How Do We Learn Words?

Play the recording once and give them a gist question, they say. You're not actually teaching people how to listen. You're just testing it, and then you kind of just hope they get better later. But that does not teach you how to listen, especially when you get to a higher level,. which is what happens when you talk to a British person. We speak quickly, like everyone does in their native language. The thing about English, though, is that words and sounds change, and you need to know how and why this happens to understand it. So, here is the problem, which I'm going to explain with metaphor, let's say. Words are like plants. Remember