{"id":783,"date":"2021-03-31T23:20:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot83.wordpress.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2021-10-21T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:22:14","slug":"play-the-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot.com\/myblog\/2021\/03\/31\/play-the-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Play the latest news (Google)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">This is WHY I use the Google Home and Google Assistant apps during my language learning adventures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#000000\"><li>to maintain my languages (even when time is scarce)<\/li><li>to introduce some authentic listening from day 1<\/li><li>to check my progress in my target languages<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot83.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/teal-minimalist-coffee-photo-instagram-post.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">The Google Home app provides the possibility to program the latest news. As a result, with a single voice command you can ask your Google Assistant to play the latest news on your smart phone or on your (Google) smart speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">If you don&#8217;t know how to program it, I explain it in a short video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aUsb_lkMQCA&amp;t=2s\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingpolyglot83.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/untitled-design-4.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">When I started with Danish and Catalan in 2020 I immediately added both languages to my list. I selected news programmes that update each hour (some trial and error here) to have the most up-to-date information and then I put them at the end.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">At the end, because the same subjects often return: elections, (natural) disasters, big events, wars, sports, &#8230; So when I reach my newer languages I already know what might be mentioned and that really helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Not all languages and countries are available, but the list is growing. If you aren&#8217;t really into current affairs, politics and economics, no worries as they also provide other categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#000000\"><li>general news<\/li><li>technology<\/li><li>business<\/li><li>sports<\/li><li>world<\/li><li>entertainment<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\" style=\"color:#000000\"><li>politics<\/li><li>science<\/li><li>health<\/li><li>art and lifestyle<\/li><li>local<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Back to the WHY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-col-ffffff-color has-col-000000-background-color has-text-color has-background has-fs-25-px-font-size wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-col-ffffff-color\">1. Maintain your languages<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Even if you didn&#8217;t have the time to study a language a certain day\/week or certain days\/weeks, you will have had a minimum exposure to your target language(s) for usually anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes. I usually listen during the washing-up in the morning, so even if time is really scarce this is an activity you can perfectly do while cleaning \ud83e\uddf9\/commuting \ud83d\ude87\/gardening \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e\/working out \ud83d\udcaa\/running \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f&#8230; You choose!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-col-ffffff-color has-col-000000-background-color has-text-color has-background has-fs-20-px-font-size wp-block-heading\">2. Authentic input right from the start<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Newsreaders speak <strong><em>slower <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>clearer <\/em><\/strong>than the general population, keep it <strong><em>formal<\/em><\/strong>, hardly use slang, pay attention to using the right words and grammar (but are still humans and errors and mistakes do join the party) and as such are easier the understand. You can opt for \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <strong>RFI<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/savoirs.rfi.fr\/fr\/apprendre-enseigner\/langue-francaise\/journal-en-fran%C3%A7ais-facile\"><em>Journal en fran\u00e7ais facile<\/em><\/a> or \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea <strong>DW<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/deutsch-lernen\/nachrichten\/s-8030\"><em>Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten<\/em><\/a>, but here you get immediately real people, speaking as they speak to native listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-col-ffffff-color has-col-000000-background-color has-text-color has-background has-fs-20-px-font-size wp-block-heading\">3. Check your progress<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Here is my experience with \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t now what they are talking about. No, that&#8217;s not right, I don&#8217;t even now where words start or end.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;I recognised a word! And another one!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;I think I know the subject they are talking about.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to snow in Denmark.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;The prime minister made an announcement.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em>&#8220;I know what the prime minister said. I think.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">You won&#8217;t see or hear your progress every day. That&#8217;s right. But I can tell you this from my experience: slowly but surely you will start to recognise words, phrases; and one day you&#8217;ll realise you get the gist of it and finally the day will come when you&#8217;ll be able to understand most of it. 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