Five Ways to Improve Your Listening Skill

Today’s English
August 30th, 2017

LSRW is the manthra (the four pillars) of any language learning. A language learner has to start with improving his receptive skills first. (Listening and reading are receptive skills and speaking and writing are productive skills.) Here are the top 5 ways to improve your listening:

1.Watch English movies in English with full text at the footer in the beginning.  Thousands of sites and apps online, like Amazon prime video and YouTube can help you a lot. 

2.Why can’t you go for some standard learning apps like “English central" and Hello English where you can watch thousands of videos by native speakers of English, listen, repeat and compare yours with theirs.? They also ease your learning with game activities. You can start from any  level that suits you and move to higher level.

3.TV channels are almost in all languages and the varieties are more than what you can expect.  Watch, enjoy and improve your listening.  Start with local English news, move to Times Now and end up with BBC English news.

4.Talk to the native speakers of English to learn the right pronunciation and stress patterns.  Many online sites are ready for you with native speakers of English and you should just join with them in chat without hesitation.

5.Would you like to study, work or live abroad? Are you afraid of listening to foreigners' English and talking with them? IELTS is the answer.  International English Language Testing System is meant for non-native speakers of English. Prepare and take this test to improve your listening skills along with other three skills. British council and Cambridge English are awaiting you! To know more about this: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/ielts/

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
-Stephen R. Covey, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”