I was going to do some experiments with shadowing (more information about what that is can be found here), but living in a small apartment in the centre of town kind of makes that one a little bit difficult. I’ve got 42m^2 to wander around on, unless I want to look like a complete freak among people. And if I’m not home alone, I don’t really feel like doing it either ^^ However, the time I tried it, I did feel that it was very efficient. Not only did it make me wide awake and got my heart beating faster (talking in a loud voice while walking very quickly is harder than one may think), but it did help me remember better than when I sit down. And it is quite logic. When you sit down, you’re not very far from lying down, and when you lie down, sleep is what comes to mind. So your brain kind of goes «aah, relaxation…», while if you run around, you need to be alert for various reasons (not only to keep your body moving, but to look out for things and so on), so your brain goes into active mode. And when in active mode, it will absorb and process knowledge better than when in a semi comatose one. That’s the way I see it!
Just a quick recap in case someone was too much in a choma to look at those links:
1) Get a recorded text.
2) Put it on your mp3-player.
3) Listen to it WHILE repeating what the person says. At the same time or as best you can.
4) Walk fast and talk loudly, don’t sit still and mumble.
Of course, it helps tremendously to know the text by heart first 
I’m kind of guessing this does wonders for your intonation!
I’ve noticed that when I ride my bicycle to work, I listen more attentively to the songs/texts on my iPod than when I take the tram. I only dare listen to music in the morning though, when I’m practically alone on the road. In the afternoon the cruel car drivers of Oslo will just run me down if I don’t respectfully stay on my 20 cm of allocated space. >:[
Now, the Scriptorium. Look here. Speak, write + speak, speak. Focus. I like this technique as well, even though it does get a bit tedious. However, when you only write down something, you do tend to rush it. Unless you’re an extreme beginner, cause then you have to look at every letter of the word With Russian I tend to rush it. Trying to slow down now, to get it to enter my brain and perhaps… stay there? I did this for Мошенники поневоле yesterday, and I’m going to listen to the audio five times now. Yes, you heard me.
And oh! Do note that I would never have discovered these things without the excellent Forum, which now has a Wiki (unofficial, I know) attached to it!
