If you understand THIS you can understand fast English (test yourself!)

Published 2023-06-13
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Do you sometimes have trouble understanding people when they speak fast in English? When learning and speaking a second language, one of the biggest challenges we face is being able to understand the speakers of that language, and fast speakers can be extra intimidating!

In this episode, I'm gonna share with you strategic tips to improve your listening comprehension, and a quiz for you to put your skills to the test!

Using these tips will allow you to develop your listening skills and feel much more confident when communicating in English.

Key points of the video:
0:00 Intro
1:42 Why is fast English so hard to understand?
3:24 Hearing vs. Listening
4:07 How to improve your listening
5:00 Improve your pronunciation
5:34 Focus on reductions
5:55 Quiz time!

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All Comments (21)
  • @TheArbiterOfTruth
    As a native English speaker working on Spanish and French, you guys seem to speak way faster than we do 😂
  • @crayonzii
    I’m so glad I always consumed audio content in english as much as in my native language growing up, because I’m used to hearing it and it definitely helped in learning.
  • @nickra60
    I am talking daily to native speakers from England and US. No one of them talked that fast ever. However, that demonstration of fast speaking was really interesting!
  • Hi Hadar! I'm a brazilian guy and because of that sometimes I can't understand native english speakers that speak so fast. Your english is super understandable, but when I put myself to listening another person who speaks fast, its so hard hahaha its a challenge and I love it...
  • @kiki101900
    As an American in the process of learning Norwegian for the first time, this video is super helpful in terms of getting to know my own language and how I can applying these definitions and methods to my learning. I appreciate the video!
  • @shredd5705
    Native Finnish speaker, surprised that I didn't need the breakdowns to know exactly what they said. Saw a lot of movies in my lifetime, and I try to not rely on subtitles. That's it really, haven't spoken to native speakers much in my lifetime
  • @vayalobo
    I work as auditor in several countries worldwide. Spanish is my mother tongue (I was born in Bolivia and live now in the Canary Islands). I've got to say that the hardest accent I've ever had the chance to deal with was English from Liverpool. It's not just fast, but it has so many linguistic turns and accentual nuances that you really need to get used to that, if you wish to understand enough to do your job properly. It should be said though that talking fast is not necessarily talking right 😉
  • I'm a native English speaker, and I'm having trouble understanding some of the fast English samples in this video.
  • The way you speak in the video I understand 100% and I wish every English speaker spoke like that
  • @LeoListening
    Great tips on how to improve your listening comprehension. I like that you encourage people not to worry about using or not using subtitles - just expose yourself to lots of English! I love how listening and pronunciation reinforce each other. I get my learners to do a bit of pronunciation work but the aim is actually to help them with their listening - I don't expect them to pronounce words like a native speaker because sometimes the pronunciation is actually way too reduced and unclear. But it has made them more confident with their speech as they're able to make the language flow better by linking words together. That quiz was HARD by the way!
  • Hi Hadar Actually all your videos are extremely helpful. I stick to watch them all bc i liked them all. the thing i,m doing right now is i write down whatever you say and repeating it like a " parrot" . This is the way i liked and i guess it,s gonna work. i expect to find out the results so soon. thank you very much
  • Congratulations Mrs. Hadar. Your lessons are excellent. As a retired Math teacher, I know a lot of teaching methods. The most effective for learning the English language is the conversation through the messenger in Face Book. If you like, accept a friend request to see the truth. Thank you and I look forward to the continuation.
  • @fxaman
    I could understand all of it, that makes me happy. What helped me most with my english were (and still are) reality tv shows... Especially Big Brother UK, US, CA and AU. People there talk fast and in many different dialects and it was great to hear. In the beginning listening to scotish or irish people was pretty challenging, but now it feels as natural as listening to brits or americans. Neither movies or tv shows usualy use as many dialects, so these feel less useful to me.
  • Actually, it's pretty easy. Once the brain is levelled in on listening to English, you can follow whatever is being said much better because you process the information simultaneously rather than picking up the words first, thinking about what they mean and then basically translating them to yourself. A good way of getting into the English native "flow' is to visualize the words as they're spoken.
  • @marie-claudeg.4128
    Very interesting and helpful!!! I'm a French Canadian and I have a hard time with fast English speakers. I just discovered your chanel and I love the way you explain!! Thank you very much 🙏🙏
  • @lekate8888
    Hi Hadar, I'm soooo glad that I found you. I always struggle with understanding English. I am working with native speaker but most of the time I have no idea what they are talking about. There are two reason: I cannot hear all the works and I don't understand the content .
  • This season was really great, I really enjoy your lessons , ❤ Thank you for everything 😘🙏🌻
  • I think this kind of exposure to the fast language and the amazing explaining from Hadar made super clear thank you from Libya
  • @O-la25
    I like the quiz! Thank for it. There is a lot of work to start understand fast speech for me.
  • @anikiforova
    Took me years, but now I'm proud of being able to understand the first two speakers. I mostly got only numbers from the action guy. But they are notorious for being hard to understand unless you know what to expect.