I want to improve my English listening skills. When hearing song, will it better to see the song lyric or just force hear it ton times until I get it?

Answer 1

When I was learning Spanish, both listening to a song and looking up the lyrics really helped me.

Usually I would start by listening to the song a couple times and trying to understand as much as I could.

Then if there were still parts that I couldn't understand what they were saying, I would go look up the lyrics to the song to find out what was actually being said.

Then I would listen to the song again paying attention to how the singer said those words so that I could look for patterns and similarities in other songs.

This also helped me to practice speaking phrases the way that a native would speak them.

Hopefully this helps!

Answer 2

I agree with Jamie W. Using both techniques and going back and forth between these techniques, challenging yourself, and even consulting with a native speaker is very useful. Good luck!