To have conversations in English, you must be able to listen and understand. You can easily
start listening to sentences, then you will improve quickly.
1. Listen to Dictations - listen and
try to write down exactly what you hear. Can you catch every word?
2. Listen to easy stories, such as these
simple jokes.
If you like those jokes, these pages have more jokes that you can download and listen to:
3. As your English improves, try watching
more challenging
(but short!)
videos originally from American and British television.
When you can understand more than 60% (approximately!) of the short videos, you are
ready to watch any kind of video, movie or TV program. When you begin, try this
Shadow Practice
Exercise to help you pay attention and learn more.