Question about Phrases cds

[Dale McCreery]

Taanshi!
Dale McCreery here, I think that there isn't a real worry about including
too many phrases on a single CD, the important thing is to make sure that
the phrases are structured.  A large amount of unrelated phrases is
overwhelming, but the more ways the phrases are related to each other the
more readily a learner can absorb them.  Most CDs like this are arranged
by topic, and that is one way of making connections, but I think that
including a lot of phrases that are very similar to each other
structurally (such as differing in only a single word or a tense) would
make it easier for those who listen to the CD to retain the phrases.  Even
on a CD of phrases, unless there is some sort of a progression of
complexity, people can listen to the CD a hundred times and retain only a
couple phrases.

So, my basic suggestions are:
1. include as much as possible
2. make it as structured as possible (as many connections between phrases
as possible)
3. make a progression of complexity, or at least include a repetition of
similar types of structures frequently.

-dale-