The most needed ability in everyday communication is skills of listening. Listening to podcasts helped me to improve my listening skills.
The first podcast which I have listened to was " Psychology of deal-making"(http://tinyurl.com/5wed3x). The second podcast I have listened to was named " Near-death experiences" (http://tinyurl.com/6d7fh3). I have enjoyed both podcasts, while :

· Topics of podcasts were interesting for me;
· The rates of speakings were slow, so I had ability to understand everything;
· I had ability to understand authentic speech clearly;
· I have listened my selected podcasts only one time;
· I have done some exercises which were useful for improving listening skills, for example: open-ended questions.

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Podcasting offers language learners extra listening practise , which helps to improve listening skills.