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Regular articles, tips and advice on understanding spoken English
How To Fit In With Americans: An Interview With Expat Inés From Spain
Do you dream of moving to the USA? And living the American dream? Well, in this post I’m interviewing a real life expat - my friend Inés who moved from Madrid to Austin, Texas, in January 2017. She’s a Spanish teacher at yourlifeinspain.com where she teaches Spanish...
One Quick Trick To Transform Your English Listening Skills Instantly
Now I know this headline sounds a bit spammy And I’m not a fan of instantaneous wonder tricks. If I believed in that, I would have given up teaching and learning a language a long time ago. Because I believe anything worth having in life, that transforms your life,...
How to Understand Fast-Talking Native Speakers Thanks to Chunks
One of the biggest frustrations I hear you express about native English speakers is that they talk too fast. But how do they manage to talk so fast? And what can you do to better understand them? Maybe you're wondering how you can make your English more fast and...
How To Make Your English Flow
Welcome back to the "interesting people I met in Berlin" series. It has taken me a few months, but we've finally reached the end of this series! Here's a quick recap of the interviews so far: In the first interview, I spoke to Gareth Popkins of How to Get Fluent on...
Podcasting, Language Learning with TV Shows&Living Abroad
Welcome back to the "interesting people I met in Berlin" series. Now it's been a little while I admit as the first in interview in the series came out in June! And I finally published the second one in September. Progress is slow. But slow progress is better than...
How & Why To Create Personalised Listening Resources
Welcome back to the "interesting people I met in Berlin" series. Now it's been a little while I admit as the first in interview in the series came out in June! But hey, better late than never right? Just a quick reminder, these are interviews I did with the cool...
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