⏩ Story — the day the training design changed
There was a fifth-grader who had done Daechung English diligently for over a year. One day the child asked, “Teacher, is there a 7×?” Once 6× had become fully audible, he was asking for something faster. Until then, 6× was material we gave only to the few who kept up very well.
Since there was no 7×, we made 8× and 10× files for the first time, played them for a few who were doing 6×, and asked how much they caught. Kids who said 6× was about 80% audible said even 8× was about half audible. Not a measured value — a share the kids reported.
Then the other direction became interesting. Does only the strong kid have to do 6×? We played 6× for a few ordinary students doing 4×. It was not that 6× came through clearly. But the reply that came back was unexpected — “After doing 6×, 4× is heard better.”
Drive at 120 km/h and then come down to an ordinary road, and 60 feels like crawling. The speed did not change; the reference point moved. 4× after 6× is exactly this state.
Daechung English’s first goal is to hear 4×. But we train at 6×. Practice at the goal and the goal is always a strain; practice one step above it and the goal becomes comfortable. The principle side is in [[fast-forword-004sec]]; the actual training order is in [[daechung-five-steps]].
Hearing 10× does not make your English ten times better. Speed is not a report card but a tool for moving the reference point. Cling too long to a speed where you catch under half and the training becomes noise exposure, not training — the point where you barely keep up, about half, is usually where you improve most.
Source
Reconstructed from Ossam’s blog post “Daechung English #13” (2019-10-21). The caught shares are values students reported, not measured. For the speed design see [[daechung-five-steps]]; for the principle, [[fast-forword-004sec]]. — Not carried over: the original’s grade labels like “top 2–3% students,” and the course sales notice.
※ This article summarizes and restructures the key points of the source above.