1. LISTENING TO THE
NEWS
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2. GET CONFUSED???
May be most of you get confused with many words in listening
English.
So, how can you improve your English listening skills?
How do you improve your English listening ability?
Have you ever been in this situation like this??
“You are able to listen some simply conversation ,but you have a
problem with your listening when you listen to News or TV
program in English?” What can you do for that?

3. WHAT SHOUL D YOU DO TO RE DUCE
YOUR DIFFICULTIE S??
1) Listen/watch: Keep
listening to internet radio
stations like BBC, watch TV
shows in English

4. 2) Write/communicate: Try to find
discussion forums from the web about
things that you find interesting and
FUN (music/various artists, hobbies,
etc.) and start communicating there
with other people using only English.
Start using instant messaging systems
in case you find some new friends or
start emailing them.

5. 3) Buy yourself a proper dictionary, and each
time when you see a strange word that you do
not understand, look it up. Putting words into
their CONTEXT is one of the best ways to
broaden one's vocabulary and grammar
knowledge, the more you read and write the
better. Memorizing is NOT the best way to
go with learning vocabulary, grammar or any
other language areas!

6. The main point in ANY language learning is to make it
as fun as possible for yourself. Try to find topics that
INTEREST you. The key word here is CONTEXT,
which means that it is easier to learn new words and
their usage as well as grammar when you use/see them
in their real CONTEXT. The more you see and hear
the new words in their context and the more you use
them in your speech & writing, the easier it becomes to
remember their meanings and correct spelling. Do
NOT be afraid of making mistakes though, because
even native speakers do make mistakes and do hesitate
at times!

7. one of the best way to improve
your ability in listening English is
watching and listening to the news.
It’s not difficult to listen a news in
English because most of them who
speak for the news, are native
speaker.

8. T H E R E A R E M A N Y C H A N N E L P ROV I D E
N E W S I N E N G L I S H T H A T YO U C A N V I S I T
CNBC Asia
(Singapore)
BBC (UK)
ATV International
(Australia
Al-Jazeerah
CNN
International
(USA)
Discovery
Channel (USA)
CBC Radio
(Canada)
7. RTHK Radio 3
(Hong Kong)
8. CBS TV (USA)

9. So, what should you do to
improve your ability in
listening or watching News
or TV program in
English??

10. GETTING R EA DY FOR NEW S
LISTENING ...
Find out which news report you want to listen to,
when and on what channel.
Decide whether you want to listen to the news live
Just watch the report for a few days first, before
requiring yourself to understand the stories.
 Give yourself time to get familiar with the
newsreaders and their accents.
You should also get an idea of the structure of the
entire report as well as the structure of a typical news
story.

11. WHILE YOU ARE LISTENING ...
 A news report is often packed with information. So do not require yourself to
understand everything.
 You can aim at just getting what a story is about. Give a one-to-two-sentence
description after each story.
 You can just focus on the latest development of a story to add to what you
already know about it.
 Put forward a few questions to yourself about a story, and then seek to answer
them from your listening.
 You may write a full transcript of a story to practise intensive listening. This
may bring to notice listening problems that have skipped your attention when you
only concentrate on the content.
 When you feel that you can cope with a certain news report, try to broaden your
capability by listening to a different accent, or by watching other kinds of news
programmes

12. AFTER YOU HAVE LISTENED ...
 Even though the listening part is over, some follow-up
activities will help you reinforce your learning:
 Keep a record book for note-taking, vocabulary, or just
scribbling. This gives a physical shape to the work that you're
done, and motivates you to continue.
 Learn new words and try your best to make them stay learned.
 You may write about the news. For example, you can produce
a summary or express your thoughts in a brief article.
 You may talk about the news with one or more friends. This
provides an opportunity to clarify what has not been understood
in the listening and to express personal opinions.

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