Understand Native English Speakers with this Advanced Listening Lesson

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🤩 25% Discount on my online IELTS Speaking GOLD course https://keithspeakingacademy.com/ielts-speaking-gold-online-course-yt/ Understanding native English speakers can feel almost impossible at first — the words sound connected, shortened, or even disappear! This lesson will show you how to finally catch every word and follow fast English speech confidently. Hi guys, it's Keith from English Speaking Success. Today, I am going to show you how to understand native English speakers and how to really improve your listening skills. What's more, I will show you the biggest mistake students make when trying to understand native speakers, and also when doing the IELTS listening test. 🎁 Get the Free PDF of this lesson here: https://keithspeakingacademy.com/understand-native-english-speakers-pdf/ 👉 Free PDF of 10 Most Common Mistakes in IELTS Speaking: https://keithspeakingacademy.com/sign-up-download-10-mistakes/ 🎥 Watch next: 5 Most Common Mistakes in IELTS Speaking: https://youtu.be/CVs8DhHhy2Q 🎓 Join my YouTube Members Community for extra monthly videoshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVm8XcbwS8-pcDEa5lFXIA/join Courses by Level: B1 - Fluent Grammar Course https://keithspeakingacademy.com/fluent-grammar-online-course-n/ B2 - IELTS Gold Course: https://keithspeakingacademy.com/ielts-speaking-gold-online-course-yt/ C1 - 150 Idioms Course https://keithspeakingacademy.com/150-idioms-for-ielts-speaking-n/ C2 - Murder Mystery Challenge https://keithspeakingacademy.com/murder-mystery-challenge-s/ *** 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:08 Test your listening skills 00:02:00 The biggest mistake students make 00:02:35 Dropping letters 00:03:53 Linking sounds 00:04:07 Adding sounds 00:06:18 The 5 Essentials for Improving Listening Skills 00:06:30 Word stress 00:08:15 Tip for practicing listening skills 00:09:36 Chunks 00:12:42 The Fluency Gym 00:13:05 Weak forms 00:17:14 Contractions 00:18:44 Connected Speech 00:22:45 Summary - Understanding a Native Speaker #IELTS #IELTSSpeaking #IELTSListening #LearnEnglish #EnglishListening #ConnectedSpeech #UnderstandNativeSpeakers #EnglishTips #EnglishFluency #KeithSpeakingAcademy ===About Keith === Keith O'Hare is the founder of Keith Speaking Academy, helping millions of students around the world speak English confidently and achieve Band 7 or 8 in IELTS Speaking. He has a Trinity Diploma in TESOL, an MSc in Digital Education (UK), and has taught over 40,000 learners through his online courses at https://keithspeakingacademy.com/