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If you have difficulties in listening, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common problems for English learners. It’s frustrating and embarrassing when you can’t understand spoken English. But in this lesson I’m going to explain why it’s so difficult and teach you how to improve listening to English and successfully understanding. It is difficult for three reasons.
First, many English words are pronounced differently from their written form. We have words with silent letters like thought, island and muscle. Also many letters can be pronounced in different ways. like the a in Apple, father and game. When native speakers talk fast we link the words together. Native speakers often connect the words when speaking fast. We don’t pronounce every individual word clearly. This linking happens in all spoken English sentences and it’s one big reason that it’s so difficult to understand. Finally, too little practice. Most students read too much and don’t listen to enough English, but remember that babies and young children learn English by listening first and reading later so English listening practice is essential…..(Please watch the whole video to find out the rest of story)
Source: Espresso English Channel on Youtube
