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HAOHSIANG LIAO: We
always tell our students

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to trust their ears,
not their eyes.

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That basically means that
we want them to work more

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with the audio files.

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So interact with the
audio files for DVDS.

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Work with them.

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Work with the sounds.

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And I always ask my students,
when you interact with people,

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what are you dealing with?

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You deal with sounds, not texts.

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So that's what we mean by
trust your ears, not your eyes

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because students,
when they're out

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of time, the first thing
they do for preparation

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is to read the dialogue.

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It's reading.

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They read the dialogue and
thought that they know.

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However, they're not
familiar with the sounds.

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And in class, what
we do a lot in class

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is interactions by
speaking and listening.

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So they will feel
totally disoriented

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if they just focus on reading
or talking about the text

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or romanizations of a language.

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So that's always the first
challenge for our students,

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how to give up
yourself to your ears.

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And we know that this also
increases students' anxieties

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from time to time.

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But this is always a reminder we
have to our students every day

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that work more.

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When you have time, work with
the audio files, not just

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reading the romanizations.

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If your preparation
lies mostly in reading,

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that will not get you too
far in your Chinese studies.