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May 2016
7m 21s

089 - How to improve English listening

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
About this episode

Do you have difficulty listening to and understanding native English speakers?

How to improve your English listening Listening is one of the BIGGEST problems for English learners.

It’s possible for you to:

read well

have good grammar & vocabulary skills

be able to speak and write

…but when you listen to spoken English, you don’t understand everything.

So why is listening so difficult?

There are three main reasons.

Lesson text:

http://www.espressoenglish.net/do-you-want-to-improve-your-english-listening/

 

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