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drethelin comments on Learning languages efficiently. - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 02 March 2014 03:57PM

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Comment author: drethelin 02 March 2014 06:08:02PM 5 points [-]

specifically: children's music is very good for beginners. Even when not intended to be actually educational the words are usually clearer and simpler than pop music, and the tunes tend to be catchy and memorable.

Comment author: Emile 02 March 2014 09:59:17PM 5 points [-]

And even more specifically: Disney songs; catchy, memorable, and you may already know what it's talking about (same goes for things like Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, etc. - movies targeted at a young audience are more likely to have their songs translated instead of subtitled).