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CRE - CREATIVE RELAXATION EXACRCISE
THE NATURAL WAY TO PLAYWITH LANGUAGE AND A BEAUTIFUL ACCENT
IN JUST ONE DAY
KEY CONCEPT: Relax and … let your body … and your mind … ABSORB … the new language just as you did … so well … with your first natural language …
DANCHE!
NO. 302A – SWISS-GERMAN – ZURICH VERSION from ENGLISH
ROUGH VERSION 5 – ZURICH Dialect - with many errors – May 2007
Note:
CRE is planned for the Swiss-German dialects in: Zurich, Basle, Zermat and Berne, to help “ex-pats” living in those wonderful regions of Switzerland, to communicate and relate well … with everyone around.
Appendix A - is the routine for long term reinforcement after one month, which can also be used by experienced speakers for the chronic problem of accent deterioration. Books to buy: Assimil phrase books
Inspired by: Dr. Bob Boland (IUG) and Dr Marc Ott (Suisse) JLB, JP, NJB and Heidren Kaiser (ILO) and Angelica Silverbauacr (Vienna University) and Dr. Shams Bathija (UNCTAD) and Boston University and the Team. http://www.bu.edu/familymed/distance/cre/
Email: [email protected] and Team www.crelearning.com33 450 408982 Chemin Garenne, Prevessin 01280 France
Copyright: RGAB/2007/5 Free to all … with feedback …
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 STRUCTURE
This program gives you practice in understanding the structure of the languagealmost instinctively, as for each difficult phrase, English words are inserted.There is also a Mini Phrase-book, a Brief Note on Grammar and a list of the100 "most used" words in conversation.
1.2 MEMORY
A simple technique for the memory of difficult sounds is to make up aridiculous English phrase as a memory "trigger", for example:
Yes ... ja ... say ...
... yes ... ya ya ya just say OK … ja
Goodbye ... tschüss ... say ... ... goodbye ... I am going so just now shut up … shoosh … tschusse
I want ... mues es ha .. say ...
... I want ... I must have it … yych mues es ha
or see our CRE 33 Memory Alert in the Health Care Section of the web site..
1.3 PRACTICE.
Learn very rapidly the list of "most used 100 words" and each day, take one page of the mini-phrase-book, to make 10 minutes of Swiss-German conversation with a natural speaker or aloud with yourself. Then make a friend of the main Assimil Phrase Book.
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DEDICATION
This program is dedicated to the memory of Professor Kenneth Hale, the eminent linguist of MIT who died on October 8th 2001.
He spoke about 50 languages fluently and regarded each language as an intellectual treasure-house of communication, culture and humanitarian values.
He suggested ... that 30 minutes of a new language ... should be enough to start to make one-self understood ... and then ... the best way ... to progress ... was to speak ... confidently ... more and more ... with natural speakers of the language ...
So on we go ... for one whole day ... with a partner or small group ... speaking and speaking ... and moving ... face, hands and body language to reinforce your communication ... and ending with ... almost instinctive ... easy inter-active conversation ... in the natural language ... and if you are lucky enough to find ... ANY natural speaker for the day ... to be a partner ... or just part of the small group ... that would be just great ...
Thank you DancheHallo Gruezi/SaliYes/no Ja/nod/naiPlease. Excuse me. Bitte. EnschuldigungEverything is OK! Alles isch klar!Gaad morning GrueziMy name is ... Mi Namme isch ...How are you called? Wie heisset Si?How are you? Wie gats?Fine thanks Guet, danche.Where do you come from? Woo-haar kammet Si?Give me …please. Gib mir … bitte I want … Yych muss ha …I really need … Yych bruuch … Gaad-bye. Tschuss/Auf WiderluegeWhere is … Woo isch …
… so start chatting now ... with everyone ...
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INSTANT RELAXATION TECHNIQUE1. This is a simple IRT exercise, to give you confidence to learn naturally. When you don't believe you can learn ... you won't learn! ... When you are tense, anxious and stressed ... you won't learn! When you have no confidence ... you won't learn. But with relaxation, your mind and body become clear, confident and ready to learn. So do the IRT exercise now ... and again before every CRE session. It takes only three minutes, and with practice, it becomes a powerful tool for you. The only "equipment" you need is an "open mind" and a marble (or similar small object) in your "right" (major) hand.
2. So, get into that comfortable position, in which you know ... you really can relax. Be aware that marble gets warm as it absorbs heat from contact with your right hand. Open you hand and allow the warmth to evaporate. Close the hand again, and recognize the marble ... as a physical external symbol ... of the internal function of your mind and body. Allow it to receive and evaporate not just heat ... but emotion, anxiety and stress ... leaving you free, relaxed, confident and ready to learn to speak and understand the natural language without effort .... 3. Now, relax with the hands on the lap, and fix your eyes on the marble as you repeat aloud ... the following sentence ... four times, feeling free to change the wording a little ... to fit your style ... four times ... aloud ... in all:
"I AM, I CAN, I WILL, I BELIEVE ... I WILL LEARN ... AND HELP OTHACRS TO LEARN ... TO SPEAK AND ENJOY ... THE NEW NATURAL LANGUAGE ... WITH A BEAUTIFUL ACCENT ... NATURALLY ... RAPIDLY ... EASILY ... WITHOUT EFFORT"
4. With the eyes fixed on the marble ... or closed if you wish ... start to take three slow and vary deep breaths ... and be sure to pause ... on each inhalation ... and imagine ... each exhalation ... as transferring all the anxiety and stress ... from your mind and body ... through to the marble in your hand.
5. After the third breath, let your whole mind and body relax completely for two minutes ... thinking ONLY of your breathing ... nothing else ... no self talk at all ... just concentrate on the BREATHING ... vary important .. counting down from 20 to 1 ...
6. Then bring yourself back, by simply counting up from 1 to 5, feeling well, relaxed, confident and ready to learn. The marble is now your very personal symbol ... of your confidence to learn and speak the natural language with a beautiful accent.
Note: This simple CRE "Instant Relaxation Technique" can be used anywhere (eyes open or closed) to achieve a calm mind ... without any, anxiety or stress ... ready and confident to learn .. or deal with any new problem ... that you have to face. Keep the marble always to hand, as a symbol ... of your confidence ... to feel comfortable ... in the new natural language ... and to speak almost instinctively ... without stress or effort ...
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1. SIMPLE THROAT EXERCISE - 16 KEY WORDS
(Repeat EACH SWISS-GERMAN word many times slowly … and then at vary high speed)
Hello GTUUUTZII Gruezi
Mr. HHH-AIR Herr
Mrs. FRRR-OW Frau
Yes YYYAAA Ja
No NNNODDD Nod
Good GGGAA-UTTT Guet
Please BIII-ERR Bitte
Do you have? HHONNN ZZI? ...? Hend si ...?
Thank you DDANCHHER Danche
Goodbye TT-SHHH-SLUSS Tschluss
Bye until later!! TTSSS-CHHUUS, BISS SPAATRR Tschüss, bis spatter.
Who? VERRR Wer?
What? VAAS Waas?
I want YYCH MUKTERR Yych mochti
Where? VOO Woo?
OK! INN-ORRDD-NIG In-ordnig!
Note: For simplicity the program is typed without accents!
NATURAL SUGGESTIONS
Make it FUN!!! Plan to do the whole CRE in one 6 hour CRE day, with a partner or a small group.
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A natural speaker (if available) would be most welcome as a partner or group member.
On the day before, as pre-learning (alone), play the 30 minute tape, just before sleeping, speaking all the time, completely relaxed making no conscious effort to learn anything.
After the one full day of CRE, plan revision during your NORMAL ROUTINE in the following week, for just an hour a day.
Feel free to do it in any way ... that YOU know ... will suit YOU best ... and will allow you ... both to speak AND to understand ... what is spoken to you ... so relax completely...
ABSORB ... both consciously and sub-consciously ... the very carefully selected ... 30 minute audio tape ... of new natural language...
Let it become part of you ... intuitively ... instinctively ... without effort ... as you relax with IRT and establish a very POSITIVE attitude ... and a confident EXPECTATION of SUCCESS ... just from PLAYING ... with the natural language...
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Make it FUN!!! One possible schedule for the 6 hour CRE day (with a partner … and with breaks … and with a little wine … as needed), could be something likethis:
1 – Do IRT. Do the Throat exercise - 16 key wordsPlay the tape (30 minutes) with the text (hear, see, speak, MOVE, and feel) ... make it fun! Review the Glossary (2 pages). Make a tape recording of you speaking Swiss-German for text sections 2-15 at high speed - to record how you began the course... just for fun ... but keep it handy ...
2 – Repeat the text (Sections 2-4) to understand every word! Play the tape with the text SPEAKING VACRY LOUDLY - STOP THE TAPE AND SING OR SHOUT ANY VACRY DIFFICULT PHRASES. Do SPEED READING (2-16) in 14 minutes (recorded if possible- for fun!). Review the Grammar (1 page) and the Glossary.
3 – Repeat the text (Sections 5-10) to understand every word! Play the tape WITHOUT the text, SPEAKING IN VACRY DRAMATIC style.
Repeat the Throat exercise. Begin to create simple conversation with the Mini-phrase book (Hello etc.).
4 – Repeat the text (Sections 11-16) to understand every word! Play the tape with the text, SPEAKING SOFTLY with a good accent.
Do SPEED READING (Sections 2-16) and Mini-phrase Book.
5 – Play the tape WITHOUT the text, speaking with three different
voices - just for fun!. Create conversation with the Mini-phrase book.
Do SPEED READING (2-16). Then listen to your first recording (above)!
6 - Play the tape SPEAKING with a beautiful CONFIDENT accent. Do the quiz (1 page). Create conversation with mini phrase book.
Do SPEED READING (2-16) and Mini-phrase book 14 minutes. Do APS and plan for review next week, helping partners as needed?
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NATURAL SUGGESTIONS (continued)Generally:
1. REINFORCE the learning in the CAR/TRUCK at any time … make it an amusing THEATRE of one … YOU!!! … by playing and acting out … ONLY Sections 2 - 16. DO NOT play the relaxation sections in the car ... skip them please! Play the Learning Reinforcement side of the tape as needed for encouragement, be sure to blame your strategy, and not yourself!!
2. RECOGNIZE that a TACRRIBLE accent is PAINFUL … for the hearer … and so strive always for a beautiful accent in EVACRY WORD.
3. Be POSITIVE and NEVACR apologise for your language … you are making the effort to learn the LANGUAGE … and the HUMAN VALUES … an thus the CULTURE … of the people you speak with … and THEY will appreciate MORE than you can EVEN imagine!! If they reply to you in ENGLISH … then YOU just CONTINUE to speak in the NATURAL new language … and they will too ...
4. LISTEN vary carefully to what PEOPLE say to YOU … and BEFORE replying … REPEAT in YOUR MIND ... EXACTLY what they said … … this gives you excellent PRACTICE in recognising good STRUCTURE.
5. HESITATE before you SPEAK … and then speak FREELY and CONFIDENTLY … without long pauses and … WITHOUT … "Urrs and Umms" which are so ANNOYING and BORING … for the listener...
6. When you do not know a necessary word … do NOT hesitate … simply USE the ENGLISH word … in the sentence … the hearer will almost certainly give you the translation … and you can repeat it … three times to get it right … without embarrassment. Use the LEARNING RAISFORCMENT as needed but not in the car!
7. Use SIMPLE SHORT sentences and be CONFIDENT as you begin to talk to people ... expect SUCCESS ... and you will NOT be disappointed ... and try just one MORE new thing ... just for fun in this one week ... drink one litre of WATACR EVACRY DAY … it rinses mind and body and has a REMARKABLE preventive/curative therapeutic effect … to support new learning ... on we go together.
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2. HERE AND THERE: DA UND DET:
I am here. Yych bii da.You are there. Si sind det-te.
Are you there? Sind Si det-te?Yes, you are there. Ja, Si sind det-te.
Are you here? Sind Iir da?No, you are not here. Nai, Iir sind nod da.It is here. Es isch da.
Where is it? Woo isch es?It is here. Es isch da.
Is it there? Isch es det-te?I do not know. Yych weiss nod.
Where is Miguel? Woo isch d Miguel?He is not here. Er isch nod da.
Where is he? Woo isch er?I do not know. Yych weiss nod.
Darn! There he is! Vacrdammt! Det isch er!He is wonderful! Er isch groosartig!
3. LIKING: HA GERN/MAGE:I like you. Yych ha si gernDo you like me? Hend si mich gern?Yes, I like you. Ja, Yych ha si gern.
Do you like money? Muget sis Geld?Yes, I like the money. Ja, Yych mag Geld.
I like water. Yych mag Wasser.You like water. Iir möge Wasser.I like some books. Yych mag gwissi Bücher.
He likes the car. Er mag s Auto.She does not like the car. Si mag s Auto nod.Do you like the dinner? Möge Iir dr Nachtasse?No, I do not like the dinner. Nai, Yych mag d Nachasse nod.
Oh. Darn! Mate! Oh. Verdammt ! Mate!Please do not say Mate! Bitte sa nid Mate!
4. DOING: MACHE:
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I do. Yych mache.I do this. Yych mache das.
You do. Iir machet.You do that. Iir machet das.
We do that. Miir machet das.And we are happy. Und miir sind zfride.
Is it easy? Isch es erfach?Yes, it is not difficult. Ja, es isch nod schwierig.
Do you do that? Machet Iir das?Do that please!!! Mach das bitte!
Darn!!! Verdammt!It is wonderful! Es isch groosartigl!
5. CAN/ABLE TO DO: KANNE:
I can Yych kann.Can I? Kann i?
Yes, I can. Ja, yych kann.Can you do this? Könne iir das mache?Yes, I can do that. Ja, Yych kann das mache
I can eat a little. Yych kann a kli asse.I can drink a little. Yych kann akli drincha.
I can go. Yych kann gaa.I can come. Yych kann koo.I can sleep. Yych kann schlafe.
You can speak. Iir kann rode.Can you speak? Könnend iir rode?
Yes, I can. Ja., yych kann.Can you do this? Könn iir das mache?No, I can not do that. Nai, yych kann das nod mache.
You can understand? Verschtonde Si?Can you understand? Si verschtode?
Can you understand? Verschtode?Yes, a little. Ja a kli.
Can you say Mate? Könnend Iir “Mate” sagge?Yes, I can speak a little Swiss-German! Ja,, yych kann a kli Schwyzerdutsch reede.
Darn! I am wonderful! Verdammt! Yych bii groosartig!
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6. UNDERSTANDING: VERSCHTANDE:
I understand. Yych verschtanne.I do not understand. Yych verschtanne nod.
You understand. Si verschtond (singular) (Ihr plural)You do not understand. Si verschtond nod.
Do you understand women? Verschrond iir Frauen?No. No. I do not understand them!!! Nai. Nai. Yych verschtanne si nod !!
Oh. Darn! Mate! Oh. Verdammt! Mate!Please do not say Mate! Bitte sag nod Mate!
You are wonderful! Iir sind groosartig!
7. WANTING: MOCHTI:I want. Yych mochti.I want to eat a little. Yych mochti a kli asse.
I want to drink the water. Yych mochti a kli wasser drinde.I want to go to the toilet!!! Yych mochti aufs WC Hausli ga.
Do you want to eat a little? Mochti iir a kli asse?No, I do not want to eat. Nai, yych mochti nod asse.
Damn! I want to give you a bit. Verdammt! Yych mochti eu a kli ga.No thank you. Nai danche.I want to come. Yych wet mit oo.
Do you want to sleep with me? Mochti mit mir schlafe?No, I do not want to sleep. Nai, yych mochti nod mit dr schlafe.
Miguel do you want to eat the frogs? Miguel, mochti iir dr Frösch asse?Darn! Not just now, thank you! Verdammt! Jetz nod, danche !
We are wonderful! Miir sind groosartig!
8. GETTING: BEKOMME:Please give me the money. Bitte gib mr s Geld.Please take the money. Bitte nimm s Geld.I take the money. Yych nimm s Geld.
Please give me the ticket. Bitte gib mir s Byyleet.Please take the ticket. Bitte nimm s Byyleet.I take the ticket. Yych nimm s Byyleet.
Please give me the thing. Bitte gib mir das ding.Where is the thing? Woo isch s ding?
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I do not know. Yych weiss nod.
Please give me a man! Bitte gib mir en Maa.Dam!! What a woman!! Verdammt! Waas für e Frau!
She is wonderful! Sii isch groosartig!
9. HAVING: HAA I have one thing. Yych haa ais Ding.I do not have one thing. Yych haa nod ais Ding.
You have one thing. Iir hand ais Ding We have one thing. Miir hand ais Ding.She has one thing. Si het ais Ding.
I have the time, Miss! Yych haa Zyt, Frau Schmid!Do you have some money, Sir? Hand Iir ia kli Geld, Herr Muller?
No. NaiOh. Mate! Oh. Mate!Please do not say Mate! Bitte sag nod Mate!
10. ORDERING (POLITELY): ANWAISUNGE GAA:Please give me the thing. Gib miir s Ding.Please give me the money. Bitte gib miir s Geld.
Please give me the water. Bitte gib miir s Wesser,Thank you. Danche,
Please don’t drink the water in France!! Bitte drinh s Wasser nod in Frankreich!Drink the wine. Dring dr Wyy.
Please come here. Bitte kom da hara.Please go there. Bitte det hara.
Please drink this. Bitte drinh das.Do not eat that! Ass das nod!
Please give me this. Bitte gib mir das.Please do not take that. Bitten nimm das nod.
Please say this. Bitte sag das.Please do not say Mate. Bitte sag Mate nod!
Darn! Thank you. You are wonderful! Verdammt! Danche. Iir sind groosartig.
11. GREETING: BEGRÜSSUNG
Hello Miche. Gruezi Miche12
Hi Paula. Gruezi Paula.
Good morning Bob. Guete Daag, Bob.Good morning Sancos. Gruezi, Sancos.
How are you, Eliza? Wie gats, Eliza?I am well, thank you, Khulu. Guet, Danche, Khulu.
How goes it, Xavier? Wie gats, Xavier?OK , thank you Miguel. OK. danche, Miguel.
Goodbye Giles. Uff Widerluege Giles.Goodbye Judith. Tschuss, Judith.
Yes OK, Hollie Alles OK, Hollie.It is wonderful, Heidi! Es isch schon, Heidi!
All OK Sam? Alles klar Sam?Yes all OK, Lucie. Ja, alles klar, Lucie.Not too bad, Henri. No schlacht, Henri.
Are you well, my darling? Gehts dr gurt, Schatz?No!!! Nod!!!
Darn! She is wonderful! Verdammt! Sii isch groosartig.
12. DESCRIBIIG: BESCHREIBE:
It is good. Es isch guet.It is not good. Es isch no guet.
It is bad. Es isch schlaacht.It is a book. Es isch s Buech.
Is it big? Isch es groos?No, it is small. Nai, es isch chli.
Is it easy? Isch es aisfach?No, it is hard. Nai, es isch schwierig.
Is the water good? Isch s Wesser guet?No, the water is not good in France!! Nai, s Wesser isch nod guet in Frankreich.
Oh Mate!!! Oh Mate!!Please do not say Mate. Bitte sage nod Mate!
Are we wonderful?!!! Miir sind groosartig?Darn! Yes!! Verdammt! Ja!!
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13. KNOWING (THINGS & PEOPLE): WESSE (DINGE UND LEUT)I know this. Yych weiss das.Do you know this? Wusset iir das?
Yes, I know this. Ja, yych weiss dasYou know that. Iir wusset das.
Do you know that? Wusset Iir das?No, I do not know that. Nai, Yych weiss das nod.
I know that woman. Yych chan die Frau.I know the man. Yych chan de Maa.
He knows me. E chant mii.Do you know that woman? Chamet Si die Frau?
No. Good morning Madame? Nai, Gruezi Frau Schmid.Are you well, Madame? Gahts s ?No, I am not well!! Goodbye!!! Nai, nod guet, Tschüss!!
You do not know her! Iir channet Sie nod!Darn! She is wonderful! Verdammt! Sii isch groosartig!
14. NUMBERING: ZAHLEI have one problem. Yych han es Problem.Yes, you have a problem. Ja, Iir hannd es Problem.
No, you have two (of them). Nai, Iir hand zwai.He has three. Er het druu.
She has four. Sii het vier.We have five. Miir hond füf.
Do you have five? Hand iir füf?Yes now, I have five problems!!! Ja, jetz yych haa füf Problem.
All the children! All die Chind!Children are wonderful! Chind sind groosartig.
15. ASKING: FRAGEHow much is the book? Wievyl choschtet s Buech?Five dollars. Füf Dollar.
How much is this thing? Wievyl choschtet das Ding?How much? Wievyl?Four dollars. Vier Dollar.
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Where is it? Woo isch es?It is there. Es isch det.No, it is not there. Nai, isch es nod det.
Where is the toilet, please? Wo isch s WC, bitte?The toilet is over there. S WC isch det.
What is that? Waas isch das?Pardon. What? Enschuldigung, Waas?That. Das.Oh, it is a good book. Oh, das isch s guet s Buech.
What do you want? Waas möchte si?I want the wine, please. Yych möchte d Wyy, bitte.
Who is here? Wer isch da?We are here. Miir sind dot.
Who is that woman? Wer isch die Frau?I do not know. Yych waiss es nod.
Darn! It is Madonna! Verdammt! Sii isch Madonna!What a woman! She is wonderful! Waas für e Frau! Sii isch groosartig!
16. EVERYTHING - COLLOQUIAL: ALLES - UMGANGSSPRACHE
I am here. Yych bii da.You are there. Iir sind det.
I like you. Yych haa di gern.You like the money. Iir hend Geld gern.
He does this. Er macht das.She does that. Sii macht das.
I can speak a little Swiss-German! Yych red a kli Schwyzerdutsch.You can not say Mate? Iir kann nod “Mate” saege?
I understand you. Yych verstaa Si.You do not understand me. Iir verschtond mi nod.
I want to go to the bar. Yych wet in Bar ga.You want to go to the toilet. Iir wwend in WC ga.
I have the time, Miss! Yych haa, Frau Schmid.Do you have some money, Sir? Hand iir a kli Geld, Heir Muller?Please don’t drink the water in France!! Bitte drinch s Wasser in Frankreich nod!Drink the wine. Dring d Wyy.
How are you, Eliza? Wie gahts, Eliza?15
I am well, thank you, Khulu. Donche , Guet, Khulu.
Is it big, Sir? Isch es groos. Herr Muller?No, it is small. Madame. Nai, es isch kli, Frau Schmid. You do not know that woman. Iir wend die Frau nod.Darn! She is wonderful! Verdammt! Sii isch groosartig.
Yes now, I have five problems!!! Ja, jetz, yych haa füf Problem.All the children! All dr Chind!
What is that? Waas isch das?Pardon. What? Enschuldigen. Waas?
There it is. Det isch es.Not bad. Nod schlacht.
Darn! Verdammt!OK? OK?
Yes, it's cool! Ja, es isch cool.Yes, it's cool! Ja, es klar.
Yes, it's cool! (classy) Ja, klasse.Yes, it's cool! (upper class) Ja, ganz toll.
Do not say Mate!!! Sag nod Mate!It is not cool (upper class)!!! Es isch nod toll.
I must do this. Yych mues das macheYou must do that Iir mod das mache.
Wonderful? Groosartig
Yes you are wonderful! Ja, Iir sind groosartig.
Goodbye. Bye bye, for now! Uff Widerluege. Tschüss, fur jetz.
Note: Speed reading - 14 minutes16
17. CLOSING
Now of all the things … your mind … has been playing with … to create new … wave patterns … in the natural language … from … here and there … liking … doing … can … understanding … wanting … getting … having … ordering… greeting … describing … knowing … numbering … asking … and … everything … I wonder which things ... you will bring back … to stay deep within you … so easily available ... to you … as needs arise … without conscious effort … because … you will believe … you can do it …
Just naturally ... in your own way … as part of you ... instinctively ... as that new part of you ... grows ... stronger and stronger ... you will begin to speak with a beautiful accent … so easily ... reinforcing your learning ... with a gentle quiet confidence ... which will surprise you ... and such a beautiful accent ... of which you will be proud ... to fit the music of the natural language ... will surprise you even more ... and more … as you repeat the CRE … so that … in every day … in every way … you believe … you will … get … better and better …
And now as you choose ... to believe you can do something ... that makes you feel so comfortable with yourself ... something you will feel more and more … able to do ... so that you feel ... even more comfortable ... and confident ... naturally … in your own way … you can take whatever time you need ... just to process your thoughts ... in your own special way ... and to bring this experience to a comfortable close ...
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You will feel well ... and you will begin … to feel confidence ... about the future ... and about making progress ... in the natural language ... in your own natural way ... and you will find such joy … in speaking so gently … with growing confidence ... and experience ... which will add … a new exciting quality to your life ... because ... with every new language you learn ... you do add a new quality to your life ... in that special "Swiss-German Zurich Place" … in your mind …
And when you feel ... you are ready ... and you want to ... you can start the process of reorienting yourself ... bringing yourself back ... taking your time ... and when you are ready ... you can fully orient yourself ... and allow your eyes to open ... feeling well ...and happy ... because ... and you will begin to experience confidence … more and more … because … from now … in every day … in every way … you will … be getting … better and better …
And as we end of each CRE session … 30 minutes has just flashed by … to be repeated … and enjoyed … many times … relaxed … calm and confident … of achieving a beautiful accent … that becomes natural for you … with learning that is efficient and effective … so from now on … be positive … and with a positive expectation of success … surprise yourself … as you feel the continuing support … of our Team … which began in Bayonne, France on August 15, 2001 ... and of course … as with all things … we believe can do … together … God Bless …
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18. NATURAL VOCABULARY – KEY LISTING FOR SPELLING (keep simple - without accents – for the moment)
a. Greetings/Exclamations: Begrüssung/Ausruf
hello gaad morning, how are you?` I am well thank yougruezi gruezi wie gats? guet danche gaadbye yes no/not OK not too badtschüss/ ja nod/nai in ordnig/OK/klar nod schlechtuff Widacrluege
Dien! Mate! there it is! "cool"!!!Vodammt! Mate det-te isch es klasse/toll/suer
b. Vacrbs: Vacrben
to be have like want canyych haa gern/mage wet kann
do say/speak go come givemache rode ga koo gib
take eat drink sleep/go to bed knownimm asse drincha schlafe weiss/wend
undacrstand mustvorschtonde mues
c. Prepositions: Präpositionen some a the to froma kli s dr/die/s zu v/em
d. Pronouns:
I you he she weYych Si/Iir Er Sii Miir
it this that Mr Mrs.es das die/das Herr Frau
e. Nouns:
money thing man woman/wife watacrGeld Ding Maa Frau Wassercar ticket book friendAuto Byyleet Buech Frund
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f. Adjectives/adverbs/Other: Adjekyive/Advacrbien/Sonstiges
gooad bad big small nowguet schlacht groos kli jetz
latacr a little wonderful happy easy/difficultspater a kli groosartig zfride aifach/schwierig
hhere/there beautiful vacryda/det schon much
g. Interogatives: Fragenow much? where? what? who? when?Wievil chostet? woo? waas? wer? wann?
Note: What is this? Waas isch das? Question? Waas? It is … Es isch … Is that …? Isch das …?
h. Numbers:one two three four fiveais zwai dru vier füf i. And some survival words:
WC (WC/Huusli), always (immer), fast/slow (schnell/langsam), but (aabacr), nevacr (nie), please (bitte), food (Asse), train (Zuug), bus (Bus), home (de Hai), work (schaffet), time (Zit), today (hutt), tomorrow (moorn), papacr (Papyr), newspapacr (Ziitig), day (Daag), week (Wuche), year (Jar), hour (Stund), minute (Minute), hamburger (Hamburger), McDonalds (McDonalds), think (glaube), read (lasse), write (schyybe), laugh (lache), dance (tanze), latacr (spaetacr), stop (halte), policeman (Polizei), six (sex), seven (siibe), eight (acht), nine (nuun), ten (zaa), hundred (hundert), thousand (Tausig/tuusig), mate (Kolleg), gaadbye old mate (Tschüss Kolleg).
19. NATURAL FEEDBACK AND NEW IDEAS
(to [email protected])
1. HOW LONG DID YOU TAKE TO STUDY THE CRE?
2. WHAT WAAS GOOD ABOUT IT?
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3. WHAT WAAS BAD ABOUT IT?
4. WHAT NEW IDEAS?
5. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE?
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20 - DAILY MINI PHRASE BOOK(Good idea to write out your own copy – chat and correct with a natural
speaker - speed reading 4 minutes)
BASICS: GRUNDLEGENDE PERSONAL NOTES
Thank you. DancheHallo GrueziYes/no Ja/nod/naiPlease BitteExcuse me EnschuldigenEverything is OK! Alles ist klar!
INTRODUCTIONS:How are you? Wie gats?Fine thanks Guet, danche.Where do you come from? Woo-haar kammet Si?England AnglishAmerica Amerika
I work with: Yych erbete (work) bei:UN d UNORed Cross d Roten Kreuz
I want … Yych mochti … Good-bye. Tschuss
I must do this. Yych mues (must) das mache (do) You must do that. Iir müssten das (that) mache.
QUESTIONS:When/how? Wann/wie?What/why? Waas/warum ?Who/which? Wer/weeleWhere is/are ...? Woo isch/sindWhere can I find ...? Woo (where) finde yych … ?
How much is it? Wievil choschtet das?Can you help? Kön Si mir helfe?What does this mean? Waas bedeutet (mean) das?
UNDERSTANDING: VORSSCHTONI understand Yych (I) verschtanneI don't understand it. Yych vertchtanne das (it) nod.
Please say that again.. Bitte wieder-olen (say again) das.Can you translate this? Kön Si übersetzen (translate) seb?Can I have...? Kon yych …. haa (have)?
Do you speak: Reedet-te iir …22
english/swiss-german? Anglish/Schwyzerdutsch?I don't speak .... Yych reed nod (not) …I speak a little ... Yych reed a kli (little) …
COMMENTS: KOMMENTAREIt's: Es isch:better/worse gueter/schlachterbig/small groos/klicheap/expensive billig/doorgood/bad guet/schlachthot/cold heiss, warm/kaltnear/far nooch/wytvacant/occupied frei/besetzt
OK! In ordnung/OK!
FOOD: ASSEI like: Yych mochti (like) :breakfast s Zmoorgelunch s Zmidaagdinner. s Nachtasse
Please bring me … Bringe si mir bitte … bread/butter Broot/Angge
cheese Käse eggs Eier potatoes Hartopel apples/oranges Opfel/Orange
coffee/tea Kaffee/Tee milk Milch fruit juice Obstsaft water Wesser
I want to pay now. Jetz, yych mochti bitte zaale (pay).I think something is not right. Yych glaube (think), das stimmt (right) etwaas nod.We enjoyed it. Es haa miir gefallen (enjoy).
TRANSIT: Where is the nearest shop? Woo (where) isch der nächste (nearest) Lade? Where can I find a taxi? Woo finde yych s Taxi?Where is the town center? Woo isch s Zentrum?
How much is it to ...? Wieviel chostet (cost) es bi (to) …Go to this address. Goo (go) bitte zue sebe (this) Adresse. Please stop here. Bitte (please) halt doo.This is not the right road. Das (this) isch nod der richtige Weg (road).Go straight ahead. Goo fah graaduus (ahead).
It's there, on the: Det isch es: left/right nach links/nach rachtenext to/after neben/nach
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north/south Norde/Südeeast/west Oste/Weste
Where is the: Woo isch (is):town centre s Stadt-mitte?pharmacy s Apotheke?
SHOPPING: AISKAUFENDo you have ...? Hann Si … ?How much is this/that? Wivel chostet das?I will take it. Yych naa (take) es.
What colours have you? Weese Farbe (colour) hann Si ? Black schwarz Blue blau Red rooti White waiss Yellow root Green gruenI like … Yych hatt garn Is there any … Haa n y …I want to buy: Yych mochti … kaufe (buy). aspirin Aspirin soap Saiffi kilo apples Kilo Pfund Äpfel
litre of milk Liter Milch film/newspaper Film/Ziitig
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TELEPHONE: TELIFONHello, here is Bitte, doo isch …
Please speak: Bitte reede (speak) … louder lauterslowly langsamer
I want to speak to: Yych mochti (want) mit … reed (speak).Mr. Herr …Mrs. Frau …Miss Fräulain …
When is he there? Wann (when) isch er doet (there)?He must call me back Er möchte (must) mii bitte zuerück-rufe (call-back)
TIME:Do you have enough time? Hann Si no (enough) Zyt?What time is it? Wie isch fur Zyt?
The time now is: Es isch … five past one fünf ab (after) ais (1)quarter to three viertel (quarter) voor dru (3)twenty past four zwanzig (20) ab vier (4)
half past six halber ab siibe (7!!!)
MEETINGS: VERABREDUNGENWe see you: Miir sehen (see) euch (you) … today hutt tomorrow moorn next week nächste Wuche (week) in the morning am Moorge in the afternoon am Noomidaag in the evening am Oobe tonight hutt Abend (evening) soon bald
You are (have) right/wrong. Iir hann recht/nid rechtThat is right Das isch richtig (right)
LOCATIONS:Here/there da/detAt the UN office Im (at) Büro (office) der UNOIs it near/far Isch es nooch/wyt?How long? Wilang?
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21. PLAY QUIZ
Challenge - Test your instincts - associate the phrases in MIXED groups of four
a. I am well, thank you In Ordnigb. Excuse me Danchec. Thank you. Guet, danched. OK Enschuldigen
c. I do not know Yych haa Hungerf. I am hungry Yych weiss nodg. Hello Wie gats?h. How are you? Gruezi
i. All is OK Yych haa Durschtj. I am thirsty Yych bruuch Hilfk. I need help Nod schlectl. Not too bad Alles in Ordnig m. Yes Her Ober?n. Please Yych mochti ga nach …o. I want to go to … Bitte p. Waiter? Ja
q. How much is it? Wie isch fur zit?r. Where is the toilet? Woo/Wann/Worum?s. Where/when/why? Woo isch d WC?t. What time is it? Wievyl chostet s?
u. No/not Yych vorschtanne nod.v. I do not understand Rodet bitte langsamer.w. What is this? Nod/naix. Please speak slowly Wer isch seb?
y. Until later Gsundhait.z. Cheers!! Bis spatter
Answers: In the phrase book … if you need them …
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APPENDIX A - ROUTINE FOR ACCENT IMPROVEMENTAND LONG TERM RE-INFORCEMENT AFTER ONE MONTH -
TRY TO WORK WITH A PARTNER AND A NATURAL SPEAKER FOR JUST ONE DAY MORE
RELAX with ... a very POSITIVE attitude ... and a very confident EXPECTATION of SUCCESS ... in just one more day ... of PLAYING with the natural language ... instinctively ... naturally ... completely relaxed ... with no stress or effort ... just play!
Our natural suggestions are:
1 – Do APS. Then play the LEARNING RAISFORCEMENT audio tape. Do IRT and the Throat exercise. Study the Brief Grammar and Mini-Phrase Book to understand every word. Then SPEAK wth the tape and RECORD your efforts. LIST your five key problems!
2 - STUDY the text (Sections 2-16). Then SPEAK LOUDLY and then very SOFTLY with the tape. SPEED READING (2-16) in 14 minutes. USE the Mini-phrase Book for easy interactive conversation
3 – SPEAK in THEATRICAL style with the tape and text together. Do SPEED READING (2-16) in reverse-mode in 12 minutes. USE the Mini-phrase Book for easy interactive conversation
4 – SPEAK with tape and text. For difficult words/phrases ... stop the tape ... and repeat the word/phrase many times ... singing and shouting! Review your five problems.
5 - USE the Mini-phrase Book for easy interactive conversation. Then do it as SPEED READING (reverse-mode) in 4 minutes. SPEAK with tape and text using three different voices ... just for fun!.
6 – SPEED READING (2-16) in 8 minutes. Review your five problems. LISTEN to your recording. Then SPEAK with the tape … with a beautiful CONFIDENT accent. Email your feedback to [email protected].
APPENDIX B - ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY SELECTED TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF EACH CLIENT
ORGANIZATION(200 WORDS)
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Special Vocabulary for UNHCR – JUST FOR FUN
English Pashto Dari Swiss-German (insert)
Airport hawaa dagar maydaan-e hawaa-iArmy pauz fauj/orduAsylum panaah pamaahBorder pdlay sarhaddCamp dd kaamp kaamp-dChildren muchouman awladahClothing jama poxaakCooking pot chainaq dd paxldy loxay/degCooperation hamkari pd gdda ker kawdlCustoms gumruk gumrujDelay nawakta dzandyDet-teention ndzar-band tawkifDevelopment program dd wadi prograam prograam-d ynkyshaafiDisplaced persons be-zaya shdwi xaldk
be-jaa shodygaanElectricity breshna brexnaaEmergency hajol ber-dndy pexaExpulsion shar-dl kharej/zxraajFamily koranay hekraajGovernment hokumat hokumatGrandparents padar kalan padar wa maser kalanHandicapped saya ma-yubHealth roghtyaa seat/syhhatHospital roghtun shafakhanaHouse kor khana/korHQ mankaz mankaeHuman rights dd bashar hakkuna hokuk e bashar
Husband mehra shwahanLamp dewan tsheraghLegal protection kaanuni saatdna hymayat e kanounMalnutrition bada ghdzaa sou-e DaaghziyaMaterial assistance maadi komak komak-e mawadiMinistry wdzerat wezaratNutrition ghdzaa Daaghziya
Pain - days/weeks dard worat dard e ruz/haftaPain - months/years dard hafta dard e mo/solPain - treatment dard mehda dard e ta-dow-wi
Pain - arms/legs dard bazou/paie dard e dest/palPain - chest dard sina dard e sina Pain - ears/eyes dard gauche/sterguee
dard e goch/cheshomPain - hands/feet dard daste/paie dard e dest/paiPain - head/neck dard sav/gardan dard e sar/ghardinPain - stomach dard mehda dard e meda
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Persecution zawrawdi aziyatPetrol tel petrol/telPolice-station dd polis st-eshan sar-mammuriyat-e-policePresident mdshir ra-isPrison bandy-khana zyndanProvince ayaalat wela-yateReception centre dd melma paaldne mahal e pazirahi/
markaz-d paziraa-iRefugee mohajer panahendaRepresentative astaazy nema-yandghiRural da kdll
Sanitation hyfzue-syhna hyfzue syhhaShelter rijdi panagaStatus haysiyat haysiyatTent rijdi gihejdi/khayma
Torture shekanja shykanjaTown khar shahrTransportation transport transportTravel Docs sdd safar sanaduna sdd safar sanaduna
Tribe t-dbdr kabilaTruck lan mot-dr/lari motar-d ler/lariUrban dd khari dd khariVillage kday karyaVoluntrary repatriation pd rdzaa-sara berta legal
bar-gasht-d yraadiWar jagara jangueWater aaba aabWife kaza zawja/khanom
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APPENDIX C - BRIEF GRAMMAR(Challenge: Correct the rough outline ...as you discuss with a natural speaker)
1. Structure - subject, object and verb:
YYCH bii da. I am here. S CHIND isch da. The CHILD is here. ISCH s Chind da? Question - IS the child here?
2. Articles: S Chind isch da. A child is here.
3. Nouns: S CHIND sind da. The CHILDREN-REN are here. S GUETTI Chind isch da. The GOOD child is here.
ER isch s Chind. HE is a child.
4. Possession: Es isch MYY’S Chind. He is MY child.
5. Relative: D Chind DAS da isch. The child WHO is here.
6. Demonstrative: DAS Chind isch da. THIS child is here. DIE Chind isch da. THAT child is THERE.
7. Interogatives: WAAS isch das DING? WHAT is this thing? WER isch das? WHO is that? WOO isch s Chind? WHERE is the child? WIEVEL-COCHET d Buech? HOW-MUCH is the book?
8. Imperatives: MACH Das! DO this! KOO da! COME here!
9. Negatives: Ja, yych HAA d Buech. Yes, I HAVE the book. Nai, yych haa d Buech nod. No, I do NOT have the book. Chom NOD da. Do NOT come here.
10.To be, have and want: Yych bii/haa/mochti I am/have/want Iir sind/hann/mochti You are/have/want Er isch/ha/mochtil He is/has/wants
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BROCHURECRE - CREATIVE RELAXATION EXERCISE
THE NATURAL WAY TO PLAY WITH LANGUAGE AND A BEAUTIFUL ACCENTWITH A 30 MINUTE AUDIO TAPE IN ONE DAY
KEY CONCEPT: Relax and … let your body … and your mind … ABSORB … the new language just as you did … so well … with your first natural language …
Opportunity for EX-PATS and AID WORKERS on short or long missions to other countries to feel more secure, comfortable and effective in achieving better working relationships in English, with local companies, governments, refugees, client and project staff, as they perceive the effort to speak the local language with a good accent, and thus to show clearly a deep respect for local values and culture.
Description: dynamic English-based brief language learning system developed initially with some UN staff, for aid workers in Afghanistan, and now available in: Polish, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Urdu, Finnish, Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Shona, Russian, Mandarin, Xhosa and with other languages in process: Cantonese, Zuelu, Tswana, Sutu, Swedish, Nepali, Italian, Swahili, Basque, Swiss-deutch (Zurich) etc.
Designed for: mature motivated learners who need to achieve very rapidly, the personal confidence to speak and understand, basics of the local natural language. Designed also also for current speakers to who want to achieve significant accent improvement.
Course duration: one full six hour day with a partner or small group, followed by daily brief individual revision, in the following week and one day reinforcement a month later.
Application: individual training or as a small part of any management training program to stimulate creativity, because: "Each language is an intellectual treasure-house of communication, culture and humanitarian values" - Professor Kenneth Hale - linguistics expert of MIT who spoke 50 languages fluently and died October 8th 2001.
Method: uses CRE techniques to achieve relaxation and intuitive absorption of the natural language with confidence and without stress or effort. Designed to handle varying individual value systems and needs. CRE techniques, once acquired, can be easily used for any other languages or dialects. Uses IRT - the Instant Relaxation Technique create the confidence to learn.
Further information: 33 450 408982 or 199 Chemin Garenne, Prevessin, 01280 France or email: [email protected] from Dr. Bob Boland MD, MPH (Johns Hopkins), DBA, ITP (Harvard Business School), Former visiting professor at: INSEAD: IMD, Cranfield, Columbia, GSB, Stellenbosch, Wits, WHO, ILO, WB, UNEP, UNIDO, AID, IRC, Peace Corps, Shell, Burma, Barlows, Baxter, Nokia etc.
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THE ONE HUNDRED MOST USED WORDS IN CONVERSATION (Challenge – chat and CORRECT with a natural speaker)
1. A/an 2. After 3. Again 4. All 5. Almost S NACH NO ALLES BI6. And 7. Always 8. And 9. Because 10. Before UND IMMER UND WIL VOOR11. Big 12. But 13. I can 14. I come 15. Either/or GROOS AABER YYCH KANN YYCH KOO ODER/ODER16. I find 17. First 18. For 19. Friend 20. From YYCH FIN EERSCH FUR FRUND VO21. I go 22. Good 23. Goodbye 24. Happy 25. I have YYCH GA GUET TSCHUSS ZFRIDE YYCH HAA26. He 27. Hello 28. Here 29. How 30. I ER GRUEZI DA WIE YYCH31. I am 32. If 33. In 34. I know 35. Last YYCH BII OB/Falis IN YYCH WEISS ???36. I like 37. Little 38. I love 39. I make 40. Many YYCH MOGE A KLI YYCH GERN YYCH MACHE ??41. One 42. More 43. Most 44. Much 45. My AIS VYYL ??? ??? MIIR46. New 47. No 48. Not 49. Now 50. OfNEU NOD/NAI NOD/NAI JETZ VOM51. Often 52. On 53. One 54. Only 55. Or ??? UFF AIS NUME ODER56. Other 57. Our 58. Out 59. Over 60. People ??? UNS DUSSE UBER GENTE61. Place 62. Please 63. Same 64. I see 65. She LUGA BITTE A KLI YYCH SII SII66. So 67. Some 68. Sometimes 69. Still 70. Such ??? A KLI ??? ??? ???71. I tell 72. Thank you 73. That 74. The 75. Their YYCH ??? DANCHE das DR/DIE IIRI76. Them 77. Then 78. There is 79. They 80. Thing SIIi DOET ES ISCH SIIi DING81. I think 82. This 83. Time 84. To 85. Under YYCH ?? DA/DIE/DAS ZYT AN/ZUE UNTER86. Up 87. Us 88. I use 89. Very 90. We UBER UNS YYCH ??? SEER MIIR91. What 92. When 93. Where 94. Which 95. Who WAAS WEN WOO WEELE WER96. Why 97. With 98. Yes 99. You 100. Your
WORUM MIT JOO IIR/SI EUCH
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APS - LEARNING REINFORCEMENTAUTONOMIC PLAYBACK SYSTEM
1. Make a special 30 minute APS audio tape recording of all the material that you want to absorb into your long term memory, as follows:
a. Speak with gentle persuasive tone. This encourages perception and retention without effort.
b. Speak only for about 8 seconds ... pause for about 4 seconds .... continue for about 8 seconds ... pause 4 seconds etc. This gives your mind time to absorb easily without stress,
c. Add several key learning points which were important to you! Thus provides "associations" in your mind for the new learning. 2. The NEXT DAY, relax and playback the tape (using ear phones) while watching some interesting TV show WITHOUT audio e.g. a football match or other a sports event or a cartoon. Make NO EFFORT to listen to the tape. In fact, TELL yourself NOT to listen, but just to relax and gently give all attention to the TV show. Relax and let your mind absorb the data WITHOUT ANY CONSCIOUS EFFORT at all.
3. Play this once more.
4. Finally on the FOLLOWING DAY, do IRT (relax), and playback the tape (with ear phones) while gently viewing and repeating the text material (hear, see, say and feel).
5. Adapt APS to your special needs and personality. Use it for any new material that you want to absorb without stress or effort. And please remember to email feedback and new creative ideas to our Team at: [email protected]. So from now on - relax and remember!!
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