| Human interaction is the realm of improvisation and unexpectedness.
[b]N... | Submit new or vote |
| It is as if my brain got particularly good at recording [b]unexpected corre... | Submit new or vote |
| This is my story, the language lessons I have learned along the way, and how these lessons can help ... | Submit new or vote |
| If I had a penny for every language mistake I have made over the years, I would be rich. Filthy rich... | Submit new or vote |
| In fact, in the world we live in, [b]no real growth is possible without dis... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Step 3: Listen Again, and Mark Variations in Tone[/h2... | Submit new or vote |
| Some of these pauses are marked with punctuation, like a comma or period. Some are not.
Using t... | Submit new or vote |
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While listening and reading, make sure you are seated comfortably, w... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]Step 1: Listen to Each Sentence Twice[/h2]
Le... | Submit new or vote |
| To do this activity effectively, you'll need:
- A [b]printed copy | Submit new or vote |
| That's why I've developed a system to make intonation accessible to language learners, so it can be ... | Submit new or vote |
| For intonation patterns...nothing. Or at least, nothing intuitive, easy and concrete. There are thou... | Submit new or vote |
| There are many reasons for this, but I believe this happens mostly because there's no intuitively ea... | Submit new or vote |
| Intonation plays a wide variety of subtle-but-important roles in every language spoken on the planet... | Submit new or vote |
| I could make the sounds, but when I tried to mimic the rhythm, the pitch, and the musicality of the ... | Submit new or vote |
| Intonation Patterns | Submit new or vote |
| He just needed a roadmap; he needed to know what steps to take to head in the right direction.
No... | Submit new or vote |
| If you can be consistent, and maintain such a routine for months, and years, you will find soon enou... | Submit new or vote |
| The biggest lesson I had to share with him was this:
[b]Be patient | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]6. Vary Your Listening Routine[/h2]
For any l... | Submit new or vote |
| When working on your listening skills, take out a notebook or piece of paper, and do the following:
... | Submit new or vote |
| To get the maximal value from your listening activities, you need to turn passive listening into act... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]5. Learn Actively by Taking Notes[/h2]
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| - When listening to a recording, you can play it back at a variety of speeds, including 0.25x speed ... | Submit new or vote |
| To be able to listen to native speakers at normal speed, you can't just dive in head first and liste... | Submit new or vote |
| Native speakers speak so quickly and fluently that learners often don't have the time to mentally br... | Submit new or vote |
| [h2]2. Listen to What You Enjoy[/h2]
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| This is because if you listen to things that you mostly don't understand, you'll spend the majority ... | Submit new or vote |
| listen, understand, tips, experience, improvement | Submit new or vote |
| 7 Tips to Improve Your Listening Comprehension | Submit new or vote |
