How to understand spoken English
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The document provides guidance on understanding spoken English, emphasizing the importance of stressing key words that carry meaning, such as nouns and verbs. It also advises reducing function words that serve grammatical purposes but lack standalone meaning. Additional resources and exercises for practice are available on the author's blog.
How to understand spoken English
- 1. How to understand spoken English
- 2. hello! Go to my blog for more detail: http://www.stordar.com/listening3/
- 3. 1. Stress Important Words Words which usually have stress on them have meaning of their own
- 4. Strong Words Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Lunch Answer Speak Believe Long Beautiful Fast Really Negatives ? words Demonstratives Can't Neither Why Where...from This Those
- 5. Examples ✘ WHERE are you FROM? ✘ . . . CHEAP THINGS to DO in LONDON ✘ HOW would you DESCRIBE LONDONERS?
- 6. 2. Reduce Function Words Function words are grammar words and they don't have a meaning of their own
- 7. Weak Words (depending on position) Articles Pronouns Prepositions Conjunctions Auxiliaries a the him her them you of to for at from and or do does can could have am is are
- 8. Examples ✘ The MARKETS are REALLY COOL ✘ LOTS of THINGS to DO ✘ I am a LONDONER. ✘ I am from NORTH-WEST of ENGLAND.
- 9. Listen to many examples; Practise!
- 10. thanks! Source video: http://bit.ly/2udiGzZ Learn more: http://www.stordar.com/listening3/
- 11. Credits Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free: ✘ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival