How to learn English effectively

Here we are going to learn how to study English effectively.

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Games & Activities That Build Purposeful Listening Skills

Although listening is a skill that often is not specifically taught in schools, it is true that just as reading and writing are skills that must be learned, listening must be learned as well. Hearing is easy, but it takes effort for a person to truly listen. However, this does not mean that learning to listen is tedious. There are games and activities that can build listening skills.

Mime Games

o    One of the ways that listening can be taught comes by using no words at all. Listening does not necessarily need to relate to your physical ability to hear. Watching for nonverbal clues is also a big part of listening to others and effectively communicating. Play a mime game or charades to allow students to watch a person's body language and facial expressions. This helps students gain understanding about other aspects of listening aside from audible hearing.

Draw the Description

o    Do activities that require students to listen to specific instructions and act on them. For example, you can explain an object in detail to the students, who then draw the item you describe. After you have finished the description, allow the students to hold up their pictures and show what they have drawn.

Pass the Message

o    Play Operator. This is a simple listening game that requires at least three or four people to play, but the more students involved, the better the game is. The game starts when the students get in a straight line. The person at the beginning of the line will whisper a sentence into the ear of the student behind him. This student will subsequently whisper what he heard to the student behind him. This continues until the last student is reached. At this point, she will repeat what she believes the sentence to be. The first student should then say what the sentence was when it was started. There will almost always be a difference -- and sometimes a stark one. The students will listen intently to try to get the sentence right.

Listening for Key Words

o    Ask students to describe what they did and how they felt when doing something with their family, playing a sport or watching a movie. Emphasize that they should not tell -- but show their story. Encourage them to act out parts of their story and use vivid verbs and concrete nouns to describe what happened. As other students get used to hearing these descriptions, they will learn to watch for nonverbal communication and listen for descriptive language to gain an understanding of what is being said.

LISTENING -How to improve listening skills in English-

Listening and comprehension is very important in any language learning. A lot of people wonder how they can improve their listening in English. The answer is simple (and yet difficult to do for those who don’t live in an English-speaking countries) – You should listen to English speech everyday as much as possible.

So, today specially for those who live not in English-speaking countries we will share some of the ways to improve listening skills in English.

1.    Communication in English

1) Speaking with English teachers via Skype you develop your listening Skills, as you communicate on the basis of what you have heard and understood from their speech.

• You have an excellent opportunity to ask the meanings of phrases and idioms that you don’t understand.
• Our certified teachers are able to explain Grammar rules.
• They have natural English pronunciation and they can help you to reduce your accent.
• Taking into account your level and wishes, they can speak slower.

2) Interaction with other ESL learners is also important and useful in improving you listening skills. You can make dialogues and discuss a lot of things. But:

• If you do it without an English teacher you may not notice some of your mistakes and continue speaking like that.
• Communication with ESL learners from other countries may be also useful – if they level is higher than Intermediate. You can get acquainted with other foreign accents in English.

3) Communication with native speakers will definitely help you. Surely they will not correct your mistakes as the majority of them are quite polite to do it.

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