Listening to English is difficult. There might be noise, you might be tired, the other person
might not be speaking clearly...there are a thousand things that you can influence the way you listen.
But do you know that you don't have to understand every word to follow things.
Before listening, you need to know your knowledge of the topic. You can do this by thinking
about the context. In order to listen effectively, you need to learn about English pronunciation. If you
can capture stressed words, you'll understand what the other person trying to say. And never try to
understand everything-it isn't natural. You don't even do that in your own language.
So, what can you do to improve your listening skills? It's so simple: Listen, listen and listen
again. It can take a while to understand a native speaker speech, but keep at it! Start listening in
small amounts and build up as you go. After a while, you will start to understand the sounds and
to distinguish words. Then, once you've mastered that, your learning will start to increase rapidly.
Listening is extremely important and is the key to language learning.
Good luck and remember, listening is not a science. If you can do it in one language, you can
do it in another. Go for it!
