Why Fast English is Hard to Understand: The Role of Reductions and Prosody

Do you sometimes have trouble understanding people when they speak fast in English? When learning and speaking a second language, one of the biggest challenges we face is being able to understand the speakers of that language, and fast speakers can be extra intimidating!

In this episode, I’m gonna share with you strategic tips to improve your listening comprehension, and a quiz for you to put your skills to the test!

Using these tips will allow you to develop your listening skills and feel much more confident when communicating in English.

Watch the video version here: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/understand-fast-english/

Here are some episodes for practicing reductions and connected speech:

• How to use OF, AND, FOR and OR in a sentence: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/reductions-in-english/
• Connected speech in English: How to use it to sound even clearer: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/connected-speech-in-english/