The progresses I have made : 7 Counting numbers almost 10,000 has brought me a great progress in transcribing a newscast

I have been practicing counting numbers aloud with smile since last autumn.

At first I began with counting numbers below 1,000.
After I got used to counting these 3-digit numbers, I began to count numbers more than 1,000.
At first I counted down one by one from 2,000 to 1,000, then 3,000 to 2,000, 4,000 to 3,000, 5,000 to 4,000, 6,000 to 5,000, 7,000 to 6,000, 8,000 to 7,000, 9,000 to 8,000, and finally I just now began to count from 10,000 to 9000.

I don't think many English learners count numbers repeatedly so many times, and at least I'm convinced that I've practiced one of the most fundamental expressions thousands of times, although I'm not sure whether this method is powerful in improving fluency. At least I'm sure that I've practiced thousands of time particular type of pronunciation, actually many of most frequent pronunciations.

Counting number has had also a wonderful side effect to. It motivate me greatly with transcribing newscasts I've frequently heard for more than five years but haven't understand much of it. In these weeks I've made great progress that I transcribed, if not perfectly, more than 10 minutes, over one fourth of the entire 40-minute podcast. Earlier, I have tried to transcribe stories of this podcast, but I gave up before I transcribe a part of the newscast of only 3 minutes.

Just a simple practice few people I imagine might try has brought me unexpectedly wonderful progress, and a wonderful seventh material for my blog theme of this year.

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