Improve Your English Listening Skills in 15 MINUTES! | English Speaking Practice

Today you're going to learn  the best way to understand 

native English speakers. Do you know what it is? 

The best way is to practice listening to native speakers 

and to expand your vocabulary  with natural expressions 

and that's what you'll do today! Welcome back to JForrest English 

of course, I'm Jennifer now let's get started! 

Here's how this lesson will work I'm going to say a sentence three times 

and you need to write down exactly what you hear 

in the comments and I'm going to  

talk fast and use natural expressions and this listening task will progress 

from beginner to more advanced let's get started I'll say it three times 

you're on a roll you're on a roll you're on a roll 

did you get this one I said you're on a roll notice that contraction you're 

this is you are and native speakers we pronounce this very unstressed 

you're you're you're you're on 

notice how on a sounds like one word because I use that n from on 

I transfer it to ah on nah nah but I have to say it as one word 

Anna Anna you're on a roll you're on a roll 

and you're on a roll what does this mean this is a great expression 

because when you're on a roll it means your experience 

a period of continuous success or good fortune so this is a very positive  

thing in the sports world if a sports team wins five games in a row 

which means consecutively one after the other that team would be on a roll or in the workplace 

let's say Muhammad has a sales job and Muhammad made five sales today 

he's on a roll because you need  

the verb to be he is as a contraction he's he's on a roll he's on a roll 

or how about you if you pass this listening test the next one 

the next one and the next one in this lesson you can say I pass all four listening test 

I'm on a roll I'm on a roll or you could say 

I studied English every day this month so that continuous success one after the other 

I've studied English every day this month I'm on a roll and notice  

that verb tense I've studied I have studied this is the present perfect 

and it's being used because it's an unfinished time reference 

so if I say this month it means the month is still in progress 

maybe it's the 20th or 23rd so put I'm on a roll 

I'm on a roll because you're watching this lesson and I'm sure you've watched other English lessons 

hopefully mine this week so you can say I'm on  

a roll put that in the comments are we on a roll or are we on a roll 

our next listening exercise  a little more difficult 

I'll say it three times I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports 

I'm not a fan of sports did you get this one I  

said I'm not a fan of sports notice that contraction I'm 

I am I'm not all can be linked together so said as one word 

but notice that t is between two vowels so I'm going to pronounce it as a soft d 

nada the nada nada I'm nada fan of 

so I can combine fan of together fan of 

but I need to take that end  and transfer to the next 

sound love love fan of 

I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports this has a very simple meaning 

to be a fan of something or  someone means you like it 

you like that something or you like that someone 

what about you are you a fan of American football which in North America we just call football 

but to avoid confusion for you are you a fan of American football 

the NFL to reply on the negative side you can say I'm not at all a fan 

so this means you really dislike sports or American football I'm not at all a fan 

a little less negative I'm not a fan I dislike it but not really dislike it 

I dislike American football I'm a fan I'm a huge fan 

I'm a giant fan if you love American football so which one describes you 

put it in the comments for me I would say I'm not at all a fan 

I would rather watch football soccer than American football  

which we call football now remember 

you can use this expression  with something or someone 

for example I'm a fan of  Taylor Swift and of course 

that means her music what she does I'm a fan of Taylor Swift 

I'm a fan of Elon Musk or sports something I'm a fan of yoga biking 

technology is a great something I'm a fan of Google Drive personally 

I'm a huge fan of Google Drive I love it I'm a fan of Amazon I'm a fan of Android 

whatever you want so you can get a  

lot of use out of this expression oh oh oh I just wanted to tell you I'm a huge fan 

I'm I'm a huge fan not a sports fan huh are you enjoying this lesson 

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our next listing exercise I'll say it 3 times you really hit the Jackpot 

you really hit the Jackpot  you really hit the Jackpot 

did you get this one I said  you really hit the Jackpot 

now native speakers we often pronounce you as a very unstressed yeah 

you're really you're really you're really you're really hit 

notice I don't say hit and pronounce that t because it forces me to take a pause 

hit the so you don't really hear the t this is called a flop t hit the Jackpot 

now when you hit the Jackpot it means you win the lottery 

which is an awesome thing Woohoo I hit the Jackpot 

but outside of the context of the lottery when you hit the Jackpot 

it means you achieve a highly desirable or fortunate outcome and it's by chance 

just like when you win the lottery when you hit the Jackpot it's by chance 

they just pull a number and  by chance it's your number 

you hit the Jackpot so when you use this  

expression outside of the lottery it's also by chance so I can say 

I love fashion and my boss just assigned me to the Vogue account 

Vogue is a fashion brand and I get to go to fashion week for free 

I hit the Jackpot but this suggest that it was just by chance 

that I was given the Vogue account it's not because I spent weeks 

preparing a presentation to try to get the account it was just randomly assigned to me 

I hit the Jackpot and just remember those conjugations of hit 

it's hit hit hit so very easy to remember so in the past 

simple last week I hit the Jackpot 

when my boss assigned me to the Vogue account 

or I could say I've hit the Jackpot the present perfect 

I have I've hit the Jackpot with this new account in this case the present perfect is for an action 

a completed past action that has a result in the present 

and here's a true example my students are absolutely amazing 

all of you are so amazing I truly feel like I've hit the Jackpot 

with such amazing students especially when I read the comments 

and everyone is so positive and supportive I truly feel like I've hit the Jackpot 

so thank you all our final listening exercise and the most challenging listening exercise 

I'll say it 3 times she really pushes my buttons she really pushes my buttons 

she really pushes my buttons did you get this one 

I said she really pushes my buttons and this is the most difficult one 

because maybe you heard the individual words but do you know what it means 

if someone said this to you would you be able to reply back 

would you be able to have a conversation because this is an advanced idiom 

that native speakers use for pronunciation maybe the word buttons wasn't clear 

because native speakers we  don't pronounce those t's 

I don't say buttons buttons that sounds very awkward for me to pronounce 

I never ever say it like that I always say buttons buttons 

buttons buttons so those TS become flat TS 

we don't push out the air now you can absolutely say buttons 

you can pronounce the t but it's important that you know how 

native speakers pronounce it so you can understand us and not be confused 

when we say buttons and you can hear that  

unstressed buttons in this clip let's listen now button button 

who's got the button so now that you know how to hear buttons 

let's learn about this  expression to push ones buttons 

and notice buttons is always plural this is when you annoy someone on purpose 

now why would you annoy someone on purpose well you have maybe a sister 

a brother a best friend a husband a wife 

a mom and dad and you probably know how to push their buttons 

you know how to get a reaction out of them and let's be honest 

sometimes you do it on purpose right so let's say you have a sibling 

your mom could say to you why do you always push your sister's buttons 

so notice your sister's buttons the buttons belong to your sister 

so you need the possessive there and your mom is saying 

why do you always purposely annoy your sister and maybe you push her buttons by  

talking about her ex boyfriend and you know 

just the mention of his name really irritates her but you do it on purpose to get that reaction 

let's be honest we've all done something like this there are always little rivalries in the workplace 

as well so someone could say she's just trying to push my buttons 

but it won't work so she's saying someone else is trying to annoy her on purpose 

but she's going to ignore it it won't work 

and maybe this other coworker is doing this by talking about the Vogue account that she lost 

remember she hit the Jackpot  with the Vogue account 

but then she forgot to do something and they fired her from the account 

so she's not going to Fashion Week and she's not working on the Vogue account 

so just talking about the Vogue account really creates a reaction in her 

this happens a lot let's say you have two friends one of them supports this sports team 

and the other friends supports this sports team and their rivals 

and simply talking about the other sports team gets that person really upset and annoyed 

so you can say I know how  to push Alexander's buttons 

just mention how France lost the World Cup he pushes my buttons this  

kid is pushing my buttons really knows how to push buttons 

now let's do an imitation exercise so you can practice 

all these natural pronunciation changes I'll say each sentence again three times 

but this time after I say it I want you to repeat it out loud 

here we go you're on a roll you're on a roll 

you're on a roll I'm not a fan of sports 

I'm not a fan of sports I'm not a fan of sports 

you really hit the Jackpot you really hit the Jackpot 

you really hit the Jackpot she really pushes my buttons 

she really pushes my buttons she really pushes my buttons 

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