Preview（腕試し）

Hiroko: I study English every day, but my hearing is still no good.

Noel: But you're very young! I think you mean your ____________ needs improvement.

　

A. hearing ability

B. listening

C. speaking

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

pay attention = 注意を払う

Examples（例文）

Hearing is used to describe your ability to hear sound. Listening, on the other hand, is used to mean hearing + paying attention. (Language teachers also use the term listening comprehension when talking of this language skill.)

My English listening comprehension is pretty good, but I still need to work a lot on developing my vocabulary.

Exercises （練習）Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.

1. Mrs. Adams is a 95-year-old British woman, and she is a native speaker of English. Her mind is still quite sharp, but her ____________ is not as good as it used to be.

A. hearing

B. listening comprehension

C. understanding

2. Kayoko speaks English very well, but she sometimes has to ask people to repeat what they have said because she didn't understand every word. She probably needs to work on her ____________ .

A. hearing

B. listening comprehension

C. understanding