Listening TV news may help, especially if you get hold of the newspaper version of the news items. This will not only improve your listening, it will also increase your vocabulary for use.

Actually, nothing! While everyday experience and Hollywood movies make people think of sounds when they see the words "radio telescope," radio astronomers do not actually listen to noises. First, sound and radio waves are different phenomena. Sound consists of pressure variations in matter, such as air or water. Sound will not travel through a vacuum. Radio waves, like visible light, infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays, are electromagnetic waves that do travel through a vacuum. See similar questions...

Yes. Students will be encouraged to listen in different ways for different purposes and to become more aware of the strategies that English speakers use to communicate in speech. See similar questions...

There are some sound files and listening activities on LearnEnglish. Have a look at the home pages of stories, poems and songs on both LearnEnglish Central and LearnEnglish Kids listen to BBC World Service radio programmes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/index.shtml listen to Selector, the British Council radio station which is in many countries around the world: http://music.britishcouncil.org/selector/ See similar questions...

Please attend relevant workshops or come to meet a Language Counsellor at one of the Language Consultation Sessions. See similar questions...

Yes. Learning correct pronunciation can help you improve listening. As the matter of fact, improving your English pronunciation is the best way to improve your listening. Let us assume that you know the word indict and you happen to mispronounce it as indikt (The correct pronunciation is indIt). Because you mispronounce the word, you will never hear it even though the word indict is on TV everyday. Moreover, you won't even get the repetition you need to learn the word in sentences. See similar questions...

The only thing you cannot do while listening to TEAMLINE is close your browser. The TEAMLINE Java Applet runs inside of your browser window. So if you close your browser or go to a different website it will cause the applet to stop playing. In addition, dial-up listeners should not attempt to surf the web while listening, as their internet connection will not be able to maintain data transfer rate needed to hear clear, smooth audio. No. See similar questions...

In the enclosed Program Instructions we tell you the optimum way to use this tool. You, then, adjust your use to fit your lifestyle. We suggest listening one hour each day, but many people use it more because it is so pleasurable and so self-reinforcing and they feel so good when they are finished that they want to do it more. And, there are some people who say they don't have enough time and they do it less. These people, of course, progress more slowly than those who do it more regularly. See similar questions...

Falling asleep is a common experience, especially for people just beginning a new level. Falling asleep will not interfere with the basic function of Holosync: to drive the nervous system to higher levels of functioning. Normally, falling asleep is a sign that your nervous system has not yet fully acclimated to the stimulus from your CDs. With time, you will adjust and be less likely to doze off. Note that you are far less likely to fall asleep when in the recommended sitting position. See similar questions...

Without the Dive, Immersion is generally ineffective. The Dive is a descent soundtrack, ramping your brainwaves down to a Delta state of consciousness in about 24 minutes. This is a very rapid descent. Immersion picks up where the Dive leaves off, at Delta. Without the Dive, you will not be able to attain the state of consciousness necessary for Immersion to work effectively. See similar questions...

Yes. Users should take care when listening to any audio content (not just ChatterBlocker) at excessive volume levels and/or for extended periods of time. See similar questions...

One of the nice things about podcasting is that you can tell how many people have subscribed to your podcast feed. If you've got a web host that provides stats (and your host definitely should -- or find another host!) you will be able to tell how many people have subscribed to your podcasts. Stats reporting can var, depending on the host that you use. You'll be able to see how many people have downloaded your feed, and how many people have downloaded your MP3 files each month. See similar questions...

While the current focus is on Baby Bullet express train service, our patronage studies indicate that bicycle ridership is growing throughout the peak and peak-shoulder. This growth is attributable to increased capacity during the rush hour and reduced runtime on our limited trains. In effect, this equates to an acknowledgement that the faster the trip time, the greater the attraction for not only bicyclists but ridership in general. See similar questions...

My FAQs can seem a bit extensive. Sometimes you click on one and it leads to a lengthly write-up or perhaps even a whole other page on the website. I've worked hard to make this site comprehensive and sometimes it's been necessary to repeat points and concepts at different places throughout in order to plug them in to varied contexts so that they make more sense to the reader when you're done reading up on the subject. See similar questions...

The answer depends, of course, on what style of playing you want to do. Below I present a table of some of the major bass-players (in my opinion) for each style with which I am familiar. Some are artists in their own right, with major releases out under their own names, and some are strictly sideplayers. Note also that some appear under more than one category. Actually, Brewer Phillips is not a bass player; he played rhythm guitar behind the late Hound Dog Taylor. See similar questions...

No, in fact, it is very common in the beginning to nod out while listening. We are taking you into a delta brain wave pattern, that of sleep, and your brain is also making a lot of very relaxing neurochemicals, including endorphins. The combination can make you fall asleep. As the brain reorganizes you will gain the ability to remain alert throughout. So falling asleep is really one of many signs that the brain is really being pushed. See similar questions...

Music can often be distracting in itself, to you as well as your co-workers. This is particularly true for music with lyrics. ChatterBlocker was intentionally designed for blocking unwanted speech, while simultaneously minimizing distraction. Many of the sound file were recorded in binaural, which makes them especially effective at masking sounds coming from any direction. See similar questions...

No. You don’t need an HD Radio to continue listening to VPR; our traditional radio signal isn’t going away. HD just gives you more choices. You’ll find more information about HD Radio here. See similar questions...