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How can I improve English listening skills?
Written by Via
13 years ago
Asked 13 years ago
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Improving your English and improving listening skill are two different things. Your problem is the first, in understanding the language because it is not your first language – the one in which you think and dream.
What you need is practice, so try to converse with others in English, and get used to listening to it being spoken as in English movies and radio/tv programmes. You can also read aloud from a book or newspaper to get used to words and sentences.
Use a dictionary that gives you meanings in English as well as in your native language, so you will understand them better. Try to memorize about ten new words everyday, and consciously try to use them as you write or speak. Practice will make you perfect.
“Listening skill,” means understanding what a person really wants to say beyond the words used. For example, a person may say, “I am happy”, but with a very sad face. So the words used means something – that the person is happy. But the sad face means something else – that the person is not happy.
With listening skills you hear and understand the words spoken, and you also hear and understand what is not being spoken, the person’s actual unhappiness underneath. To improve listening skills you need to understand the English language well, and you also need to understand people’s emotional communications through words and body language.
What you need is practice, so try to converse with others in English, and get used to listening to it being spoken as in English movies and radio/tv programmes. You can also read aloud from a book or newspaper to get used to words and sentences.
Use a dictionary that gives you meanings in English as well as in your native language, so you will understand them better. Try to memorize about ten new words everyday, and consciously try to use them as you write or speak. Practice will make you perfect.
“Listening skill,” means understanding what a person really wants to say beyond the words used. For example, a person may say, “I am happy”, but with a very sad face. So the words used means something – that the person is happy. But the sad face means something else – that the person is not happy.
With listening skills you hear and understand the words spoken, and you also hear and understand what is not being spoken, the person’s actual unhappiness underneath. To improve listening skills you need to understand the English language well, and you also need to understand people’s emotional communications through words and body language.
Answered 13 years ago
Tu Be De
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In my opinion, the best way to improve your listening skill is you have to listen it more and more. You should have an ipod to listen to English conversations (or poems, stories,...) every night before you sleep. It will make you a listening English habit. Good luck!
Answered 13 years ago
Hoang Bao Ngan Nguyen
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To improve listening skills you should be used to hearing English whenever: you can do something while you're hearing E, hearing before sleeping,watching news, singing a song in E..Everyday you hear E at least 30' and make listening habit.
Remember that hear E by ears not that eyes, should not try to image the word and translate it into your language!
To hear and understand E need to hear E,hearing when you don't understand clearly. Because you don't understand well, you must listen a lot!
Good luck :)
Remember that hear E by ears not that eyes, should not try to image the word and translate it into your language!
To hear and understand E need to hear E,hearing when you don't understand clearly. Because you don't understand well, you must listen a lot!
Good luck :)
Answered 13 years ago
kori
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Listen to different types of spoken texts
Not only there are varieties of accents and styles of speaking, but also the situations in which you speak. Make no mistake, that listening to rhythm of the voice on BBC news is similar to the one when ordering a pint in a pub. That is why it is extremely important to listen to the formal and informal English. It’s all the same language in all its diversity. Your goal is to be prepared for that. Question is where and how?
One of the most brilliant places to learn English listening comprehension is a service Elllo. It publishes various audio and video combined with exercises on vocabulary and listening comprehension.
An excellent source of spoken English are called podcasts, video style short essay or interview.You may come across some real gems prepared for learners of English.It is not only language training but also cultural – this record is a true show of English humour.
Answered 11 years ago
Emily
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You may watch english movies with english subtitles for improving your English www.filmsubs.blogspot.com
Answered 10 years ago
anna
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