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This is what I did in French one.
I studied the first lesson carefully and got between 90 to 100 as my
first grade.
The next day before I studied Lesson Number Two, and this is very important, I read Lesson Number One out loud before I began to study Lesson Number Two. On the second day I got between 90 and 100 in Lesson Number Two. Before studying Lesson Number Three, I went back and reread out loud Lesson Number One, Lesson Number Two and then began to study Lesson Number Three. I got again between 90 and 100. My grade was usually around 95. Before studying Lesson Number Four, I went back and reread Lesson Number One, Number Two, Number Three and then began to study Lesson Number Four. I developed the habit of always reading the previous lessons out loud before studying the current assignment. This is the procedure I established for myself when studying a foreign language. This continual daily review of previous lessons before studying the assignment made my study of French a lot of fun. My grades from that time onward all the way through graduate level never once, with one exception, sank below an "A". If I can do it, you can too. I always read all foreign language texts out loud for the simple reason that I need all the practice I can get in speaking. I don't do this in my native language, only in the foreign languages that I am studying. I attribute my joy at learning foreign languages and the success I have had with them to this way of practicing. In another place, if you are interested, I will tell you how I helped my friends out of the linguistic pit into which they had fallen. Tom Curtis
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