{"id":51026,"date":"2019-01-28T16:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-energy-672-improve-ielts-listening-skills-resources\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:04:01","slug":"ielts-energy-672-improve-ielts-listening-skills-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-672-improve-ielts-listening-skills-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 672: Improve Your IELTS Listening Skills with These 4 Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll learn how to improve IELTS Listening skills with specific resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-560-robertos-focus-8-5-ielts-listening-reading\/\">Catching numbers you hear<\/a> is necessary for Listening.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>3 Keys student<\/strong> recently asked about this in <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-589-3-keys-facebook\/\">our closed Facebook group<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>Could you please recommend something I could practice to improve my listening skills for numbers?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Enjoying <strong>business and finance podcasts<\/strong> and shows are great for this.<\/p>\n<p>Our first recommendation is <strong><em>StartUp<\/em><\/strong>, by <strong>Alex Blumberg<\/strong> of Gimlet Media.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fascinating <a href=\"\/ielts\/workouts-ielts-prep\/\">look into being an entrepreneur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another great one is <strong><em>Business Unusual<\/em><\/strong>, hosted by a judge of the TV show <strong><em>Shark Tank<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another great <strong>genre <\/strong>to practice numbers is <strong>history<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<div style=\"height:81px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>A super famous one is <strong><em>Hardcore History<\/em><\/strong> by Dan Carlin, whose goal is to make history <strong>accessible <\/strong>to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>One more title to explore is <strong><em>The History Chicks<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For more of our favorite podcasts, check out these other episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-604-increase-ielts-score-podcasts\/\">IELTS Energy 604: Lose Yourself and Increase Your IELTS Score With These Podcasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/ielts\/steps-using-podcasts-ielts\/\">Video: 5 Steps for Using Podcasts for IELTS Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listen the an episode for <strong>20 minutes<\/strong>, then listen to that 20 minutes <strong>again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write down the numbers<\/strong> that you hear the first time, and <strong>check <\/strong>your understanding the second time.<\/p>\n<p>Then, listen to the rest of the episode to keep <strong>improving your listening comprehension<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave your own podcast recommendations in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll learn how to improve IELTS Listening skills with specific resources. 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