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Skills and Strategies for ESL Listening

Here are some of the useful websites for skills and strategies for ESL listening:

https://busyteacher.org/14777-7-listening-ideas-that-really-work.html
This is a short summary of 7 useful strategies.

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners
This article outlines things to help students focus on when listening such as: gist, details, predicting, etc.

https://www.thoughtco.com/improving-listening-skills-1210394
This article is intended for students, but helps give insight and suggestions for teachers, such as not trying to translate to L1 and try and stay relaxed.


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