Improving EFL Listening Skills by Reading Aloud―An Exploratory Study―

This study focuses on improving listening skills for the English learner through the reading of picture books aloud. The examinee, who learned English in junior and senior high school and never learned it since, attended this experiment. In spite of a short time experiment, the examinee came to recognize the difference of the sounds between ‘r’ and ’l’. A great number of positive points can be found in this experiment. It might be effective for beginners to utilize a picture book to deduct from the learning burden and also making it easier to understand the story.