Improving Listening Skills

Listen to the radio station for at least 30 minutes. Depending on your fluency level, use listening strategies such as distinguishing separate words, comprehending parts of the message or the entire message, or deciphering fast speech.

Write a one to two paragraphs about what you heard.  List the name of the radio station or video, the URL, the language, the country of origin (if available), and the format (music, talk, etc.) that you listened to. Describe which separate words you distinguished, what the message was, etc.

I listened to RFM Dakar in French, which consisted of mostly songs in English with a DJ speaking French between songs. The DJ was very cute and positive, and after each song took time to thank someone in her life that she appreciated. She dedicated each song to someone (for some it was someone in her life, for others it was dedicated to someone from someone else). She played all love songs and explained that she appreciated the thought put into each one by the men who wrote them, and expressed how important the sentiments in the songs were in life. After each song, she would say, “Very, very beautiful,” and address the audience as “my dear, dear friends.”