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Regular articles, tips and advice on understanding spoken English
How To Use Detailed Listening To Get Off The Intermediate Plateau
When I was learning to drive, I didn’t realise that I’d hit so many plateaus along the way. In other words, periods where, no matter what I did, I didn’t improve. I would master something, and things seemed to be going great, for it all to stop and for me to get very...
Why You Should Stop Listening to Slow-Talking YouTube Teachers
Want to understand fast-talking native English speakers? Then stop listening to slow-talking YouTube teachers. Find out why and what you should listen to here.
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...
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