EXTENSIVE

LISTENING 
Done by 
Iryna Hlinska 
Victoria Baran 
Group INA-42 
Simply put, extensive listening is listening to a lot of
comprehensible and enjoyable content. 
 When you listen, don't focus too much on the vocabulary or
grammar. What's important is that you understand the
content. 
 HOW CAN Extensive listening may help you
EXTENSIVE improve comprehension increase
fluency, and get you comfortable with
LISTENING people's speaking speed, intonation,
HELP ME? and way of taking. 
  HOW DO I FIND
EXTENSIVE LISTENING
MATERIALS?
First, check out Extensive Reading
Central page.. It provides a lot of
resources and more information on
extensive listening. 
Some places you can look for listening
materials outside of academic sites and
materials are audiobooks, podcasts, radio
shows, news, and YouTube. 
CONNECTING EXTENSIVE
LISTENING AND
EXTENSIVE READING
◦ Like ER, EL has a goal of increasing fluency and general
comprehension. 
◦ In ER, a reader can spend as much time as they need on
each word/sentence/paragraph, but in EL the listener only
has as much time as the speaker allows.
◦ Many researchers and teachers believe that the principles
behind ER and EL are very similar, so research in EL
often relies on ER research as well. 
Tips for Extensive Listening to Learn English

- Listen carefully, but listen for main

- Choose a topic that will keep your ideas, not details. Try to understand the
interest and that you are familiar with. important points of the video or audio
recording.

- If you feel that you can't understand

- Try to find sources that offer basic
most of what is happening, try finding
information. If it is too in-depth, you
an easier source. Listening is one of the
may get frustrated when dealing with
most difficult skills for language
unfamiliar vocabulary.
learners.