Listening is a skill that manifests in the womb itself. It has been proved that the child in the womb can listen to things that the mother is hearing and so a pregnant woman will always be advised to listen to good things as the child listens. Such a beautiful skill is now lost. Even being kids, the first activity we do is listening. We listen to father and mother of what they speak to us, from which we learn to speak. So if we want to speak any language, we need to be good listeners.
Listening has now become a lost skill for most of the language learners. So we need to develop the skill again which can be regained easily. For regaining the skill we need to practice certain techniques. Though all techniques can not apply to everyone, some common techniques will surely take you to the path of listening. Since everyone has their psychology, the mode of concentration and thought, it differs from person to person in regaining the listening skill. But some basics techniques can be followed by anyone who wants to gain the listening skill.
Basic Techniques to develop listening.
Technique 1:
- Sit in a room where sounds are audible.
- Close your eyes, as light is a disturbance when concentrating on sounds, and observe the sounds.
- Name the sounds you hear within yourself.
- Don’t get up from your place until you name 25 sounds.
Follow the above steps two times a day for 15 days.
Technique 2:
- Listen to some words of the language you like to learn.
- Repeat loudly after listening to each word 3 times.
- Then again listen 3 times and repeat slowly.
- Again listen 3 times and repeat in your mind.
The above technique will help you to internalize the sounds you listen to and will help to bring out the words on time.
Follow the above techniques and try regaining the listening skill.
