ADVANCED SPOKEN ENGLISH TECHNIQUES
PART – 2
Hey all,
Just before this we were in the PROCESS OF LEARNING SPOKEN ENGLISH WITH ADVANCED TECHNIQUES……
Let us explore even a little more…..
Now that we have previously discussed the durations and choice of listening to podcasts according to the levels of English Speaking skills we are in….. Let us just get into a little bit more in detail……
Never to forget mentioning that when it comes to English learning and podcasts you can enjoy the space of learning through listening at any time of your choice including the time span….. well you can also enjoy the comfort of downloading those audio files and listening to them whenever you are interested in……
Certain websites also do provide you the option of downloading the audio files along with the pdf(text) of that particular podcast which is really, really amazing and in fact abundantly easy to follow…..
Isn’t that very easy……
In what way do listening to PODCASTS help you improve your English….
A few ways to attain the best results….. IMPROVING YOUR ENGLISH SKILLS…. by listening to podcasts….
1. Make it a regular routine and habit of listening to podcasts more than movies or series, even though they too too are quite good to listen and see…. because podcasts by themselves are done over specific topics…. may be day-to-day or topics you are able to easily connect with…. So you also might gain interest to share about the stuff you listened to others using English…. THE ENGLISH WORDS AND TERMS YOU LISTENED TO…..
Though at times you might not understand some portions of the podcasts “JUST LISTEN”…. you actually do not need to understand it all…… just without worrying do it….
Tune your ears to the sounds that you are hearing, may be the pauses, stresses and expressions in the voice too……
When you listen to stories or contexts in podcasts you will at least start getting an idea or rough picture or GIST of that….
You can listen to podcasts well anywhere or everywhere, you do not have to settle down to Study English in a specific room or environment…… even when you relax or when you are at work….. or while waiting for someone or exercising… and you can listen them repeatedly to…..
2. Just listen and note down whatever you understood from what you listened and if in case there was something that you didn’t understand rewind and play it back and listen for twice or thrice…..
Podcasts are absolutely at your comfort……
“LISTENING AND WRITING DOWN” is a very good procedure to follow for your progress in ENGLISH SPEAKING…..
You can even note it down just as the essence of what you have listened or in the form of a script……
This might contribute a lot to the growth in your English speaking skills……
If in case you are not able to understand even after repeating for many times you could just do a wild guess and note what you understand in that particular space or else you could just leave a blank and then get back to it later….. finishing the rest of the stuff…..
3. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST AGAIN AND COMPARE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN….. Or that you could even compare with the pdf(text) you have downloaded……. now you might or definitely come to an understanding of “how much you have understood from the podcast correctly”
4. The final and the added step as to how tou can effectively use podcasts for improving your English SPEAKING skills…. is to CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MADE WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE PODCASTS and how you could correct them to perfection…..
Though that sounds quite huge verbally it is obviously easy and does take only a few minutes of your everyday time….. leaving you with huge and remarkable output at the end of a few weeks or probably a month may be……
So follow all the above mentioned tips or instructions to get SIGNIFICANTLY yet productive English SPEAKING outputs easily……
Catch you soon….
Well hint me on what you felt after using podcasts as your ENGLISH LEARNING SOURCE…… MY BELOVED ONES……
Janet