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Feb 2022
28m 37s

#236 | How To Use Podcasts To Improve Yo...

Leonardo English
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Learn how to actually use podcasts to improve your English listening, vocabulary, speaking, and even writing.

This is a special episode packed full of tips & tricks to help you use podcasts in a more effective way.

  • What most people do when listening to podcasts to learn a language
  • Listening tip #1: How to become a more attentive listener
  • Listening tip #2: Listening out for word/phrase use
  • Listening tip #3: Listening out for sounds of English
  • Podcast superpowers: how to use them as a learning exercise
  • Vocabulary tip #1: How to go from passive to active vocabulary
  • Speaking tip #1: Recording yourself, techniques to do so (and why this works)
  • Speaking tip #2: Shadowing (and why this works)
  • (Bonus) Speaking tip #3: Simultaneous translation (warning: advanced)
  • Writing tip #1: Summaries & reflections
  • The importance of writing in English as a way to clarify thoughts

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/how-to-use-podcasts-improve-english


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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

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