704 how to improve your listening

TEACHERS OFTEN USE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE TO EXPLAIN THE GRAMMAR, SO IT IS VERY STRANGE SPEAKING TO ANOTHER STUDENT IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.. IN CLASS, THERE ISN’T ALWAYS TIME TO DO THE LIS

TEACHERS OFTEN USE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE TO EXPLAIN THE GRAMMAR,

SO IT IS VERY STRANGE SPEAKING TO ANOTHER STUDENT IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN CLASS, THERE ISN’T ALWAYS TIME TO DO THE LISTENING EXERCISES BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THROUGH GRAMMAR

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE ALL NEED LOTS OF PRACTICE IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY DONE SO, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING TO SATELLITE OR CABLE T.V CHANNELS, SUCH AS CNN OR BBC WORLD EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT PREFER TO WATCH MOVIES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO START WITH NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO YOUR LEVEL THAN THE LATEST

THRILLER

T.V IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN RADIO, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF RADIO IS THAT YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME

THE BBC WORLD SERVICE AND THE VOICE OF AMERICA HAVE A GOOD RANGE

OF PROGRAMS, AND IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO LISTEN TO A WIDE VARIETY ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS TO USE THE INTERNET, THERE YOU CAN FIND A HUGE AMOUNT OF RECORDED MATERIAL THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD

MAY BE, YOU COULD ENCOURAGE FRIENDS TO START SENDING YOU VOICE MAIL

FINALLY, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU DEFINITELY OUGHT TO CONSIDER A TRIP TO AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING CITY, AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE

READ THE TEXT AND FIND:

1- VERBS (PRESENT SIMPLE)

2- VERBS (FUTURE)

3- WORDS THAT MEANS POSSIBILITY

4- WORDS THAT MEANS SUGGESTION

5- WORDS THAT MEANS ABILITY

6- CONNECTORS

7- ADJECTIVES

READ THE TEXT AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1- NATIVE LANGUAGE IS OFTEN USED……… 2- IN CLASS, THERE ISN’T ……… 3-IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ……… ……… 4-SUSCRIBING ………SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

5- IT IS IMPORTANT ……… THAT WILL BE

CLOSER TO YOUR LEVEL.

6-……… YOU CAN FIND A HUGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL 7- TO MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE YOU SHOULD………

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1- TEACHERS USE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO TEACH

GRAMMAR.

2- TEACHERS DON’T ALWAYS PRACTICE LISTENINGS IN

CLASS.

3- STUDENTS DON’T NEED TO PRACTICE LISTENINGS.

4- TO PRACTICE LISTENING, STUDENTS SHOULD

WATCH T.V OR LISTEN TO THE RADIO.

5-USING THE INTERNET IS A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE YOU

WILL FIND NOTHING INTERESTING IN IT.

6- STUDENTS SHOULD TRAVEL TO AN ENGLISH- SPEAKING

CITY TO IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING.