I think that active listening is very useful when wanting to improve English skills. Previously I was likely to concentrate on only listening to individual English words. I feel that active listening enabled me to change how I listen to English. In this lecture, I was able to learn the importance of getting the main message and how to remember the most important points. I could also learn how to visualize what a speaker said. Professor Takeda said that “Interpretation is not just changing words from one language to another”. This phrase impressed me. I think that a real interpreter interprets, not only what a speaker wants to say, but also what a speaker feels.

by Shizuka K