1. The reason why you can't listen to English
You have applied many methods of English technology but all have not worked.
You are very disappointed right now. There are many reasons why you can't listen
to English forever. Here are the most common reasons.
1.1. Pressure to understand every word
This is the wrong way to learn listening that many of you make. It is very difficult
to understand every word when learning to listen.
If you try to hear every word, you will feel uncomfortable and stop listening when
you can't hear a word. At that time, you may miss the entire information of the
listening.
1.2. Limited vocabulary
This is the first reason that prevents you from listening to English effectively.
When listening, you do not understand all the content of the art, so you feel a lot of
pressure.
Alternatively, it's possible that you know and learned the word but didn't realize it
when you heard it. Because when you learn, you only see and look up the meaning,
not hear how the word is pronounced. So when you hear it you won't be able to
recognize it.
Another case is because you are not exposed to the word much. When you hear it,
you have to think for a while before you know what it means.
1.3. Not grasping grammatical structures
There are some grammars in English that are far different from Vietnamese. So
when you are not sure about grammar, your art process will be difficult. If you
encounter difficult grammar, you will not be able to understand the content of the
listening passage.
2. Effective English listening practice for beginners
Based on the above reasons, we will continue to share methods to help you
improve your listening skills more effectively.
2.1. LISTEN WHAT YOU LIKE - Eliminate the pressure of hearing every word
You can watch about cooking, football, baking, makeup, cartoons, etc. without
getting tired. However, when you open the book to learn English, you will lose
interest.
The most effective way to practice listening to English right now is to combine
your favorite things and English together. Listen to English with your favorite
topics, you will learn more gently and easily.
Basically, EVERYTHING you love on youtube and google can be effective study
material. You can follow the reality shows of the UK, USA, Australia when
looking for documents. Specifically:
About music and entertainment: Got Talent, Next Top Model, So you think you
can dance, Hell's Kitchen, Master Chief
About Adventure: Amazing Race
About business: The Apprentice, Shark Tank,...
Reality shows are designed and staged attractively so you will feel excited to
watch. When you watch what you like, you remove the mentality of having to
understand every word. Because you have somewhat understood the content of
technology and feel more comfortable. During this listening process, you are also
accumulating new words, enriching your vocabulary.
2.2. LISTEN TO LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE DOCUMENTS WITH CORRECT
GRAMMAR
Listen a lot but listen too hard with in-depth topics, you will also get bored easily.
Therefore, you need to select the listening material after a while listening to
everything you like.
2.3. LISTEN, READ, AND REPEAT MANY LISTENING MATERIALS
Listening, reading, and repeating is a way of learning English that is applied by
many people. First, when listening to an effective English listening content, listen,
not translate into Vietnamese, try to understand the main idea. Then you listen and
re-read the transcript.
2.4. WRITE VOCABULARY ON PAPER, LEARN AGAIN TO INCREASE
VOCABULARY
Next, to remember longer, patiently listen and copy what you hear, learn
vocabulary, practice speaking the copied passage. You need determination and
perseverance. With the 3' listening lesson, you have to spend 10-20 times listening
and copying about 80% - 90%.
When using the English listening practice method, you will listen and remember
very quickly and very carefully. At this time, your vocabulary will increase day by
day. The vocabulary you hear at first is unfamiliar, but after listening, reading,
writing, .. it becomes your vocabulary. At this point, you can increase your capital
in a very natural way but not very well.
2.5. LISTEN TO ENGLISH EVERY DAY TO CREATE ENGLISH LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT CONTINUOUSLY
Maintaining continuous and regular listening is a prerequisite to mastering English.
You need long-term and regular accumulation to be able to communicate
effectively.