How to Improve Your English Listening (with Podcasts)

Improve your English listening with the most powerful technique I know.

Do you feel that it’s impossible to understand native speakers? Or do you think native speakers talk too fast, break too many grammar rules, use slang and difficult vocabulary that you never learned in class?

Feel lost when you watch TV, listen to the radio, or watch a movie in English?

If you said yes, then I have good news for you!

Podcasts!! If you have never heard of a podcast, it is an audio file that you can listen to or download from the Internet. But, more importantly, listening to podcasts is an effective, convenient way to improve your English listening skills!

Podcasts can help you:
* improve your listening skills
* become familiar with different accents and styles of speech
* build your vocabulary with the real, modern English we use today
* understand native speakers, even when they speak quickly
With today’s lesson, you’re going to learn how to use podcasts to improve your listening, to understand native speakers more easily, and to communicate in English more naturally.

And you’ll also get my recommended list of the 11 best podcasts you should be listening to in English.



Get the full lesson and the opportunity to share in the Confident English Community at speakconfidentenglish.com/podcasts-improve-list…
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❞I feel that it is specialized for shy people, or maybe people that feel they are stuck. Annemarie has the tools to improve it. — Monica, Colombia
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Q: Where are you from?
A: I’m from the United States but I’ve also lived in Pakistan, the Czech Republic, Germany, and France.

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MY FAVORITE CONFIDENT ENGLISH LESSONS 

️English Fluency and Confidence, 5 Mistakes to Avoid:  youtube.com/watch?v=3LxsjDIluew

What to Say When You Feel Stuck in English: youtube.com/watch?v=kvv5jrD0CeM

How to Interrupt Someone Politely in English: youtube.com/watch?v=Wgqdxc6XE_0

How to Show You’re Finished Speaking: youtube.com/watch?v=VGjctJgQ1eA

Uncomfortable Questions and How to Deal with Them: youtube.com/watch?v=HBCuY4vSLkE

10 Ways to Tell Someone to Wait in English: youtube.com/watch?v=UV3wuY7MvAY

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WHY I STARTED SPEAK CONFIDENT ENGLISH

I’m so glad you’re still reading. I want to tell you one important thing—English fluency and confidence are 100% possible for you, even if you feel shy, frustrated, and stuck.

With Speak Confident English, I share strategies, skills, and resources so you can get the English fluency and confidence you need to:

Have conversations, get the job you want

Share your opinions in a business meeting

Make friends easily and start a conversation with anyone in English 

Go to the grocery store without stress

Feel comfortable with any situation—in English.