Learn English By Listening

Did you learn English with your eyes? Probably. In school you probably learned mostly with your eyes. You red textbook, you studied word lists, you studied grammar rules. That’s why you read well, but can not speak well.

For example, you can easily understand written English. Such as hi, how are you? What have you been doing lately? But you do not easily understand real English speaking. Such as, hey man, how is it going? What’s you’ve been up to? To speak well, you must learn with your ears. You must learn by listening. If you learned by your ears, you would easily understand the second example.

This is what children do. Children learn English by listening. They listen to their parents, and then a few months later, they began to speak. With Effortless English you learn like a child. You learn English with your ears. All of our lessons are listening lessons. No textbooks. Children are the best English learners. To speak excellent English you must learn like a child. You must learn with your ears.

Why listening first works

Children hear their first language for thousands of hours before they speak or read. Listening builds your understanding of sounds, rhythm and natural phrases, so speaking becomes easier and more automatic. Research on language learning often calls this comprehensible input – lots of listening that you can mostly understand.

How to learn English by listening

1. Choose easy material – you should understand about 80–90% without a dictionary.
2. Listen every day – 30–60 minutes, even in small pieces (on the bus, while walking).
3. Repeat the same audio many times. Deep repetition is more powerful than always hearing new material.
4. Listen and read together sometimes to notice new words.
5. Answer out loud – mini-story or listen-and-answer lessons turn listening into speaking practice.

Read more: listening and reading at the same time, listen-and-answer lessons and our free step-by-step guide.

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