The aim of this online listening is to analyze my success and try to understand if I should work harder. From the list of podcasts I have chosen "Influence of attractiveness of sales assistants on clothing purchases by women" and "Creative thinking".
The rate of speaking was a little bit too fast in first podcast and about average in second. However, I understand almost all words and catch not only the idea of the programme but also answer in all questions. I have listened both podcasts two times like in exam.
In my opinion, the most useful exercise for improving listening skills is multiple choice exercises. Different options sometimes are very misleading, so we are concerned to pay more attention to text.
To my mind, my listening skills are satisfactory, so I have to work harder if I want to say that I am excellent at it. It is very easy to understand peers in English classes, but authentic speech is much more complex for me.
If I had to take a listening exam today I believe I pass it, just because I am lucky person. However, I can't trust only luck, so before exam I will improve my listening skills. I think it is important listen to authentic cassette recordings in class and I will watch films in English in order to improve.
I believe that my experience of English school exam is truthful and because of that university exam won't be very difficult.
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