earworms 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music Your personal audio language trainer Vol.

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1 earworms Vol essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music Your personal audio language trainer

2 Your personal audio language trainer

3 earworms mbt Rapid Italian puts the words and phrases you need not just on the tip of your tongue, but also transports them deep into your long-term memory. Simply by listening to these specially composed melodies with their rhythmic repetitions of Italian and English a few times, the sound patterns are indelibly burned into your aurditory cortex. You will have successfully learned the Italian phrase and have the correct accent ringing in your ears. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing: While jogging, in the car, in the bath, doing the ironing you can be learning Italian at the same time! earworms mbt Rapid Languages is the first language course to get your toe tapping. You know the phenomena of those catchy tunes or earworms that you just can't get out of your head? Voulezvous coucher avec moi, ce soir? Well, earworms mbt has put this phenomena to positive use. Gone are the days of learning pressure and frustration at not being able to remember, the experience of many on conventional language courses. In combination with music, the phrases you need are automatically anchored deep into your memory, ready for instant recall. Music is the Key The idea is as simple as it is old. Before the age of writing, ancient historical events were recorded in verse and song form for easy memorisation. In his book 'Songlines' Bruce Chatwin describes how the Australian Aborigines were able to navigate their way across hundreds of miles of desert to their ancestral hunting grounds without maps. And how? The extensive lyrics of their traditional songs were exact descriptions of the routes!

4 Rhythm and words i.e. song and verse have always been a very powerful memory aid, and this is supported by recent scientific research. The advertising industry knows only too well how powerful music can be in getting the message across with brainwashing-like jingles and soundbites. It really works! Developed and used over years in the classroom, earworms mbt Rapid Languages has shown phenomenal success. In tests pupils using this technique regularly get average marks of over 90 % compared to less than 50 % with conventional book based learning. Why hasn't music been used more in education up to now? Imagine kids at school getting a CD of hip hop songs with all the historical dates they have to learn, or all the irregular verbs they have to learn! Wouldn't that make their (and teachers') school lives much easier, much more fun, much more successful? Rest assured, we are working on it! What you get This volume deals with the essentials for your visit abroad. It looks at typical situations: taking a taxi, at the hotel, at the restaurant, requesting, polite phrases, finding your way, numbers, dealing with problems and so on. Volume 2 will have you talking about yourself and others, past, present and future, likes and dislikes and general conversational items. The themes follow closely the Common European Framework for language learning a recognised benchmark of language proficiency, and the emphasis is constantly on usefulness to the learner.

5 Memory hooks This booklet contains all the words and phrases on the CD, both English and Italian, plus the sounds of the words. An additional aid to learning, 'memory hooks' and comments to assist your memorisation and understanding, can be found on the earworms website. These complement the CD and are really worth checking out. Memory hooks are for example, if you want to memorise the Italian term: my name is = mi chiamo, imagine: my name is Micky Armo - and you will easily remember. How to use earworms: Don't think, just listen! Sit back, relax and groove along to the melodies without trying to listen too hard. Treat them as songs you hear on the radio. Our recommendation is that you do familiarise yourself with the written words in the booklet - at least the first time you listen. After listening several times, playfully test yourself - cover up the English side of the phrase book and see how many words and phrases you remember! Lastly - a word of thanks The earworms team would like to thank you for putting your trust in our 'slightly different' learning concept and are sure that you will have the success that many others have already had. It's motivating to know that learners are really benefiting from our research and development. Also, as accelerated learning is a rapidly growing field, we look forward to hearing your experiences and successes - so feel free to visit us on the website:

6 1. I would like I would like a coffee a coffee with milk please I would like a coffee with milk please. a tea with milk and sugar and sugar I would like a tea with milk. very good a beer water some water some something to eat something to eat I would like something to eat. good very good Vorrei vorray un caffè oon kaffe un cappuccino oon kappoocheeno per favore per favore Vorrei un cappuccino per favore. vorray oon kappoochino per favore un tè oon te con latte kon latte e zucchero e dzookero e e zucchero dzookero Vorrei un tè con latte. vorray oon te kon latte benissimo beneesseemo una birra oona beerra acqua akwa dell acqua dell akwa del del qualcosa da mangiare kwalkoza da manjare qualcosa kwalkoza da mangiare da manjare Vorrei qualcosa da mangiare. vorray kwalkoza da manjare bene bene molto bene molto bene earworms

7 2. To order to order drinks to order drinks certainly, of course to order food food some wine a bottle of red wine red wine red white a bottle of white wine house wine (wine of the house) bread some bread olives some olives a salad a mixed salad Perfect. ordinare da bere ordeenare da bere ordinare ordeenare da bere da bere certamente chertamente ordinare da mangiare ordeenare da manjare da mangiare da manjare del vino del veeno una bottiglia di vino rosso oona botteelya dee veeno rosso vino rosso veeno rosso rosso rosso bianco byanko una bottiglia di vino bianco oona botteelya dee veeno byanko vino della casa veeno della kasa pane pane del pane del pane olive oleeve delle olive delle oleeve un insalata oon eensalata un insalata mista oon eensalata meesta Perfetto. perfetto Read the original text and phonetics to give yourself extra visual input. To perfect your pronunciation... Let your ears guide you!

8 3. Have you got? Have you got...? a table for two for three a table near to the window near to the window Yes, of course. No, sorry. Everything OK? everything Enjoy your meal, bon appetite. Would you like? Do you want? to order a dessert a dessert Can I have more coffee? more Can I pay? by credit card the bill Could you? call me a taxi call me fine, alright, OK Avete...? avete un tavolo per due oon tavolo per doo-e per tre per tre un tavolo vicino alla finestra oon tavolo veecheeno alla feenestra vicino alla finestra veecheeno alla feenestra Sì, certamente. see, chertamente No, mi dispiace. no, mee deespyache Tutto bene? tootto bene tutto tootto Buon appetito. bwon appeteeto Vuole? vwole ordinare un dessert ordeenare oon dessert un dessert oon dessert Posso avere più caffè? posso avere pyoo kaffe più pyoo Posso pagare? posso pagare con carta di credito kon karta dee kredeeto il conto eel konto Può? pwo chiamarmi un taxi kyamarmee oon taksee chiamarmi kyamarmee va bene va bene earworms

9 How often do I have to listen to the earworms CD before I can really remember all the language on it? With the appeal of the earworms songs we hope that it is not a question of 'having to', it is rather a question of 'wanting to'. But seriously: the memory is like a muscle, it needs to be trained and exercised. Based on scientific studies, the ideal is listening relatively intensively at the beginning (the learning phase), thereafter listening periodically to review what you have learnt and refresh your memory. In practical terms this means listening to the whole album the first day, in order to 'tune your ear in' to the sounds of the language. Then listen regularly, several times, over a period of one or two weeks, making sure that you listen to every song equally as many times. While listening, actually speak the words out loud, when you can, to get a feeling for their pronunciation. After this, go through the booklet and test your knowledge, picking out any gaps that you may wish to concentrate on. Lastly, the review phase. As we all know, memories fade, so it is important to refresh your memory by listening to the CD at your leisure, say, once a week for the following few weeks. Thereafter, monthly. This review phase is crucial as it consolidates your knowledge and transfers it into your long-term memory. Although this demands self-discipline, it is of course without effort, as you are only listening to songs. The result is that you will be able to recall the words and phrases with the same ease that you remember your telephone number!

10 4. To the airport to go to the city to the centre to the airport I would like to go to the airport. to the hotel to the cinema to the theatre to go to the theatre Thank you. Thank you very much. I would like to hire/rent a car. to hire/rent to hire/rent a car a car to buy I would like to buy a pair of shoes. a pair of shoes to buy a pair of trousers a pair of trousers How much do they cost? How much does this/it cost? andare andare in città een cheetta al centro al chentro all aeroporto al a-eroporto Vorrei andare all aeroporto. vorray andare al a-eroporto in hotel een otel al cinema al cheenema al teatro al te-atro andare al teatro andare al te-atro Grazie. gratsye Grazie mille. gratsye meelle Vorrei noleggiare una macchina. vorray nolejare oona makkeena noleggiare nolejare noleggiare una macchina nolejare oona makkeena una macchina oona makkeena comprare komprare Voorei comprare un paio di scarpe. vorray komprare oon piyo dee skarpe un paio di scarpe oon piyo dee skarpe comprare un paio di pantaloni comprare oon piyo dee pantalonee un paio di pantaloni oon piyo dee pantalonee Quanto costano? kwanto kostano Quanto costa? kwanto kosta earworms

11 5. Numbers and days uno oono due doo-e tre tre quattro kwattro cinque cheenkwe sei say sette sette otto otto nove nove dieci dyechee lunedì loonedee martedì martedee mercoledì merkoledee giovedì jovedee venerdì venerdee sabato sabato domenica domeneeka one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

12 6. Is there? Excuse me. Is there? a shoe shop a shop Is there a shoe shop near here? near here Is there a good restaurant? a good restaurant a bar Is there a bar near here? Is there a pizzeria near here? not too expensive not too expensive Sorry......I don t know. impressive Scusi. skoozee C è? che un negozio di scarpe oon negotsyo dee skarpe un negozio oon negotsyo C è un negozio di scarpe qui vicino? che oon negotsyo dee skarpe kwee veecheeno qui vicino kwee veecheeno C è un buon ristorante? che oon bwon reestorante un buon oon bwon ristorante reestorante un bar oon bar C è un bar qui vicino? che oon bar kwee veecheeno C è una pizzeria qui vicino? che oona peezzereea kwee veecheeno non troppo caro non troppo karo non non troppo troppo caro karo Mi dispiace... mee deespyache...non lo so. non lo so impressionante eempressyonante earworms

13 7. Directions Good morning/day. I m looking for a police station a phone box a post office a bank Can you tell me? how to get to the Colosseum by bus by car by train go straight on turn right left Is it far? 2 kilometres roughly 100 metres on the left Thank you. You re welcome. Buongiorno. bwonjorno Sto cercando sto cherkando una stazione di polizia oona statsyone dee poleetseea una cabina telefonica oona kabeena telefoneeka un ufficio postale oon ooffeecho postale una banca oona banka Può dirmi? pwo deermee come arrivare kome arreevare al Colosseo al colossayo in autobus een owtoboos in macchina een makkeena in treno een treno vada dritto vada dreetto giri jeeree a destra a destra a sinistra a seeneestra È lontano? e lontano due chilometri doo-e keelometree circa cento metri cheerka chento metree sulla sinistra soolla seeneestra Grazie. gratsye Prego. prego

14 8. Where & what time? Where? When? What time? Where can I buy? a ticket a bus ticket in the tobacco shop tobacco shop Where is? your suitcase suitcase my suitcase our suitcase over there Is it over there? is it Is it in the room? room Excuse me, where is the toilet? the toilet (bathroom) upstairs downstairs Dove? dove Quando? kwando A che ora? A ke ora Dove posso comprare? dove posso komprare un biglietto oon beelyetto un biglietto per l autobus oon beelyetto per l owtoboos nella tabaccheria nella tabaccereea tabaccheria tabaccereea Dov è? dov-e la tua valigia la too-a valeeja valigia valeeja la mia valigia la meea valeeja la nostra valigia la nostra valeeja lì sopra lee sopra È lì sopra? e lee sopra è e È nella stanza? e nella stantsa stanza stantsa Mi scusi, dov è il bagno? mee skoozee, dov-e eel banyo il bagno eel banyo al piano di sopra al peeano dee sopra al piano di sotto al peeano dee sotto earworms

15 hot cold At what time is? At what time is breakfast? breakfast at 7 o clock at 8 o clock Breakfast is from 7 o clock. from 7 o clock to 10 o clock from 7 to 10 today tomorrow in the afternoon At what time is breakfast tomorrow? caldo kaldo freddo freddo A che ora è? a ke ora e A che ora è la prima colazione? a ke ora e la preema kolatsyone la prima colazione la preema kolatsyone alle sette alle sette alle otto alle otto La prima colazione è dalle sette. la preema kolatsyone e dalle sette dalle sette dalle sette alle dieci alle dyechee dalle sette alle dieci dalle sette alle dyechee oggi ojee domani domanee nel pomeriggio nel pomereejo A che ora è la prima colazione domani? a ke ora e la preema kolatsyone domanee

16 9. Problems, problems! There is There is a problem. with the television with the air conditioning with the fridge I need stamps plasters / Band-Aid (US Engl.) suncream aspirins something I need something for a stomach ache something for a headache I ve lost my camera. I ve lost my camera my passport my wallet I ve lost my wallet. It s mine. Excellent. C è che C è un problema. che oon problema con la televisione con la televeezyone con l aria condizionata con l arya kondeetsyonata con il frigorifero con eel freegoreefero Ho bisogno di o beezonyo dee francobolli frankobollee cerotti cherottee crema solare krema solare aspirine aspeereene qualcosa kwalkoza Ho bisogno di qualcosa o beezonyo dee kwalkoza per il mal di stomaco per eel mal dee stomako qualcosa per il mal di testa kwalkoza per eel mal dee testa Ho perso la mia macchina fotografica. o perso la meea makkeena fotografeeka Ho perso o perso la mia macchina fotografica la meea makkeena fotografeeka il mio passaporto eel meeo passaporto il mio portafoglio eel meeo portafolyo Ho perso il mio portafoglio. o perso eel meeo portafolyo È mio. e meeo Eccellente. echelente earworms

17 10. Do you speak English? How are you? (informal) Sorry, I don t speak Italian. It is very difficult. easy Do you speak English? My name is (I m called ) How about? an icecream Help yourself. Do you like? icecream I like it. very much But I prefer tiramisu. Hi/Bye. Bye bye. Goodbye. See you later. See you tomorrow. Have fun, enjoy yourself. Good evening. Good night. Come stai? kome sty Mi dispiace, non parlo italiano. mee deespyache, non parlo eetalyano È molto difficile. e molto deeffeecheele facile facheele Parli inglese? Parlee eengleze Mi chiamo mee kyamo Ti va? tee va oon gelato oon jellato Serviti da solo. serveetee da solo Ti piace? tee pyache il gelato eel jellato Mi piace. mee pyache molto molto Ma preferisco il tiramisù. ma prefereesco eel teerameesoo Ciao. chow Ciao ciao. chow chow Arrivederci. arreevederchee Ci vediamo. chee vedyamo Ci vediamo domani. chee vedyamo domanee Divertiti. deeverteetee Buona sera. bwona sera Buona notte. bwona notte

18 The science behind earworms mbt 1. How we learn A large part of learning in general and language learning in particular is to do with the memorisation of words, facts and other significant information. It's a well known fact that we use only a fraction of our brain power and traditional book learning is now recognised as not suiting every learner. earworms uses simple techniques which open up and exploit more of the brain's native power, and come under the heading of 'accelerated learning'. In the March 2005 issue of the journal 'Nature' researchers at Dartmouth College in the US reported that they had pinpointed the region of the brain where 'earworms' or catchy tunes reside, the auditory cortex. They found that the sounds and words that have actually been heard can be readily recalled from the auditory cortex where the brain can listen to them 'virtually' again and again. 2. What we learn earworms mbt adopts the so-called lexical approach to language. In essence, this means we look at language in terms of whole meaningful chunks, then break these down into their component bite-sized, easily absorbable parts and then reconstruct them. You not only learn complete, immediately useful phrases, you also intuitively learn something about the structure (the grammar) of the language. These 'chunks' which the learner can 'mix and match', gradually build up to cover whole areas of the language.

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20 earworms The Tracks: 1. I would like 5:56 2. To order 5:12 3. Have you got...? 7:01 4. To the airport 5:57 5. Numbers and days 6:03 6. Is there? 4:39 7. Directions 8:32 8. Where & what time? 11:18 9. Problems, problems! 6: Do you speak English? 7: Bye! Ciao! 1:36 Concept and Development: Marlon Lodge, Project Management: Andrew & Maria Lodge, Text: Renate Elbers-Lodge, Music: James Berry, ML & AKM, Songs 5,6,9 feature samples by Pedagogic Support: Bob Glynn, Hill House Studios, Voices: Filomena Nardi & Andrew Lodge, Mastered by Max Wildwood, Düsseldorf. Graphic Design: Jaroslaw Suchorski & Bernd HKP, Special thanks to: Jan, Jane, Evie, Anna, Freddy, Matt Hinzmann, UKTI, Noisebox Digital Media earworms publishing Ltd. Catalogue no. EARW 0501 Produced in the EU