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Improving Chinese listening ability is very important for all learners. It’s the door to all other skills. The other skills are also important, but none improves your general ability as much as listening. In addition, you can spend far more time listening than you can with any other skill. On this page, I discuss how to your Chinese listening ability.<\/p>\n

Now over to more listening, though. The better your listening ability gets, the more you get out of listening. You can extract vocabulary from what you hear, you learn how words are used in context and you can polish your understanding of Chinese pronunciation.<\/p>\n

The Fluent Listener: Navigating Spoken Mandarin Like a Fish in Water<\/h3>\n

Want to understand Mandarin naturally, at any level? This course guides you in building an immersive listening environment and equips you with essential listening strategies. Strengthen your listening ability to unlock conversations, connect with others, and dive into Chinese society and culture, making you feel \u5982\u9c7c\u5f97\u6c34 (r\u00fay\u00fad\u00e9shu\u01d0), like a fish in water!<\/p>\n

This course is an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve their listening skills in Mandarin. It provides a wealth of information and inspiration about what to listen to, how to listen, and how to listen more.<\/p>\n

The course also includes detailed listening recommendations tailored to all levels, access to an exclusive learner community, a listening tracker, and much more. Learn more about the course here:\u00a0 The Fluent Listener: Navigating Spoken Mandarin Like a Fish in Water<\/a><\/p>\n

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Articles about listening comprehension<\/h3>\n

I have written a lot about listening ability, but some articles are more important than others. To begin with, I’ve written a series of articles about listening ability, containing the following articles.<\/p>\n

Beyond t\u012bng bu d\u01d2ng<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A guide to Chinese listening comprehension<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. From sound to meaning in Mandarin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Using what you already know to aid listening comprehension in Chinese<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Learning to process spoken Mandarin quickly and effortlessly<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Becoming a better listener as a student of Chinese<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Why is listening in Chinese so hard?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  7. How to master different kinds of listening in Chinese<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Building an arsenal of Chinese listening strategies for every situation<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. The best listening exercises to improve your Chinese<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Listening strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Problem analysis<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Background listening<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Passive listening<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Active listening<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. Listening speed<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Deliberate practice and i+2<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Listening resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Apart from these articles, there are also others that focus directly on specific aspects of listening ability.<\/p>\n

      Articles directly related to listening ability<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Listening ability, a matter of practice?<\/a>
      \n      Make sure listening isn\u2019t a practical problem<\/a>
      \n      Listening to the listener<\/a>
      \n      How to find more time to practise listening<\/a>
      \n      Triggering quantum leaps in listening ability<\/a><\/p>\n

      Articles indirectly related to listening ability<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The importance of knowing many words<\/a>
      \nPros and cons with travelling to learn a language<\/a>
      \n      Diversified learning is smart learning<\/a>
      \n      Benchmarking progress to stay motivated<\/a>
      \n      Reading manga for more than just pleasure<\/a>
      \n      Mapping the terra incognita of vocabulary<\/a>
      \n      Can you become fluent in Chinese in three months?<\/a>
      \n      The 10,000 hour rule \u2013 Blood, sweat and tears<\/a><\/p>\n

      A complete list of all articles about listening ability:<\/p>\n