Ah, I had wondered whether the “level” I had seen in some titles was the level of listener that the question was aimed at, or what.
And my worry was for me that I’ve supplemented SSiW with so much external material (and, truth be told, not listened to the SSiW exercises for so long) that I’ve forgotten what is covered in which level and what is not in SSiW at all, so I would be hard pressed at times how easy or difficult a given sentence would be for a new learner in terms of grammar and vocabulary.
But if it’s the questioner’s own current level, that’s easier to determine
This is great! I’ve listened to all of the SoundCloud recordings and it immediately sparked my interest and resolve to record my own pretty dreadful self! Felly… I’ve registered with SoundCloud and now have an account, but how on earth to do I record myself/create the sound file to (presumably) upload, share etc? Anyone have any clues? I’m running a pretty up-to-date convertible laptop that’s running W10 and kept fully updated, and I had a good sniff around SoundCloud, but couldn’t see anything obvious about how to record yourself. Help! And whilst on the subject of Level 3 after the Xmas and New Year break in regular ymarfer I decided to go back to about challenge 22 of Level 2 and work my way back up again as I had found where I’d got to (L3, Ch. 3) pretty bewildering. Having now clawed my way back up again, I’m still finding it hard, but not nearly as hard as a month ago - phew! And yes, I’m old enough to remember mangles! I always found it fascinating watching one being used. Anyway, I digress. Congratulations to the team for the wonderful work and especially for developing a few more challenges past no. 9 of level 3 which is where it’d got to when I last downloaded sometime in November, dw i’n meddwl.
Yes, go for it Caroline! There are a few different ways to record and I guess it’s down to personal preference as much as anything, but have a look at this thread where many of us posted which methods we use - Keeping up and technical problems
Personally, I use the built-in Windows 10 voice recorder on my laptop, then upload the file to Soundcloud, then share from Soundcloud to the forum. Others have other ways , but that’s what works for me.
Congratulations Caroline. If it’s any comfort, the latest challenges seem less difficult. Probably because so much of the time is spent on the necessary spaced- repetition revision, that there really isn’t too much new stuff per challenge.
Regarding the practicalities of uploading: please ignore my comments on the above-mentioned thread.
I actually follow Siaron’s excellent explanation.
Pick Voice Recorder from your list of Apps and record your message.
In your Soundcloud account, click Upload and select the recording from the “Browse” option. Then save. A blue box will come up with the file name highlighted…
I think the only way you can do this directly in SoundCloud is via their app - which lets you record straight to the cloud - otherwise you’re stuck with recording locally and uploading…
Brilliant, well done Caroline!
I’m tagging Jane @Jane so that she can hear it (because it’s here rather than on her question thread).
Don’t forget to do your 5-minute list so that @aran can turn your pink bubble red (and record a question of your own so you can go ‘green’, then he’ll be able to give you your blue bubble for answering a question!)
@siaronjames Hah! All those colours, very appropriate to sail through with flying colours. Right well… better get on with it, I’m still only salmon pink.
If not earlier you’ll get red at the end of the weekend as during the weekends usually our techys or @aran aren’t too hard at work here on the forum. But you never know …
A tip: if you make the link a paragraph of its own (if it’s the only thing on its line, no spaces in front of it, and a blank line before and after), it will turn into a little embedded box where you can listen to it right from inside the forum thread:
diolch yn fawr @philipnewton - tatjana has kindly said the same and I’ve now got a handle on it as they say across the pond. It works too - that’s a bonus!
Is it acceptable to do what I know people do in wild and add in the odd English work, or ask “how do you say”. In fact , how do you say “how do you say x in welsh” ? (Nw)
I’ll leave @aran to answer on what’s acceptable, but the best way to get the most out of the exercise is to try not to throw in English words and think of a way around it (although unlike the same rule at bootcamp, it’s a bit difficult to do mimes on a sound file ) - though I would also say that throwing in English words is absolutely what happens ‘in the wild’, even with 1st language speakers.
“how do you say x in welsh” is “Sut wyt ti’n deud x yn y Gymraeg”
Keep at it though - I’ve listened to your answers and you’re doing fine. It takes practice (what this exercise is for!) and it will get easier!
… Copy the highlighted file (as mentioned above). This is your link.
) - though I would also say that throwing in English words is absolutely what happens ‘in the wild’, even with 1st language speakers.