How to understand BBC and CNN news on TV?

Question

I am good at English, but not listening. Only on reading...

So I am trying to learn more from listening skill, as I tried on CNN and BBC news daily on the TV news. So how to improve it? Are there useful skills?

Answer 1

The more you listen to it, the more the things they say will just make sense.  If you watch it every now and then, it's hard to follow stories.  If you watch it everyday, you'll keep up easily.

If you watch it and don't understand what you were listening to, go to their websites and read it afterwards, it will help you understand having both listened and read it.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Try using their web sites so you can read about a news story and then listen to it. Knowing what it's about in advance should make it easier to pick up on what's being said.

Answer 3

Alot of online news stories you can listen too OR read.  Try printing the read version and reading it AS you listen, like a script; also reading things out loud, that will help you associate the written with the auditory.  This works especially well if you take turns reading the same book with a friend, you can listen and follow along as they read and vice versa.

Answer 4

Try to take notes while you are listening.  That tends to make you focus on what they are saying.  You may want to try a local news station broadcast-- I find they talk a little slower and don't use as many "two dollar" words!  After you've heard a national or international news story on the local news, and taken notes, you may be able to follow "the big guys" a bit better.

Practice, practice, practice!