Listening poll & hints and tips

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

What is your average mark for listening?

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

How often do you listen to English per week?

07

Where do you listen to?

During gaming

Watching YouTube video clips

Podcasts

Vlogs

Watching Nexflix series without subtitles

Other

How can you improve your listening skill?

How can you improve your listening skill?

How can you improve your listening skill?

How can you improve your listening skill?

How can you improve your listening skill?

How can you improve your listening skill?

Hints & Tips for improving your listening skill

• Listening regularly to English >6-18 months will improve  your English listening mark by 0.5-1.0 point 
• Start using one or more of these tips: >3x p/week

00:46

Why do the Americans say sidewalk instead of pavement?

01:17

Why did the Americans change some of the words according to Micheal?

02:31

What does "flicking the channel" mean?

00:22

Which animals were used in the past to find landmines?

00:38

The rats don't see very well, why is that?

01:51

How long does it usually take to train a rat?

02:14

How many landmines have been hidden?

02:39

What does Mandy do when she sniffes a mine?

03:27

What is Mandy going to do now?

How useful are these hints & tips?

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Links:

1. British Council listening intermediate:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1

2. DW - amazing documentaries in English:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q

Links:

3. BBC One minute news:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/10462520

4. Top class documentaries:

https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnKodey

5. Himalaya podcasts (better as a phone app):

https://www.himalaya.com

Links:

6. Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/

7. Spotify podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/genre/podcasts-web