How to improve listening skills
I. Understand the reasons why listening to English is difficult
1. Incorrect pronunciation
The first reason that you can't hear English is that your pronunciation is not correct. In many
cases, you hear specific words/words but cannot understand what people are saying, what is the
meaning of those words. You encounter that situation simply because you are not familiar with
the correct pronunciation of those words.

2. Insufficient vocabulary or grammar
In some cases, there are words that you hear the sound, but to understand the meaning, you can't
help it. One or two words you don't know can be temporary, but about 30-40% of the words in a
sentence you don't know, you will certainly not understand what the meaning of that sentence is.

3. Information processing speed is not fast enough
In some cases, there are many people who do not process information fast enough. This has
nothing to do with the ear, because your ear hears the sound, but then you have not had time to
process to understand it, it has already moved to another part.
II. Some effective ways to practice listening to English

1. Practice correct pronunciation
The first effective way to practice listening to English is to practice correct pronunciation. Some
things you need to do in turn to be able to pronounce correctly are:

Open the transcript, listen to the listening again to find out which words you did not hear, then
mark each word that you did not hear.
Open the dictionary to look up each word to see what the transcription is, ask the dictionary to
read the sample and imitate it. Pay attention to the stress and final sound.
Every word you can't hear needs to be imitated 1000 times, forming a habit for the mouth
muscles. When your mouth does it right, you will surely hear it correctly.

2. Improve vocabulary and grammar for effective listening
The next effective way to practice English listening is to improve vocabulary and grammar. To
be able to hone your vocabulary and grammar, you can learn from transcripts to solidify your
knowledge. Besides, if there are any grammatical structures that you don't know or understand,
you have to look them up to understand them deeply and broadly.

For vocabulary improvement, you need to learn all the words in the listening passage except for
the specialized and technical words that often appear in Section 4. The question word in the
question you hear is also necessary. understand 100%. As for new words, look up the dictionary,
keep a separate notebook to review. Review each word about 5 times.
3. Create a habit of listening and understanding quickly
The last effective way to practice English listening is to create a habit of listening quickly. Some
of the things you should keep in mind are:

Trying to correctly guess the context will help you listen effectively. Paying attention to the
question words in the question, it will also help you understand the conversation.
If the conversation speed is still too fast for you, you can use the software to slow down to 0.7-
0.8 enough to give you 20% more thinking time without the sound breaking.
However, the most important thing is that you practice enough and be very fierce with yourself.
If you listen to a part that you don't understand in time, you can listen to it again, determined not
to let knowledge slip away in vain like watching movies or listening to music. This feeling is a
little uncomfortable but if you get through it, the results will be very sweet after 1-3 months.
Regarding the frequency of practice, you should note that you should keep listening every day,
from 30 minutes to 300 minutes depending on the problem you encounter. The result will be that
you can hear every word clearly and conquer the band with a very high score.