Welcome to the Leo Listening Blog
Regular articles, tips and advice on understanding spoken EnglishRead by topic:
Understand native speakers: hard to understand aren’t they? Here’s why & what to do about it
Understand English movies: understand movies and TV shows without subtitles
Listening tips: improve your English listening skills with these tips
Podcast: improve your listening in English with my podcast episodes from the archive
Interviews: expert interviews on listening skills, language learning, living abroad and more
Motivation and Mindset: boost your motivation to understand fast English
Latest posts:
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...
Living The Polyglot Lifestyle At Home And Abroad
Welcome to this new interview series that I'm calling "interesting people I met in Berlin". Let me explain. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing interviews I did with the cool people I met at the Language Influencer Summit in Berlin in March. If you're...
How To Learn English With Short Movies
Hello Leo Listeners and welcome to an interview with a fellow English teacher, Alexandra Kapinya from Visual English School. I’ve brought Alexandra on because she’s a fellow movie lover. And she’s also been living abroad since the age of 19! As I love to share stories...
5 Ways To Boost Your English Listening Skills While On The Move
Hello there Leo Listeners. It's Cara here from Leo Listening, where I help intrepid travellers and adventurous expats connect in English through movies. If you're going on holiday, or you need to travel for work, you're going to probably have a lot of time ahead of...
How To Understand Aussie TV: A Chat With Pete From Aussie English
Hello Leo Listeners. This week I’m joined by Pete from Aussie English. He invited me over to his podcast and YouTube channel a couple of weeks ago for a chat. And now I’m returning the favour. Pete is Australian, unsurprisingly, so it’s a great chance to listen to and...
How Paloma Improved Her English Listening Skills with Game of Thrones
Hello Leo Listeners. This week, I’m interviewing the lovely Paloma from Brazil about her experiences on "Freedom from Subtitles". We worked together for four weeks earlier this year so that she could watch Game of Thrones without the subtitles and use her improved...
How NOT To Improve Your English Listening Skills: The Complete Guide
Watch the video: Hi there Leo Listeners! It's Cara here from Leo Listening , where I help advanced English learners fall back in love with their favourite films and series by teaching them how to break free from the subtitles. So, I'm going to go back to basics about...