{"id":52016,"date":"2017-04-04T01:16:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-bonus-3-strategies-understanding-natives-speak-fast\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:26:27","slug":"aee-bonus-3-strategies-understanding-natives-speak-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-bonus-3-strategies-understanding-natives-speak-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE Bonus: 3 Strategies for Understanding Natives When They Speak Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you ever feel lost and confused when native speak to you quickly?
\nWould you like a few quick and easy tips to be able to understand most natives<\/a> when they speak that way?<\/p>\n

In everyday conversations natives won\u2019t slow down for you.<\/p>\n

Today we have Josh on the show.<\/p>\n

Josh is a coach with Spoken and he has been working with English students for many years.<\/p>\n

He is going to give you some simple strategies<\/a> to finally start understanding what natives are saying when they speak fast.<\/p>\n

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What can you do to understand fast-speaking natives?<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Pay attention to the \u201cflap\u201d or the \u201ctap\u201d:<\/strong> Americans use this sound to replace a T sound when it comes in the middle of a word. Americans pronounce \u201cbetter\u201d by replacing the T sound with a D sound. Another example would be the word \u201cmatter\u201d or \u201cwater\u201d or \u201ccity\u201d or \u201cmeeting.\u201d If you are expecting natives to pronounce it with the D sound then you will be able to recognize the word quickly when you need to.<\/p>\n

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2) Expect natives to use \u201ctrimming\u201d:<\/strong> When Americans speak quickly they cut out the sounds in longer words. It happens with \u201cL\u201d in \u201clove,\u201d \u201cN\u201d in \u201cno\u201d and \u201cR\u201d in \u201cReed\u201d. Americans drop out the middle vowel when they speak fast so instead of saying \u201cfamily\u201d and pronouncing every syllable they say \u201cfam-ly.\u201d We also see this pattern in words like \u201caverage\u201d and \u201cbravery\u201d and \u201ccamera.\u201d<\/p>\n

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3) Expect natives to push all of their words together:<\/strong> They don\u2019t pronounce every single word separately. The words get linked together. If a word ends with a consonant and the second word begins with a vowel like \u201can easy test\u201d the native speaker would link together the first two words in the sentence.<\/p>\n

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Josh\u2019s Bio:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Josh<\/span> Evans has a BA in English from Birmingham-Southern College and an MA in linguistics from the University of Virginia. He has taught English in several places in China, including Xinyu, Ma\u2019anshan, and Harbin, as well at the Intensive English Institute in Champaign, Illinois. He currently works as an editor and a Spoken coach.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What questions do you have from today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us know in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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