Friday 22 August 2008

Tips on effective listening


Friday 22 August 2008:


Dilek gave us a listening tips to succssful because next Thuseday we are having a lecture in Globalization topic. So we need to practice our listening.


Tops 10 way to listen lecture.


  1. Choose to find the subject useful.

- The listener choose listena and attention to the main point and discover new knowlege.


2. Concentrate on the words and message.


-Attemp to pick the lecturer main idea.What is he/she saying.


3. If you cannot catch and really don't understand the lectures, TRY TO THINK CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY REACT.


- Don't skip your misunderstanding, try to continue listening and you will get more details.


4. Identify the "big ideas" a basic of the concept to which everything in the lecture is related.


- the listener should try to understand the concept then grab the key idea and point of the whole lecture.


5. Flexible in note-taking.


-Adjust your note-taking to the organizational pattern used by the lecturer.


6. Stay attentive.


- Remain concentrated and try to absorb the materail.


7. Aggressively tackle difficult material.


-They ensure interested in the subject and find another way making understand and find a challenge in grasping the meaning of what is being said .


8. Don't get derailed by emotionally charged "buzz" words that trigger negative responses.


- Dont make the noise from baggage and disturb other people that make concentrate lost.


9. Get to know the professor personally.


- Pick up inetresting fects about lecturer sucha s personal life.


10. Understand and use the differential between the speed of speaking and the speed of thinking.



  • Riding the crest of the wave by trying to anticipate the next point of the lecture.

  • Evaluating what the lecturer is using for supporting evidence.

  • Summarizing the lecture to themselves.


Interesting listening skill websites.



  1. http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm

  2. http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen1.htm

  3. http://www.esl-lab.com/





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