listening is such a crucial skill to be
developing for English fluency if you
can't understand what English speakers
are seing you will have issues
communicating in English so how can you
improve your English listening skills in
this video lesson we'll go through 7
tips 7 ways you can improve your English
listening skills friends as you already
know listening and being able to
understand other English speakers is so
important for English fluency some of
you may be struggling to follow this
video lesson and to really use these
tips and ways to better help you improve
your listening skills to help you follow
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better understand and improve their
English listening skills you can
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to be able to speak English fluently to
be able to communicate with other
English speakers you have to understand
what they're saying to you if you cannot
understand what somebody is saying
you're going to have issues answering
their questions or holding a
conversation in English let's begin with
those 7 tips you can use to improve your
English listening skills
the first way you can improve your
English listening skills is to be
listening to English on a regular basis
you have to be listening to English use
naturally regularly and consistently so
that you can constantly hear English
speakers speaking in English and you can
hear different words phrases grammatical
structures being used friends this step
sounds really simple but many English
- forget about this step maybe you are
listening to English being used maybe
once a week maybe even once a month
friends this is not enough try to make
English a part of your daily life all
you need to be doing is listening to
English being is naturally for about 10
to 15 minutes every day there are many
ways you can do this
you can do this by watching TV while
you're traveling to work while you're
running while you're going for a walk
make English a part of your life if you
listen to English bemused naturally
regularly and also consistently so we're
only talking about 10 to 15 minutes
every day you will see results in the
long term it's not enough to be
listening to English maybe once a month
or every second month you have to be
using English in your everyday life in
the first tip I shared with you the
importance of listening to English being
used naturally on a regular and
consistent basis remember we're only
talking about 10 to 15 minutes of
listening regular and consistent
listening every day this takes us to our
second tip you have to find something
you have to find a resource to listen to
many English learners struggle to find
something to listen to in English to
improve their English listening skills
friends thanks to the Internet there are
many resources available to you which
you can use to improve your English
listening skills resources that you can
use to improve your listening skills
could be YouTube videos movies TV shows
songs podcasts and audio books friends
it's important for you to be listening
to these resources only in English don't
be listening to these resources in your
native language only use the English
language remember for in student preview
English listening skills you only need
to listen to these resources for about
10 to 15 minutes every day fantastic in
our second tip you've learned many
resources those being
videos movies songs podcasts and
audiobooks you can use to improve your
English listening skills but you
probably won't drink
adrianna in the first step you said I
need to listen to English on a regular
basis every single day you've put 10 to
15 minutes I'm going to be bored and not
going to be motivated and I don't want
to be frustrated and demotivated if I
don't understand something in English
this takes us to our third tip it's very
important for you to improve your
English listening skills to find a
resource to find something that you
truly like that you've loved listening
to in English you need to find somebody
talking about a topic in English that
you love something that you can listen
to that will keep you motivated to
continue listening to them to that in
English on a regular basis friends you
don't want to be choosing a topic I like
your friend likes your next-door
neighbor likes your family likes it's
very important for you to find a topic
you like this ensures that you'll be
motivated and you'll be consistent by
choosing a topic you like you'll be
interested to learn about that topic and
at the same time to improve your English
listening skills
let's go through two examples so that
you can understand how you can find
something you love let's have a look at
student Bob Bob's been studying English
for a long time now but he's really
struggling to understand English
speakers he gets bored listening to old
textbooks and listening to mp3 audience
but he loves cars
Bob's obsessed with cars and he loves
anything to do with canvas what Bob
could do is find somebody on YouTube
talking about the latest models about
engines in English so at the same time
he's learning about cars he's being
motivated because of his interest and he
is consistently going back to that
channel and learning about
and improve his English at the same time
another example could be married Mary
loves cooking she loves cooking and
she's always looking for new recipes out
there Mary's decided to watch a few
cooking shows and to find a podcast in
English talking about the latest recipes
she can use friends as we can see from
Bob and Mary both of them have used
something they'd like to improve their
English listening skills they have found
a topic that motivates them to be
consistent to consistently listen to
English for 10 to 15 minutes every day
so at the same time they are learning
something about mechanics cars or rap
cooking and improving their English
listening skills friends find a topic
that you like that motivates you that
drives you and listen to this topic on a
regular basis you will see results in
the long term if you do remain
consistent and most importantly find a
topic that you love the fourth tip also
sounds very simple but it is the most
important tip out of all of them friends
you have to be positive be positive when
listening to English as you may feel
demotivated you may feel discouraged as
you may not understand the different
accents or words being used this is
normal friends when you start listening
to English on a regular basis on
different topics instead of being
negative instead of being pessimistic
try to be optimistic when you are
listening to something pat yourself on
the back give yourself a reward and say
yes I understood 20% of what they were
talking about today and in two days if
you can understand 30% of what they're
saying friends that you're really seeing
improvements in your English listening
skills the more consistent and regular
you are with your English listening
practice you will see improvements in
your English listening skills and
ability to understand English speakers
Dave positive even if you're having a
bad day
be as positive as you can it will be
be frustrating and you will feel
demotivated think about those new words
you learn think about the improvements
you made from the day before and give
yourself a pat on the back and reward
yourself be able to up stand more than
the day before the fifth tip I have for
you to improve your English listening
skills is to listen to different accents
don't listen to the same person all the
time and then you will only be able to
understand that person you want to be
able to sync to different accents to
different people from different
countries listen to people from
Australia New Zealand UK America from
different countries in the world you can
listen to people who are living in
non-english speaking countries but who
speak in English as well friends it's
crucial for you to be listening to
different people different people on a
regular basis as this will ensure that
you are hearing different words you will
see how people express themselves
differently in English and this will
also improve your communication skills
it will improve your communication
skills as you will see how different
people express themselves in the English
language and in turn you can also use
this expression when speaking in English
express yourself to different people
different English speakers out there and
start improving your English listening
skills fantastic so you're going to be
consistent in your English learning
you're going to listen to different
accents you're going to be positive but
friends even when you are so positive
you may at times feel really really down
you may feel down and demotivated
because those new English speakers they
use different words than the last
English speaker do friends in these
situations I advise you to listen for
context what is listening for context
friends listening for context means that
you are listening to everything the
English speak a sink you're paying
attention to the whole story so to the
whole sentence and you try to understand
what
message is when we're listening for
context we are not translating word for
word if you start translating word for
word
you will feel demotivated because there
will be many words you may not
understand but if you listen to the
whole sentence you will notice that
you'll be able to understand what in
general that English speaker is trying
to say this takes us back to a fourth
tip where you have to stay motivated
don't do motivate yourself by
translating word-for-word and looking at
the new words that English speaker is
using and saying hey I don't understand
that word my English listening skills
suck no friends listen for context
try to understand try to see what they
in which they casing focus on the
message rather than focusing on
translating those words the seventh and
final way you can improve your English
listening skills is to speak to people
friends English is a language it's a
language and it's a means of
communication most likely you're
learning English because you want to be
able to get a better job to move abroad
to study abroad to pass IELTS TOEFL or
to talk to other people in English
there's no better way to improve your
English listening skills than to speak
to other people
by speaking to other people in English
you'll also hear different accents by
having conversations in English you are
of course listening to that English
speaker trying to understand what they
are saying and also friends you can
practice speaking speaking to other
people and improving your pronunciation
and your confidence at the same time I
recommend that you speak in English to
other English speakers as much as
possible as this is the best way for you
to see if your English listening skills
have improved also it provides us with
great satisfaction when we're able to
speak with other people in another
language go out there speak to other
English speakers and see the results of
your practice
and a go hard work they have it friends
seven tips to help you improve your
English listening skills use these tips
apply them on a regular basis and you
will see results you will see
improvements in your communication
skills in English remember friends to be
positive don't be pessimistic be
optimistic and give yourself a pat on
the back when you do see improvements
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