12 Ways to Improve English Listening Skills & Understand Native Speakers

Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy!

Zdravo svima i dobrodošli nazad na

engleski sa Lusi. Danas želim da vam pričam

Today I want to talk to you about: How you can improve your English listening skills ?

o tome kako možete da poboljšate svoje

veštine slušanja engleskog. Pa tako imam

So, I've got some tips that I'm going to give you.

neke savete koje ću vam dati. Ako

If you do follow all of my English listening tips,

pratite sve moje savete za slušanje

engleskog, onda bi trebalo da možete

then you should be able to start to understand native speakers

da počnete da razumete izvorne govornike

more easily and more effectively.

lakše i efikasnije.

We've got a lot to cover in the lesson.

Imamo mnogo toga da obradimo u lekciji,

So, let's get started !

pa počnimo. Postoji reč koju

There's a word that I'm going to be using a lot in this lesson and it is ''variety''.

ću mnogo koristiti u ovoj

lekciji i to je razvnovrsnost. Želim da

I want you to use a wide range of resources and listen to a wide range of accents as well.

koristite širok spektar sredstava kao i da slušate

širok spektar akcenata. Zašto?

Why?

Well, I know a lot of you come to me and say:

Znam da mnogi od vas dođu do mene i

kažu: "Lusi, želim da učim britanski engleski

'Lucy, I want to learn British English and to do that I'm only going to listen to British speakers'

i da bih to uradio/la samo ću da slušam

britanske govornike." Ali, po mom mišljenju

But in my opinion: that's not the right thing to do !

to nije prava stvar. Sretaćete

You are going to meet people from all over the world with all different accents and you're going to need to understand them.

ljude iz celog

sveta sa različitim akcentima i

moraćete da ih razumete.

You don't want to just be able to understand British people!

Ne želite da samo možete da

razumete Britance. Pa ako to

So if you're not doing it already

već ne radite,

I want you to listen to as many accents as possible.

onda želim da slušate što je više akcenata

moguće, i kad to radite

and when you're doing that

I want you to think about the different sounds that each accent makes.

želim da razmišljate o različitim

glasovima koje akcenti prave. Uradila

I made a video with the lovely Anna from English like a native

sam video sa divnom Anom sa engleskog

kao maternjeg o razlikama

about the differences between our accents

između naših akcenata. Većini studenata

and lots of students found that really really helpful

je to pomoglo zato što

because there's not one definitive way of speaking English.

ne postoji samo jedan način

pričanja engleskog. Ima mnogo

There are lots of variations: regional variations, variations by country.

varijacija: regionalne varijacije,

varijacije u zemlji. Engleski

I mean English spoken in New Zealand is very different to English spoken in America for example.

koji se govori na Novom Zelandu je veoma drugačiji

od engleskog koji se govori u Americi, na primer.

Morate znati da prepoznate više

So you need to be able to recognize more or less everything and diversify your English.

ili manje sve i da preinačite vaš

engleski. Fokusirajući se na reči raznovrsnost,

Focusing on that word 'variety' again

ponovo, želim da vam pričam o

I want to talk to you about resources.

sredstvima. Što se tiče moje sledeće stavke želim da

For my next point, I want you to ask yourself a question

postavite sebi pitanje. Želim da

I want you to answer it yourself honestly

odgovorite iskreno. Koliko

How much time do you actually dedicate to practicing and improving your listening skills?

zapravo vremena posvećujete

vežbanju i unapređivanju svojih veština

slušanja. Odgovorite iskreno. Većina

Answer honestly !

Most of the students that I asked say around 1 to 2 hours

studenata koje sam pitala, kažu oko 1 ili 2

sata i čak i tada

and even then they might be exaggerating a little bit

malo preteruju.

Now you've recognized that: You're probably not practicing enough.

Sada raspoznajete da

verovatno ne vežbate dovoljno. Želim

I want you to start practicing

da počnete da vežbate. Iskreno,

Honestly, practice makes perfect !

vežbom do savršenstva.

You're not going to suddenly wake up and be perfect at listening.

Nećete se iznenada probuditi i

biti savršeni u slušanju. Potrebno je vreme.

It takes time, it takes dedication

Potrebna je posvećenost, i nazvano je veštinom

and it's called a skill for a reason

sa razlogom. Nešto što morate

is something that you have to develop principally on your own and also with help from others

da uglavnom razvijete sami i

takođe uz nečiju pomoć. Ali šta je

but what is listening practice you might be asking me.

vežba slušanje, možda se pitate.

Imam dosta preporuka

Well, I've got lots of recommendations for you

za vas.

which brings me to my next point: "Resources and more importantly variety of resources"

Što me dovodi do moje sledeće stavke:

sredstva i još važnije raznovrsnost

sredstava. Najočiglednija je

Now the most obvious one is watching TV programs or movies in English.

gledanje TV emisija ili filmova na

This is great, but I think you can take it a step further.

engleskom. Ovo je sjajno, ali mislim da

možete otići korak dalje.

Maybe you're watching programs with English subtitles.

Možda gledate emisije sa

engleskim prevodom.

That's good, but you don't want to rely on the subtitles.

To je dobro, ali ne želite da se oslonite

na titlove. Želim da naučite

I want you to learn with your ears and not with your eyes.

svojim ušima, a ne svojim očima.

So what I recommend you do to take your listening to the next level is "Watch each program or movie TWICE!"

Ono što vam ja predlažem je da svoje

slušanje podignete na viši nivo, gledajući

svaku emisiju ili film dvaput. Verovatno

Probably, more achievable with programs short ones.

je dostupnije sa emisijama, onim kraćim.

I recommend that you aim for something that's less than 30 minutes.

Preporučila bih da se usmerite na

nešto što je kraće od 30 minuta. Pa,

So you could try a comedy like: Friends which is American English or maybe BBC news

možete pokušati sa komediju kao što su Prijatelji,

što je američki engleski. Ili možda vesti

BBC-ja, i možete da gledate samo

and you can just watch the headlines which would be British English pronunciation.

naslove, što bi bio britansko engleski

izgovor. Prvo želim da gledate

So, I want you to watch it first with no subtitles, see how much you can understand.

bez prevoda, vidite koliko

možete razumeti. I onda želim da

and then I want you to watch it again with subtitles, and see what you did pick up and what you didn't pick up and then note it for next time.

gledate ponovo sa prevodom i vidite

šta ste naučili, a šta niste

naučili i onda zabeležite za sledeći put.

Don't be afraid to replay things again and again and again !

Nemojte se plašiti da ponavljate stvare iznova

i iznova i iznova.

Learn the patterns of voice that we use.

Naučite obrasce glasa koje koristimo.

If you've got a listening exam or you're going to have a telephone conversation or some sort of interview over the phone,

Ako imate ispit iz slušanja ili ćete

imati telefonski razgovor,

ili neku vrstu intervjua preko telefona,

you're not going to be able to read the person's lips which can be really useful.

nećete biti u mogućnosti da čitate

sa usana, što može biti veoma korisno.

Tako da morate vežbati

So, you really ought to practice listening blindly !

slepo slušanje. Jedan veoma, veoma

So, one really really good tip that often gets overlooked is use audio books.

dobar savet, koji se često zanemaruje, je

korišćenje audio knijga.

Reading is great for building your vocabulary but it doesn't do much for your listening skills,

Čitanje je sjajno za građenje vašeg

vokabulara, ali ne pomaže mnogo za

veštine slušanja zato što ono što

because what a book does not offer you is a pronunciation guide normally.

vam knjiga ne može pružiti je

vodič za izgovor,

po pravilu. Sigurna sam da neke mogu. Tako,

I'm sure some exist that do.

So, I would like you to start listening to audiobooks.

volela bih da počnete da slušate

audio knjige. Izaberite knjigu koja je

Pick a book that is interesting and relevant to you.

zanimljiva i bitna za vas sudeći

Judge it by your level !

po vašem nivou. Ako ste prilično

If you're quite a low-level, choose a children's book.

niži nivo izaberite dečiju knjigu, za

For more intermediate maybe go something for teenagers.

više srednji nivo možda uzmite nešto

za tinejdžere, a ako ste napredni nivo,

and if you're advanced obviously go for something that's aimed at adults or maybe has a lot of technical language.

očigledno uzmite nešto što je usmereno

ka odraslima ili možda ima dosta

tehničkog jezika. Zapamtite da ako

Remember that: If you want to check your understanding you can always buy the book as well listen to a section and then read it, listen to another and then read it.

želite da proverite vaše razumevanje,

uvek možete da kupite knjigu, takođe.

Slušajte odeljak i onda ga pročitajte,

slušajte drugi i onda ga pročitajte. Ovo

This is a wonderful way of improving your listening comprehension.

je predivan način unapređenja vašeg

shvatanja u toku slušanja. Najbolji vebsajt

The best website for audiobooks is audible

za augio knjige je audible. I ako

and if you click in the link in the description box you can get a free audiobook and a 30-day trial.

kliknete na link u opisu,

možete dobiti besplatnu audio knjigu i

30-odnevnu probu. Apsolutno nema cake,

There's absolutely no catch, so try it out and see if it works for you.

pa isprobajte i viidte da li radi kod

vas.

One resource that often gets overlooked is youtubers.

Jedan resurs koji se često zanemaruje

su jutjuberi. Ne govorim o nama,

I'm not talking about us - lovely bunch of online English teachers.

divnoj grupi online nastavnika engleskog

That are all over YouTube at the moment.

koji su trenutno svuda na Youtube-u,

Although I think we could help you a little bit with your listening.

iako mislim da možemo da vam pomognemo

bar malo sa slušanjem.

You have an amazing resource full of free videos and listening tools.

Imate neverovatan izvor pun

besplatnih videa i alata za slušanje.

Find something that you're interested in.

Pronađite nešto za šta ste zainteresovani.

Maybe you're interested in Gossip, celebrities, science, current affairs.

Možda vas interesuju tračevi,

poznate ličnosti, nauka, aktuelni događaji,

Search for it in English and start listening to it.

potražite ih na engleskom i počnite

da ih slušate. Moja sledeća stavka je

My next point is multi task.

multitasking. Za razliku od čitanja i gledanja TV-a,

Unlike reading or watching TV, listening is something that you can do whilst you do something else.

slušanje je nešto što možete da radite

dok obavljate nešto drugo.

So once you've found your ideal resource, start to build a sort of pack of resources on your smart phone or your computer that you can take with you.

Tako da jednom kad ste pronašli savršen izvor,

izgradite neku vrstu paket

resursa na vašem smartfonu ili vašem

kompjuteru koje možete poneti sa sobom. Tako,

So, if you have a long car journey, on the way to work, on public transport, whilst you're doing something else like cooking, something you don't have to concentrate on.

ako imate dug put automobilom, na

putu za posao, u javnom prevozu, dok

radite nešto drugo, kao što je kuvanje,

nešto na šta ne morate da se usredsredite,

slušajte

Listen to something in English !

nešto na engleskom i to me vraća

and that links back to my question: "How much time do you actually dedicate practicing your English?"

na moje pitanje koliko vremena

zapravo posvećujete učenju vašeg

So, say you spend half an hour traveling to work each day and half an hour traveling back home each day and you listen to something in English for the entirety of those journeys

engleskog. Pa recimo da provodite pola sata

putujući na posao svakog dana i pola

sata putujući natrag kući svakog dana i

slušate nešto na engleskom na

celim putovanjima. Svake nedelje

Each week, you will be doing five hours of listening practice.

radićete 5 sati

vežbanje slušanja. To je neverovatno.

That's amazing !

If you do that, you will definitely improve in no time.

Ako radite to, definitivno ćete

se poboljšati za kratko vreme.

The really great thing is that you're doing something productive and maybe learning about another topic through English.

Velika stvar je što

radite nešto produktivno i možda

učite o drugoj temi kroz

engleski koju biste inače radili. Tako

That you would normally do.

So, it's really a win-win situation.

da svi dobijaju.

My next tip is do not translate, do not translate.

Moj sledeći savet je da ne prevodite. Ne

prevodite. Kad razgovarate sa

When you're speaking to someone in person, I want you to listen for context.

nekim lično, želim da slušate

u kontekstu. Nešto što uvek kažem svojim

Something I always say to my students is "Fluency over accuracy !"

studentima je tečnost iznad tačnosti. Sada, ja

Now I speak Spanish fluently, but I do not speak it a hundred percent accurately.

pričam tečno španski, ali ga ne

govorim 100% tačno

I have no problems with listening, I have no problems with understanding, and I have no problems with communicating.

Nemam problema sa slušanjem,

nemam problema sa razumevanjem i

nemam problema u komunikaciji, ali

But if you were to film me speaking Spanish and analyze all of the errors that I make, you find quite a few.

ako biste me snimali kako govorim španski

i analizirali sve greške koje

pravim, pronašli biste ih nekoliko. Stvarno je

It's really important to understand that you don't need it to be perfect, you don't need to understand every single word

važno razumeti da ne morate da

budete savršeni, ne morate da

razumete svaku reč, morate da

You need to understand context and general meaning.

razumete kontekst i opšte značenje.

Ako provodite previše vremena analizirajući

If you spend too much time analyzing each word,

svaku reč, konverzacija ili monolog

the conversation or monologue will have moved on, by the time you finally understood the word that you are focusing on,

će ići dalje dok

konačno budete razumeli reč na koju ste se

usredsredili, treba zapravo da

so you actually then have to catch up and you lose understanding.

sustignete i izgubite razumevanje. Tako

So, instead of listening word-by-word

umesto slušanja reč po reč slušajte

listen to phrases as a whole.

fraze u celini,

My next tip is learn speech patterns.

moj sledeći savet je da naučite govorne obrasce.

Okay, I want you to research into how natives speak.

Ok, želim da istražite kako

izvorni govornici govore. Način na koji mi pišemo

The way in which we write something is certainly not the way in which we say it.

nešto sigurno nije način na

koji mi kažemo nešto.

English is not a phonetic language and we don't always follow our own pronunciation rules.

Engleski nije fonetski jezik i

mi ne pratimo uvek naša sopstvena

pravila izgovora, pa kakvo istraživanje možete

So, what research can you do?

da uradite? Pa, možete pogledati homofone,

Well, you can look at homophones.

For example: These are words which have the exact same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings.

na primer. To su reči koje imaju

potpuno isti izgovor, ali različite

načine pisanja i različita značenja.

I've actually got a video coming out on homophones very soon which i will put in the description box.

Zapravo izbacujem video

o homofonima uskoro koji ću

staviti u opis. Primer

An example of a homeophone would be "bear" and "bare"

homofona bio bi podneti i otkriti.

the same, but different spelling and meaning.

Isti, ali drugačiji pravopis i značenje.

You can also look at minimal pairs.

Možete takođe pogledati minimalne parove.

Minimal pairs are words that have the exact same pronunciation a part from a single vowel sound.

Minimalni parovi su reči koje imaju

potpuno isti izgovor sem

jednog samoglasnika. Primer

An example of a minimal pair would be "ship" and "sheep".

minimalnog para bi bio brod i ovca.

Tako da su sh i p isti, ali

...ship...sheep...

So that... and... of the same but the vowel sound is different.

samoglasnik je različit. Takođe je

It's also important that you understand weak forms.

važno da razumete slabe forme.

So we have strong forms of words and we also have weak forms.

Tako imamo jake forme reči i

takođe imamo slabe forme. Na primer,

For example: The word "at", on its own I say 'at

reč at. Samo po sebi ja kažem at, ali

But sometimes if I'm using it in a sentence or in conversation and I'm speaking very quickly I will say at with the schwa sound.

ponekad ako je koristim u rečenici

ili u konverzaciji i govorim vrlo

brzo, reći ću at sa schwa

glasom. Neću reći u tri sata,

I won't say 'at three o'clock.

I will say at three o'clock.

reći ću u tri sata. Važno je

It's important that you recognize that the schwa sound can represent many vowels.

da prepoznate da schwa glas

može predstavljati mnoge samoglasnike. Takođe morate

You also need to look at reductions

pogledati smanjenja. Imam video

I've got a video all about the reductions "wanna" and "gonna" which is also in the description box,

o smanjenjima wanna i gonna koji

je takođe u opisu koji će vam

that will really help you out especially if you want to use those

zaista pomoći, posebno ako

želite da ih koristite, zato što znam da ih većina i koristi.

I know a lot of you do

It's a really quick way of making yourself sound more native.

To je stvarno brz način da

zvučite kao izvorni govornik, i takođe

and also contractions: I am => I'm; I will => I'll; she would => she'd.

skraćivanja I am - I'm, I will - I'll, she

would - she'd. Važno je da ih naučite.

Important that you learn those.

I'm also making a video on contractions.

Takođe pravim video o

skraćivanjima, tako da kad se pošalje,

So when that's uploaded I will also put that in the description box.

takođe ću da stavim u opis.

Ovo je sve o mojoj lekciji o tome kako da

So that's it for my lesson on: How to improve your listening skills?

poboljšate vaše veštine slušanja. Vaš

Your homework is to comment below and tell me and everyone else: How you are going to improve your listening skills? now you've watched this video.

domaći je da comentarišete ispod i da mi kažete

i svima ostalima kako ćete da

usavršite svoje veštine slušanja sad kad ste

videli ovaj video. Želim da vas vidim

I want to see you be motivated and I want to see you make a change,

motivisane i želim da vidim kako pravite

promenu. Verujem u vas i morate da

I believe in you and you need to believe in yourselves too.

verujete u sebe, takođe. Ne zaboravite

Don't forget that: I now upload on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

da sad imam videe ponedeljkom,

sredom i subotom i

And I also have a free live pronunciation and vocabulary lesson every Sunday at 4:30 gmt which is london time.

takođe imam uživo lekcije o izgovoru i

vokabularu svake nedelje u

4:30 gmt (vreme po Griniču) što je londonsko vreme na mom

On my -English with Lucy- Facebook page.

engleski sa Lusi facebook stranici.

Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.

Ne zaboravite da se povežete sa mnom na svim

mojim društvenim mrežama. Na Facebook-u

My Facebook and my Instagram is where I'm most active

i Instragam-u sam najviše aktivna i

and you can also sign up to my mailing list

možete da se prijavite ma moju adresu

ako želite da primate mejlove od mene

If you want to receive emails from me and hear about updates before anyone else.

i da čujete o ažuriranjima pre svih.

Alright then, I'll see you soon for another lesson !

Onda ću vas videti uskoro u

drugoj lekciji!

mooah :* <3