Learning a language with music
I have heard that one way to squeeze in more foreign language study time is to listen to foreign music in the language you are studying. I am studying Russian so I went to Spotify and found some Russian pop music play lists. It turns out it was not as helpful as I thought. It would be as if I recommended you learn English by listening to Jimi Hendrix or Nirvana. Haha. Some of the songs were good at slowly pronouncing Russian words for me but most were not. I am making a point to save the good ones in my own play list. I am looking for the Russian equivalent of Gordon Lightfoot, Bobby Goldsboro or Kenny Rogers. I wonder if anyone has a playlist they would recommend?
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Try to listen DDT(ДДТ). You can register in vk.com (Russian social network). There are plenty of audiofiles and there is a good recommendation system for music(Рекомендации)
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Haha! Thanks Julia and Alex! I will just keep collecting songs that are sang slowly whenever I hear them. Spotify makes saving them easy anyway. I just have to find them.
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I learn English not just listen to music but watching song video with subtitles. When you start it is more easy. Try to find something in the internet. I am sure there are a lot of videos. And good luck in your study;)
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Hello.
I think it is not overall possible to find such equivalents for musicians.Everyone special in his own way, talents, inspirations, skills and so on.
On the other hand, I also do not think learning languages from the lyrics , its pronunciation in the songs , is the best option to choose from. Sometimes it's helpful and amusing that nobody can deny, but it is not the right way like people converse with each other.
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