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Why we listen?
We listen for:
-Gist
-Specific information
-Detail
-Inferential listening
Students should listen to English f0r:
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Access to the world
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Pleasure
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Travel
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Work & academic purposes
-Mikhail Gorbachev (1991)-
Ways to improve your English listening skills :
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Live and work in a completely English-speaking environment.
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Do some kind of sports, hobbies, or other activities with a group of English speakers.
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Talk one-on-one with an English-speaking tutor a few times a week.
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Watch movies, TV shows, and videos in English (with English captions or without subtitles).
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Listen to English podcasts on a topic that's interesting to you.
What makes a good listening text?
Content
Entertainment factor
Speech acts
Accent
Cultural accessibility
Discourse structures
Speech and number of speakers
Density
Language level
Delivery
Length
Quality of recordings
Other listening tips:
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Interactive listening is best.
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Don't just listen to the same kind of English all the time.
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Prefer English captions to subtitles in your native language.
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Try listening to English in different ways.
Pay attention
Show that you're listening
Provide feedback
Defer judgement
Respond appropriately
Active listener
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