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  • It helps if people speak more slowly and clearly.

  • The problem is most people don't speak like this.

  • English with Jennifer

  • Do you understand me if I talk at a normal pace?

  • If you don't understand, turn on the captions now.

  • Many language learners become frustrated

  • listening to native speakers.

  • Often we talk fast, really fast.

  • But it's not just the speed is it?

  • Part of the challenge is having enough vocabulary

  • and enough knowledge of grammar to understand what's being said.

  • But besides that,

  • many of you tell me that people just don't speak clearly in English.

  • People push their words together or mumble.

  • Well, I can't change the fact that some people speak less clearly than others.

  • But I can help you make sense of fast speech in general.

  • Over the next twenty days I'll give you twenty tips.

  • What kinds of patterns do most American English speakers follow?

  • What kinds of changes do we make when we talk fast?

  • Listen and learn.

  • I'm not promising total listening comprehension

  • in English in just twenty days.

  • I am telling you that listening will become an easier task

  • if you take on my 20-day challenge.

  • Are you up for it?

  • Let's go!

  • Please visit my website

  • and you'll find a lot of resources for students,

  • including over 100 free interactive exercises.

  • I'll be posting a very special form of additional listening practice.

  • Click to see my list of recommended resources.

  • You can also click to view my current teaching schedule.

  • Study with me online.

  • You can take a live class or enroll in a self-paced course.

It helps if people speak more slowly and clearly.

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