Many students say that they have problems in listening. They said that listening is a hard subject. Most of their problems are they have no concentration in listening. To increase their ability in listening skill, they have to practice more and more. Try to create a fun situation to make us enjoy the learning process. To help them solve the problems, these strategies may be useful.
Strategies in listening are creating mental linkages; grouping, associating, elaborating, placing new word into a context. Applying images and sounds; using imagery, semantic mapping, using keywords, representing sounds in memory. Employing action; using physical response or sensation, using mechanical techniques. Practicing; repeating, formally repeating with sounds and writing systems, recognizing and using formulas and patterns, practicing naturalistically.
Beside that, there are many strategies in study listening. We can study listening in several ways, for those who like listen to the music; they can use music as way to study listening. We are not only enjoy the music but also we can learn English trough songs. The songs that we choose is western songs. We can listen carefully and try to understand the lyrics. By doing this activities, we can study listening in a fun way. Another way is by watching movies. We can get many benefits by watching movies. We can study pronunciation; we can learn how to pronounce a word correctly as well as increasing our vocabulary.
In conclusion, we can study in any circumstances. By creating a fun situation and condition, we study English in a fun situation so that we can get a maximum result.
