Native speakers often ‘smash’ words together when they speak,
which makes it really hard for us to recognize every single word in a sentence.
For example, in American English the phrase ‘what’s up?’ often sounds more like ‘wassup?’
One of the best way to deal with this difficulty is to practice active listening.
By practicing active listening,
you’ll get used to differences between how words sound on their own and how they sound in context.
Instead of jumping right into the active listening, we suggest you to watch the video,
look up new words to have a general understanding of the video
Here are steps to practice active listening game:
Step 1: Listen to each dialogue carefully (you can listen to it as many times as you want)
Step 2: Repeat the dialogue when the video is paused
Step 3: Check the results when the subtitles are shown up.
At this time, you'll find out your listening gaps.
Let me give you an example.
I have just finished watching the video. And now I'm doing the active listening.
1 - I listen to Obama first.
Then I repeat after him: we all americans.
And now check the result. Well. you can see that I've missed the be verb we are, but he says we're all,
Sounds like just 1 word.
He links the last sound r with the next sound all to make werall.
This exercise is definitely helpful for listening and speaking skills,
especially when you want to sound more like the native speakers.
You can go back by tapping on a circle to review.
If you think the default speed is too fast or too slow, tap on settings to adjust the subtitle delay time according to your favorite.