Most of the people though the most important output skill in English is Speaking. They think speaking is the skill that can measure someone is fluent or not. However, we should think twice before we agree to this statement. What do we have to do before we can speak? The answer is Listening!
In learning English, listening can help improve speaking skill. Learner need to hear various types of English continuously if they want to communicate properly, meaningfully and naturally in English.
There are some reason Why listening is good;
- When listening, we are reviewing a lot of English usage such as vocabulary, grammatical structures, intonation, accent and our own interpretation.
- We can learn new words and expressions by hearing them frequently.
- Besides the English revision, general knowledge from news, features, or even advertising spots is certainly beneficial for regular listeners.
- We can imitate what we hear and apply it with great confidence.
- Listening can be a good "hobby" while we do other things such as cooking, ironing, exercising, relaxing etc. In other words, we have no wasted time at all.
- Listening is also a great way to train our attention.
There are many ways which can help learner to listen to English every day. There are many radio stations which can be used as a resource of listening English. Learners can also find various links from website which offer many kinds of listening practices.
article taken from http://www.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200204.htm
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