{"id":312124,"date":"2025-09-30T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?p=312124"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:36:54","slug":"boost-your-english-listening-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/boost-your-english-listening-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude80 Boost Your English Listening Skills with Real Native Speakers! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this FREE 19-minute lesson, you&#8217;ll hear multiple native speakers pronounce the <\/span><b>same words and phrases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, helping you tune your ear to natural American English pronunciation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/listening-skills\/\" rel=\"tag\">Listening Skills<\/a><\/span> \u00a0 <strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vFT2WNKnPnQ\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"\ud83d\ude80 Boost Your English Listening Skills with Real Native Speakers! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc42\" title=\"Play video &quot;\ud83d\ude80 Boost Your English Listening Skills with Real Native Speakers! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc42&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vFT2WNKnPnQ<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vFT2WNKnPnQ\" title=\"\ud83d\ude80 Boost Your English Listening Skills with Real Native Speakers! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc42\">\ud83d\ude80 Boost Your English Listening Skills with Real Native Speakers! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc42 (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vFT2WNKnPnQ)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Improving your listening comprehension of American English is so important for confidence speaking English. Today, you&#8217;re going to improve your listening skills with 10 common phrases. First, you&#8217;re going to hear a bunch of examples of one phrase. What do you hear?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lots of different voices and slightly different accents. What phrase were you hearing?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m Rachel. I have a background in opera singing and I&#8217;ve been teaching the American accent to non-native speakers for over 20 years. Scan this QR code or visit rachelenglish.com\/free to get my free course, the Top Three Ways to Master the American Accent. It will blow your mind. It will give you totally new ideas on how to get the sound you&#8217;ve always wanted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before I tell you what phrase you were hearing, would it help if we slowed it<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">down a little bit? Let&#8217;s try it. Here are all the phrases again. This time, slowed down.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Have you got it now? The phrase is \u201cI didn&#8217;t see him.\u201d Now that you know, listen again at regular pace.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Did you notice each time the H was dropped in the word \u201chim\u201d? This is called a reduction when we change or drop a sound in a spoken word. And it might make listening comprehension a challenge. But the more you study reductions like we will today, the easier they will become for you. Let&#8217;s take another phrase. What are you hearing?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What phrase was it? It was \u201cDon&#8217;t tell her.\u201d Don&#8217;t tell her. And did you notice that again the H was dropped? You know, it&#8217;s going to be really good for our listening comprehension if we also practice speaking this way. Let&#8217;s take these first two phrases that we&#8217;ve been listening to and do some training. Listen three times in a row.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When you hear it like this, you notice there&#8217;s a song to it, a melody. I want you to imitate that exactly as you speak out loud with the training. Don&#8217;t think about the letters and words and how you would pronounce them. Just try out a new way of speaking by imitating each actor.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Notice how smooth the phrase is. All the words are connected.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s the same phrase three times in a row. Now, after you hear it, you repeat it once.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Great. Now, if you&#8217;re not repeating out loud, this training isn&#8217;t going to help you much. So, please do it. If it feels too fast, stop thinking about the words, and instead think about the overall melody and the song of what you hear. This time, you&#8217;ll hear it three times with a break to repeat once, and then three times again with a break to repeat once again.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Okay, so this is the training. We&#8217;re going to do training with these two phrases we&#8217;ve studied so far before moving on to the rest of the phrases. Here&#8217;s the first phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, the phrase, don&#8217;t tell her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don&#8217;t tell her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Okay, let&#8217;s listen to a third phrase now. What are you hearing?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is, &#8220;What did he mean?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he mean?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he mean?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is, &#8220;What did he say?&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he say?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he say?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is \u201cI didn&#8217;t tell him.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t tell him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t tell him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is \u201cI know he did.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I know he did.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I know he did.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is \u201cGive it to her.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to her.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is \u201cGive it to him.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our next phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is \u201cI didn&#8217;t see her.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see her.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s our last phrase.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The phrase is, &#8220;What did he want?&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he want?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s listen again. This time a little slower.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he want?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s do speaking training with these phrases. It&#8217;ll be the same format as before. You&#8217;ll hear it three times, repeat once. You&#8217;ll hear it three times, repeat once.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he mean?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he say?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t tell him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I know he did.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to her.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn\u2019t see her.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he want?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What has all of this done for your listening comprehension? Let&#8217;s see. Now, you&#8217;ll hear a bunch of the phrases at random. You&#8217;ll only hear each one once. You won&#8217;t see the scene, so that won&#8217;t help. Keep track of how many you get right and put it in the comments below.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don&#8217;t tell her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What does he want?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he say?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I know he did.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn\u2019t see her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t tell him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don&#8217;t tell her.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t see him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I didn&#8217;t tell him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I know he did.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he mean?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he say?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What did he want?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Give it to him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keep your learning going now with this video. And don&#8217;t forget to visit rachelenglish.com\/free to get my free mini course, the Top Three Ways to Master the American Accent. You&#8217;ll be amazed at what you learn. Please subscribe with notifications on. I love being your English teacher. That&#8217;s it. 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