How to Understand All Native English Speakers English Fluency Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm
would you like to understand all english
speakers let’s talk about it when you
watch a TV show or movie in english can
you understand the general ideas but not
every word it’s great to understand
general ideas but if you want to speak
like those english speakers in the TV
show you need to understand every word
that they’re saying let me give you a
quick example your English speaking
friend is telling you about her travel
experiences you understand generally
what she’s talking about but then she
says what about you where have you
traveled to you want to explain in the
same amount of detail and excitement
that she used but you don’t have all of
the words and the verb tenses and the
expressions to use how can you speak
fluently like your friend if you can
understand every detail of an English
conversation then you can start to
imitate exactly what they’re saying and
speak fluently as well so when your
friend was telling you about her travel
experiences did you understand every
idiom phrasal verb verb tense sentence
structure probably not
you probably understood general ideas
and maybe a few specific words but
understanding the details of an English
conversation is really important this is
the key to fluency so if you need to
understand everything that native
speakers are saying if you want to
imitate it how can you do that how can
you understand all English speakers and
understand everything they’re saying
well I have one tip today you need to
break it down to smaller pieces and
analyze it your ears are gonna get used
to hearing expressions and idioms and
verb tenses used in their natural way
when you’re watching a TV show in
English you don’t need to stop at every
sentence and analyze it
I recommend taking two to four sentences
that’s about 30 seconds of material and
stopping it listening to it again and
again and again write down everything
that you hear and then compare this with
the real transcript what they’re really
saying this is a great way to see what
your ears can hear accurately and what
your ears can’t hear or what they’re
having difficulty hearing maybe there’s
some reductions some type of verbs or
idioms that are difficult for you to
hear so this is a great way to test your
listening skills and improve them it’s
great for me to tell you this method to
analyze a couple of sentences but it’s
even better if we practice it together
and that’s what I want to do today right
now we’re gonna listen to a couple
sentences from a clip of a conversation
that I had with another native English
speaker I want you to listen carefully
and tell me what is the topic what are
the general ideas what’s the topic of
our conversation let’s listen but I have
my friends eventually like I I started
befriending a lot of girls whenever my
parents let me go to like dance classes
and things like that so I start
defending girls unlike a little bit more
of like a even playing field whenever
you’re all dancing and just all looking
weird together it just kind of forms his
bond and so what was the general idea of
the conversation did you understand
generally what we were talking about we
were talking about friends and making
friends but now let me ask you a more
challenging question did you hear the
idiom that she used in the conversation
probably not because we were speaking
quickly and you were listening just for
general ideas to speak fluently you need
to first understand exactly what native
speakers are saying listening for
details is key to speaking fluently and
understanding as many people as possible
let’s listen to that clip again two
times but slowly and I want you to
listen for the
idiom that was used but I had my friends
eventually I started befriended a lot of
girls whenever my parents let me go to
dance classes and things like that so I
started by friending girls on a little
bit more of an even playing field
whenever you’re all dancing and all
looking weird together it just kind of
forms this bond and so so I started by
friending girls on a little bit more of
an even playing field
whenever you’re all dancing and all
looking weird together it just kind of
forms this bond and so did you find the
idiom it was on an even playing field
on an even playing field if you got this
great if not no worries that’s why
you’re here to learn and improve your
English but this was a slow version what
about a fast version could you
understand that expression if you
listened to it quickly let’s try let’s
listen to that conversation a couple
times quickly and I want you to listen
for the expression on an even playing
field on an even playing field this
means there’s no hierarchy one person is
not more important than another you are
on an even playing field let’s listen to
this in the fast original version but I
have my friends eventually like I
started by friending a lot of girls
whenever my parents let me go to like
dance classes and things like that so I
start defending girls unlike a little
bit more of like a even playing field
whenever you’re all dancing and just all
looking weird together it just kind of
forms his bond and so but I have my
friends eventually like I started before
ending a lot of girls whenever my
parents let me go to like dance classes
and things like that so I start
defending girls unlike a little bit more
of like a even playing field whenever
you’re all dancing and just all looking
weird together it just kind of forms his
bond and so could you hear it this time
now you know what on an even playing
field sounds like in a natural
conversation at a
quick speed so if you hear an actor say
it in a TV show or a movie you’ll be
more familiar with it
this will also help you to expand your
vocabulary because now that you can
understand that expression you’re gonna
hear it in a lot of places it’s a
commonly used expression so when you
hear it again in another movie or in a
podcast or on a YouTube video it’s gonna
be building that repetition because
repetition is really key to speaking
well to understanding vocabulary and
using it yourself do you want to
continue improving your listening skills
so that you can speak fluently and
confidently like a native speaker
well I have some good news on January
1st 2018 you can join the 30-day
listening challenge if you’re not sure
about making a new year’s resolution yet
this is your solution join the 30-day
listening challenge as your challenge
your new year’s resolution for English
everyday for 30 days I will email you an
audio clip from a conversation just like
we practiced today you can listen to the
fast version the slow version and then
write down exactly what you hear and you
can compare it with the original
transcript that I’ll send to you this
will help you to learn and listen for
details and use those words yourself
this listening challenge should only
take 5 to 10 minutes every day but you
need to commit to doing it every day
each day the conversation clip will
feature important idioms expressions
phrasal verbs verb tenses sentence
structures that are important for
improving your English speaking advanced
English speaking fluently and
understanding all English speakers that
is the goal of the 30 day listening
challenge so how can you join click the
I at the top of the screen up here for
more information about the challenge or
click the link in the description below
but you have to join before January 1st
because the challenge starts on January
1st you can’t miss an
day so the challenge starts January
first you have to join before that so
don’t let 2017 pass before you join if
you’re watching this after January 1st
2018 you might think oh no it’s too late
I can’t join the 30-day listening
challenge I want to understand native
speakers well I have some good news you
can click on the link in the I or in the
description and all tell you when the
next listening challenge will start
thanks so much for improving your
listening skills with me and working
towards becoming a fluent English
speaker you can do it keep up the good
work and I’ll see you inside the
challenge bye
would you like to understand native
English speakers easily would you like
to imitate them when you speak click the
picture to join the 30-day listening
challenge start 2018 the right way by
improving your English skills thanks so
much
and keep up the good work with English