18. Listening : Make me a copy please !

Everyone knows that there are four skills in learning a language, namely listenng, speaking reading and writing. They are always related in terms of usage, and speaking is viewed by learns as the most desirable skill in face – to – face communication in the globalization era. However, what is the answer to the following questions?

- What do you have to do before you can speak?
- What does a child learn before he talks?
- What do we do before chatiing?

Listen, of course !
Why is listening good?
1. When listening, we are reviewing a lot English usage as vocabolar, grammaticad structures, intonation, accent and our own interpretation.
2. We can learn new words and expressions by hearing them frequentty.
3. Besides the English revision, general knowledge from news, features, or even advertising sport is certainly beneficial for regular listeners.
4. We can imitate what we hear and apply if with great confidance.
5. Listening can be a goog “hobby” while we do other things such as cooking, ironing, exercising, relaxing etc, in other works, we have no wasted time at all.
6. Listening is also a grest way to train our attention.