You may find your English speaking skills
improving as you practice listening to the stories on these pages like I recommend below.
Take a look through the pages on this site for ideas on how to study and
learn English. You will find good stories for listening
practice on almost every page of this site.
Intensive
Listening
When I was learning a language, at first, I could
not repeat what I heard. Then
after lots of listening practice (intensive listening), I could
remember what I heard. Then I started to get much better at speaking!
I learned how to master intenstive listening
practice... and you can too!
My students also want to learn English
faster. At first they said listening to English was too hard.
Now, they ask
for more English listening practice in my classes.
Why
Don't People Repeat Things for You?
The problem with normal conversations is when you hear something new,
you often don't understand
it.
Or remember
it.
You may ask people to repeat what they said, but usually they don't.
They usually
repeat things slightly differently. I wanted to hear the exact same words as they said
the first time, again and again.
What Can You
Do?
English listening practice is the
key
to success. Now I call it intensive
listening, or listen
and repeat. It will help you increase your
English memory. As
you
remember longer English sentences, you can think in English easier.
Now, I ownmy own
language school. My students want extra
practice. I wrote stories for them and I
tell them listen to my stories. Try
listening to a story now.
The first time you listen to the stories, it is ok
to think about
the meaning. You may also read the story (the script is below
the
story).
The next step is to listen without thinking
(really!).
At this stage you want to start the listen and repeat
program.
Thinking
comes later.
(Of course you have to
think! But first you have to make your memory
longer).
If you can't understand the first time, you can
listen again and again.
I made recordings of stories with
the words we are studying.
Now, you can get English listening practice when you listen
to them too.
You will find stories with phrasal verbs, idioms, Toeic vocabulary and
some grammar
listening here on English Listening World.
This site helps you listen for vocabulary.
2.
Imagine
Listen to the story. As you listen, make and image of the
characters and the action in the story as you listen to it.
3. Listen and read the story (many
times?)
You
can listen to the story while you read it (preferably aloud).
Many of my students
said, "When you read
the story, you can understand it better."
Because its free, you can come to this site again
and again and practice listening without worries.
4. Listen and Repeat
Listen
to the story in small bits, small enough that you can remember
it.
Stop the player, and repeat the sentence you listened to.
When
you feel confident, go on to the next part of the story.
5.
Listen and
Repeat Simultaneously
Now that you have repeated the story, take a break. After
your break, listen to
the story and
say the story at
the same time.
If you make a mistake (for instance, saying a word
not in the story, or forgetting a word), you
will know right away. That is great!
Now you know which area to study and repeat.
6. Take a Quiz
A great cap to your English listening practice. Not
all pages have a quiz yet; I am adding them as I have time (they take a
lot of time to make!). If there is a quiz, try it!
Come back here and listen again and again to
improve your listening.
It's easy! Click on a topic best for you on the left.
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