how to improve listening?

[smilelee]

when I question my teacher ang classmates who major in english about it. the same answer is following such as "you must listen more and more". I am also trying to do so, but it's diffcult to begin.
Can you give me some adivices?

[king of hearts]

me too mr.smilelee

as we student ESL . we have to follow the advicies which given from our teachers. the listening skills is the important skills to learn enlish language or any language ....so you have to watch movies if you have diffcult in the start and make it like fun ....And you have to know sth ...you will face alot of difficult words and phrases and listening problems .....but dont stop , the more you listen the more you will understand ...... this is what i have to say for you?

best regards

[tom slocombe]

Hi, one useful way to improve listening is to try and get hold of a listening that has a text with it and read and listen at the same time. When you do this you can see how sentences are put together in spoken English. There are a lot of novels published (Penguin Books) with a tape or CD. These novels are written for different levels of English and my students have found them both enjoyable and useful.

[i love kobe bryant]

Just the question,ah....I have the same problem.I am trying to listen the tape while I are reading the tapescripts.I think it is a appropriate method for me.Wish you improve you listening rapidly.

[Miss_Olivia]

I've got the same problem... During our classes we listen to some tapes and I understand them alright (I guess because of the fact that the speed of speech is not that fast). But when I start watching movies I face a lot of difficulties with understanding very fast speech... I tried to listen to news, texts and it helped a bit.
I'll try to listen a text and read a tapescript of it at the same time. Thanks for your tips!
Take care!

[chako]

I've been working on listening skill too. I like to use pop music to learn it.
When you listen to the music and read the lyric, you can learn the pronouciation. Also, the rhythm of the music help you to say those sentences. It is fun anyway : )

[mrmicro06]

Originally Posted by chako

listen to the music and read the lyric

thank you Chako !

can you pls give us some links to those musics and scripts?

yes I agree its fun

thanks,,,

[mrmicro06]

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[meez]

Listen to english radio stations: http://www.surfmusic.de

[Minh Tran]

Sure thing , I'm a listener myself, I don't talk much but only when I need to :). My advice to ya, just pay attention to every detail the teacher gives ya and think of a fun way to remeber it, and remember if you PAY ATTENTION, you're more likly to listen before you know it