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Listening in English - The basic stuff

Developing your listening skill in English: The beginning

From Fokus magazine (M) 'Living English with Teech Airil'
by Airil Haimi Adnan @ Teech, June 2008

Ramai pelajar sekolah rendah dan menengah menghadapi masalah untuk memahami apa yang mereka dengar dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Mungkin hal ini berbunyi remeh, tetapi realitinya tanpa kemahiran mendengar yang baik adalah agak sukar untuk anda mula bercakap dengan fasih dan menjadi seorang GELL. Maka bulan ini saya ingin anda mula melatih kemahiran mendengar anda pula…

For many international students of English, listening is the most difficult skill to acquire and to master. Basically, nobody can teach you how to listen well, so you must try to work hard to make this skill a part of your life.

Let me share with you a secret, even though it is hard to practice your listening skill in English – the more you persevere the more you will start to enjoy listening, because you will REALLY understand what is being said by people who are using English.

Imagine you are watching ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ in the original English language version. You think that Patrick, Spongebob’s friend has just cracked a joke. But, you are not laughing. In fact, you cannot laugh because you really do not understand what Spongebob and Patrick had said to each other!

Real problems of young Malaysians studying English - Case study 02

From Fokus SPM magazine, 'Living English with Teech Airil', July 2007
Time Out: “Excuse me Teech, can you please answer our questions?”

Hi there everyone! I think the title above is self explanatory, right? This month we shall take another time out so that I can share with you some of the questions that readers of this column have posed to me. Personally, I feel that the questions they asked would be beneficial for all of us.

Well enough said, but before we go on with the questions and answers – please feel free to contact me through www.teechconsult.com, and also to find out more about how to become a Good English Language Learner. Or, you can always use the internet to learn more about how you can train yourself to become a GELL!

Question 1 from Farah in JB

“My English teacher said that grammar is the most important thing in English. So, she gives us grammar exercises everyday! This is so boring. Do you think that she is right? My friends and I really hate English because of her.”