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Understand native speakers: hard to understand aren’t they? Here’s why & what to do about it
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How To Understand Any English Accent With The IDEA Dialects Archive
Updated May 2022. Imagine if you could listen to the accent of your choice in English whenever you wanted. In fact, imagine if you could listen to recordings of English as it's spoken throughout the whole world by native and non-native speakers. Now, close your eyes...
A Simple Guide To Using SoundCloud To Understand English Better
Updated May 2022 Want to understand English native speakers better? Want to simplify the process so that you can save time, money and sanity? You're in the right place! My listening motto, that I’ll hope you’ll adopt too is - less is more in listening. I don’t believe...
Why You Should Stop Watching TV Series Alone
Are you fed up of small talk? Are you sick of doing language exchanges where you discuss the same boring topics each session (introductions, weather etc) ? Or of watching TV series by yourself and having no-one to talk to about them? Well, you're going to love this...