My objective

I have one objective to achieve this semester. That is improving my English listening skill, because I realized listening is my weak point at UCI.
Before I went to UCI, I mainly focused on speaking. I didn’t feel any problem listening in Korea, because foreign teachers adjusted their speech speed for students in the class. However, I had difficulty in understanding the class at UCI.
To improve listening skill, I’m considering several methods. First, I will listen to TOEIC listening comprehension tape during the commute time everyday. I think that repetitive practices about various short expressions will improve listening skill naturally. No matter how simple a sentence is, it might be difficult to understand speech if I’ve never heard the sentence.
Second, I will listen to famous person’s address such as American presidents, Steve Jops, Obama and Hillary. Because their addresses are usually well organized and their pronunciation is relatively accurate, listening the address will be helpful.
Finally, I will try to watch English news at home as many as possible. Although English news is very fast, repetitive watching will improve listening skill and I can get a lot of information about current issues. Through the listening practices, I anticipate I could watch American movies without caption at the end of this semester.