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Can I say "my listening skills"?



 
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #1 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 4:50 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Hi guys,

Could you check out the following sentences for me? Are they right or which one is better in this situation?

By the way, maybe I should depict a little bit about the situation that how come I wrote the sentence. Lately, I joined an Enlgish group and the leader hosted/played a game. Any of the members can pick an English video and everyone can write down a transcription of what they hear. (For instance,if the video is 5 minutes long,then maybe the first member leaves off at 00:35. Everyone can see if s/he makes mistakes as well. Then the next person can continue it.) I think this way we can improve our listening of Enlgish definitely.

(By the way, if you guys want to participate the game and you don't know how to join it, you also can ask me . I think it's useful and might be interesting. Here is the link, http://groups.google.com/group/epoti-team/browse_thread/thread/9356245e773b6bc7?hl=en . Actually, I have no idea if I can post this content here. I simply would like to share this with you guys.)

For me, I don't have much time to practice English. I think this game definitely can
help my listening of Enlgish especially.

For me, I don't have much time to practice English. I think this game definitely can
help my listening to Enlgish especially.

For me, I don't have much time to practice English. I think this game definitely can
help my listening ability especially.

For me, I don't have much time to practice English. I think this game definitely can
help my listening skills especially.

Thanks so much.

Maggie Embarassed
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #2 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 8:53 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

I think 'my listening ability' is the best among the four and 'my listening comprehension' would be another choice.
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #3 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 8:58 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Throughout the internet they're called "listening skills" or "comprehension skills".

Also, it's good to have the ability to listen Wink
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #4 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 10:10 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

IMO, merely to say 'listening skills' would give a sense of 'the skills required for listening (to other people as a communication technic)', similar to 'speaking skills'. In order to refer to his/her English listening skills, the better way would be 'listening comprehension' or insert 'English' before it to identify.
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #5 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 16:43 pm   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Hi, Haihao

May I know what's the meaning of IMO? Thanks a lot.

Maggie^^
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #6 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 17:32 pm   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

May be In My Humble Opinion? Smile
Hi, Maggie! Nice blog. Smile
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #7 (permalink) Mon May 12, 2008 19:20 pm   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Inga wrote:
May be In My Humble Opinion? Smile

In my opinion, IMO omits the "word" humble. Wink

Maggie, I think that transcribing audio is a good way to practice and test your listening skills. However, keep in mind that a native speaker does not actually listen for every single word. A lot of listening is anticipatory. Native speakers know the structure of the language, know what collocations are typical, know which words do and don't work in the context, and so on. So, if a word is not actually "heard" or is only partially heard, a native speaker can often automatically "fill in the blank". In a way, it's a bit like reading a newspaper headline. Headlines often omit "unimportant" words. Nevertheless, native speakers reading headlines generally understand the meaning completely and have little or no trouble saying what words have been omitted.
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Can I say "my listening skills"? #8 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 1:09 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Nihao Maggie,

As Amy indicated and as far as I know, IMO is the abbreviation of 'In My Opinion(s)'. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tsai Jian!

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Can I say "my listening skills"? #9 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 3:01 am   Can I say "my listening skills"?
 

Hi, Inga

I saw your comment on my blog.

I just have no idea how come I couldn't reply your messages in my blog. I think I am still not familiar with managing Blog.

My nationality is Taiwan as I told everyone on my audio file. My field is in computer actually. Now I give myself a little time to learn English. Meanwhile,I am very pleased to meet you here and my blog as well. Hopefully, we can make friends.


Speak to you soon.

Maggie^^
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