HeyJaredThe Listening Lab
A place to explore why listening is such a difficult skill to master in English...and how to get better at it
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Sentence #70 (opens the original)
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This week, you get to try your ear out with a different accent. Remember, there are two parts:What is the speaker saying?What are the focus words?As always, put your guesses in the comments below 👇 and get help on the parts that aren’t clear.Thanks for reading The Listening Lab! Subscribe for free to get the answer delivered to you on Friday!<input class="email-input" name="email
Sentence #69 - REVEALED (opens the original)
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Unless anyone has an objection, I think we should move forward with the proposal from this meeting.These are the things that might have tripped you up: The use of unless, which is less commonly taught than If no one has an objectionThe consonant-vowel connection in unless anyone, which connects the two words together: unlessanyoneThe pronunciation of the modal verb should, which is reduced to shudThe phrasal verb move forward, which may be new for some listenersThe reduction of the function word
Lost in a Conversation? (opens the original)
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When you’re listening to someone in English - whether in a casual conversation or a formal meeting - it’s easy to get distracted and miss part of what the speaker is saying. Your natural reaction might be to start panicking and worrying that you’ve missed too many words and you’ll never be able to catch up and then you realize that you’ve missed even more words and you start thinking that your English really isn’t good enough and…, and…, and….But, that’s where the technique weR
Sentence #69 (opens the original)
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Are you getting any better at listening for those focus words? Let’s see how many you hear in this week’s sentence!Let me know how many you hear, and what you think you hear in the comments. If you get stuck, you can get some parts that you’re not sure about. Thanks for reading The Listening Lab! Subscribe for free to get the answer delivered to you on Friday!<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="emai
Sentence #68 - REVEALED (opens the original)
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It’s almost where it needs to be, it just needs a little polish. These are the things that might have tripped you up:The reduction of to + the connection of needs to be, which is said as a joined phrase needztabeThe dropped ts + connection in it just, which sounds like i’jus’The connection of the verb needs to the phrase a little along with the changed t in little, which sounds like needzuhliddleDid you spot the two focus
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