The listening skill
Listening is the first and the most important skill. To be a real listener , You should follow three steps ; hearing which means that you listen enough to catch what the speaker is saying, understanding or taking what you hear and understanding it in your own ways, and judging which can be simply expressed : Do you believe what you heard?
I followed some sites which are very helpful for both the teachers and the students. So I would like to give some pieces of advice for my class mates to benefit from these sites. To be a good listener, give your full attention on the person who is speaking. You should make sure your mind is focused. The speaker should finish before you begin to talk. You should finish listening before you begin to speak. Then you have to listen to the main ideas. You can ask questions, if you are not sure you understand what the speaker has said. At last you should give your speaker a feedback to what's said.
I recommend some of our colleague's sites .
http://esl.about.com/
http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.englishclub.com/
http://www.talkenglish.com/
Now lets speak about how to improve your listening skills through the web. Make sure you have the right software to take advantage of what is available on the world wide web. You can download players and find links to online radio stations at real.com , windowsmedia.com and winamp.com . You can try some of the English radio stations I will some recommend on my blog page. You can subscribe to broadcast and radio stations on iTunes too.
Films in English are an excellent language resource.You can visit http://www.learnenglish.de/ImproveEnglish/films.htm . If you want to know how to use films to learn listening.Listening while reading is a good idea too. There are lots of audio books on the market, I mention some on my recommended books pages, there are also some fun listening movies and lessons on the http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/ site and on the Interesting Facts site. You can also visit http://www.weteachenglish.info/ where there's a free lessons and you can contact the teacher through skype.
Keep up to date with current events and watch an English-language news station, such as BBC World. Watch news reports on events you are already aware of.
Find out how to switch languages on your TV. If you have digital or satellite TV there are several channels that broadcast in multiple languages. Eurosport is one and Euro news is another, you should be able to set these to the English language.
- On this site:- Use the dictation to improve your listening skill. http://www.learnenglish.de/dictationpage.htm will help you test your understanding.
- Every Wednesday I run a http://www.learnenglish.de/englishchat.htm Sometimes it is very advanced, but there are no more excuses.
- You can try http://www.afactaday.co.uk/ pages. You can write some interesting facts and there are accompany sound files for the most interesting facts.
- You can have fun on the http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/ page. There are new videos or listening files every month.
- Go to some TTS (text to speech) web sites and use their free services. Some of the results are surprisingly good. I particularly like http://www.acapela.tv/en/talking-cards/ for their talking cards.
If you want to improve your speaking skills you have to :
•Borrow or buy a book on public speaking and read 10 pages every day
•Watch at least one TED speaker video (www.ted.com) every week
•Subscribe to and read blogs on public speaking skills
•Say yes when given the opportunity to speak or present
•Ask for specific, constructive feedback every time you speak
•Find a mentor and ask for help and advice
•Practice every speech or presentation out loud at least once before doing it for real
•Keep a speaking journal and write down something you learned about speaking every day
Go to www.ted.com , Then you have to imitate the videos. This will help you improve your speaking skills
Mustafa
Listening is the first and the most important skill. To be a real listener , You should follow three steps ; hearing which means that you listen enough to catch what the speaker is saying, understanding or taking what you hear and understanding it in your own ways, and judging which can be simply expressed : Do you believe what you heard?
I followed some sites which are very helpful for both the teachers and the students. So I would like to give some pieces of advice for my class mates to benefit from these sites. To be a good listener, give your full attention on the person who is speaking. You should make sure your mind is focused. The speaker should finish before you begin to talk. You should finish listening before you begin to speak. Then you have to listen to the main ideas. You can ask questions, if you are not sure you understand what the speaker has said. At last you should give your speaker a feedback to what's said.
I recommend some of our colleague's sites .
http://esl.about.com/
http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.englishclub.com/
http://www.talkenglish.com/
Now lets speak about how to improve your listening skills through the web. Make sure you have the right software to take advantage of what is available on the world wide web. You can download players and find links to online radio stations at real.com , windowsmedia.com and winamp.com . You can try some of the English radio stations I will some recommend on my blog page. You can subscribe to broadcast and radio stations on iTunes too.
Films in English are an excellent language resource.You can visit http://www.learnenglish.de/ImproveEnglish/films.htm . If you want to know how to use films to learn listening.Listening while reading is a good idea too. There are lots of audio books on the market, I mention some on my recommended books pages, there are also some fun listening movies and lessons on the http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/ site and on the Interesting Facts site. You can also visit http://www.weteachenglish.info/ where there's a free lessons and you can contact the teacher through skype.
Keep up to date with current events and watch an English-language news station, such as BBC World. Watch news reports on events you are already aware of.
Find out how to switch languages on your TV. If you have digital or satellite TV there are several channels that broadcast in multiple languages. Eurosport is one and Euro news is another, you should be able to set these to the English language.
- On this site:- Use the dictation to improve your listening skill. http://www.learnenglish.de/dictationpage.htm will help you test your understanding.
- Every Wednesday I run a http://www.learnenglish.de/englishchat.htm Sometimes it is very advanced, but there are no more excuses.
- You can try http://www.afactaday.co.uk/ pages. You can write some interesting facts and there are accompany sound files for the most interesting facts.
- You can have fun on the http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/ page. There are new videos or listening files every month.
- Go to some TTS (text to speech) web sites and use their free services. Some of the results are surprisingly good. I particularly like http://www.acapela.tv/en/talking-cards/ for their talking cards.
If you want to improve your speaking skills you have to :
•Borrow or buy a book on public speaking and read 10 pages every day
•Watch at least one TED speaker video (www.ted.com) every week
•Subscribe to and read blogs on public speaking skills
•Say yes when given the opportunity to speak or present
•Ask for specific, constructive feedback every time you speak
•Find a mentor and ask for help and advice
•Practice every speech or presentation out loud at least once before doing it for real
•Keep a speaking journal and write down something you learned about speaking every day
Go to www.ted.com , Then you have to imitate the videos. This will help you improve your speaking skills
Mustafa
Hello,
ReplyDeleteMustafa, I like your reflection very much and learned many things from your experiences and writings. Your recomends many website such as http://esl.about.com/, http://www.esl-lab.com/, http://www.talkenglish.com. etc. Moreover, I like your delicious page as well.
thanks.
With Best,
Melodious Maheshwor
Hello Maheshwor,
DeleteThank you for your kind words. We are all here to learn from each other. I myself learned much from you and from our nice colleagues. This is because we teach different level in different countries and different environment. That's all.