3 Big Mistakes in English Listening Skills Part 2 + Online Lessons on Lingoda

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Hey naturals, how's it going?
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Welcome to Go Natural English.
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In this episode, you are going to become
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aware of three of the biggest mistakes-- part
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two, because I made another video about this
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a few years ago-- but it's time to update it.
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Three of the biggest mistakes that you are making
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in your English listening.
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Now let's get into it.
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The top three ways that you are making mistakes
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in your English listening are, first
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of all, if you are not anticipating or guessing
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what people are going to say based
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on the situation or the context.
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For example, if I go to a cafe and I want to order coffee.
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I know what I'm going to say.
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I'm going to say, I would like a coffee.
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Easy, you can do that.
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But, now I need to listen.
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What will the person say to me after I say that.
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Let's guess.
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So they're probably going to ask,
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would you like cream, milk, sugar, what size?
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What size coffee do you want?
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Do you want hot, or ice?
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Do you want anything else?
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OK, what are the questions that you can
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guess they're going to ask you.
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If you can think about that, doesn't take much time to think
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about it-- maybe a few seconds-- to ask yourself,
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what are the questions that I might get in this situation?
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Or besides questions, what are some other things
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that that person might say.
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Can you think of something that the staff person at a cafe
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might say after you ask for a coffee?
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They might say, that'll be $2.50.
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So they might say how much it costs.
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Or they might say something else, like have a nice day.
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So by expecting these questions and phrases,
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you're going to increase your comprehension by at least 50%,
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because you're expecting it.
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And that way your brain can process
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what they say much more easily if it happens to match
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with what you expected.
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So you're preparing yourself to listen better.
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So that's the first tip.
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The second is-- well your biggest mistake--
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is that you're worrying too much about what you're missing.
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So if you're listening to someone talk
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and you don't understand a word that they say,
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maybe they say it really fast and you didn't catch it,
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and you start worrying oh my gosh,
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I don't understand that one word.
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What did they say?
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Now I'm completely lost.
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Relax.
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Stay calm.
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If you miss one word, well, you can ask them what they said.
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Or if you, for whatever reason, you can't ask what they said,
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just relax.
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Listen for the keywords.
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The word that you missed is most likely not a key word.
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Key words are words that we stress.
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We say them louder, we say them longer.
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And the words that you're probably
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missing when you listen, are probably
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just function words like the, or uh, or of, or and, or or.
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These words have function, but if you miss them,
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you'll probably be able to figure out
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the gist, or the context, or the general idea
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of the conversation.
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So stay calm and relax and listen for key words
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that are stressed.
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Number 3, the biggest mistake by far
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is tensing up and expecting failure.
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Expecting bad things to happen.
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If you go into an English conversation thinking,
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this is going to be horrible, it's
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going to be so embarrassing because I'm not
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going to understand anything, that's
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the worst thing you could do.
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Go into English situations as calm and relaxed as you can
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and expecting the best.
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Hey, maybe you'll understand 50%,
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maybe you'll understand 100%, maybe you
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won't understand much at all, but that's OK.
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Worrying about it isn't going to help.
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What will help are the things that I mentioned,
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like listening for key words, and anticipating
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what you're going to hear.
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So again, just to recap, anticipate,
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guess what you might hear in that situation.
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Don't worry about the words that you miss,
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just try to listen for the strong key words,
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and relax and expect the best.
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Also, other people want to help you,
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so if you feel the conversation is not going very well,
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you're not understanding what's going on, just ask.
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Ask for help.
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Let people know you're learning English,
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you're doing your best, and would they
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help you by repeating or by explaining in a different way.
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And of course, as I mentioned, the best way
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to improve your listening skills is
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to get out there and listen to English
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and participate in real live conversations.
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Thanks so much for watching.
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I hope this was helpful and I'll see you soon.
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Bye for now.
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