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  • - Hi, welcome to part two of the "Why Series."

  • If you remember part one was called, "Why Read."

  • And I talked about why reading was important

  • when you are learning the English language.

  • And I talked a lot about why reading was cool.

  • This is part two,

  • where I'm going to talk about why you should listen,

  • why listening practice is an important thing to do

  • when you are learning the English language.

  • So in this English lesson,

  • I'll talk about cool things about listening,

  • I'll talk about little things you can do

  • while listening to English to improve your English,

  • and why listening is just an important thing to do

  • on your journey towards fluency.

  • (upbeat music)

  • Hey, welcome to this English lesson

  • where I'm going to talk about listening.

  • Before we get started though, if you are new here,

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  • and give me a thumbs up, if this video helps you learn

  • just a little bit more English.

  • So why listen?

  • Well, one of the cool things about listening

  • is that you don't have to do anything.

  • I mean, compared to reading or writing or speaking,

  • it's fairly simple.

  • I guess you do have to press play,

  • you do have to put earbuds in or put headphones on,

  • but really when you compare listening

  • to the other things you need to do,

  • when you are learning English, it's really simple.

  • You literally just sit there and allow music,

  • or someone's talking

  • to go into your ears and into your mind.

  • So, of all the things you can do to learn English,

  • probably the coolest thing about listening is

  • you don't really have to do anything.

  • The second thing that's cool about listening

  • and also a tip for when you're doing your listening is

  • it's really easy to do twice.

  • Especially music, music in particular is the one thing where

  • it's really easy to listen to a song multiple times.

  • It's really hard to read something twice.

  • I do recommend that it's hard to have a conversation twice

  • because people usually don't want to talk about something

  • two times in a row.

  • But listening is the one thing where

  • you can listen to a song

  • and then you can listen to it again.

  • You can listen to a podcast

  • and then you can listen to it again.

  • Listening is just awesome

  • because you can listen to things twice

  • really, really easily.

  • Another thing about listening,

  • that's just really awesome is that there is so much variety,

  • there are so many things you can choose from.

  • When you listen, you can listen to music,

  • you can listen to podcasts, you can listen to audio books,

  • there is a lot of variety.

  • There are many, many things that you can choose from

  • when you're doing your listening practice.

  • So if you feel like thinking really deep

  • intellectual thoughts, you could listen to a podcast.

  • If you just wanna relax, you can listen to some music.

  • If you wanna dance, you can listen to some music.

  • And if you just want to kind of listen to the audio version

  • of a book that you already read, you can do that as well.

  • So another cool thing about listening,

  • there are just so many options, there is so much variety

  • in terms of the things you can listen to,

  • to practice your English.

  • Another thing that's really awesome about listening is that

  • it's a great partner for practicing your speaking

  • and your pronunciation.

  • You can listen to something

  • and then you can say it out loud.

  • You can listen to it to hear how the native speaker

  • pronounces the words,

  • and then you can try to mimic those words

  • out loud by speaking.

  • So listening is a great partner for your speaking practice.

  • The technique is called shadowing by the way,

  • when you listen to someone

  • and then you try to say what they've said,

  • it's called the shadowing technique.

  • So you play the video or you play the audio,

  • you hit pause, and then you say it out loud,

  • it's a great way to practice your pronunciation.

  • One of my favorite things about listening practice

  • is that you have control.

  • You can pause whatever you're listening to,

  • you can rewind what you're listening to.

  • So if you hear something and you didn't understand it,

  • you can rewind and listen to it again.

  • And the most powerful thing I think about listening is that

  • you can usually slow it down.

  • If you are someone who listens to podcasts,

  • if that's one of the ways

  • you practice your English listening,

  • I just love it that on my podcast player,

  • I can slow it down to 90% or 80%,

  • and then the person who is speaking still sounds natural,

  • but I'm able to understand it a little bit better.

  • By the way I'm not learning English,

  • (giggles) I am learning French.

  • But when I listen to French podcasts,

  • I tend to slow them down a little bit,

  • if I'm having trouble understanding them

  • and you could do the same when you listen to English.

  • Listening can be done almost anywhere

  • and it can be done while you're doing other things.

  • So you can listen on the bus,

  • you can do listening practice while you're at work,

  • you can do listening practice while you're driving.

  • It's probably the only part of learning English

  • that you can do at the same time as you do other things.

  • I just think this is a really cool aspect of listening.

  • You can't read while you drive

  • (laughs) don't don't try that.

  • you can listen while you drive though.

  • You can't have English conversations with someone at Skype

  • when you're at work, your boss probably wouldn't like that,

  • but certainly listening is just awesome

  • because you can do it almost anywhere

  • and you can do it while you're doing other things.

  • Listening practice does not require a partner.

  • If you want to practice your English speaking,

  • you have to find someone to talk to.

  • But if you want to do listening practice,

  • you can do it by yourself.

  • And it's also very, very private.

  • Once you put your earbuds in, or you put your headphones on,

  • no one knows what you're listening to.

  • So it's a very calming, fun,

  • enjoyable activity to do by yourself,

  • and you don't require a partner to do it.

  • Listening practice gives you access to native speakers.

  • When you want to have a conversation with a native speaker,

  • it's hard sometimes to find someone who you can talk to.

  • But when you do listening practice,

  • you have access to a native speaker immediately.

  • When you listen to music, when you listen to podcasts,

  • when you listen to audio books,

  • it gives you a direct connection to a native speaker.

  • And when they say words in a certain way,

  • you can hear their pronunciation.

  • So listening is just awesome because it quickly and easily

  • gives you access to a native speaker.

  • Listening practice and reading work really well together

  • when you are learning English.

  • Sometimes you can find things where

  • you can listen to the audio,

  • and then you can read the text afterwards,

  • or you can read the text before

  • and then listen to the audio afterwards,

  • or while you are listening to the audio,

  • you can read the text.

  • Reading and listening are like the two best friends

  • in the English learning world,

  • they just work really, really well together.

  • It's easy to consume large amounts of it.

  • What I mean is this, it's hard to read

  • for more than an hour or two.

  • It's very hard to have a conversation

  • for more than an hour or two.

  • It's extremely difficult to write for hours on end,

  • but you can consume audio.

  • You can do English listening practice

  • for large stretches of time.

  • You can watch a movie and then watch a TV show

  • and then listen to some music and then listen to a podcast.

  • For some reason, as human beings,

  • we find the listening a very easy activity to do.

  • So another very cool thing about listening is

  • you can consume it in large amounts.

  • That means you can take in a lot of listening,

  • you can do a lot of listening in one sitting.

  • Some people even do listening practice

  • while they're sleeping.

  • I actually don't recommend this,

  • but I know some people do this.

  • If I try to listen to something while I'm sleeping,

  • it doesn't really do anything for me,

  • except the next morning I'm really grouchy

  • because usually if I try that I don't sleep very well,

  • but some people actually do listening practice

  • while they're sleeping.

  • In fact, if you search YouTube for videos on

  • how to learn English while you're sleeping,

  • you'll probably find one or two.

  • I can't guarantee it works, but maybe it'll work for you.

  • Listening also lets you easily test yourself.

  • And here's what I mean.

  • If there is a song

  • that you really like to listen to in English,

  • find the lyrics for that song on the internet

  • and put it into a document

  • and then remove 20 or 30 of the words

  • and replace them with just a blank.

  • Then when you listen to the song,

  • try to write the words in the blanks,

  • and after you've done that,

  • check your answers and see how many you got right.

  • One of the cool things that I like about listening practice

  • is it allows me to test myself very challenging to do this

  • in an English (giggles) conversation,

  • but very easy to do with listening practice.

  • This last thing isn't a tip

  • and it's not something that's cool, but it is important.

  • Make sure that you don't get addicted

  • to listening to things in English.

  • Don't do that as the only thing you do

  • when you are learning English,

  • because listening can be done so easily

  • and because you can do it for long stretches of time

  • without getting bored.

  • Sometimes when people are learning English,

  • they focus too heavily on listening.

  • Please make sure you are always focusing on reading,

  • writing, listening, speaking, learning vocabulary,

  • and I've started learn a little bit of grammar.

  • I know there are people who listened to a lot of English

  • and then they don't understand why the other three areas

  • aren't developing as quickly,

  • you need to practice every single area.

  • Well, hey, thank you for watching

  • part two of the "Why Series"

  • where I talked for a little bit about

  • things that are cool about listening,

  • things that are important about listening practice

  • and maybe you were able to pick up a few tips

  • and tricks for me along the way.

  • Remember this is part two of the series,

  • If you want to watch the video

  • where I talk about why reading is important,

  • I'll put a link to it right here.

- Hi, welcome to part two of the "Why Series."

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