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Listening

Recommended Links for Listening

Recommended Print Resources

  • Cauldwell, R. (2002). Streaming speech: listening and pronunciation for advanced learners of English. Birmingham, England: Speechinaction. (PE1137 .C38 2002)
  • Gilbert, J. B. (2005). Clear speech: pronunciation and listening comprehension in North American English: student’s book. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. (PE1128 .G52 2005)
  • Lynch,T. (2004). Study listening: a course in listening to lectures and note-taking. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. (PE1128 .L95 2004)

Inspirations

  • “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”

    Mark Twain

  • “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

    Winston Churchill

  • “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

    Mortimer Adler

  • “Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.”

    Vernon Howard

  • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

    Benjamin Franklin

  • “Be observing constantly. Stay open minded. Be eager to learn and improve.”

    John Wooden

  • “Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

    Abigail Adams

  • “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

    Henry Ford