Things to try if you want to get better at listening in a new language

Listening skills are quite hard to improve in a foreign language, and it might also be difficult to notice when you make progress. Today I share my thoughts on what the key ingredient is to improving your language listening abilities and how I practice listening.

👀 Things I mentioned in this video:

→ 6 ways to improve your listening skills (BLOG): https://lindiebotes.com/2018/09/28/6-unique-ways-to-improve-listening-in-any-language/
→ The relation between listening & speaking (VIDEO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k5nJaIbUcw
→ Speakly app - Review (VIDEO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z963amcx6nw
→ Speakly discount codes: https://lindiebotes.com/discounts/

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 How to measure your listening progress
02:07 What our brains need to improve listening
03:38 How to expand your listening
04:38 Just getting the gist of it
06:01 Don't isolate! + a metaphor for listening
07:25 Mindset shifts
08:16 Closing

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