Hey guys, welcome back to Let's Talk.
This is me, your trainer, Meera. You know guys.
What I think is really important when you're learning a new language
practice.
That's all that is important.
Sometimes that is all that it takes to become more fluent
and smooth.
Don't you agree with me?
Okay, so out of many of the techniques out there, one such
method is listening because the only way we learned a new
language when we were born, with two ears. Today, I will tell you all,
some unique ways to practice listening to improve your English
fluency and to up your game.
So what do you think?
Let us take it as a five day challenge.
A new challenge every day for the next five days.
Are you ready?
So let's get this ball rolling
On the first day.
Take a small, probably an 8-10 lines paragraph and
read it aloud ,And listen to it back to back for
30 times.
Okay or just take a one short video of just two minutes maybe
and listen to it on repeat for 30 times in a row.
Record yourself in your own voice for just two minutes and
keep listening to it.
Try to notice new things each time you hear it - for instance.
Um, let's take this sentence.
The garden looks very beautiful during the month of june
Okay, this is one of the sentences.
Now I'm going to try to notice something new.
The second time in the first try, I have now noticed that I can replace the
phrase 'in the month of June' with the word 'spring'.
The garden looks very beautiful during spring.
Now the next thing I can do is - I can replace 'very beautiful'
with 'colorful', the garden looks colorful during spring.
Now I can change the stress the next time .
Take a look at the sentence.
The garden looks colorful during spring. similarly, why
don't you try to notice something new and continue keep doing it for the next
27 times.
So guys, how would this help you? When you listen to things again
and again it sticks in your memory.
It allows you to notice important things and forces you to
become better and you would remember the new phrases and changes
that you have made for a very long time.
Now that's great!
Okay, are you ready for Day 2?
So the Day 2 challenge is to - Listen to a song without its
subtitles and try to figure out the lyrics yourself.
Yes, all those out there who loved doing this as their
hobby in your free time.
This method can now allow you to improve your English skills.
We anyways listen to songs, don't we?
So, just choose one song for the day and stick to it.
Of course a new song.
Now, not not the one that you already know.
No cheating guys.
So focus, your first focus will be on the lyrics instead of the music in the
background.
All right, so follow these basic simple steps play, listen
carefully, pause and write, okay, whatever
you have heard and move on to the next line.
Okay, now do the same thing until the end of the song.
Now if you want, listen to the whole song again and
do some checking, do some corrections if you want.
Now check for the lyrics online, okay, match your lyrics with the
song and give yourself marks, if you score a complete
100 that means it's time to now sing and enjoy the song
Voila.
Now guys, with this step you have just brushed your hearing and listening
skills, songs have always been on our minds, you know, they stick on our mind
and we just keep humming them the whole day, it is just good to know that you could just complete a challenge
in English listening.
Right?
And this confidence will definitely help you while
speaking the language as well Guys, are you ready for the third day?
Okay, now on Day 3 - Listen to two things at
once.
Yes, you heard me right?
Okay, take two phones.
All right, go to any of our English channel on youtube and
play two videos.
Okay.
Start with less advanced lessons as the task itself is an advanced one.
Okay, once you're ready with the two videos in your hands, hit the
play button For both the phones at once, so
just say 3.. 2.. 1... and hit play, try
to keep up with the topics from both the videos by concentrating. For
example, um I should know that if I'm listening to Meera.
Meera is talking about grammar mistakes.
These were the main points that I could hear.
So I would write down these 2 or 3 points then if I'm listening to Michelle, I would think that oh
Michelle is speaking about homonyms and these are the words that she used as
examples.
Okay, so make points if you want, you're allowed to write so that you can cross check
for mistakes later.
Well guys, how and where would this practice come to use any
guesses?
So guys, many times you would find yourself in social situations
like restaurant, busy station, hustling bustling offices
or functions.
Where everyone is talking to everyone, but you need to focus
on the person who was talking to you.
Now this particular step and method will help you to tune
out the unwanted noise and tune in or focus
on the conversation, the conversation that you're having.
Playing two videos at once is a great practice to brush up
this skill, try it out and you would understand what I'm saying.
Okay, we have reached to Day 4 and on this
day you would challenge yourself to listen to a fast speaking
person, how interesting is that?
Okay, so just go on Google search and type for fast speaking
person and go to videos, you will find many short
videos on fast speaking people, These people are
really quick in their speech and believe me when I say that it's too
hard to understand.
What are you going to do is apply the same simple method.
The play and pause method and allow yourself to grasp the
information that they're speaking.
It's a great way to challenge ourselves.
You know, and we do this for the same reason why probably a basketball
player would practice with heavy wright balls so that when they
actually start the game, the basketball itself seems terribly
light and it's easier to play that way.
Similarly, when you start understanding someone who speaks extremely
fast, understanding a normal speed or a normal speech would
be so much more easier to follow. Right?Now guys,
The last day of the challenge, that's the 5th, 5th day listen to a
debate or an argument.
Now tune into any news channel or any online video, Maybe a
movie, if you have any particular one um tv series right?
And just start focusing on the phrases that they use while arguing
write these down. For example, Oh she said to
him - "You can't generalize a topic without evidence", then
find its meaning.
So in this case it means that he can't say everything is the
same unless he doesn't have a proof of it.
You would be surprised guys to your new and useful phrases.
All right.
So in any debate or any argument, our emotions take
over our head and we don't get the right words to speak.
Does it happen with all of you?
It happens with me at least and I feel the one with the best
phrase and the punchline always wins people's hearts and
of course the argument as well.
Now this method or step would benefit you in increasing new
vocabulary and have great punchlines.
Who doesn't want that?
Alright guys, I hope you start your challenge today
itself and tell me how it worked for all of you after five
days.
That's all for today's lesson, my friends.
I hope this challenge helps you.
I believe that it will so go ahead and take on this challenge that we know what
happens.
I will be back with another interesting lesson until then keep smiling, keep practicing,
spread a lot of love guys, this is me, mira signing off for the day, Caio.