Listen/Listening

How do you listen? What do you listen for? Are you listening when someone speaks to you?

Definition = hear; to pay attention to sound; to be alert to catch an expected sound.

Related Words = snoop, eavesdrop

When you listen to a conversation what part are you tuning into? Do you have problems picking up certain sounds of words? It is very important to listen how words are pronounced. The speech of a person can be difficult regardless what part of the world they are from. Learning how to listen for certain sounds can be very demanding?

Tutoring a person can be just as demanding for the tutor as it is for the student. How the tutor pronounces the words can be a reflection on which country the tutor was educated. Also, what part of the country the education took place. Regardless of the tutor and student’s background they both will need to pay attention to the subject being discussed.

A lot of educational institutions everywhere think that if a conversation teacher has a certain accent it will benefit the student. Have you heard an African or a Chinese person speak that has been educated in England? They sound like an educated person with a British accent.

You can pick up an accent even from a tape recorder being used as a means for tutoring. Listen and pronounce the words. Listen to yourself with a tape recorder.