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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm

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would you like to understand all english

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speakers let's talk about it when you

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watch a TV show or movie in english can

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you understand the general ideas but not

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every word it's great to understand

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general ideas but if you want to speak

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like those english speakers in the TV

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show you need to understand every word

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that they're saying let me give you a

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quick example your English speaking

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friend is telling you about her travel

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experiences you understand generally

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what she's talking about but then she

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says what about you where have you

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traveled to you want to explain in the

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same amount of detail and excitement

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that she used but you don't have all of

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the words and the verb tenses and the

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expressions to use how can you speak

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fluently like your friend if you can

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understand every detail of an English

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conversation then you can start to

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imitate exactly what they're saying and

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speak fluently as well so when your

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friend was telling you about her travel

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experiences did you understand every

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idiom phrasal verb verb tense sentence

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structure probably not

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you probably understood general ideas

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and maybe a few specific words but

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understanding the details of an English

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conversation is really important this is

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the key to fluency so if you need to

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understand everything that native

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speakers are saying if you want to

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imitate it how can you do that how can

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you understand all English speakers and

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understand everything they're saying

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well I have one tip today you need to

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break it down to smaller pieces and

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analyze it your ears are gonna get used

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to hearing expressions and idioms and

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verb tenses used in their natural way

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when you're watching a TV show in

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English you don't need to stop at every

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sentence and analyze it

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I recommend taking two to four sentences

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that's about 30 seconds of material and

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stopping it listening to it again and

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again and again write down everything

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that you hear and then compare this with

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the real transcript what they're really

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saying this is a great way to see what

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your ears can hear accurately and what

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your ears can't hear or what they're

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having difficulty hearing maybe there's

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some reductions some type of verbs or

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idioms that are difficult for you to

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hear so this is a great way to test your

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listening skills and improve them it's

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great for me to tell you this method to

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analyze a couple of sentences but it's

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even better if we practice it together

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and that's what I want to do today right

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now we're gonna listen to a couple

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sentences from a clip of a conversation

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that I had with another native English

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speaker I want you to listen carefully

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and tell me what is the topic what are

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the general ideas what's the topic of

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our conversation let's listen but I have

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my friends eventually like I I started

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befriending a lot of girls whenever my

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parents let me go to like dance classes

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and things like that so I start

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defending girls unlike a little bit more

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of like a even playing field whenever

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you're all dancing and just all looking

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weird together it just kind of forms his

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bond and so what was the general idea of

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the conversation did you understand

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generally what we were talking about we

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were talking about friends and making

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friends but now let me ask you a more

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challenging question did you hear the

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idiom that she used in the conversation

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probably not because we were speaking

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quickly and you were listening just for

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general ideas to speak fluently you need

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to first understand exactly what native

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speakers are saying listening for

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details is key to speaking fluently and

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understanding as many people as possible

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let's listen to that clip again two

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times but slowly and I want you to

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listen for the

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idiom that was used but I had my friends

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eventually I started befriended a lot of

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girls whenever my parents let me go to

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dance classes and things like that so I

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started by friending girls on a little

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bit more of an even playing field

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whenever you're all dancing and all

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looking weird together it just kind of

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forms this bond and so so I started by

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friending girls on a little bit more of

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an even playing field

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whenever you're all dancing and all

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looking weird together it just kind of

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forms this bond and so did you find the

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idiom it was on an even playing field

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on an even playing field if you got this

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great if not no worries that's why

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you're here to learn and improve your

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English but this was a slow version what

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about a fast version could you

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understand that expression if you

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listened to it quickly let's try let's

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listen to that conversation a couple

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times quickly and I want you to listen

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for the expression on an even playing

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field on an even playing field this

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means there's no hierarchy one person is

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not more important than another you are

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on an even playing field let's listen to

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this in the fast original version but I

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have my friends eventually like I

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started by friending a lot of girls

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whenever my parents let me go to like

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dance classes and things like that so I

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start defending girls unlike a little

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bit more of like a even playing field

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whenever you're all dancing and just all

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looking weird together it just kind of

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forms his bond and so but I have my

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friends eventually like I started before

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ending a lot of girls whenever my

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parents let me go to like dance classes

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and things like that so I start

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defending girls unlike a little bit more

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of like a even playing field whenever

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you're all dancing and just all looking

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weird together it just kind of forms his

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bond and so could you hear it this time

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now you know what on an even playing

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field sounds like in a natural

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conversation at a

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quick speed so if you hear an actor say

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it in a TV show or a movie you'll be

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more familiar with it

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this will also help you to expand your

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vocabulary because now that you can

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understand that expression you're gonna

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hear it in a lot of places it's a

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commonly used expression so when you

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hear it again in another movie or in a

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podcast or on a YouTube video it's gonna

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be building that repetition because

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repetition is really key to speaking

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well to understanding vocabulary and

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using it yourself do you want to

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continue improving your listening skills

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so that you can speak fluently and

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confidently like a native speaker

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well I have some good news on January

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1st 2018 you can join the 30-day

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listening challenge if you're not sure

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about making a new year's resolution yet

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this is your solution join the 30-day

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listening challenge as your challenge

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your new year's resolution for English

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everyday for 30 days I will email you an

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audio clip from a conversation just like

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we practiced today you can listen to the

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fast version the slow version and then

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write down exactly what you hear and you

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can compare it with the original

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transcript that I'll send to you this

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will help you to learn and listen for

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details and use those words yourself

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this listening challenge should only

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take 5 to 10 minutes every day but you

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need to commit to doing it every day

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each day the conversation clip will

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feature important idioms expressions

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phrasal verbs verb tenses sentence

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structures that are important for

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improving your English speaking advanced

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English speaking fluently and

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understanding all English speakers that

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is the goal of the 30 day listening

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challenge so how can you join click the

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I at the top of the screen up here for

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more information about the challenge or

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click the link in the description below

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but you have to join before January 1st

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because the challenge starts on January

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1st you can't miss an

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day so the challenge starts January

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first you have to join before that so

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don't let 2017 pass before you join if

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you're watching this after January 1st

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2018 you might think oh no it's too late

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I can't join the 30-day listening

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challenge I want to understand native

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speakers well I have some good news you

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can click on the link in the I or in the

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description and all tell you when the

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next listening challenge will start

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thanks so much for improving your

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listening skills with me and working

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towards becoming a fluent English

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speaker you can do it keep up the good

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work and I'll see you inside the

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challenge bye

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would you like to understand native

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English speakers easily would you like

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to imitate them when you speak click the

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picture to join the 30-day listening

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challenge start 2018 the right way by

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improving your English skills thanks so

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much

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and keep up the good work with English