Hello. In previous articles, we told you that you could improve your listening by using many ways. One of these ways was watching the movie, which we examined in detail in an article. Now it is time for another method which many volunteers like. It means improving listening skills through music. Listening to music can have many benefits in addition to the pleasurable feeling it creates in humans. Stay with us to tell you how to improve your listening skills by listening to music.
1. Benefits of listening to music
– You get to know different accents
Many singers have released much music that differs from each other in some things like accent. Indeed, the accent is not very important in the IELTS test, but knowing the normal amount of different accents is necessary; because you should understand the speaker’s words and sentences in the listening test when he speaks with different accents. So knowing the accent is important, and one of the ways to get to know it is to listen to different music. By listening to any music, you will hear its accent and get to know it.
– You will get to know the tone of the natives
If you have noticed, no singer uses literary sentences and an official tone in music. Singers who sing music in English are mostly native speakers and speak colloquially. Therefore, by listening to different music, you can get to know the colloquial language and terms of the natives. We suggest you keep a notebook and write down new terms to use later.
2. How to improve your listening through music
– Choose the right music
Choosing the right music is the first step to improving listening skills. You should not go for hard music in the beginning. Because you don’t understand much from it, and you lose your motivation to continue. If you are starting to learn the language, use easy music. But if you are at an intermediate language level, choose songs that are not too easy and not too difficult. Also, if you like a certain style of music, try to select songs from the same style so that you are eager to continue.
– Sing with music
When your favorite song is played, you start singing without paying attention to anything. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a good voice or pronounce words wrong. Just start singing. This has many advantages. The first and most important advantage is gradually improving your speaking and listening skills. The second advantage of doing this with English music is learning how to pronounce countless words correctly. The secret to success in this method is continuity and repetition. Read and repeat a piece of music so that sentences and words are engraved in your mind.
last word
There are countless ways to strengthen and improve English language skills, which you should choose according to your own taste and mood. Listening to music is a delightful thing, and besides the good feeling it gives you, it makes you learn and master listening skills. So start now and continue until you get results.