I’m around N4 level but my listening is really horrible, I have no problem with reading (Graded readers), But when it comes to listening I’m really bad, So when I’m trying to improve my listening should I do things such as pausing and rewinding?
Pausing makes me feel like I’m just converting what I’m hearing to text and then processing it, As for rewinding I feel like this could lead to a bad habbit of only trying to pick one word each rewind.
I’d really appreciate any advice regarding this matter
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> Pausing makes me feel like I’m just converting what I’m hearing to text and then processing it
Ok but how did you convert the words to text if not by listening to it?
You’re overthinking it. If you need to listen multiple times and write things down to catch the meaning, then do that. The more you do it, the better at listening you will get, the easier it will become, the less time you will have to spend on each utterance.
What I try to do is to listen for a few more lines after. One of two things usually happens:
(1) I understand the line I was having trouble with because of **extra context** in the lines after.
Or
(2) I misunderstand the next line (or two or three or more) because of **missing context** that was first presented in the one line I originally didn’t understand.
If (2) happens, it’s usually grounds for me to try and work it out by pausing and rewinding, replaying, pausing, and looking stuff up.
I can’t say I don’t rewind but I only rewind when I catch a word I was just studying