I'm a native speaker married to a Japanese woman and our daughter started learning English in school recently. I was helping her with pronunciation one night and my wife had been doing it with us. I was clearly sounding out the words to them. Then I got a call from a family member later that night and my wife couldn't understand almost anything I was saying. She actually asked me if I was trying to obfuscate what I was saying for her sake by speaking in some kind of way that only natives could understand, because she couldn't see how the same words I was just working with them on could be so incomprehensible on the phone. And I had similar difficulty when learning Japanese. Native speakers of all languages, but especially English, slur their words and pronounce them incorrectly. Don't think of yourself as being wrong, think of it as trying to adjust to understand all the people that are saying it wrong.

@werkwerks625

3 жыл бұрын

This is golden.

@the_dislikebutton

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your comment mate..! ✌️

The difficulties you are mentioning are incredibly accurate... Thank you for your tips, I see the huge extent of the help they would provide :) You are an awesome teacher !

Your diction and pronunciation is so good, I can listen to you on 1.75x speed and still get every word (like most people would speak within their inner circle). Not everyone can do this and these tips are very useful.

It was marginally mentioned but what i found hugely effective in my case was to listen to the select few materials (TED talks in my case) multiple times! Like 5 Ted talks on repeat, once a day for a week, then another 5 or so, each repetition i understood more and more and expressions stuck in my memory, highly recommend

@mariovilla2294

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, TEX talks is a great source for listenings!

@fatimaabdelhaleem7407

Жыл бұрын

2nd

@Soreign_

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. That also works with movies you've watched before.

@ramzyatta4160

Жыл бұрын

what is TED ?

@malehuseng8196

Жыл бұрын

เขาใจไม่จําสวยGhi yet. Propopct. Oh. Tues. Ckyrr

EMMA, you are a teacher-pearl! Your lesson is excellent! Thank you!

I like all of your videos. The way how you teach us is awsome. Congrats from Brazil.

@leonardusmartins

5 жыл бұрын

Brasil!

I teach French in London, I will now ask my students to listen to this video, because what applies to English listening comprehension is exactly the same in French (any foreign language you're learning in fact) ... good methodology, thanks a lot 💙 ...

Excellent! You are the first teacher on KZread, who asks questions at the end of the video. It's just like methodic used to be in a good schoolbooks. It may seem obvious but it's very rarely used by KZread instructors.

I understood everything,because every single word was spoken with perfection.I could be native speaker very soon if everyone could speak so clearly.

As a fellow English teacher, this is a HUGELY practical and important lesson! Thank you for this!

Hi Emma, I'm from Mauritius(Bilingual English and French) and I'm currently residing in Dublin, Ireland. I just appreciate the whole explanation/advise you gave in this video, and is helping me alot to understand Irish people

@fatiabed1171

5 ай бұрын

hello can i ask you

Thank you Emma! Just learnt how to slow down the speed thingy - among other things.

I am from Thailand. I am fond of your speaking and your instructions.

When you speak. I understand 💯%. But I usually don’t understand native speakers 🤨

@alearner9002

5 жыл бұрын

Because Teacher is speaking with a clear-cut accent, I reckon that's why, I endeavour to listen to audios/videos with British RP (Received Pronunciation) accent of my choice/hobby, try the same caddeey, nasiib wacan!!

@iremevirgen6789

5 жыл бұрын

SAME

@tulip9881

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@deepslam

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I have the same problem

@remstarhe

5 жыл бұрын

Quruxleey Abdi Me too.

I am a Native English Speaker and I find your lessons very useful to refresh myself on the rules of English. It is amazing how we speak daily and mostly follow the rules but actually forget the rules. Thank you for your great lessons.

@matheusfk5

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, I'm learning English and some day I want to speak without remember the rules

Good advises. Need to try. I've been learning the language thoroughly for two years from the time I moved to California. My native is Russian. I watched your video actively listening and understood 100% of what you said (without subtitles). The same thing with podcasts, TV news, or sitcoms - I have no problem with understanding them as well. But when I watch full-length movies or try to speak with people in real life - I understand almost nothing.

I'm so thankful to you for your advices, Emma! They're invaluable for everyone who wants to master their English. Time and again (when I have time) I watch your vids and enjoy them greatly. And - yes, I know what a connected speech is :) I listened this video at a apeed rate 1.5. Everything is clear for you're a teacher, your English is brilliant, and you're talking to you listener ( to me in my csae). Speech perception can be sometimes more difficult when it is not aimed at you. Anyway, following the thread of the speech you'll never be lost.

@twanvanderdonk2504

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you'll read this, but advice is considered a noncount noun, so it cannot be plural "advices". Just advice or pieces of advice is the way to go. Just like cups of coffee, bags of sand, bottles of water, etc.

Hi Emma. Another class with good suggestions for improving english learning.

OMG! Everybody should speak like you! I´m able to understand you, even in a normal speed! You do it very easy. Thank you so much for your useful lessons.

Hi Emma! You hit the point: listening and also understanding common people's English is the most difficult thing for us foreigners. If English people would speak so clearly as you speak, there would be no difficulties at all. I understand you at 100% and always wonder where you learned such a perfectly spoken English. It can't be Australian! What you suggest is to listen words in a connected way, in their context and not struggling for immediatley trying to understand each word. Thank you Emma!

The best english teacher in the world!!!! Thanks a lot for your classes.🙏😘

@nicomarley1059

5 жыл бұрын

And the most beautiful

Thanks Emmma. Wonderful as always. Thanks a lot.

Amazing video! God bless, a patient teacher! I'll follow all your advice.

Great videos. I am a native speaker of English, but I have also learnt other languages and everything you teach applies to learning a second language. Now we have you tube I watch news broadcasts in the foreign language I have learnt and see how much of them I can follow. The toughest part in any language is variations across regions, speed of the persons speech slang, and then types of language in poetry and songs. Never give up.

this is awesome my teacher, thank you so much. from Yemen

Hi, from Argentina. I love your videos. You are the most clearly teacher and the tips that you give us are trustly awesome

Having you as my English teacher while hitting puberty would have improved my grades tremendously :).

Oh ! An Aussie teacher ! 😊 Your accent has brought wonderful memories to my mind, from the time I used to work on cruise ships off Sydney 😊👍🏻👍🏻

Mom you are super teacher of english, your pronunciation is clear and attractive . Thankyou

I'm listening to you with 1.5 speed and I got almost everything on the video. Thank goodness😀

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@tommyshelby7059

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Thank so much Emma, you're the most humble teacher KZreadr I've ever seen😁✨

Wow Emma, I really love your lessons. And this one was particularly useful. I absolutely love the tips! You are one of the best English teachers out there. So thanks a ton!😊❤

@norbertzasada640

Жыл бұрын

What may I say.....? Emma ,You are my "The Best schoolmaster ever " From your lessons ,I like practically everything and your "body language is pure poetry

You are amazing teacher, same like others, I can understand when you speak. Maybe, because you have a great rhythm to speach and have conceptual clarity in the matter.

I love your classes, you are a dream teacher. You are not only good in expressing your class in a clear, easy-understanding, interesting way, but as well as attach the class with a rich countenance which is a huge help for the understanding.

@ysabel1805

2 жыл бұрын

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I improved my listening just by watching KZread videos that I like. I began to understand more and more without even noticing.

@Name-xp4dt

3 жыл бұрын

You did a great job i also want to do the same. If YOU Don't Mind can you give me some tips about understanding native English speakers. Even i cant practice English or afford English class.

@alannguyen7476

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it comes naturally.

Learned. Now time to apply. Thank you.

Congratulations !!! Your english is absolutely clear . And you have the nicest way to speak it . And believe it or not, I had already considered the possibility of a slower audio . Best regards .

Hi Emma. So good having you around, I love your videos and the way you explain and make things clear for us non-native speakers ;). My answer to your question (if I remember well) about what can we do to increase the difficulty of audio is to listen to it without subtitles and speed it up in the configuration part. (Know what? I've just found the trick of slowing down and speeding up audios today, in your video!!!! ) … I'm so happy!!!! Thanks so much !!! :D

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

Yay! That's awesome Celeste! (and great answers 😍) I hope some of the tips I shared will help you improve your listening skills!

Thanks Emma! I'm from Brazil and I'm always looking for great lessons on KZread. The content about connected speech has helped me a lot!

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

Great, Leandro!! So glad to be part of your English learning journey 😍

@benshakondorealestateagent6021

2 жыл бұрын

@@mmmEnglish_Emma. Hello dear,I greatly appreciate your time and effort in teaching us to know better English. Personally I learn much from you, you're a great teacher ever seen. Keep it up, may Almighty God bless you. Ben from Rwanda 🙏

Hi Emma! Thanks for your video. My english listening level has improved because I am taking classes and listening Spotify podcasts. First, I played 0.5x mode, now 0.75x-1x according speaker. My goal is to have job interviews surely without fears. I feel that it´ll be possible in near future.

Mrs.Emma You're the best teacher that i have ever seen. Everything that you taught me or another people are all helpful for me to improve my english speaking, listening,..I hope you happy and provide for us some more funny and helpful videos. Thanks you for everything

This is really helpful.. Thank you so much, online teacher 😄

Very helpful thank you Dear Emma👏👏🇦🇺❤️

I could not even imagine that I could understand so well English. Thank you!

Excellent video. I watched your video many times, not because I couldn’t understand you Emma but because I enjoyed so much the way you teach, talk, gestures, air and face expressiveness . Super teacher! Certainly I subscribed and looking forward for the next lessons. Thank you Emma.

Today I found your channel. I'm so happy to be with you. You're one of the best teachers who I have ever watched! I could understand 99% of your speech. You gave me more motivation for my self-development! Thank you so much!

@Anna-in6eu

5 жыл бұрын

From Russia with love ♥

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so thrilled to hear that May, and I hope my lessons will continue motivating you and help you achieve your English goals 😘

@fatiabed1171

5 ай бұрын

can i ask you

Thanks mam for this lesson.. This is very helpful for us.. You speaks very clear and with perfect sound and perfect speed.. God bless you

I'm a native English speaker but I have a huge love of language and have studied a few different ones. Each time I make a friend/language exchange partner, I have difficulty trying to express myself and actively listen and understand what they're saying. Obviously this is natural for a language someone is unfamiliar with, but this lesson was a huge help! I'm going to apply what I've learned from this video in my future conversations, thank you so much!

@sabina6579

Жыл бұрын

I have a question for u . I am not American, but one day I texted my friend in a normal way like not using any abrrevations. But he said why dont u write with abb. it sounds like u r livin in a cave. I said i dont wanna use. Cuz i think not all americans use those. It depends on persons choice. I thought if i dont use abb. it means u r not good at english ? cuz it sounds nonsense. it does not mean u have no idea about english

Sehr sympathisch, gut verständlich und vor allem bestens gelaunt!

Thanks Emma for this video. I got to know how to improve my listening.....

My Teacher Emma Thanks for helping.😍

Emma! I can't tell you how much I love your lessons you have done so hard work only for us so we can bring improvement in English and u know that this is my fav subject thank you so much ❤️ Emma no matter how much I give thanks to u its always less

I recenlty moved to Germany ( back in Oz now) and I really wish that I had watched this video while I was struggling with learning German. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Hi ! I am Mr. Tin Than Aung , from Yangon in Myanmar . Thank you so much for watching your interesting video , making me better at English , so I eagerly hope you can get something good from me at any time when we meet anywhere , especially in Myanmar.

@ranamudassar4805

4 жыл бұрын

Can i ask you what is the present condition of muslims in your country???

Greats tips!!. Thank you Emma!!

Profesora le agradezco la inmensa ayuda y el apoyo que nos da a sus condiscipulos en todos sus videos , casi llegue a mi meta especialmente Ingles , me propuse no ver subtitulos desde el primer dia no comprendia nada ahora entiendo a usted perfectamente ,leo ,escribo creo un 80% , igual estoy en los 7 idiomas que estudio al mismo tiempo , no puedo creerlo , lo logre' .Saludos desde GUATEMALA .-

Awesome lesson and met to what I have been looking for about listening and pronunciations. Please continue to upload such beneficial lessons and hope you also enjoy doing this;)

you are the best english teacher ever,,,and beautiful...thank you mam.

Thank you dear Emma😍 from Saudi Arabia🇸🇦

I am a native English speaker, well educated and not very young. I am an armchair linguist who has watched way too many KZread videos about languages. I enjoy the subject.(Langfocus is a great channel. I am so pleased Paul has finally done a video on Vietnamese, my second language of choice.) Anyway, I watched your video to get some tips that can be used by _any_ language learner. Great job!

I understand almost everything even though I do not speak English very well. Thanks for the wonderful video and greetings from Bosnia. 👋👏

Hi Emma! I love your videos! They help me a lot! To me, the different accents is a big hurdle. I'm struggling to improve my English and jump from B2 to C1 but I don't know more what I can do... I've been twice in a Canada but my level is the same... I took IELTS, TOEFL and I've just taken an online test and all show me that I'm still in the same level of English: B2. Also, I'm almost 1 year stuck at the same level.. why it's so hard improve English after a while? I mean, when I was in A2 was easy to see my English getting better, but once I reached the intermediate level, I barely can see my English improving

@PierrePirsonArt

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Evelize, I understand you very well, I went through the same problem as you. As beginners, we evolve very quickly, but once we reach the advanced level, there is a stagnation. The best way to evolve at this level is to live in an English-speaking country, at least for a year or two, not always easy to do, but it helps a lot!

Hi lovely teacher thank you for your service , Love you ! 💙💙

You are one of the most beautiful teachers i have ever seen in my whole life. I just come here to watch your videos and i have been doing it for 3 yeas. Your videos makes me happy and i also can gather bunch of knowledge from you.

I love both being a non-native speaker and having an auditory processing disorder, 1000000/10 would recommend

Hi teacher Emma..this lesson very great to me thanks emma

Thank you so much Emma.. you have a very interesting ideas

@saifgh7176

4 жыл бұрын

@sarsoura michaelmercii beaucoup.. je suis encore débutant en anglais 😅

You're really great in both the speed you speak & clarity of your spoken English!! I love it 100%!!!

@indubalasharma9393

Жыл бұрын

🤔

When I was listening to you I completely understand everything what you said, but my problem is my writing!! Thank you so much for encuoge us to listen in English. I think it's important to educate our aears. Appreciate!!!

Hello from Kazakhstan! 👋 уou explain very well, thank you, Emma 🤗

@user-ix3nd5gk7d

5 жыл бұрын

значит я не один из КЗ👍

I really like your videos! They’ve been very helpful!

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that, Alicia!

I can properly understand your accent and Lucy's and Vanessa's accent too... You all are amazing 😊😊😊

Accent, rythem, everything is perfect to understand emma❤❤

Your classes are great! 👌I love it so much Emma...

@Asad-od6zl

3 жыл бұрын

Really

Modifying the speed of the video is such a great idea 👏👏👏👏 Something else that I tell some of my students is to target the "English" they need. If a student knows they are going to visit Scotland, or maybe they are moving to Australia for work, then they need to focus their efforts on listening to things in that particular accent. Being able to perfectly understand the Queen will be useless in a Scottish supermarket 😉

@mmmEnglish_Emma

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! I couldn’t agree more!!

What a great idea -to slow down the speed! I immediately put aside the movie and drama series DVDs i borrowed from the library and started to watch those from youtube which i can slow down the speed to better understand. Thanks Emma for the sharing!😙 Wishing you have a great day!

I thought there would be some hard things, but I really understand what you was saying to me. Would be awesome if everyone talk like you. Thank you for your lesson

Hi, thanks for the tips! I'm from Brazil.

@MariaDaSilva-bx6vw

5 жыл бұрын

Manoel is a great English ..well done .where did u learn ? Cheers

Your fan from algéria🌺🌻🌾thank's for all this👏👍

@FKH40

5 жыл бұрын

We say Algeria

Thank you Emma for this video :). I liked the idea to SLOW DOWN the speed of speech so I can understand it better, instead of turning the subtitle on. Also, the idea to HAVING A GOAL for active listening, like taking note on the main points of the speech or each time write up 10 new words I recognized. I'll try these two ideas. Pop Quiz #1. To increase the DIFFICULTY of audio: listen to audio with different accents, with some context (like background noise), with background knowledge. Pop Quiz #2. CONNECTED SPEECH is the idea that native speakers don't pronounce like if they would pronounce words separately. But they merge some sounds or remove some when naturally talking. Knowing and practicing them help us better follow natives speaking English.

Ten points on the advise about slowing down the playing speed on the video!! That's awesome!!

For the first time I heard a native English speaker saying "some accents are hard to understand even to me", this calm me a lot!

@juliannamcdonald238

4 жыл бұрын

This is true for me too. I am a native English speaker and I live in America. I live in an area that is right between Philadelphia and New York City, so there is a huge mixture of accents and dialects! Don't get worried, it can even be hard for natives some times!

@Nososvossoyyo

4 жыл бұрын

@@juliannamcdonald238 😁👍

Hello dear teachear from Buenos Aires Argentina. Thanks for your lesson. 😘

@abokorkalay9630

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nice to meet you

Thanks, Emma. You give me great tips!

Great channel for learning English! Thanks for sharing all these tips.

In Portuguese "éeee" (it is like "uhhh"), "então" (so), "tipo" ("like"), "tipo assim" ("like" , like this) are the most common Portuguese filler words in Brazil.

@jorgeandresurquijomunoz6097

4 жыл бұрын

TA LIGADO

I understand your speech 98% but I can’t understand when I watch movies.I find it so difficult to understand although I know most of vocabularies.

@simoo9661

4 жыл бұрын

Me too 🤷🏻‍♂️.

@ismipurisa

4 жыл бұрын

same... i have to put the english sub to the movie

@snili5318

4 жыл бұрын

me too its so difficult to know what they say at the same time

@user-sn5bg3xe1k

4 жыл бұрын

Same. ..

@noudialp

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody speaks clearly in real life, and movies are no exception. You need to learn the spoken English as well. To give you an example: I'm going to = I'm gonna = I'mma...

Thanks Teacher Emma.. I love your teaching.

I love the way you teach. Thank you.

You are a nice teacher...

Amazingly stunning dear Emma from mmm English With love from kashmir.

First question: The way to increase the difficulty of audio is to combine skills. I usually combine listening + speaking skills. I just write down vocabularies and my daily plan. Question 2: Connected Speech sounds like Linking words, right? But it's sentences. I'm not sure about this. So I'll check this later. Thanks for your video 😊

I’m from Thailand.And now I’m practicing English language with you T.Emma!😁

thank you!! this is so usefull 😊 well I think you look slightly like the Duchess of Cambridge 😍

@alameeraas3997

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but our teacher more beautiful than here

Hello from Argentina! You are beautiful, great teacher!

Thank you Enma! It was a medium difficult for me. More than intermediate but less than advanced.

The chapters giving in small is wonderful!

I got ur point clearly But tell me how I improve my conversation with others

Hi Emma, thanks for new lesson and valuable guidance as always, it is prerequisite to develop listening skills 🙏👩‍🎓 :)

I gotta to say, that I catch you one hundred percent, Because you speak so soft and Clear. I got lot of things from you and you are my teacher and I respect you as my teacher. Respect from Afghanistan.

"you know" is another filler. Such an important point, those fillers throw off my students all the time. Thanks so much! 😉👍🏼