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I’ve been quite interested in improving listening ability recently, which not only means that I’ve thought a lot about it, but also that I’ve been looking around to see what other people are suggesting to improve listening ability, and tried many different approaches. I have also received several requests for more articles regarding listening ability, so I have decided to do this properly. Behold, a series of articles about improving listening ability!<\/p>\n

Listening ability is one of the cornerstones of language learning. Not only is it essential if we want to communicate with other people, it’s also necessary if we’re going to expose ourselves to natively produced language and learn from that. Immersion in itself, but the more we understand of what we’re immersed in, the more we will learn.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Since I have a great deal to say about this, this series will consist of quite a few articles. Apart from the introduction you’re currently reading, the first “real” article is now also available. The general idea is to first discuss what problems we might encounter regarding listening ability, and then look at different ways of solving these problems, followed by a discussion about background, passive and active listening. Then I will talk about related topics from various angles. My current plan looks like this:<\/p>\n

Articles in this series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/a> (this article)
\nProblem analysis<\/a>
\nBackground listening<\/a>
\nPassive listening<\/a>
\nActive listening<\/a>
\nListening speed<\/a>
\nDeliberate practice and i+2<\/a>
\nDiversify your listening practice<\/a>
\nListening resources<\/a>
\nPublication plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of these articles are already written, but will be published at a steady pace over the coming moths. I typically post one article per week, but since I know that not everyone is interested in reading about listening ability, I will put at least one other article in between each of those in the list above. That means that it will take several months before all of them are published. I will do like this because I think a steady flow of material is much better than publishing a big lump of articles which are too long for people to read anyway. Please be patient!<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you can start reading the first article<\/a> or check\u00a0 a number of articles I’ve already written about listening ability that might be of interest. These will be referred and linked to in this series, but I will try to avoid repeating myself too much.<\/p>\n

Articles directly related to listening ability:<\/strong>
\nListening ability, a matter of practice?<\/a>
\nMake sure listening isn\u2019t a practical problem<\/a>
\nListening to the listener<\/a>
\nHow to find more time to practise listening<\/a>
\nTriggering quantum leaps in listening ability<\/a><\/p>\n

Articles indirectly related to listening ability:<\/strong>
\nThe importance of knowing many words<\/a>
\nPros and cons with travelling to learn a language<\/a>
\nDiversified learning is smart learning<\/a>
\nBenchmarking progress to stay motivated<\/a>
\nReading manga for more than just pleasure<\/a>
\nMapping the terra incognita of vocabulary<\/a>
\nCan you become fluent in Chinese in three months?<\/a>
\nThe 10,000 hour rule \u2013 Blood, sweat and tears<\/a><\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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