How do I improve my listening comprehension?

1. Watch series and films

Do you know that: Are you looking forward to a cozy evening with popcorn and a great movie? But the synchronization does not correspond to your ideas at all?

Then don’t worry about it for long, go to the language settings and watch your series and films in the original language with Tamil subtitles.

Depending on your level, you can even leave out the subtitles and immerse yourself completely in your new language. So grab your popcorn and make yourself comfortable with a film in your preferred language.

Good to know:

While watching a film you will get a feel for common idioms and improve your listening comprehension.

2. Learn languages ​​with audiobooks

Go looking for exciting audiobooks and not only improve your language skills, but also immerse yourself in new exciting stories.

So let’s go: Find an exciting radio play, put on your headphones, and immerse yourself in another language.

Good to know: 

Listening helps you understand the language. The more you listen to them, the better you will understand connections and thus train your listening skills.

3. Watch international news 

Do you often watch the daily news at 8:00 p.m. and want to be informed about current events? Then combine that with learning languages.

If you want to know what is happening in politics or what new reforms have been launched, just switch on the international news in your preferred language from now on.

In this way, you will find out about daily political news from all over the world and improve your language skills at the same time.

4. Talk to yourself

Talking to yourself might sound a bit crazy at first, but just give it a try: Stand in front of the mirror or make yourself comfortable on the sofa and formulate all the thoughts and ideas that are floating around in your head in your desired language.

Just let yourself be surprised by your own ideas and talk to people you have always wanted to get to know.

Good to know:

Talking to yourself will help you kill 3 birds with one stone when learning a language: Your use of the language will become more fluent, you will practice your pronunciation and you will expand your vocabulary.

5. Read aloud

Already read a book in Tamil? Then just read it out loud.

You can either speak into the empty room or ask your roommates or friends if they would like to listen to you. The main thing is that you speak aloud in a foreign language you are learning. So: open your book or newspaper and off you go!