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Tip>>>Listening practice!
Most English learners spend too much

time reading... and too little time listening.

Are you one of them?

If you don't live in an English-speaking country - and you don't have opportunities to use English every day - then it's especially important to practice listening as often as possible.
When you practice listening, don't make this common mistake...

This is the WRONG way to practice:
1. Listen once
2. Not be able to understand everything
3. Get frustrated, stop practicing, and give up
Stopping after the first try is the WORST thing you could do... it prevents you from making any progress!
Please don't let frustration and negative thoughts make you stop trying.

Remember - when you're learning a language, it's completely normal NOT to understand everything on the first listen.

But if you listen multiple times to the same audio, you will start to understand more and more.
It's a process of "training your ears" to better comprehend spoken English.
So, listen, write, listen, write, etc....
DO NOT GIVE UP!

Comments

  • Dom

    @Todd I totally agree ! Audible has become my best friend!
  • Osrod

    learning English is part of my daily routine, I used the 2 kinds of listening the passive and the active, I really want softened or smoothed my thick accent.
  • Rian

    It's a really practical and good way of learning English .I have tried to listened to the English tape many times and I can understand what they say .besides ,if I wanna express myself ,I can quickly think of words and sentences from the tape .I also learn Spanish in this way and I can casually say some sentences 😁
  • Charlotte

    @Mary haha😂
  • Mary

    @Charlotte me too
  • Graceorchid

    Thanks a lot, Now,I understand clearly how to practice listening. Thanks again, Todd.☺
  • Crystal

    you are good teacher,thank you very much for your advice to us english lover
  • KevinZ

    The best tip for listening practice EVER!👍👍👍
  • Aseka Dusit

    Thank you so much, I know what do you mean and you're right. I love everything your posts, but I always have an excuse to not do it. That is, I have no time. But the real reason is, I am shy. I will start to try it. Now.
  • Vicky

    I cannot agree more
  • Linda Lifetime VIP

    Thank you Todd❤
  • Taw Anothaii

    Thank you so much .
  • Andrei

    Thank you, Todd. It is do important what you ga have written. Thank you
  • Zx

    Thank you!
  • Sao Bien

    Thank you so much!
  • 慕容霏Faye

    Good idea !What's your Korean and Japanese level so far ?🙈
  • Lee

    Thanks very much,that describe me perfectly.Your tips gave me courage to practice my listening skill.🌹
  • Dean

    Very useful advice.Thanks for sharing.😄😄
  • 加加林

    I use an app to practice listening, but wonder how many times should i focus on one audio. You know it's time-consuming to try to comprehend full meaning of training materials.😄 If it exceeds 5 times of playing back, for example, should I directly have a look at the text?
  • Tuan

    Best advice ever! Thank you very much
  • Charlotte

    But I have a question:why reading to me is very hard?😂
  • Katherine Meow

    Thanks for sharing! I totally agree. Especially, number 2.
  • risa

    I'll try listening practice!

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