week 6 class reflection

In class, we discussed what the most interesting and effective technique of listening was. When I was junior high or high school student, I never experienced interesting listening techniques. All of the techniques were very boring for me.

I mainly learned listening skill by dictation in Japan. I hate that technique because 1) it is not authentic, 2) it is monotonous, and 3) it is very frustrating if we do not understand. First, this technique is not authentic because in real world, we never write down what a speaker says. Second, it is very monotonous. In dictation, we just listen same dialogues many times. Third, it is easy to be frustrated. Sometimes we can not understand what the tape says even though we listen many times.

For all these reasons, I hate dictation.

In a textbook, many techniques are introduced, so I would like to try these.