Some thoughts on iPods and language learning

Listening to audio contents read by talented story tellers creates a stronger emotional bond to the target language and is better for language learning.  At times it is good to listen straight through to enjoy the sense of achievement in grasping the meaning of a new language. At other times we should stop the MP3 player at every phrase and repeat the phrase to ourselves out loud 5-10 times, concentrating only on the rhythm and intonation and not worrying about words that we forget. If we can reproduce the rhythm and intonation of the language our auditory perception, pronunciation and confidence improve. We also develop a better sense of the little bits, the prepositions, articles, verb and noun forms etc. As much as possible we should listen to whatever we read in the new language and read whatever we listen to, at least until we are past the intermediate stage. Any comments?