the art of listening

If we want to learn a language, we need to learn to listen better.

There are specific techniques - such as 'shadowning' - that need us to listen first before we start listening: Jay Doubleyou: how to get the shadowing technique right

There are specific approaches - including Krashen's input or acquisition hypothesis - that need us to do lots and lots of listening: Jay Doubleyou: "focus more so on input & absorbing the language"

And if we are to learn anything and to feel a sense of progress, well, we need to listen, as Kolb tells us with his approach: Jay Doubleyou: kolb and experiential learning

What will help is if we learn to listen in different ways - as there are very different things out there to listen to: Jay Doubleyou: ways of listening

Radio 4's Word of Mouth takes us into how we can do this better:

Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Dr Haru Yamada about how we listen in different ways across different cultures and social groups. It's the side of conversation that is not about talking, but which is equally - if not more - important to how we communicate. Haru is the author of 'Kiku: The Japonese Art of Good Listening', and she believes that listening is something we can all learn to do better in order to build stronger relationships with each other, and with the world around us.

Word of Mouth - The Art of Listening - BBC Sounds

Here's a book review or two: Kiku by Haru Yamada | Waterstones

And here's a video review: Kiku by Haru Yamada | Waterstones

Enjoy the listening!

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