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Anki Strategies (Vocabulary and Listening):

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ChatGPT

Free Text to Speech Online with Realistic AI Voices

Lector de textos con voz. Online. Preciso. Gratis.

With the unfamiliar words on Anki Deck, you should practice once.
You get all the errors and use the prompt to ChatGPT
Consequently the result of the request put on a free speech online and try to listen without reading before the text.
Answer this question: can I identify the Anki’s words ? What is the main theme it is talks about in the story ? if its not occur , replay de audio.

Prompt

Escribe un párrafo en inglés que cuente una historia breve y cotidiana utilizando las siguientes palabras de manera natural y coherente: [ palabras desconocida en anki ]
La historia debe describir una situación realista que podría ocurrir en la vida diaria, como un día en el trabajo, la escuela, un viaje o un evento familiar. Usa frases simples y claras para asegurarte de que el nivel sea adecuado para un estudiante de inglés [LEVEL] del MCER.

Listening Strategies

Video Strategy

It is a novel strategy that consist in watch the video 3 times (you select a video where there is only there one person speaks and a maximum duration of 7 minutes ):

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Points

First visualization (without subtitles)
- Focus in the main ideas, the tone and the body language
- Don’t worry if you don’t understand each word
Second Visualization ( with subtitles )
- Identify key word and important phrases
- Take notes of the unfamiliar words and their meaning
Third visualization ( without subtitles again)
- Verify how much you have improved your understanding.
- Try repeating some key phrase out loud to improve your pronunciation.
Summary and self-evaluation
- Write a brief of the video in your owns words
- Answer questions to make sure you understand the message