Do you sometimes have trouble understanding people when they speak fast in English? When learning and speaking a second language, one of the biggest challenges we face is being able to understand the speakers of that language, and fast speakers can be extra intimidating!
In this episode, I’m gonna share with you strategic tips to improve your listening comprehension, and a quiz for you to put your skills to the test!
Using these tips will allow you to develop your listening skills and feel much more confident when communicating in English.
Watch the video version here: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/understand-fast-english/
Here are some episodes for practicing reductions and connected speech:

How to use OF, AND, FOR and OR in a sentence: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/reductions-in-english/
Connected speech in English: How to use it to sound even clearer: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/connected-speech-in-english/


327. How to understand Fast English (plus a quiz!)

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I’ve been teasing it for the past few weeks, but on June 1, we finally had our student meetup! We had 80 students come from all around the world to meet each other – most of us meeting for the very first time in person! It was so incredible, emotional, and special to connect with the students that I’ve known over the screen (some of them for more than 5 years!) and finally hug them in real life. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f979.png" alt="

408. We had our student meetup in Barcelona! | My Relocation Diaries

Easily distracted when studying English? Learn how to tune out distractions and laser in on your English to get the results you’re after.

407. How to stay FOCUSED when studying English and stop getting distracted

This week I’m talking about all the things that I’m currently planning. The thing is, since the moment I arrived in Spain, I haven’t stopped PLANNING! And even though it seems like a simple thing, I feel it’s one of the most energy consuming things we do!
From planning a holiday, to a birthday party for Amalia, a community meetup, team activities, play dates, it’s so. much. planning.
In today’s episode I’ll also share with you my tips for how to plan well, and other exciting updates about my community retreat. 

406. I’m so tired of PLANNING! (And other exciting updates) | My Relocation Diaries

In this episode I talk about the impostor syndrome, what it is, and how it affects non-native speakers of English. This is an episode I published 3 years ago, and I wanted to bring it back for all the new people who joined my world recently!
Full transcript: https://hadarshemesh.com/transcript/impostor-syndrome/

405. The Impostor syndrome [Revisiting favorite episodes]

We all know that speaking a language fluently has tons of advantages. Better communication! New friendships! Less misunderstandings! Life is easier when you understand everyone around you, no doubt.
But today, I wanted to think of it from a COMPLETELY different perspective. What are the advantages of NOT being fluent in a language? I’ve noticed quite a few things that I’ve experienced since moving to Spain where I can’t understand everything that’s being spoken around me…and that’s what I want to share with you today.

327. How to understand Fast English (plus a quiz!)

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