listening skills

• If there are subtitles, you can cover them with paper (which you can remove if you really don't understand after listening several times). • And you can use video to record programme[r]

1 Watch TV programs

in English

2 Watch DVDs with subtitles.

3 Talk to

foreigners

4 Listen to

English songs.5 Learn

vocabulary

6.Try to pronounce

clearly and

correctly

7 Surround yourself with English.

Hello, I’m…

BBC

I don ’ t understand

!!!

First

!!!

Watch TV programs

in English

• TV is an excellent resource for hearing and listening to English

•The pictures help you understand what

is being said

Watch DVDs with subtitles.

• Video has one really great advantage

• You can play it again and again

• If there are subtitles, you can cover them with paper (which you can remove if you really don't understand after listening several times)

• And you can use video to record programmes from television and then watch them several

times to improve your understanding

Watch DVDs with subtitles.

Talk to foreigners

• Try to make friends with English-speaking

people so that you can practise your English

through conversation

• Of course, this will practise your speaking as well as your listening

• And if you don't have a lot of time to go out and meet people, at least you can chat a little by

telephone

Listen to English songs

Listen to English songs

• Songs in English are everywhere, even on foreign-language radio and TV stations

• It should be reasonably slow, and with real words sung clearly

• Some pop songs are very unclear and are difficult even for native English-speakers

to understand fully!

= be immersed

in English.

Learn vocabulary

Why do we

need to watch TV programs in

English ?

A) Because TV is an excellent resource for hearing and

listening to English

B) Because the pictures help you understand what is being said

C) All of these.

1 Watch TV programs in English

2 Watch DVDs with

subtitles.

3 Talk to

foreigners

4 Listen to

English songs

5 Learn

vocabulary

6 Try to pronounce

clearly and correctly

7 Surround yourself with English