Hello,
I'm an Italian 16 years old boy and I've been studying English for 8 years.
During these years, I've seldom listened to native English speakers.
My auricular nerves haven't worked well since I was 3, too. So I may not understand some badly and too fastly pronounced words/sentences in my native language.
My problem is that I understand the 3-5% of what I hear in English (radio, TV, conversations, etc.), although I understand the 85-100% of an English text (articles, howtos, emails, forum posts, newspapers, computer science books, etc.).
In your opinion, how can I start improving my listening skills? Have you had this problem? Listening slow-paced radio speeches? Playing games with subtitles?
P.S. If notice some errors in my post, tell me, please :)
I'm an Italian 16 years old boy and I've been studying English for 8 years.
During these years, I've seldom listened to native English speakers.
My auricular nerves haven't worked well since I was 3, too. So I may not understand some badly and too fastly pronounced words/sentences in my native language.
My problem is that I understand the 3-5% of what I hear in English (radio, TV, conversations, etc.), although I understand the 85-100% of an English text (articles, howtos, emails, forum posts, newspapers, computer science books, etc.).
In your opinion, how can I start improving my listening skills? Have you had this problem? Listening slow-paced radio speeches? Playing games with subtitles?
P.S. If notice some errors in my post, tell me, please :)