Learn to Understand Fast Speech in English: a 20-day challenge with JenniferESL

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English with Jennifer


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It helps if people speak more slowly and clearly.
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The problem is most people don't speak like this.
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English with Jennifer
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Do you understand me if I talk at a normal pace?
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If you don't understand, turn on the captions now.
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Many language learners become frustrated
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listening to native speakers.
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Often we talk fast, really fast.
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But it's not just the speed is it?
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Part of the challenge is having enough vocabulary
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and enough knowledge of grammar to understand what's being said.
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But besides that,
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many of you tell me that people just don't speak clearly in English.
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People push their words together or mumble.
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Well, I can't change the fact that some people speak less clearly than others.
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But I can help you make sense of fast speech in general.
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Over the next twenty days, I'll give you twenty tips.
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What kinds of patterns do most American English speakers follow?
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What kinds of changes do we make when we talk fast?
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Listen and learn.
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I'm not promising total listening comprehension
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in English in just twenty days.
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I am telling you that listening will become an easier task
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if you take on my 20-day challenge.
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Are you up for it?
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Let's go!
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Please visit my website
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and you'll find a lot of resources for students,
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including over 100 free interactive exercises.
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I'll be posting a very special form of additional listening practice.
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Click to see my list of recommended resources.
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You can also click to view my current teaching schedule.
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Study with me online.
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You can take a live class or enroll in a self-paced course.
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