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Black Eye Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

LISTENING SKILLS

When I LISTEN TO the VOA English News ,I CAN'T note down as fast as the reporter speaks,so I always lose lots of information. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
  

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I have the same problem, but Ido my effort to focus on what they are saying to understand.

  • I have the same problem, but Ido my effort to focus on what they are saying to understand.
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I have the same problem, but Ido my effort to focus on what they are saying to understand.
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Is it so important to note? I believe you should just listen and try to understand as much as possible without noting anything down because writing can distract you.
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Hi,

To make notes of precisely everything the reporter says is very difficult and also quite unnecessary. If you want to make notes you should make sure to write down only crucial pieces of information. This can be done if you listen to the program very attentively and try to follow the reporter as well as possible; you are likely to notice that there are some main points that the reporte
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I CAN'T note down as fast as the reporter speaks,so I always lose lots of information. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
You should record it and play it over and over until you understand it well enough to transcribe it, if transcribing it is what you want.

CJ
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hi,,




unluckily, I'm suffering from this problem too!! I hope to improve this skill




and I will do what CalifJim said.. and I hope his method will be a successful one.

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