Sign up for your free lifetime account at English Class 101 dot com If you've studied your target language, but you can barely understand native speakers, you might be doing something wrong.

You know the vocabulary and grammar they're using, but for some reason, when they speak at a faster speed, you can't keep track of what's going on.

Why is this happening?

Have you spent all this time learning in Bain?

This is a common issue that all language learners face at some point or another.

The truth is, it's actually a good problem toe have, because Onley students with the higher level of skill will experience it.

When you know a lot of the language but have trouble understanding native speakers, the problem is almost always with your listening skills.

Learning what words mean and practicing how to use them in a sentence are both invaluable skills to develop.

But people often forget that in addition to speaking, writing and reading, we have to develop our listening skills in a foreign language as well.

In this video, we'll look at three practical ways to improve your listening skills.

Number one.

Practice.

Active listening.

One of the best ways to practice listening is too well.

Listen to your target language, but this doesn't mean putting on some music and listening to it in the background as you do other things, you need to practice active listening.

Get your hands on a recording of spoken language.

You can use a movie, news, broadcast or podcast.

You can even try subscribing to a YouTube channel, listen to a segment of the audio and do your best to write down what you here.

After a couple tries at this, go back and double check what you wrote against the script of what was actually said.

If you're watching a movie, you can double check yourself by turning on.

The subtitles are Language Learning Program is one of the best tools for developing your listening skills.

You can listen to the conversation in a lesson and then check it back against the lesson transcripts.

This is simple, easy, and you can be sure that the transcripts are correct.

Number two Practice pronunciation.

Any problems you have pronouncing new words correctly will be reflected back in your listening skills.

It's hard for your brain to decipher and remember a sound, be it a letter or a word that you don't know how to make yourself a good accent will give you the ability to here and pick out the otherwise unnatural new sounds to develop your accent.

Focus on any sounds or letters that feel difficult or unnatural for you.

Once you get more comfortable with the basic sounds, start to combine them using words and whole sentences.

Listen to native speakers as much as possible and take note of how words and sounds Kenbrell end more or get dropped in rapid speech.

Do your best to listen to this phenomenon and imitate what you hear.

Focus more on how the syllables air said together.

Rather than simply saying the words next to each other, There is often a significant difference between how words are set individually and how they're said when spoken together in a rapid fire sentence.

This is a big part of the reason language learners can know a lot of vocabulary and grammar but still not understand native speakers.

Our playback feature is great for pronunciation practice.

You can play back the podcast itself or listen to words individually you can even listen back at a slower speed if you're having trouble catching the correct pronunciation as native speakers beat number three, make listening part of your routine.

Now that you've started practicing active listening and pronunciation, make it a part of your regular learning a lot of specific amount of time for each of your listening activities.

For example, you might practice 10 minutes of active listening, followed by 10 minutes of practicing bowels and then 10 minutes of imitation practice with a podcast.

Now you don't have to use this schedule exactly.

Tailor it to your own needs and availability.

The point is that you should make a conscious and decisive effort to practice your listening skills on a regular basis.

It could be 30 minutes a day or it might be 10.

What matters most is that you practice consistently.

These three tips will help you close any gap that might exist between your knowledge of your target language and your listening abilities.

Understanding native speakers may seem daunting at first, but with a little time and perseverance, you will see your skills improve and for even more ways to practice listening, check out our complete language learning programme.

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