Name: Understand FAST English Conversations [Advanced Listening Practice]
Uploaded: 2018-09-03T16:44:55.000Z
Duration: 33 min 42 s
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Welcome to this live English lesson here on
this Speak English with Vanessa YouTube channel.

To-infinitive

I'm so glad that you're taking time today
to improve your English at the end of 2017.

I hope that you'll make some resolutions to
continue to improve your English in the New

Today we're gonna talk about the great way
to understand fast English.

And then you'll have a chance to continue
to use this style in 2018, and join the 30

But first, let's talk about how can you understand
fast native speakers.

A lot of people say that if you just keep
listening to English, if you just listen like

a child again, and again, and again, you're
gonna understand, eventually.

But, it takes children a long time, several
years, of listening 24/7, all the time, to

You don't have to wait that long to be able
to use clear sentences.

You don't have to wait that long to understand
native speakers.

The best way to understand native speakers
is to study and analyze native speaker conversations.

And use that same sentence structure yourself.

We're gonna use this method, analyzing short
conversations.

Maybe there's phrasal verbs you don't know.

You can write on your phone, or on another
device.

There's something about physically writing
that helps our brains to soak in the material

If you are joining me live for this lesson,
welcome.

If you are watching the replay, excellent.

I want to welcome all my friends who are here
live from China, and Brazil, and Turkey, and

Thank you for joining from around the world.

It's a great thought to think that our cultures
are different, our backgrounds are different.

And that's a really cool thought, I think,
because we have a lot of differences but,

So, if you met a friend from China, or a friend
from Brazil, or a friend from Turkey, you

You could talk about something passionately.

But the first step is to be able to talk.

So, we're gonna talk about using that skill
of understanding to be able to improve your

Today, I'm gonna help you with four steps.

There are four steps in this analyzing process.

We're gonna be listening to a fast English
conversation clip.

Then, we're gonna listen to a slow version.

This slow version is really slow and unnatural.

But, the purpose is to help you hear each
word.

I want you to hear each word yourself, and
then, when you hear that fast version again,

Your ears and your listening skills will improve.

So that's the second step, listen to the slow
clip.

The third step is to write everything that
you hear.

So, as you're listening to the fast clip,
as you're listening to the slow clip, I want

I'm gonna show you on this screen a sample
idea of how you can write our your answer.

And then, the final step, the fourth step
is to check your writing to see if it's accurate.

We're gonna look at the transcript of that
fast conversation, so that you can see, "Did

And, at the end of this lesson, you're gonna
be able to know a new idiom, a useful idiom.

And also, you'll be able to know which sounds
and ideas are challenging for you based on

I want you to participate and use what you're
listening to.

It's quite possible that some friends might
write their answers in the chat box.

If you don't wanna see other friends' answers
before you write your own answers, you can

But I just wanna let you know that other friends
might write in the chat box publicly.

So, if you want to use the lesson yourself,
you don't wanna use their answers, make sure

If you have any questions about this concept,
or how to use it, feel free to ask me in the

And, we're gonna get started with the fast
audio clip.

I'm gonna play the audio clip three times.

The audio will be about one and a half minutes.

I'm gonna play the fast clip three times.

And then, I'm going to come back, say a few
words, and then we're gonna listen to the

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