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Learning to Listen

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Listening is a skill that grows with deliberate practice. Most learners underestimate how much exposure they need.

Three habits

  1. Listen every day, even for ten minutes.
  2. Read the transcript after listening.
  3. Repeat difficult sentences aloud.
The ear learns faster than the eye expects.
Habit Minutes
Listening 10
Shadowing 5