In Short 1. There are many skills necessary to listen to spoken English. Some skills are similar to the skills used in reading. But many important listening skills are different from reading skills. That's why if you want to learn to listen, you must practice listening.
Listening skills are different from reading skills because speech is different from writing.
Below are some of the main ways speech is different from writing. The biggest difference between speech and writing is that speech consists of sounds. This is very important, because processing the sound adds a whole new set of skills that are not necessary for reading. You must also know how the sounds change in fast speech. Fast pronunciation is very different from the dictionary form of the word.