3 METHODS to improve your listening skills

3 METHODS to improve your listening skills | learn languages

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The video titled "How to Improve Your Listening Skills" focuses on the significance of enhancing listening abilities to improve language learning and speaking skills. The presenter introduces three listening methods, drawing from personal experiences in language acquisition.
Passive Listening - "Listen like a baby"
The speaker emphasizes the importance of initially exposing oneself to a new language through passive listening, similar to how infants experience language as a continuous stream of sounds. This method involves immersing oneself in the language's rhythm and cadence, without worrying about full comprehension. The speaker shares personal experiences, such as listening to diverse languages on a shortwave radio during childhood, and highlights the role of music in appreciating the beauty of a language.
Active Listening - "Adult-Powered Learning"
Active listening involves concentrating on understanding the language consciously. The presenter argues that adults, with well-developed cognitive abilities, can leverage their analytical skills and prior knowledge to understand language structures more consciously. Various online resources, including KZfaq and language learning tools like the LANGUAGE REACTOR EXTENSION, are suggested. The presenter provides a structured approach to active listening, including watching without subtitles, watching with subtitles, pausing and repeating, taking notes, and periodic review.
Dual Language Books with Audio
The speaker introduces dual language books with audio as the most effective method for improving listening comprehension. The benefits include cognitive engagement, associative learning, personalization of language, and a continuous stream of comprehensible input. The presenter shares personal experiences and provides suggestions for studying, such as shadowing, memorization, and dictation.
Access to Materials
The presenter provides links to materials for practice in English, Italian, and Chinese, including pop-up links to specific chapters and languages. The speaker encourages viewers to explore their memoir, "A Life in 30
Languages," available in various dual language editions.
The video concludes with a motivational message, highlighting language learning as a journey of discovering new knowledge, culture, and personal growth. The presenter acknowledges the challenges of language learning but encourages viewers to maintain passion and perseverance, emphasizing that the rewards are worth the effort.
0:00 how important the listening skills are
0:48 1st method
3:32 2nd method
6:58 3rd method
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@fredericjanelle 6 ай бұрын

Très intéressant. merci et bonne journée.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

De rien ! Je suis ravi que cela vous ait intéressé.

@BetterEnglish_ 6 ай бұрын

Hi there from Brazil, I've been doing comprehensible Input nowadays and a can feel my English improve each day. Thanks for this vídeo, you're the best! Great Hugs from Brazil.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Estou com saudades do Brasil

@undekagon2264 6 ай бұрын

I agree, I love dual language books too. And especially the combination between reading and listening. I also do writing whilst listening, meaning copying a given text for which I have audio. Or writing down from memory as you said, trying to memorise whole poems or other short texts, lyrics of songs.Handwriting a lot makes me retrieving and checking if I remembered correctly. And forme it isa fun activity which motivates me.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic that you love it and it motivates you... it is very effective

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

This is excellent. A few months ago I discovered reading while listening, and that has massively improved my French comprehension such that I can understand podcasts for natives and also some films. Before that I was just listening, and progress was much slower. Listening while reading trains the brain to recognise words. I’m getting a bit stuck with German (beginner A2). I find it much harder than French, as it is much more alien and less fluid. I have been doing mainly exercises i.e. translate back and forth, but progress has been slow. I recently started doing a lot more listening, both with and without a transcript. I’m pleased to see that you recommend this approach, so I hope progress might improve.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

It is one of the most powerful methods so just keep at it for German

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

@@polyglotdreams Thanks.

@Jesojojeso 6 ай бұрын

How to this method in details? should i listen first then repeat or repeat while the narrator speaks ?

@Jesojojeso 6 ай бұрын

How can you listen while you're reading aloud?

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

@@Jesojojeso You don’t read aloud when listening. Just follow the transcript while listening. For German and French, I sometimes read the transcript, then read and listen simultaneously, then just listen. Do this many times for a given recording over a few days, weeks or months. I don’t know if there is any precise method. But make sure the input is appropriate for your level.

@nidhibahl9408 6 ай бұрын

Your content is so useful. I m the new subscriber 🙂

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome!!!... please look around and see what else is helpful for you"

@christianjorgensen7192 6 ай бұрын

Yes. Absolutely brilliant information. Thank you.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for the encouragement.

@user-hp5bc5cy2l 6 ай бұрын

Keyword "parallel text" Penguin and or Bantam publish books where one lang on left page other lang on right page.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I have one from the 1970s for French and English... I have not seen so many lately do you have a link? OH sorry... I see... you listed the keyword: "parallel text"... thanks I see now that I have done the search

@user-hp5bc5cy2l 6 ай бұрын

@@polyglotdreams i am I unsure about whether olly Richards story method language learning books are parallel texts, graded readers, glossed text, or some combination. He wrote many books.

@MisterBudBrown- 6 ай бұрын

Hi Tim. Congratulations on another excellent language learning video. Your videos always help me in learning new languages and confirm some things that I have done over the years .. and as always, the editing is SUPERB! Keep up the great work.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

🎉❤I always appreciate your encouraging messages Bud

@humanman5033 6 ай бұрын

This is great. I have already somewhat integrated a few of these types of listening practice but now I know what i need to do for a more conscious effort in active listening and reading while listening.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I do encourage you to make that more conscious effort, you will love the results.

@nostalgicnow6001 6 ай бұрын

I know some of this but this video will help my comprehensive input enhance tremendously thanks so much

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Thank you... all the best in your studies... what language(s) are you studying now?

@HibaHima-ji4nb 6 ай бұрын

I just came across your channel you're amazing thank you so much i'm a new subscriber

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing! Welcome 🙏 to the community of language lovers.

@jonasmark2009 6 ай бұрын

It was interesting to hear the 3 methods and yes. I also agree that one can binge watch to fluency in the targeted language, one method that I also like to do for fun, is to imitate how one is speaking the language, for example the news readers in spanish, so when I hear them. I try to follow along and speak with the same speed and intonation.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Perfect attitude and practical approach 👌

@tkprojects1705 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for another excellent video! Concerning dual-language books, I have several of them, but they never explain how to best use them. Audio aside, should you read through the book in the target language first and then check comprehension by reading in your native language? Or should you read it in your native language first so that you know what’s going on in the story before attempting the target language? Also, should you read the whole book through or go a chapter at a time? Or a paragraph at a time? Thank you again!

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

The answers to these questions all depend on your level in the language. If you can read in the target language and understand 90% then go ahead and read the whole chapter and check back on what you did not afterwards. Otherwise I would compare paragraph by paragraph until you understand it well. Repeatedly reading it produces the most learning.

@tkprojects1705 6 ай бұрын

@@polyglotdreams Thank you so much for the reply. That is good advice and makes sense. I’ll keep this in mind when I give those books another go!

@alanguages 6 ай бұрын

I watch movies and tv with the target language subtitles. Not my own native language subtitles. You are getting both more audio and visual input at the same time.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Yes ... for sure it can be an effective source of comprehensible input

@Sabith194 6 ай бұрын

i like your videos

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@nendoakuma7451 5 ай бұрын

I would love for there to be a Vietnamese version of your book.

@polyglotdreams 5 ай бұрын

It has been translated into Vietnamese, and it is being edited now. It might take a few months, though. Please 🙏 wait

@nendoakuma7451 5 ай бұрын

You seem to have lots of Vietnamese fans

@polyglotdreams 5 ай бұрын

@nendoakuma7451 yes... they know what quality is when they see it 🤣

@anafloushajar3700 5 ай бұрын

great video intresting for me I d like to know how many time should i repeat during listening frensh , english,spanish and italian language per day? should I repeat more than 50 time per each language or what should I do? because it will take time and thanks for responding sir.

@polyglotdreams 5 ай бұрын

Thanks... that depends on which language you want to prioritize and how much time you can dedicate to doing it every day. The amount of time for each language doesn’t have to be equal, necessarily

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

Just a quick note. In the video description the link for your academic CV does not work as there is a full stop at the end. Remove the full stop and it’s kosher. And the BBC link does not work at all. Sadly.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Thanks... I just fixed them

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

@@polyglotdreams 👍🏻

@zetnikoven 6 ай бұрын

Could you make video about Listening audio + use Transcript as a metod?

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Good suggestion. But there actually is a lot about that in the video... especially part 2 and part 3... please have another watch.

@endouerick7519 6 ай бұрын

Which one is better? Listening while reading or listening alone?

@OmarjoseVazquezGonzalez 6 ай бұрын

I have the same question

@StillAliveAndKicking_ 6 ай бұрын

I believe you should do both. They both have their own benefits.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

I agree that you should do both. As I said in the video they are two distinct steps... and I would repeat them till I know the content well.

@abdopower5913 6 ай бұрын

I don't know but this is a wrong way to learn a language, cuz as we know the brain focuses on one thing (majority of the time, it focus on the easy thing) so mind focus on reading more than listening, cuz it finds it easy for him.

@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

Yes... your opening statement is correct... you don't know

@dongle4271 6 ай бұрын

Very useful. Thank you, Shifu

@polyglotdreams 5 ай бұрын

Than you for watching.

@denitazenith6084 6 ай бұрын

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@polyglotdreams 6 ай бұрын

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