English Fluency - Good Mistakes! Go Natural English Lesson Step 3

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Go Natural English


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The third step to fluency the Go Natural English way is to pay attention, or to understand
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that you don't know everything.
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So, try to understand which areas, or which words in English you don't understand.
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If you don't understand about 30% of what you're listening to, that is a good material
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to listen to because it will challenge you to learn more.
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If you understand about 80%, or 90%, or 100%, then that material is great but it should
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just be regular maintenance.
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You are not going to learn a lot of new vocabulary from something that you completely understand.
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So, if you are aware that you cannot understand about 30% or more of what you're listening
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to, then it's a good challenge material.
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If you cannot understand more than 50% of what you're listening to, then it's too difficult.
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Try something that's a little bit easier.
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Now, when you're listening to material that is good for your level and giving you a little
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challenge you have to pick out or select the words that are new, that you don't know yet
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so that you can research them, so that you can ask your native speaker teacher or friends
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about what those words mean.
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And that is how we grow our vocabulary, little by little, listening to the kinds of materials
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that we want to be able to understand and to speak like.
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So, step three is to notice the new words that you want
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to learn.
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