, word order and peculiarities of the foreign language. In addition, the learner deals with the written form of the foreign language. 2. Active listening This step involves actively engaging with the phonetics of the language. How should learners who have heard a word a few times or not at all from the teacher learn this word by heart at home? Probably only with great effort. By listening slowly and then faster, learners become familiar with the language, the rhythm of speech and new words. Important: The text can initially be heard AND read along in the respective foreign language, but real "active listening" means: Concentrating on listening to the text while reading the decoding at the same time! This is how the brain links the foreign language word with its German/native meaning. Active listening lasts until the text is 100% understood at a normal speaking speed. Otherwise it's back to the slow version! 3. Passive listening In this step, what has been actively heard is to be processed via the subconscious. This step takes no time and saves learners from having to memorize a lot of vocabulary! But to do this, you have to listen consistently = regularly = for at least 15 minutes a day! Passive listening takes place while reading, watching TV, learning other content, playing games, etc. In short, during all activities that the learners carry out, the target text could be played in a loop in the background. The volume must be loud enough to be heard, but quiet enough that the focus is on the book, the game, etc. 4. Activities Now it's time to practice, speak, sing, play, consolidate, write. Further information at: http://www.birkenbihl-sprachen.com [email protected]