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 #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 13:39 pm Problem in listening |
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Dear Adelino,
Many thanks for your encouraging words. To answer your question, I need some more information about your current situation. Please tell me how much time you spend listening to English media every day and what do you listen to?
Regards,
Torsten
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 14:01 pm Problem in listening |
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Dear Torsten,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
In the past I was more frequent listenner of english media every day (2 hours/day); and I was used to listen to conversation of native english speakers and mainly music. But as the time was passing away and I got into university I slowed down my rythm and by now I just listen to music (I've changed all my portuguese music to english ones).
Is it possible to improve listening by just listen to music?
Regards,
Adelino |
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 Adelino Domingos
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 22, 2008 14:10 pm Problem in listening |
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| Adelino Domingos wrote: |
Dear Torsten,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
In the past I was more frequent listenner of english media every day (2 hours/day); and I was used to listen to conversation of native english speakers and mainly music. But as the time was passing away and I got into university I slowed down my rythm and by now I just listen to music (I've changed all my portuguese music to english ones).
Is it possible to improve listening by just listen to music?
Regards,
Adelino |
Sure, music can be a great tool to use to improve your English. However, you need to make sure it isn't the ONLY tool you have; watch television and movies in English, listen to English language radio stations and podcasts, pick up an English language newspaper (or if you can't get one where you are , read the news online in English), post on English language websites (like this one for example!) , so on and so forth. Try to find a native English speaker, either online or preferably in person, with whom you can practice your English or even become friends with. Even a non-native speaker could be fun to talk to if they are relatively proficient/have lived in an English speaking country. Also, check at the university you go to if there are any English clubs or anything like that. See if there's any classes you can take, etc, etc...
If you really want to learn to speak English as well as you can, there's a lot of options out there! :)
(by the way, I speak a bit of Portuguese as a 4th language!) |
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