Critical Factors for Listening Success

 SpeakEnglishGym : Benefits & Results

Ordinary Training Programs: Shortcomings & Consequences

Critical Success Factor 1:

The ability to Listen for Something:

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

SpeakEnglishGym works on fundamentals. As infants, we start our language (mother tongue) learning by listening. SpeakEnglishGym follows the natural process. In SpeakEnglishGym, each candidate gets the opportunity to listen to over 400 short audio sessions of their choice in various accents!

SpeakEnglishGym has another unique feature where the candidate must listen to over 3000 sentences and key in the questions. An easy way to catch up with the listening and writing speed.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

With SpeakEnglishGym, development of excellent listening skills is just natural. Candidates get the opportunity to get accustomed to English accents and listen to them any number of times. This aspect of SpeakEnglishGym ensures Faster Learning, Longer Retention and Quicker Recall.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 98% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could remain “in sync” with the recording and catch the key points to write appropriate answers to the questions.

2. 99% of students say, they could look through the questions and think about the topic and plan for the listening.

3. Reading quickly and planning proactively  helped them to listen carefully for key ideas, keywords, and answers.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

In their attempt to ‘cover’ the ‘portion’ of the syllabus within the promised time, they fail to build quick reading skills.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Most candidates at these centres complain that they could not understand the audio during the Listening test. The root cause is that they could not read instructions carefully, get familiar with the questions and proactively prepare their minds to predict important ideas and words.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

91% of students, who used the primitive methods of Ordinary training centres come out of the IELTS Listening tests complaining that,

1. They could not answer correctly because they could not understand the question before and and wait for the answer.

2. They felt every word/idea of the speaker similar because they could not keep their minds ready for the answer.

3. They found it difficult to keep-up with the information provided in the audio.

Critical Success Factor 2:

The ability to listen for answers

and write them down as you listen:

1. Audio is played only once.

2. Audio is loaded with facts, figures & opinions.

3. Speakers change some of their ideas mid-way!

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

SpeakEnglishGym programs provide over 5000 short listening sessions in your favourite topic, and over 2000 sessions in general topics. This technique, founded on Cognitive Educational Psychology  leads to massive improvement in listening skills. They become ‘Active Listeners’.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students have ample practice in friendly listening environments to build ability and confidence. Then they have graduated to listening complex audio sessions.  This methodology helps them to listen to the audio with confidence, identify and write down the answers simultaneously.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 97% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they were mentally prepared to listen for answers (not, listen to the audio), whose questions they had already read.

2. 99% of candidates say, they are grateful to  over 1500 listening and keying-in exercises they had undergone in SpeakEnglishGym, made the entire exercise a cake walk.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

A student from one of this training centres commented, “Telling frankly. I have trouble catching the actual sounds of this foreign language.” For most students here, English remains a foreign language because they never get opportunity to get friendlier with English. They develop a ‘fear psychosis’ towards English listening.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Confidence and ‘presence of mind’ are key factors in the IELTS listening test-to write down answers while listening to the audio, knowing that it is going to be played only once. Most candidates from these training centres fumble miserably because they don’t have ample practicing opportunity like SpeakEnglishGym.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

93% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to comprehend the audio, and identify facts that build the main idea at the right point.

2. They find it difficult to retain facts, figures and ideas and write it down clearly within the stipulated time.

3. They could not retain concentration during the long listening sessions.

Critical Success Factor 3:

The ability to concentrate &

make logical predictions

1. while reading questions and

2. as you listen to the audio.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

The secret to increasing your listening skills is to better predict what you might hear. However, your ability to make reasonably accurate predictions depends on two things:

1. Your knowledge about the world around you and the experience you gained from them.

2. Your ability to listen between the words.

3. Your English proficiency to quickly sense the general meaning of the topic and understanding the emotions of the speakers.

SpeakEnglishGym programs meet all the above requirements.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym programs are studded with new information and result-oriented, knowledge nuggets. SpeakEnglishGym makes up for the time lost in not reading English novels and watching English movies earlier in life. SpeakEnglishGym programs make accurate predictions easier. Note: Ability to predict come with such experiences.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 94% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could accurately predict the answers on most occasions.  

2. 96% of candidates say, they were alert to capture the right information because their minds were prepared with right kind of general information.

3. 96% of students say, SpeakEnglishGym helped them develop a much wider knowledge about the world; it helped them practice making predictions. This kind of anticipation skill helps them listen to longer speeches and lectures.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students at Ordinary Training centres don’t have the privilege to listen to the customised audio sessions. They develop anxiety towards audio sessions and build aversion.

It is crucial to develop skills to listen through the talk. This ability comes only through practice.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Most candidates who follow conventional methods complain that they find it difficult to listen through the talk  to clearly understand the main idea, underlying meanings, and feelings.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

95% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to concentrate for the whole length, for example sections 1, 2 3, and 4.

2. When they try to focus, they miss key ideas, those are not directly said, mentioned only once, or described in detail.

3. Many students complain, “I can understand people if they talk slowly and clearly; I can’t understand fast, natural, native-sounding speech.”

4. 98% of students fail to logically predict the flow, and therefore not able to proactively prepare their mind to capture the data when it is said.

Critical Success Factor 4:

The expertise to do ‘Gap Fill’ / ’Short Answer’ tasks as you listen to the audio.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

1. SpeakEnglishGym students perform very well in ‘Gap Fill’ /Short Answer tasks because they are highly trained in grammatical skills while building listening abilities.

2. SpeakEnglishGym has over 1400 questions with instant answers, where the student must listen to an interesting (accented) sentence, and that is also part of a grammar structure. That is SpeakEnglishGym methodology of reinforcing grammar structures while listening.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

'Usually, IELTS ‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks require you to listen to a passage of spoken English containing information concerning a particular topic or event.  

Such 'Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks are cakewalk for Idea-based IELTS students because they have the opportunity to work on hundreds of ‘listening, comprehending & grammar’ exercises during the course of learning.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 96% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could understand the general idea of what was being said. Therefore they could accurately understand the specific information in the talk.  

2. 95% of candidates say, they could identify the specific information  from the audio and fill in the answer considering the correct grammar structure.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students from ordinary training centres consider ‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer as the most difficult IELTS listening task. Why? Student’s grammatical knowledge is as important as their listening ability. Why? Because answers should be grammatically correct within the given sentences.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

'‘Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks require you to write answer in your own words and sentences. This calls for the candidate to write down his/her answers in clear, complete sentences without grammar mistakes or spelling errors.

Most ordinary training centres do not have the practice of helping students with time-bound tests that will simulate the real time IELTS teats such 'Gap Fill’ / Short Answer tasks.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

94% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. They find it difficult to clearly understand what is exactly needed to do to perform the ‘Gap Fill’ and ‘Short Answer’ tasks.

2. 91% of candidates say, “I have to understand every word; if I miss something, I feel I am failing and get worried and stressed.”. Unfortunately they don’t understand every word due to lack of experience building opportunities.

3. 93% of candidates say, they get tensed in writing answers in their own words and make mistakes in spelling, and grammar.

Critical Success Factor 5:

The proficiency in working with various question types (tasks): Matching, Multiple choice, Short answer, Classification, Diagram labelling etc. while managing the time.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

The secret to increasing your success rate in listening is to work as many question tasks as possible.  SpeakEnglishGym support your efforts with:

1. Over 6000 questions in 300 tests. A variety of questions in different question types.

2. Question types includes: Matching tasks, Multiple choice tasks, Short-answer question tasks, Classification tasks, Sentence completion tasks, Chart/table/notes completion tasks, Gapfill tasks, Diagram labelling tasks.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students are exposed to maximum number of tests with increasing complexity, thanks to the customisation by our proprietary Intellia Software.

SpeakEnglishGym students benefit from attempting to these time-bound questions. They can attempt these questions and receive immediate feedback any number of times.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 98% of Idea-based IELTS students say, they could attend all question-types with clear understanding and confidence.

2. 97% of candidates say, even the Gap Fill and Short-answer questions were a cakewalk for them.

3. 95% of students say, Idea-based IELTS helped them develop the key skills of reading faster, predicting

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students at Ordinary Training centres suffer because they are exposed to very limited number of real-time tests. The tests available on Internet are not time bound, therefore the candidates do not get the experience of attending a listening test under time pressure.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

Students complain by saying, “I have to understand every word; if I miss something, I feel I am failing and get worried and stressed. Then I can’t attend the questions.”

Other say, “I find it difficult to ‘keep up’ with all the information I am getting, and cannot think ahead or predict.”

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

93% of students, who attended listening test said,

1. They find it difficult to understand the question styles and fail in managing the time.

2. They find it difficult to quickly retrieve facts, figures and ideas and fumble with the answering methods.

3. They could not retain concentration while switching from one question types to another.

Critical Success Factor 6:

The ability to Transfer your answers clearly and accurately within 10 minutes.

SpeakEnglishGym-Uniqueness:

In over 3000 tests, SpeakEnglishGym students must listen to audio recordings and  key-in answers without spelling mistakes and punctuation errors.

Over 4000 enjoyable tests ensure that SpeakEnglishGym students write answers without grammar mistakes.

SpeakEnglishGym-Benefits:

SpeakEnglishGym students quickly internalise the skills to write answers clearly without spelling mistakes and punctuation errors.

They are also developed the skills to naturally write answers without grammar mistakes.

SpeakEnglishGym-Results:

1. 98% of SpeakEnglishGym students say, they could give equal importance to all sections because they were confident of their abilities, were relaxed and were in complete control.  

2. 95% of candidates say, they could manage the time properly to complete all answers.

3. 94% of candidates said they even got the extra time to ensure that the answers are grammatically correct and didn’t cross the maximum number of words or letters allowed for each answer.

Ordinary Training Programs-Shortcomings:

Students from ordinary training centres complain that they could not transfer all the answers clearly, without grammar mistakes, without spelling errors.

Ordinary programs are not able to provide enough number of time-bound realistic tests to overcome this shortcoming.

Ordinary Training Programs-Consequences:

They fumble with the answers as they accumulate doubts, and uncertainties till the end. They are not successful in writing down the all answers as they listen to the audio.

Ordinary Training Programs-Results:

95% of students, who followed ordinary methods complain that,

1. As the end of the test nears, that is, when they reach section-4, they have reached their peak of frustrations.

2. Frustration reaches its peak when they have to transfer all the answers to the answer sheet.

3. 93% of candidates say, they could not transfer all the answers clearly, without grammar mistakes, without spelling errors.