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The Listening Lab

Lori

A 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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Latest Issues

Sentence #71 - REVEALED

Have you been to the new place yet? They have amazing coffee, but in the mornings, the line is out the door.

These are the things that might have tripped you up:

  1. The reduced form of Have you, which sounds like hvyu

  2. The reduced...

9 days ago

Listening for micropauses

This month in The Listening Lab, we’re looking at how listening for micropauses can help you get better at understanding what people are saying and help you improve your own speaking skills.

If I asked you to break up this sentence into me...

11 days ago
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Sentence #71

Last month, we were listening for the focus words - the words with the most stress in the sentence - to help us jump back into the conversation. This month, we’re continuing on with that theme: we’re looking at the stressed words and the ti...

13 days ago
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Sentence #70 - REVEALED

So, the situation is everything and everyone around you - and, by the way, it extends beyond just, you know, your immediate space

These are the things that might have tripped you up:

  1. The changed t + yu sound in situation, which sound...
16 days ago
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Sentence #70

This week, you get to try your ear out with a different accent.

Remember, there are two parts:

  1. What is the speaker saying?

  2. What are the focus words?

As always, put your guesses in the comments below 👇 and get help on the...

20 days ago
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