Listening strategies

GENERAL TIPS OF ADVICE
1. + LISTENING FREQUENCY
2. Select short and level-adapted listenings to start with
3. NEW VOCABULARY: LEARN PRONUNCIATION TOO (online dictionaries:wordreference / macmillan dictionary / the free dictionary)
4. LISTENINGS YOU ENJOY OR ARE FIND INTERESTING
PRACTISING LISTENING
1. BEFORE
  1. READ SOMETHING RELATED TO THE TOPIC
  2. PREDICT WHAT VOCABULARY MAY APPEAR
  3. VIDEO: WATCH IT SOUND OFF, THEN PREDICT
2. AFTER
  1. RETELL IT WITH YOUR OWN WORDS
  2. LISTEN + READ TRANSCRIPT
  3. NEW VOCABULARY OR EXPRESSIONS - NOTEBOOK
  4. USE IT! Record yourself: girve your opinion, talk about the topic...
3. WHILE
  1. UNKNOWN VOCABULARY
    1. DON'T GET NERVOUS
    2. KEEP ON LISTENING
    3. GUESS THE MEANING
  2. 1ST LISTENING
    1. Look for KEYWORDS
    2. SUMMARISE IT IN A COUPLE OF LINES
  3. 2ND LISTENING
    1. LISTEN FOR DETAILS
    2. TRY TO WRITE DOWN AS MANY DETAILS AS YOU REMEMBER
  4. 3RD LISTENING

Resource summary

	Created by bokepacha99 about 11 years ago