by Valeria Monea

How to "listen" in
English
 LISTEN AND
HAVE FUN!
Rules to 02
follow

NO NO NO  NO 

DISTRACTIONS NOISES INTERRUPTIONS BORING AUDIO

try to find a place where Eventhough it seems Tell people around you, look for interesting and

you feel comfortable and difficult, switch off your you'll be out for 1 hour, useful materials, don't

without too many devices, close the and after that you'll be choose something you

distractions!! window and enjoy!! totally free don't like!

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What
What we
will see
There are two different
types of materials:
authentic and adapted

Listening

Where
Choose a place you feel WOW!!
When
Materials can be online, on the Everytime you can!
TV, on your mobile Everytime you want
At least once a day
At least 1 hour a day
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Train your ears!
listen to short audio often
How
to do it!
it isn't
necessary for you to
understand everything!
Just listen to
something that isn't
your native language!
HOW TO DO IT PRACTICALLY 05

1 2 3
If you know
the topic, try
to prevent what
the listening can
be about
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Step 1
FOCUS ON THE LISTENING

listen to the audio, no transcript, no

video watching, only the listening. focus 

on the sounds, the stress, the intonation,

the words. try to feel yourself in the

listening

TIPS

- choose a short audio 3- 5 min. about a topic you like

- whenever possible try to write down some words,

expressions, sentences you think you got;

- you can listen to the audio more than once.

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Step 2 READ THE TRANSCRIPT

Stop the audio and take now the transcript. Read it

carefully, pay attention to words, expressions and try

to get those words you weren't able to get while

listening. You can now also check the meaning of

some words you don't know.

TIPS

- focus now on words, on punctuation, check the words

you noted down.

- in this moment it's important to be fully concentrated

on the words and the text.

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TURN ON THE AUDIO Step 3
TIPS
listen again to the audio.

it should be clearer for you now the - in this moment it's basic you

sound of some words and also of the focus on the words that at the

pronunciation. beginning were for you not

clear or you didn't take at all.

Pay attention to the stress and

TURN ON THE AUDIO + THE the pronunciation or that part.

TRANSCRIPT - question yourself about one

point: were those words really

listen again to the audio now, but this
necessary in order to get the
time follow the audio while reading to
general meaning of the audio?
the transcript. It should be easier for you

know to get more words.

Listen to the
audio more
than once
Step 4 LISTEN AGAIN TO THE AUDIO WITHOUT THE
TRANSCRIPT
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listen again to the audio WITHOUT the transcript.

Is it easier?

Are there any parts you can't get? if yes, repeat the step 3 and

then the 4.

TIPS

take note of the words you didn't know before, learn and repeat

them
it could be a good idea
to listen back to the
audio after a couple
of days to check how
much we remember