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I. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE LISTENING
Listen to English Pop Songs
Listen to TV News Reports
Listen to films
Listen to Radio
Listen to TV Programmes or Videos
II. SKILLS TO BETTER LISTENING
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I. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE LISTENING
There are many kinds of listening. It is important to expose yourself to these various kinds of listening because you can familiarise yourself with different vocabulary, speed, accents, pronunciation and even grammar structures in different contexts.
1, Listen to English Pop Songs
Find cassettes/CDs which have the lyrics enclosed. Alternatively, the PolyU ELC (Resource Area) has song lyrics.
Write a summary -Test your listening by comparing the original lyrics with your summary. Try to listen to songs in English again and again without referring to the words until you understand as much as possible. The primary aim of this activity is to listen for main ideas. Don’t be bothered by the details. After this, write a summary of the main ideas. Compare the original lyrics with what you have written down. If you were unsuccessful, what caused your misunderstanding?
Sing along with the melody- Read the words and sing along with the cassette. This can be done alone or with a karaoke. You should listen very carefully for the pronunciation of words.
Do a cloze exercise - Ask a friend to remove some words from a song. Listen to the song and try to fill in the words that have been left out.
Dictate lyrics -Don’t look at the lyrics before you play a song. Try to dictate the lyrics while you are listening to the song. Play back as many times as you like until you can catch the words. This will help you to listen intensively for details.
Listen to English Pop Songs
Listen to TV News Reports
Listen to films
Listen to Radio
Listen to TV Programmes or Videos
II. SKILLS TO BETTER LISTENING
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I. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE LISTENING
There are many kinds of listening. It is important to expose yourself to these various kinds of listening because you can familiarise yourself with different vocabulary, speed, accents, pronunciation and even grammar structures in different contexts.
1, Listen to English Pop Songs
Find cassettes/CDs which have the lyrics enclosed. Alternatively, the PolyU ELC (Resource Area) has song lyrics.
Write a summary -Test your listening by comparing the original lyrics with your summary. Try to listen to songs in English again and again without referring to the words until you understand as much as possible. The primary aim of this activity is to listen for main ideas. Don’t be bothered by the details. After this, write a summary of the main ideas. Compare the original lyrics with what you have written down. If you were unsuccessful, what caused your misunderstanding?
Sing along with the melody- Read the words and sing along with the cassette. This can be done alone or with a karaoke. You should listen very carefully for the pronunciation of words.
Do a cloze exercise - Ask a friend to remove some words from a song. Listen to the song and try to fill in the words that have been left out.
Dictate lyrics -Don’t look at the lyrics before you play a song. Try to dictate the lyrics while you are listening to the song. Play back as many times as you like until you can catch the words. This will help you to listen intensively for details.