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Listening Practise
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Listening practise
When it comes to listening skills, I advise against buying listening skills course books. The skills of listening are easy to acquire. As for listening practise, I recommend television and the Internet.
What to listen to?
Cartoons offer a number of advantages over both audio scripts and TV and films. With their simplified view, through animation a lot of excess background noise (both audio and visual) is removed. Added to this, up to date popular culture, phrases, slang, and references to popular culture. In addition you may choose programmes from a country which is of interest to you; e.g. American, Australian and UK British programs. These will help you acquire the fine tuning for specific accents in addition to local culture.
Using the internet for listening / watching programs and films; you can play clips back at and forth and when viewed via the Internet have a duration of between 21 – 33 minuets, since all the commercials have been removed. This makes them suitable for viewing during lunch breaks. Since the programs are in a series, the characters repeat each show, allowing for easier understanding and learning.
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Recently I came across a website offering links to the widest range of programs and films I have ever seen
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www.free-tv-video-online.me/ - Cached
All Project Free TV does is link or embed content that was uploaded to popular Online Video hosting sites like Veoh.com / Megavideo.com / Youtube.com ...
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I assume the website I legal and that they receive their revenue from advertising, but as with any internet resource, I would strongly recommend making sure that your anti virus program is up to date and doing a scan before and after watching any programs from the internet.
The number of and types of programs you can use to practise listening is almost unlimited, what matters is that you watch and listen
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College Humor Originals Warning bad language
www.collegehumor.com/originals
Original comedy videos written, directed and produced by the College Humor staff. From our acclaimed pop culture-skewering shorts to our in-office sketch series, our 10 new videos per week will make you laugh until milk comes out your nose. Whether or not you have been drinking milk
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The BBC World Service
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/
World Service Learning English sites
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/
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Penn & Teller Bullshit!
Warning extreme bad language/nudity Rated Mature
Aims to debunk what the hosts see as pseudoscientific ideas, supernatural beliefs, popular fads and misconceptions, and often from a libertarian point of view, the political philosophy espoused by both Penn and Teller
Superb for developing critical thinking skills, but as mentioned above, extreme bad language! Available from YouTube.com and Free TV Project. |
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