17 Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills in English

Here are the 17 ways to improve your English listening skills that we discuss in the video, with the time in brackets.
 

[10:01]  ⭐️ Tip 1: Learn real expressions (not 'textbook English’)  

[11:18]  ⭐️ Tip 2: Listen to audio with transcriptions    

[12:08]  ⭐️ Tip 3: Listen to the same audio various times 

[13:35]  ⭐️ Tip 4: Listen to music and imitate the singer    

[15:46]  ⭐️ Tip 5: Slow the music down using ‘audacity'  

[16:17]  ⭐️ Tip 6: Do English shadowing    

[20:52]  ⭐️ Tip 7: Don't just listen to things once!  

[23:09]  ⭐️ Tip 8: Focus on the type of English you are likely to hear    

[24:29]  ⭐️ Tip 9: Learn some common slang  

[28:09]  ⭐️ Tip 10: Don't try to understand every word!

[29:07]  ⭐️ Tip 11: Focus on the words you understand, not on the words you don't understand!

[31:31]  ⭐️ Tip 12: Listen out for the stressed words in a sentence    

[34:07]  ⭐️ Tip 13: Don't be afraid / embarrassed to say “pardon?"    

[36:59]  ⭐️ Tip 14: Ask people to speak a bit slower for you    

[38:25]  ⭐️ Tip 15: Practise listening without seeing the person's face (e.g. radio / podcasts / online classes without video)

[40:29]  ⭐️ Tip 16: Have conversation classes with native teachers    

[43:05]  ⭐️ Tip 17: Make sure you're having fun!