Stress-Free Foreign Language Learning: Eliminate Frustration when Listening
It’s not a very realistic situation and it’s much harder than most everyday “listening tasks” in real life.In reality, most people who are conversational, but not yet fluent, in a language don't understand every word they hear in that language. Yet they can still hold conversations with minimal problems. Not understanding every word doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong. When you’ve just started to learn a foreign language, it’s perfectly normal not to understand everything. So then, if you’re not aiming for perfection, what are you aiming for?Go for a General UnderstandingInstead of trying to hear and understand every single word, just do your best to understand enough words to get the gist of what’s being said. Take the words you did understand and try to guess based on those. Yes, sometimes you’ll “guess” wrong, especially in the beginning. With practice, though, your listening skills will improve.After you’ve listened to something, ask yourself if you could explain the general idea to someone else. If you can, then you’ve really accomplished something. Then ask yourself somewhat more focused questions. For instance, if it’s a radio talk show, see if you can summarize the speaker's overall opinion on the topic. As you learn more vocabulary and do more listening, you’ll be able to fill in more and more details.Listen to MusicThe great thing about music is that you can enjoya it even when you haven’t got the faintest idea what the singer’s going on about. When you do understand, it’s a bonus. Music has another plus, too: repetition. Listening to your favorite songs over and over again helps you remember not only words, but also whole phrases.Pages: 1 [2] 3
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