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Jul 2021
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Episode 191: EwK191 The importance of li...

KIRSTY MAJOR
About this episode

When we think about listening skills, it's often in the context of understanding others. 

Many of my multilingual clients see speaking in English as a challenge. It's a challenge that I understand too, because I also face it when I'm using other languages in which I don't feel as confident.

Part of the solution to this problem is to become more used to and comfortable with listening to ourselves speaking the other language. In this episode, I explain why this is important and give some suggestions on how to do it.

<a href="https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode191"> You can find the show notes page here.</a>

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