English Listening Practice

Many reading books in the study centre include CDs so you can listen and read at the same time

Tips to improve your listening - by Vera Nonaka


For me, one of the hardest things about English is speaking.  Of course, when I practise speaking, I can also practise listening in conversations.  Some of these tips are for conversations, and some are for studying on your own.

• Practice: this means speak, talk and chat. 
  
• Listen to the lyrics, news, dialogues and narratives in TV and radio.
  
• It is useful read the subtitles in English, to recognize and memorize the words, finding out their meaning in the dictionary when necessary. 
  
• Listen to audio-books at same time reading the books, also using the dictionary.  The quality of the speaker’s interpretation is essential to give you pleasure in listening the audiobooks. 
  
• If you are a beginner reader, start with an audiobook from the graded Readers collection – I recommend the classics – it is easier to like them, even in condensed versions. Take a book adequate for your level, this is important to encourage your work.  

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