How To Improve Your Listening Skills

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0:00 - Listening comprehension is a very important skill in language learning.
2:38 - You can't focus 100% when listening and that's okay.
4:33 - The brain requires repetition and novelty.
5:47 - Keep challenging and rewarding your brain when learning a new language.
7:29 - If you listen and you don't understand, don't get frustrated!
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I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations:

Mohammed
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Nicholas: @nicholasgeniar (Line)
Vladislav: @somebodyhuh (Telegram)
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[Thelinguist]

Listening comprehension is not only the most important goal in language learning, listening itself is the key activity in order to get used to a new language.

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[MrFabianoleiteferrei]

Steve I'm from Brazil and you are one of the first person I understood speaking in English. Thank you for sharing knowledge.

[matheusvasconcelos]

I've learned a lot of English with songs. I used to listen to the songs I liked and not understand a single word, but since I liked the song, I would listen to it again and again. I would look up the lyrics and translations and listen to it. Sometimes I'd listen and read the lyrics at the same time, sometimes I would only listen to the song or listen to it while doing something else, eventually, I started picking up more and more of the song, and then, I would go back to the lyrics and repeat this same method. This has always worked for me, it's like you said, repetition and novelty. I always go back to old songs and I'm constantly adding new ones to my playlists, gradually understanding more and more.

[NaturalLanguageLearning]

I got 2-3 hours a day of listening time last year when I was learning Romanian, by listening to podcasts during my commutes and using the exercise bike. Combined with an online tutor and reading interesting content, it worked really well.

[laudermarauder]

Many thanks once again to the translators who have added subtitles in so many languages! This is a brilliant addition to these videos.

[holgerjurjo]

Wow, I did not even know that there were subtitles in 20 languages in these videos. I can practice my German while listening to Steve. Very cool and useful!

[johndoes]

Started Dutch, my 9th or 10th language thanks to LingQ . Having the same mini stories as Swedish etc. for a beginner it's a blessing because you can SEE the common words, even if the pronunciation is different. Because I haven't learned German, studying a Germanic language like Dutch or Swedish, just trough English is harder than the Romance ones, where being a native Romanian speaker with French education, it's a piece of cake. But I guess it is not harder than listening Japanese where comprehensible words, I mean 外来語、 are 1-2% and even then is a bit harder to recognize the original English, Portuguese or German pronunciation....

[cspel]

I have been learning Korean for 2 years now and I am not where I want to be. Your videos have helped me improve even in a few days because my tutor could tell a difference and was so stunned. He asked me what have I been doing to improve. I told him I stopped trying to memorize and just listen well and read.

[GunnerGbi]

I really like your posts and tips, I was feeling unmotivated and frustrated these days cause I was not able to understand some advanced content, watching you now made me feel much better. I’ll keep pushing myself forward! Thank you Steve! 🇧🇷

[marcwibble]

That was tremendously helpful including you sharing that even someone of your stature accepts imperfection. Repetition. Novelty. Humility. Thanks a lot.

[haicautrang]

I remember Laoshu said he started to realize the importance of listening after your videos. I had a lot of passive vocabulary in vietnamese and could understand children's books but couldn't speak at all. Then I spent 50 hours listening and now I am able to use what I know

[imrealkaren]

I found that Steve's advice and experiences most closely resemble my own experiences of language learning (although I have been doubting myself, so thank you!!) and make a lot more sense. Very practical and helpful!

[shilohpeterson]

Thank you. Been very inspired and encouraged by your videos lately. So true about listening while doing stuff especially practical for people like me who are learning a language while working full time and raising a family. I love to listen when I drive, do laundry, dishes and cleaning!

[Duane]

I am so glad I found this video! I am exactly the same way. I love sitting down and working throuhg the reading on LingQ, but when i try to sit down and listen I zone out, unless, I'm doing something else (walking, jogging, dishes, etc.). Thanks for confirming that this is ok and even normal that someone like you, a polyglot, does this!

[assad]

thanks a lot Steve for having me helping u for this great method of helping learners of love 🔥❤

[yaketythack]

At A Transport company in Brampton ON the employee of the year was a Truck driver. On the plaque in the lunchroom is his quote -
"Listen first, speak second." Glad I found your channel Steve.

[cesarchiarelli]

Greetings from Brazil. I've been learning English for the past one and a half year and a have been coming along constantly thanks to you, sir. Thanks a lot!

[roseofsharon]

This is a tremendous talk on language acquisition. Steve really gets the fine points of how the brain works.

[muradhebibov]

When I feel frustrated in English I'm quickly opening your channel and getting positive energy and gaining again my language skills thanks a lot you are the best language teacher I've ever seen 😀(from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 )

[Tehui]

I've been following Steve's advice when it comes to listening in my target language. It works. Just use a mixture of repetition and novelty when listening in your target language and you'll slowly acquire it.