What would be the best way to improve your English listening skills? Please give your opinion!

English Listening Skills
October 2, 2017 10:33am CST
I have been searching for the best ways to improve my English listening skills for past many days. If anyone is familiar with any of the practical ways to improve English listening skills please give your suggestions.
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@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
2 Oct 17
I used to listen lots and lots of nouman ali khan and zakir naik lectures in english.I am improved.so Hope you too benefit by this way.
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2 Oct 17
Ok, thanks, I already listen to Dr. Zakir Naik, Nouman Ali Khan, and Mufti Menk. I need to prove my professional English listening skils.
@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
2 Oct 17
That is a great way to improve your English any day.
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@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
2 Oct 17
okay.Then you need to listen somewhat similar to your profession.
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@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
2 Oct 17
Is there a special reason why you don't mention your country on your account page? I don't know what your native language is. You can watch British or American films with subtitles in your native language. That will help you to understand more quickly and become more fluent when talking.
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
3 Oct 17
This is what I thought of. You may talk to people in english and keep on interacting. That may helps.
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
3 Oct 17
Hello my name is Hanni. I may be able to help you out. I was born in the US so English is my mother tongue. My BA is in Social Services field so I like to help me. If you know English I can help you by speaking sentences and words. So, what do you think. We can do it online.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
2 Oct 17
It might be a good idea if you have a few friends that can speak good English to help you with that. You can also see if there is a collage near you that can teach an English course for you.
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• United States
3 Oct 17
@Noorfatima99 You might can check out You can pick out which language you want to learn I think it is a pen pal website.
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3 Oct 17
Keith (buddy) I don't have any English Speaking friend can you suggest me any or any site where I can find loyal, Native English Speaking, friends. Thanks for your loyal advice.
3 Oct 17
@Scrapper88 Thanks, buddy!
@ya2017 (86)
5 Oct 17
Listen carefully. Familiarize the sound of each syllable so that if it isn't that clear you can search for it and find a good match.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
2 Oct 17
look up spotlight English. They have radio programs all over the world. Also look for English language podcasts. A lot of people get a long fine just listening to popular English songs, but you can learn many things from these podcasts and online radios stations that you won't from the songs like how to speak the language more naturally.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
3 Oct 17
I second what everyone else says. Or watch tv in English and try to follow along.
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@sabtraversa (12853)
• Italy
2 Oct 17
You need to be familiar with the pronunciation, and the accent also plays a role. There are still accents I have a hard time following. However, it's also about vocabulary, the better you can read, write or speak, the better you can listen. You can watch YouTube videos with subtitles (manually written subs, not the automatic ones), I suggest you to get the English (native) subtitles if you're fluent enough at reading. In the end, it's all about the pronunciation, a sound has to turn into a written word you can translate in your mind. You can also write and read out loud what you wrote. I improved a lot in less than a year by watching English speaking YouTubers. I first watched people with an accent I could easily get (Irish and Canadian among all ), but now I can understand pretty much everyone.
3 Oct 17
Thanks a lot Sabrina for your loyal advice. I really consider it quite helpful. Thanks a lot again.
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@ourlot (982)
5 Oct 17
First, commit to listen a lot and do it regularly, like 1-2 hours every day. Second, do not be absentminded when listening. Do not just turn the TV on and spend the time in front of it. Set yourself some task to perform, like writing down a couple of quotes, or the main ideas. Third, choose a non-visual medium to train. TV gives you a lot of clues. That makes it much easier to understand. Fourth, even if you don't understand anything at the beginning, try hard to get one word or two and write them down.
3 Oct 17
I use youtube free tutorial videos than buying one.
3 Oct 17
That's a great way I also use the same one.
@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
6 Oct 17
My be search for lessons on youtube
@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
2 Oct 17
Listening to online audios.
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@TOPSY7 (21)
2 Oct 17
The best way to improve listening skill of any language is to continue to listen to the language. Develop interest in news, documentary, talkshows etc. if possible, participate in radio or television listeners response programmes.
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