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Alex John Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

please guide me through improving listening skills

I have problem with listening skill. I'm an Iranian. When I'm watching moviesi can't get many dialogs without subtitles because they speak very fast along with mumbling. Is there any practical way to improve my listening skills? I don't have any massive speaker around because I'm in Iran.
  

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If you have access to an ipad - Cool Speech is a great app for understanding how English is actually spoken.

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If you have access to an ipad - Cool Speech is a great app for understanding how English is actually spoken.

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Movies and TV with subtitles are probably the best tools. Keep this in mind: English speakers probably don't speak any faster (or mumble) more than speakers of any other language, including your own. It just seems that way while trying to learn a foreign language. Also keep in mind that subtitles are not necessarily exact translation of what is said. As time goes on, you'll probably be
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Excuse me... I wrote my question by Android phone and its auto-capitalization tool made a mistake. It's just a typo.
massive------------> native
in--------------------->an
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Alex JohnExcuse me... I wrote my question by Android phone and its auto-capitalization tool made a mistake. It's just a typo.massive------------> nativein--------------------->an
No problem!
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Alex Johnlistening skill
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=audio+books

Try this. I believe you can even find some free audio books on-line in addition to a good many opportunities to buy them. You might try to get the corresponding texts so you can look
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Thank you but looking up the text while listening would not cause to learn. I think it's better to listen and when we feel that we cannot detect the words in the speaker's voice, we'll look up the text.
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Alex JohnThank you but looking up the text while listening would not cause to learn. I think it's better to listen and when we feel that we cannot detect the words in the speaker's voice, we'll look up the text.
I agree. That's why I wrote: if you get stuck. (Did you understand that part?)

CJ
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