Listening


What is listening skill?
                   Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to all effective communication, without the ability to listen effectively messages are easily misunderstood – communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated. If there is one communication skill you should aim to master then listening is it.






 5 Types of Listening

  • Discriminative : In this listening type the objective is to focus on the sounds.

  •   Comprehensive : The ultimate goal of comprehensive listening is to understand the message the speaker is communicating.

  • Relationship : Relationship listening is a therapeutic listening type, because the ultimate goal of the listener is to be a sympathetic ear, without requiring detailed verbal responses. The best example is helping a friend talk through a problem, and is critical as a base for building strong interpersonal relationships.

  • Critical : When listeners have to evaluate a message and respond with their opinion, this is called critical listening.


  • Appreciative : The final type of listening is listening for the sake of pure enjoyment. This includes music, theater, television, radio and films, where the ultimate response is the one from the listener (not the speaker).
How to improve listening skills?


               A lot of English learners have trouble understanding what native English speakers say.One reason that real English is difficult to understand is that the English in classrooms and textbooks is very different from how people really speak. Some of the differences include:
People use different words and phrases in spoken English than they do in writing.
  • They use slang.
  • They say "um", "hmm", "ah", "uh", etc.
  • They skip the word "that" when using relative clauses.   ...and so on.

Native English speakers pronounce words differently when they say them together than when you say them one-by-one. This is called "connected speech". 

 If you only learn English in a classroom, you probably only hear very careful pronunciation. You won't be prepared when someone asks you something that sounds like:
W'joominehand'nmethabagovethare? 
("Would you mind handing me that bag over there?")
People talk about a lot of different topics. Some topics are very specialized and uncommon. An English class, textbook, or even a website like PhraseMix can't prepare you for all of the possible topics in the world.



Tips

The #1 tip for improving your listening ... ♥

So how can you get better at understanding spoken English?
The best way to improve is to listen to English. A lot. There's no way around it; you have to spend hours and hours listening to people speaking English. Listen to things that interest you. If you don't enjoy something, it's going to be hard for you to continue. You'll get bored and stop.
Other listening tips

                  The amount of listening that you do is the most important thing. But you can also improve the quality of your listening practice. Here are some things to think about:

  • Interactive listening is best. In other words, it's better to talk with someone than just to listen to a recorded TV show, radio program, or podcast. When you talk to people live, you listen more carefully, and you also think about how you're going to respond.
  • Don't just listen to the same kind of English all the time. Don't just listen to the news, or only watch TV comedies. Expose yourself to a variety of different kinds of situations and topics.
  • Try listening 
  • Prefer English captions to subtitles in your native language. When you read subtitles in your language, it keeps your brain locked into "native language mode". English subtitles are good, though. They help you to match words that you know with their natural pronunciations.


The 5 best ways to improve your English listening skill (in order!)

So here are the 5 best ways to improve your English listening skill. These are listed in order. The very best method is #1, the second-best advice is #2, and so on.
  1. Live and work in a completely English-speaking environment.
  2. Do some kind of sports, hobbies, or other activities with a group of English speakers.
  3. Talk one-on-one with an English-speaking tutor a few times a week.
  4. Watch movies, TV shows, and videos in English (with English captions or without subtitles).
  5. Listen to English podcasts on a topic that's interesting to you.

Website to enhance learning

http://putlocker.is/

The nice website for watching movies free!


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References

https://blog.udemy.com/types-of-listening
http://www.phrasemix.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-english-listening-comprehension

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