Next Audiobook

I finished an audiobook "Life if Pi". It was a nice story. I could imagine the scene in the story. The last three chapter was a little bit chilly. Anyway I really recommend the novel. 

My next audiobook is a long story. It's 26-hours-long Haruki Murakami's book called "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle." I read the novel once, but I almost forgot about that. I really look forward to listening to it. 

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New Audiobook Title

I started a new audiobook, "Good in Bed". The author was Jennifer Weiner as the same author of "In Her Shoes" which I previously listened to. 

The beginning of the story was really interesting. I was immediately hooked on the story and I'm looking forward to the rest of it. 

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Reaches 50 Hours

I've been listening to audiobooks in English for fun since last November. My listening time reached almost 50 hours, but it never surpassed 50 hours. This month, I have reached 50 hours of listening. 

I usually listen to audiobooks in my car. Get into my car and my car seat turns into a listening theater. That is really nice.  

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Can't Stop It

I enjoy listening to audiobooks recently. My listening time has reached 40 hours since the beginning of March. That means I listen audiobooks about two hours a day on average. I think it will reach over 50 hours this month, and that will be my record. 

While listening to novels with Audible, I've found many sentences that l want to memorize. I might stop the audiobook and jot down them, but I can't stop listening to the stories, so I easily forget about that. But I think that's okay. I just enjoy the stories with sound of English. 

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Studying English?

 I decided to study for Eiken 1st grade one year ago. I bought some text books then, but I rarely opened them through the year. I just didn't feel studying English for tests. Time is limited, so I did what I wanted to do. 

I listened to radio and read books in English instead. I simply enjoyed doing these activities. Since last December, I began to listen to audiobooks with Audible. That was really fun. 

I guess I should learn more and more now English words. Lack of vocabulary is the problem for me. I know reading and listening English is not the solution for the problem. 

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News and Novels in English

I'm learning English by myself. I used to listen to English radio programs, news, interviews and so on, for improving my listening skill. Since last December, I started to listen to audiobooks with Audible. 

I miss listening to news of many conflicts all over the world, but I enjoy listening to interesting stories I choose. I've reached 109 hours of listening time in 75 days. 

It might be an effective way for improving my listening skill. And today, I listened to radio news for the first time in two and a half months. I felt like I can understand the news easier than before. I heard the news slower than the last time I listened to. 

I'll listen to both novels and news. I want to enjoy something and want to know what happens in the world in English. 

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BBC Radio Dramas

I read a blog about learning English. A Japanese English translator posted the article. The author is a good English speaker. His pronunciation is almost English native speaker. 

He suggested that listening to English radio dramas are really good for learning English. He said he has listened 500 English radio dramas in six months. He also said that watching TV dramas are easier than listening to radio dramas, so that is a good training for listening.  

His recommendation was to listen to BBC radio dramas. You can use the contents at BBC Radio 4 station. They have thousands of programs for free. I think I should try to do that. 

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