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Welcome to the Turkish Listening Library

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Merhaba!  My name is Aaron Myers and I am a Turkish language learner.  Like you, I desire to speak and understand Turkish and do both of those well.  I first moved to Istanbul in 2008 and was often frustrated by the hours I spent searching the internet trying to find quality listening material for my Turkish learning.  That frustration led to the creation of the Turkish Listening LIbrary - a one stop shop for all your Turkish  Listening needs.  My hope is that this site will help you be more efficient and more effective on your language learning journey.  I am also a language coach and writer focused on helping people everywhere have more fun learning languages.  Stop by The Everyday Language Learner to find out more!

How do I use this site?

  1. Click over to the TLL Blog and subscribe by email or hit the RSS Feed button at the top right to subscribe.  This will allow you to receive updates anytime new content is added to the site.  
  2. Visit the itunes page for the handcrafted audio and click "subscribe".  This will keep new Turkish listening content coming your way on a regular basis.  You may also want to go back and download all of the past episodes.  If there helpful it would be great if you left a comment as well.
  3. Visit the Handcrafted Audio page and download just the Turkish of the podcast.  You will want to put this on your favorite MP3 player to take with you everywhere and listen again and again.  At this page you can also download the transcripts of the Turkish audio to read along with or clarify any hard to catch aspects of the audio.  These are grouped in sets of ten or so.  
  4. You will also want to visit the Listen Now! page to find more authentic Turkish audio.  This page will probably be for those with a bit more Turkish under their belts.   Click on the links to visit the sites of the audio where you can listen or download.   Listen as often and as many times as you like.  
  5. Visit the Articles page and take the time to read a few articles or booklets that will help prepare you to be a better Turkish language learner.  Greg Thompson's writings as well as Peter PIkkert's LACE manual are must reads - and they are free.
  6. Visit and subscribe to The Everyday Language Learner to continue to be inspired, encouraged and receive loads of great tips and ideas for language learning.  And feel free to stop by my Youtube Video Tips page.
  7. Next, it is important that you too contribute to the site, so get recording and send in a file or two.  Your handcrafted audio will make this a better library for everyone.
  8. Finally, tell your friends.  Hit that share button up there in the right corner and spread the word!  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Here to a great journey toward Turkish fluency!  Kolay gelsin.

Why Listen?

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Well, for one, listening is a fun, stress free way to learn.  You end up smiling like this guy when you are done.  The problem though is finding listening material that is comprehensible.  Listening material that is too hard is probably just an exercise in frustration.  To build proficiency and to grow as Turkish speakers, we need to find material that is at our level.  We learn language when we understand messages.  That is why we understand more when we know the context or when we have clues to what is being said.  How important is listening?  James Asher, creator of the Total Physical Response method of language learning suggest that for students in school programs, the first semester be dedicated to listening only. Greg Thompson talks about needing "massive amounts of comprehensible input" and we hope that this site will offer you a step up in increasing the amount of comprehensible input you receive each day. 

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