Hey, /lang/. I study English as foreign language, and I cannot understand spoken language. What can you advise me?
Also what do you think about "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy?
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Anonymous2010-01-07 8:59
Try watching TV / listening to music/radio/listening books with different dialects in it. If you still can't understand try undertitle.
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Anonymous2010-01-07 12:59
Yea, i think that watching american movies with subtitles is the best way to learn it.
Where are you from ?
Listen to it (music/radio/etc.)!!! Move to an English country.
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Anonymous2010-01-08 23:05
Listen to it, like the others said. Your english is perfect, at least written. What's your native language?
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Anonymous2010-01-10 10:20
>>The best book for intermediate students i think
I used to have the problem with spoken language but since ive been studying with my tutor this problem was solved
So besides watching movies u can try to hire a tutor
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Anonymous2010-01-10 10:52
Music, listen to a lot of music, sing along. I find music >> movies because you listen to a song dozens of times while you only watch the same movie a few times at most. Movies and books are also good ideas.
That book is excellent. I had it and the advanced one. They were old editions, belonged to my mum. For years they were just sitting there on the bookshelf, then I picked it up and I regret not picking it up years earlier. They would have helped me a lot during high school.
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Anonymous2010-01-12 7:19
Movies and music, but also TV series are great for learning daily speech. Try soap operas if you really have difficulty, since they tend to speak in slow, clear, deliberate (and over dramatic) ways.
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Anonymous2010-01-12 11:38
If you're not able to understand spoken british english, it's okay.
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Anonymous2010-01-12 11:57
>>11
Truth. Those fags talk as if they had big black cocks jammed in their mouths. Because they usually do.
>>11
English has (in my opinion) one of the most fucked phonetic structures of all languages ever. Just watch CNN or some other channel, they all speak a dialect that is almost universally understood. Or, if you're learning English English, the BBC. But pick one, because understanding North American English doesn't mean you can understand English or Australian English. I can, but I'm a native speaker. Don't sweat it too much, it's a tough language. Maybe if you read up on the phonetic structure in more detail it'll be of some help: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology>;.