It’s not your fault that you can’t understand native speakers

You know how it goes, right? You are pretty confident when you are talking to your teachers, or dealing with the listening sections of your textbooks, but when you end up in a real world conversation with native speakers… it all goes to pot!

The first thing we do is blame ourselves. It must be because I haven’t mastered grammar yet. It must be because I don’t have enough vocabulary. It must be because I am not trying hard enough. We blame ourselves and this makes us feel back about our English.

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Today, I am here to tell you why it is not always your fault. There are things happening when you are speaking with native speakers that mean the deck is stacked against you, and the truth is, sometimes it is hard for us natives too.

Today you will learn why it is not always your fault and what you can do to make your life easier in the future so you can understand and communicate with native speakers better than you have ever done before.

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