#374 The 90% Rule: How to choose English listening level

#374 The 90% Rule: How to choose English listening level

How to choose English listening level?

Listening is powerful… but it must be comprehensible

You already know that I insist on one thing again and again: you need to listen a lot.
You need to listen every day, and you need to repeat the same lessons many times, because repetition helps you consolidate:

  • vocabulary
  • grammar patterns
  • pronunciation

…in a natural way.

But today I want to make something very clear, because some students misunderstand this idea:

Listening is powerful only when the content is comprehensible.

Read the Transcript on my website:

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