The Listening Lab
LoriA place to explore why listening is such a difficult skill to master in English...and how to get better at it
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Sentence #68 - REVEALED
It’s almost where it needs to be, it just needs a little polish.
These are the things that might have tripped you up:
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The reduction of to + the connection of needs to be, which is said as a joined phrase needztabe
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The dropped...
Sentence #68
Ready to try you luck at decoding this week’s sentence? Remember that, in addition to decoding the sentence, you should try to listen for the focus word or words - the words that carry the most stress in the sentence.
Be sure to put your...
Sentence #67 - REVEALED
We were going to go with Option A, but the budget got cut.
These are the things that might have tripped you up:
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The reduction and connection in the function words We were going to, which sounds like weweregonna
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The reduction o...
From the Blur to the Focus Word
For the last few months, we’ve been talking about how to look at the blur - that jumbled-up mix of sounds that you don’t understand when you’re listening to someone speaking.
We looked at:
- confronting the anxiety of this and allowin...
Sentence #67
Every Monday, I post a recorded sentence for you to try to identify what you hear. Every Friday, I reveal the answer and explain some reasons why it might be difficult to understand.
We’ve spent the last few months training our ears to mak...
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