Learning English with the help of the media: how to hack his memory
Tips Forming / / December 19, 2019
We continue to learn the ordinances, and the vicissitudes of English, through the miracle of cinema = contemplation). earlier we considered the way to learn new vocabulary before she will meet in the video. But in this article we will learn English already during video playback. And help us in this program Anki, a video player and VLC lua-expansion Say It Again, written one enthusiast.
And what profit ?!
- The ability to switch on subtitles, rather than length of time.
- The "Once": Move to the previous sentence, the subtitle display and pause.
- The ability to quickly and easily store it with the contextual phrase and transcription, for later learning.
- Export to Anki and similar applications.
- Thus not all necessarily include subtitles, therefore goes focus on listening instead of reading.
- ???
- PROFIT!
VLC Player + SayItAgain
Of course, you should already be in the presence of a video file and the subtitle file. Who does not know - read first article.
Our actions:
- Download the archive. Unpack, set out VLC player 2.0.5. On the version 2.1.0 I have not earned the script, as well as on portable-version. Can you succeed, try, if you wish.
- Say_it_again.lua copy from the archive downloaded earlier and place it in the «extensions» folder at the player installation. For example: C: \ Program Files (x86) \ VideoLAN \ VLC \ lua \ extensions. If «extensions» folder does not exist - we create.
- Download the appropriate stardict dictionaries (Google and torrents to help). We need to unzip dictionaries, that is, dictionary should consist of three files - * .idx, * .dict, * .ifo. Unpack them. If instead of a file with the extension * dict we have * .dz, then unpack it, too - this is the usual zip. Also Lingvo dictionaries can contain a fourth file * .cdi, do not worry. I adequately worked only «Lingvo Universal EnRu», he is in archiveIn already unpacked.
- Download the database WordNet, unpack.
- The path to our files (dictionaries, subtitles, video) should not have the Cyrillic alphabet, ie If videos are in «D: \ Videos \ Shows", move at a more Latin name, for example, «D: \ Video \ Serials». The same goes for dictionaries.
- Open the file with a text editor, our «say_it_again.lua», search and edit «dict_dir» line, «wordnet_dir», «chosen_dict». For example:
dict_dir = «D: / GoldenDict / content / dictdata», — locationdictionary
wordnet_dir = «D: / GoldenDict / content / wordnet», -locationfiles WordNet
chosen_dict = «D: / GoldenDict / content / dictdata / LingvoUniversalEnRu», — waytodictionary, usedbydefault.
Note: when prescribing slash addresses should be straight - "/". If you have copied the address of the conductor line - fix it after pasting.
- Rename the .srt subtitle file-so that it was completely similar to the video title.
Now we can move on to the video page.
- Open VLC player'om our video, turn on the English track.
- In the "View" menu press «Say It Again».
There is an inscription, which informs us that:
- for navigation, by switching the subtitles key used «y» / «u» (next / previous terms, respectively)
- Key «backspace» pauses, takes us back to the previous phrase and displays subtitles
- «I» key opens a window for saving an unknown word.
When the data manipulation is necessary to enable the English keyboard layout. Further:
- When the unknown word, press the «i» and operate with opened window, referring to the screenshot below.
- If you use the "inverted" card, an unknown word in a phrase context, it is desirable to replace the dots or other symbols.
As a result, we get a lyricist, ready to be imported. The default is on the desktop, it is changeable in «say_it_again.lua» file.
Create the required type of recording in Anki:
- Click Tools \ Office of the types of records \ Add \Then select any option, for example "Home" and somehow call, say "SayItAgain »
- Choosing our record type, select the button to the right "Field". Rename the "Q" in "word", "answer" in the "transcription", add fields «definition», «example», «notes».
- Further, in the same window, press "Card" and name fields of the template as in the screenshot below. Or copy the text into the appropriate cells of the document "templates", which lies in the downloaded archive.
- If desired, create one more "upside-down" type of card and overrides in a separate deck (the procedure has already been described in previous article).
- Anki on the main window, click "Import File", choose our text file, check the compliance of the order of fields in the program and follow the column with the words in a lyricist. If something does not match - you can change. Hit Import.
- Sync, teach.
If you've watched the video with subtitles, you can, after a time, to revise again, but without subtitles. Even if you viewed without subtitles. Repetition - the mother of learning, wise father and great-niece attainment of Supreme Knowledge.
But what if you wish to watch your favorite TV series and learn English, arose during a long trip on a working watch, or, simply, in the subway?! This problem can be solved.
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