A quick and easy listening practice technique

Here is a good way to practice your listening in 10-20 minutes.

You need to find a listening file (either streamed or downloaded) with an available transcript.

BBC Learning English is one good resource.    

1.   Go to this site,  and go to 6 Minute English.   Find a news story that interests you.  

2.   Download the transcript.   Select and copy and past the text into this Cloze Generator.  You may also want to print a copy of this transcript.

3.   In Cloze Generator,   choose  "Every 7th word"  (or any option you like)

4.    Print out a copy of the cloze.

5.    Study any vocabulary or questions before listening.

6.   Listen to the news story and complete the cloze.     You can check your answers in the original transcript.



Another option is to listen to the story and practice note-taking.   When you are done,  read the transcript to see if you got the main and supporting details correct.