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    ONE HACK

    TO UNDERSTAND
    FAST ENGLISH
    KEITH O'HARE
    Helping you Become a
    Confident English Speaker

    Many IELTS students lack


    confidence in their speaking
    skills.

    The Keith Speaking Academy


    helps you develop your speaking
    skills so you can face the
    examiner with confidence and
    ace the IELTS test.

    This PDF is one of many that Keith


    has developed to help you do this.

    Keith has been working in international education for over 20


    years as a teacher, teacher trainer, and education manager.

    He has helped over 40,000 students prepare for their IELTS


    Speaking test with his online courses.

    COPYRIGHT © 2024, KEITH SPEAKING ACADEMY


    Do you struggle understanding native speakers when they
    speak fast in films and everyday conversations?

    Maybe you have taken time to learn English and to build


    your knowledge of grammar and done lots of reading to
    learn new words, but when it comes to understanding
    native speakers, you still find it really difficult.

    If this is you, then you will love this lesson that will show you
    one simple hack to help you understand fast English

    COPYRIGHT © 2024, KEITH SPEAKING ACADEMY


    The first step to understand fast English

    The simple hack to better understand native English speakers, is to


    realise that they (I should say ‘we’ as I am also a native speaker), use
    contractions all the time in spoken English. So what you are expecting
    to hear is different from we will say.

    A simple example is that when I introduce myself you may expect me to


    say ‘I am English’, but I will rarely say that, I will usually say ‘I’m English’.

    This is a contraction, where 2 words become one, or more accurately,


    two words become one sound. So ‘I’ and ‘am’ become ‘I’m’.

    We call this a contraction, because the verb ‘to contract’ means to


    make smaller. We are in effect making the sound smaller.

    If you can learn to really hear these contractions, and know what they
    mean when you hear them, you will start to better understand fast
    English.

    Yes, there are several other factors at play when you listen, and this
    alone is not the only solution to better listening skills, but it is a great
    place to start.

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    The most common English contractions

    Let’s look at the most common contractions you need to be able to


    identify.

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    Tips for improving your English
    listening skills

    If you want to develop your listing skills, I suggest when you are
    watching films, TV series or Youtube videos, you do not use subtitles.

    Subtitles can be useful for helping you learning vocabulary, but if your
    focus is on developing your listening skills, don’t use them, not even in
    your own language.

    Of course, if you have a lower level of English, you may use them to help
    you understand sometimes, and even translate from your mother
    tongue.

    However try to create a habit of spending as much time watching


    videos without subtitles, as you do watching with them with subtitles.

    This way, you will push yourself to improve your listening skills and step
    by step get better at understanding native English speakers.

    COPYRIGHT © 2024, KEITH SPEAKING ACADEMY


    Find out more about my online GOLD course

    IELTS SPEAKING SUCCESS - GET A BAND 7+ GOLD

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