In this solo episode, Olly discusses whether listening to "slow audio" is useful.

Episode Summary:

• News in Slow Spanish-type sites are becoming increasing popular
• With Yabla you can slow down the audio
• But are these helpful, or dangerous?
• There are only two reasons you won't understand something spoken:
  • 1) You don't know the words/grammar
  • 2) You can't understand fast speech
• If you slow down what you're listening to, you're not helping your listening, because it's not natural, and lacks the features of fast speech
• It simply gives you more time to process the information, i.e. think about the words used
  • But is this the best way to learn new vocabulary... listening to slow, unnatural audio?
• This = confusing / misunderstanding the problem, and can severely li

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