How to get better at listening skills in a foreign language

Listening skills are quite hard to improve in a foreign language, and it might also be difficult to notice when you make progress. Today I share my thoughts on what the key ingredient is to improving your language listening abilities and how I practice listening.

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→ 6 ways to improve your listening skills (BLOG): https://lindiebotes.com/2018/09/28/6-...
→ The relation between listening & speaking (VIDEO):    • Listening helps you speak: la relatio...  
→ Speakly app - Review (VIDEO):    • Is this my new favorite language app?...  
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 How to measure your listening progress
02:07 What our brains need to improve listening
03:38 How to expand your listening
04:38 Just getting the gist of it
06:01 Don't isolate! + a metaphor for listening
07:25 Mindset shifts
08:16 Closing

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Welcome to my channel! My name is Lindie and I share my love for languages and design on this channel. I'm a senior product designer and co-founder of Kaards.io. I also write blog posts about languages at lindiebotes.com, and mentor language learners, and offer UX consulting for language apps at superpeer.com/lindiebotes. I'm a Christian and strive to shine God’s light in all I do. May this channel inspire you to reach your language goals and learn more about design.

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