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I've said it in a hundred training workshops. Listening is important. I don't know why I say it - everyone already knows it. Whether talking to leaders, coaches, trainers, meeting facilitators, plant operators or anyone else, I'm sure the reaction is the same
"Duh, Kevin, that's profound."
believe we all know how to be great listeners when we really want to be. Times like: on a second date, when comforting someone who is hurting, when helping someone we care about. All of these are times we have experienced, and if our listening were graded in these situations, we would all score high
So, listening is a skill we already have, and can perform quite well in certain situations. The problem is we don't practice our skills at our best in nearly enough situations
In fact, there are sometimes that we are awful listeners. Times like
When we are angry
When we are busy
When we don't care or are uninterested
When we are bored
Most of us aren't very good listeners in these situations. But it is in many of these situations when improving our listening habits will pay us the biggest dividends. What can we do then to improve our listening habits in these difficult times?
The Seven "Gets
There are seven specific "Gets" that I recommend to you in any situation when you aren't at your listening best. Here they are
Get Curious
I learned this in college. I was most successful in classes I was interested in. So, to improve my success in other classes I looked for what I found interesting or wondered about. When I got more curious I became more interested, listened more carefully and was more successful. The same is true for meetings or one-on-one conversations. Become curious and you will listen more carefully, ask questions for clarification and understanding, and voila! boredom becomes interest
Key Point
Good reading means building frameworks for connecting words to thoughts
The Purpose of Reading
7516324 This is hard to read and remember
751-6324 This is easier because of chunking
123-4567 This is easy to read because of prior knowledge and structure
Similarly, if you like sports, then reading the sports page is easy. You have a framework in your mind for reading, understanding and storing information
Improving Comprehension
Reading comprehension requires motivation, mental frameworks for holding ideas, concentration and good study techniques. Here are some suggestions
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Keep a diary/journal
Don't always pay attention to grammar. Free-writing can be very useful. It can show you that writing is fun. Have fun with the language
Write emails in English
Stay in contact with teachers or other students
Rewrite your local news in English
This is another exercise that can be done on a daily basis. Remember that regular activities are the best ones
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Read something every day
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English learners are often puzzled by expressions like GONNA or WANNA that they often hear in movies or perhaps read in comic strips. If they look up these expressions in a dictionary, they may not find them, which increases the puzzlement even further
In fact, these expressions do exist and can be found in good (big) dictionaries. They are "informal contractions" or short forms of other words that people use when speaking casually. They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang
For example, GONNA is a short form of "going to". If you say "going to" very fast, without carefully pronouncing each word, it can sound like "gonna
Here are some of the most common informal contractions, with example sentences
GIMME = give me
Gimme your money
Don't gimme that rubbish
Can you gimme a hand
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There are 4 key skills when you learn a language
listening
speaking
reading
writing
Which one of these is the "Odd-Man-Out"? Which one of these is different from the other three? The answer is speaking. The other three you can do alone, on your own, without anyone else. You can listen to the radio alone. You can read a book alone. You can write a letter alone. But you can't really speak alone! Speaking to yourself can be 'dangerous' because men in white coats may come and take you away
That is why you should make every effort possible to find somebody to speak with. Where can you find people who can speak English with you? And how can you practise speaking when you are alone
At School
If you go to a language school, you should use the opportunity to speak to your teachers and other students. When you go home, you can still practise listening, reading and writing, but you probably can't practise speaking. If your teacher asks you a question, take the opportunity to answer. Try to say as much as possible. If your teacher asks you to speak in pairs or groups with other students, try to say as much as possible. Don't worry about your mistakes. Just speak
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Understand what you want to achieve
Before you start working on your talk or presentation, it's vital that you really understand what you want to say, who you want to tell and why they might want to hear it. To do this, ask yourself: Who? What? How? When? Where? Why
Who are you speaking to? What are their interests, presuppositions and values? What do they share in common with others; how are they unique
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Develop your english skills by reading this 4 sites
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTIM_10.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills
http://www.ican.org.uk/sitecore/content/TalkingPoint/Frontpage.aspx
If you want to improve your listening skills, you need to get control over the following bad habits
a - Interrupting the speaker
b -Not looking at the speaker
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Here are some simple tips that can improve your delivery
Develop a deep voice – Listen to a news anchor and practice speaking in the same way. A deeper voice carries more authority. Find some exercises to lower the pitch of your voice. A quick solution: take three of four deep breathes before standing to speak. It will relax your vocal cords and your voice will be deeper
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To most people, speaking is the most difficult part when learning a foreign language. Although everyone knows that the best way to speak a language fluently is to practice speaking as much as possible, not many people can do this. Language centers often create courses focusing on speaking skills, but besides the help of these courses, you should make some effort to improve your skills on your own
Learners often hesitate to speak because
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