Why you don't understand native English speakers
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Hey! This is a new video about why you struggle to understand native English speakers. I already made a similar video on this topic, and you can watch it here: • Listening Skills | Why...
However, in this video we discuss several new topics.. for example, maybe you don't understand native English speakers because the people you speak with have REALLY bad speaking habits. Maybe they mumble, don't enunciate, and speak too quietly! All of these things will interfere with clear communication.
Another reason you may struggle to understand native English speakers is because sometimes people don't explain things in a logical manner. Or maybe they use idioms that you're not familiar with.
There are so many reasons you may not understand native English speakers, but most of the time it's not your fault (especially if you understand me!).
Once you realize that you're not too blame, you will have more confidence when speaking with others. You won't be afraid to ask someone to speak up, clarify what they mean, or even start over.
Also, keep in mind that people speak differently all over the world. You may be unfamiliar with different accents, regional vocabulary, or slang terms. This is OK! As long as you aren't afraid to ask someone to repeat what they say (or say it a different way), you'll be fine.
Anyhow... I hope this video was helpful! If you can think of any other reasons why it might be difficult to understand native English speakers, feel free to list them in the comments.
See you in the next video! :D
PS. "I've been taking the piss out of myself recently." means "I've been making fun of myself recently." I never would have guessed... 👀🙅🏼♀️😅 idioms are so crazy!!
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Nice teacher
Of course you're not alone, many people have to deal with others that confuse speed and fluency.
hi, i have a doubt, do you think if I can understand you perfectly, i am able to travel and learnd what I lack of the english in a native country?
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Hi, I love your videos also i was looking on you website and it seems very interesting, however i have read that is not for for beginner students, how do I know if I qualify for you program I would like to enjoy it.
Tem aluno Brasileiro por aqui também? 😍🇧🇷
Tem!!!
Deve ser o que mais tem! hahaha
ahhh I love you guys!! One day I'll go to Brazil and we'll all meet. I can't wait
@@alanhere6211 é verdade!!
@@TheEnglishCoach I'm waiting
I'm a Spanish native speaker, and while listening to you, I felt very confident of my listening skills
coz she know very well that her students is non english speaking nation like us.
Jajajajajaja me too
How can I learn spanish bro I just ask to native speaker in spanish.
@@dermanbekci7319 to learn spanish you need to live spanish
@@ninetails114 is there any otherwise for learning because I can't go there.
For non-native English speaker like me, the main reason why it's difficult to understand native English speakers is because we have little to no practice of conversational english. Our learning is mostly thru classroom lectures and reading. And conversational english feels like a totally different dimension. And also, you're not alone in terms of zoning out lol. My brain also does that to me when the information it receives are overwhelming.
I can't agree for more to your opinion. Sometimes I also dont get the jokes specially if a person use unfamiliar words. Whats funny is they be laughing and I would just pretend to be laughing as well even though I dont understand anything.
You can't imagine how did you make me feel comfortable by watching this video ! Thank you so much
You always make me feel confident about my listening skills!
Me too
Can I join to the club guys?
@@James_Howlett welcome to the club!
Diego Herrera Vargas i think that is the ponit for us , to feel and can improve alot better if we have the confidence
Awesome video! I totally agree with your tips. I didn’t realize how hard native English speakers are to understand until I started teaching, so don’t feel discouraged if you have this problem! Good luck with your English studies everyone! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Perfect! I'm learning english by myself, and every time that I'll hear some native English I have a great difficulty to understand what they say, and yes, it's really frustrating... But listening to others natives, as in this video, I realize that I am able to undertand, I just need to keep learning and don't give up! Thanks for helping! I loved the video!
Where you come from?
You have the best English I've heard in my entire life!!!!!!!!!!!
you spread confidence to those who are struggling to know what's wrong with their english
I can understand everything you say! Thank you. I thought it was my fault!
Meu Deus encontrar esse canal sensacional e perceber que eu entendo sem ler as legendas cerca de 80% do que ela diz me deu uma alegria ahhahaha
Thanks for the sharing. That makes a lot sense.
I totally agree with you
Your accent and your way of speaking are fantastic, you are awesome.
Thanks so much for this motivational video .
Thank you for the video!
Thank you for this class!
Thanks to you I learned much. You're the best :)
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL REALLY GOOD. THANKS A LOT!!!!
This video is amazing! Thank you so much for this.
This is the video I was looking for. Thanks
I undertood the 90 percent of everething you said, thats awesome!!!
Totally agreed with you!! Thank you for making me feel better, for not understand something native speakers said. I think it the same for any language then. :)
I LOVE THE WAY YOU SPEAK!!!!!
Thanks for the video, I understand almost everything, you’re great, greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
Finally someone saying what I’ve been thinking 🤔 Thanks a lot! I actually thought that I had a problem but with your videos I don’t even have to use the subtitles. Saludos desde Bélgica 🇧🇪
Finally some native can understand my situation!!! 😂😂😂
Hingrid can we talk
Where you from lady?
This video was truly important to me! I always had this pressure inside of my head, thank you so much! ❤
Hi, I've been learning English for three years now, and I can relate to everything you said
I love your English...
I'm sure your Español es perfecto...
You have a very perfect English!! Really easy to understand you, all the video is perfectly understandable!!!
I Loved all you said. Thanks for all.
Loved the video and you are just a lovely person.
Your pronunciation is superb!! I'm spanish native and i could understand almost everything!!! coool!
Regards from chile!!
Thank you for all your advices, because i perceive some of these errors when i exercise my audition.
Congratulations for your youtube channel
You're so nice and stunning.
Sweet, it is very clear pronunciation you have, thank you so much!
Hi Stefanie! You're not alone, this happens to me all the time! People talking and I'm in other land. Congrats for your videos, they are awesome!
Omg😭💫I adore your accent you are speaking clearly and smoothly how much you are very amazing and great person i often tend to watching your videos instead of watching other english channels just because your pronunciation is very understandable ❤❤❤❤❤
Thankyou very much it is a great help .it gives me so much confidence I couldn't explain .
You’re right, you really speak very clearly!😁😁 thanks for the video!
What a nice video! Very clear points.
A mi también me pasa igual cuando no estoy entendiendo muy bien me desconecto.
Gracias por tus videos, son geniales :) ¡Saludos desde Costa Rica!
Cuando te oigo me siento una completa bilingüe
, puedo entender el 95% de lo que dices y me hace feliz, pero luego escucho a los demás nativos y apenas puedo entender el 5% de lo que dicen. Al menos con tus videos sé lo que es entender el inglés, que es una de las cosas que siempre he querido.
I feel so good! I understand everything you say, I dont know why it was easy to me, I love you
Thanks for the video :)
Your language and speaking are so clear and so beautiful just like your beautiful pretty personality.
Love you
💕💕
You're the best coach in the world. I can understand you better than many other natives and not to mention that you can teach us in a practical and simple way any instructive content of the English language. Thank you for helping native non-speakers. THANK YOU FOR HELP ME!
Thank you so much! I understand you even you re talking fast! I always have many problems with the listening exercices but i really apreciate you way of speech!
😊
Teacher, I REALLY Love your clear English. I understood EVERYTHING you said, without subtitles!
I'm really motivated with all your videos, thank you for you effort... Hi from Dominican republic!
to be honest,i've been looking kind of this video for a long time ago,finally i got it now!!
I feel so identify when I was listening to you! 🥰 Phrasal verbs are another pain in the neck for me. See ya in the next videos :)
You're so clear, thanks!
you are so great as a teacher , your husband is the luckiest man alive.Greetings From Mexico.
beautiful woman ! Thanks for your teachings! -
- Greetings from Mexico
This video makes me motivated a lot~! Thx for making this awesome video :)
You're awesome!
Eu sou Brasileira e eu entendi tão bem este vídeo
I'm proud of myself to understand this video ❤
larissa moura Tbm sou brasileiro e tbm consegui entender quase td Hehe!
Tipo, eu entendo uma frase e penso nela, nisso que penso nela vira uma bola de gato because ela fala outra frase por cima.
Lara can we talk
I´m brazilian and I have a point
You are a great english speaker hehheheh
Hi, Stefanie, I learned a lot with your videos...thank you.
I've just met your channel and I'm in love with already!
Best wishes from Brazil!
Hey,Stefanie I feel the same way with you. I am from China and I’ve learned real life English for about a year. before that I only been taught in school to learn English in a very traditional way ,when I started to texting people from other countries online try to use what I learned in school to communicate. It turned out I wasn’t able to understand a thing and I started to questioning everything the way I learn English,I used to study English for passing the exam ,getting a better grades. When I realize I was wrong I began to watch a lots Tv shows.Now I found learning English is even more fun. Your videos are really really helpful thank God I met you on TH-cam,thank you for doing this. Like you said in another video I am looking forward to that day I finally reach fluency. If you have time ,come visit China 🇨🇳 highly welcome 😃😃
You re so sweet chinese girl!
Thank you, you too. First time someone replied me,yeah
I understand every single word from you but I don't understand a single word in movies
Yeah, this is a common problem. I talk about this more in the other video I mentioned.
Haha. You need to learn more slangs. She rarely use slangs here but you will almost always hear slangs in movies.
@@haha-eg8fj I feel it's mostly the fact that actors in movies often mumble and drop every unstressed syllable, whereas Stefanie doesn't do that, she enounces everything she says, as an anchorwoman would do.
Assuming you actually know the words and (at least most of) the idioms that are being used, if you weren't exposed to real life conversation long enough, you'll still have a hard time at understanding.
Nowadays movies are not theatrical, they are realistic. In real life you often say the same things in the same phrasing over and over again, so you naturally shorten it whenever it's possible to save time and effort, to the point when you don't actually say a thing, it's just a mumbling sound. But since your relatives / friends / neighbours / colleagues are used to that, they recognize that sound as something they're familiar with, and associate it to the real sentence. That's why they understand and we (foreigners) don't. This is true for every language and in every country, I guess.
@@fantennis457 So true!
I can't understand Joaquin Phoenix as he acts in movies, but I got every word when I listened to his narration in Earthlings
Khaled, I doubt that. I understand 50% of words in movies but did not understand all words in her speech. So how could you then. I don't think you are accurate.
Your english is so clear! Saludos desde chile!
Thank you for awesome motivation. It's raised up my self-confidence. Have a nice day. Honza
Eu consegui entender exatamente tudo ,sem nunca ter feito nem uma aula de inglês.
Mi sinto muito orgulhoso.
Com legendas ou sem?
@@lucianaprofiro sem legenda.
Eu nunca estudei inglês em uma classe ou curso, aprendi sozinho e entendo perfeitamente o que ela disse, porém programas de TV americano eu não entendo tudo, da até vergonha quando alguém te pede pra traduzir o que a pessoa falou e você não entende
@@danielmu22 Pq em filmes eles falam rápido demais, conectando/diminuindo palavras e usando muitos slogan ou Phrasal verbs.
Eu também kkkkk sem legendas.
Nunca gastei um centavo para aprender.
Understanding is not my problem, my problem is talk back, you know. I feel ashamed. I use few words
me too
Don't feel ashamed. Most people understand that if you speak in broken English, that means that you speak another language. Also many people think accents are cute.
¡Ten confianza en ti mismo!
It’s because of your passive vocabulary.Read more.
@@TheWorldsStage Tened. Imperativo
Never give up, and lose the shame! :) Understanding comes first, answering later, sometimes much later.
Gosh. Your pronunciation is so perfect.
oh my gosh i understood everything you said, and thank you for video, i feel so much better about my listening
fantastic conversation.
thank you Madam.
easiest pronunciation.
Thank you madam.
It would be nice watching you trying to speak portuguese!! Think about It 😉
I agree. I want to her Stef saying something like " e ai galera, tudo beleza?" and do that thumbs up with the finger. I think it would be funny and cool
I agree
Yeahhh ...i'm waiting for it
She has been in Bariloche, a brazilian city in Argentina, she probabily learn Something from portuguese .
I do agree bro😂😂... it would be so funny!
thanks, good to know!!
I appreciate that! This video helps me a lot
Totally agreed. English is my second language. If people are speaking in English on a topic that I really have no interests, I will lost myself in this conversation. Another example is: when two groups of people are talking around me, one group speaking English, the other one speaking Chinese. I all the time tend to get more information from that Chinese group talking - that is my mother tongue.
Actually ; this first time that I can to understand you well , so I stop the video to commenting , although I started to learn English from TH-cam only from one month ago so I feel me more comfortable with your chanel , I sleep every night while I listen your videos
Thank you from Syria
ma Syrian bro
I' m arabic , I'm from algeria (country it's north of continet africa) I feel so good! I understand everything you say, I don't know why it was easy to me, I love you
finally . I found teacher undestande my problem
Beatufel
Job ,loved
I'm listening to you with x1,5 speed. You are still speaking clearly lol
@@FSBMateus I don't have much time. It's 15min video... X1,5 it's quicker and still easy to understand anyway
I understand it perfectly, even if they're speaking fast I will most likely understand what they say
The problem is, my speaking is not really good
Of course, I can understand perfectly, but when I'm trying to make my owns phrases, I can't :/
Do you listen movies with out subtitles and are you able to understand them? I dont think so.
I can't understand a lots but i can speak 😭😭😭😭
Hi, are you want to practicing English with me?
Just because you have not much time practicing your speaking or even have a slim chance talking to native English speakers. Those should be to come along with confidence.
Hey there ! Thank you so so much ! Listen all this information and why does that happend it's really great because, lately i was feelling exactly like you said at hte begining of the video but now i can tell my english is not that bad and i won't feel bad when i am in a conversation that i can't undestand anything they may be are saying. You talk really clearly and easy to understand thank you for that, this is my first video and im so happy because i found it so im gonna suscribe right now. Im from Mexico and i am a medicine student, i think this will be from great help to my english so i won't loose your videos from now on. Great video ! Great job ! You are awesome ! Chao !
You are so lovely! Thank you for cheer me up! ❤️🙏🏼 Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
4:40 I'm mexican but that weá me hizo reir jaja
4:36 yay Chile! 🇨🇱😁
Most people, even native Spanish speakers, don't understand us chileans haha 😅🤣
Thank you Stefanie! Yours classes are Excellentes.
I'm so happy cuz I was able to understand everything you said. Language schools are very expensive here in Brazil, so I had to learn English by myself. I'm so proud of my hard work and discipline.
Just learned a new word (convoluted) - 8:36 tks
The same thing happened to me!
You explained exactly what I wanna know hahaha. Very good,teacher
❤شكرا لك يأحسن وأجمل أستاذة 🎉
I'm living abroad for couple of months, and you can't imagine how crucial are being your classes for me.
You are doing a great job on helping people out learning and/or improving their English.
God bless!
I was watching interviews of different personalities and I realized that the ones I understand a little bit more are from california, texas and new york
i'm from peru and even here we dont understand chilean people xD
Bro.. I'm from Chile and sometimes even I can't understand
Estuve en Perú y Chile y sin duda es más dificil de entender a los chilenos
ahahahhaha
@@killgates9496 I see, jajaja
It happens to me too 🤭🤭🤭
OMG 😱, I understand everything with u, wow, so clearly, I’m Brazilian and I loved it, your video it’s pretty good. Great
Well said!
Bom, eu estou treinando o meu ouvido para acostumar com a fonética do inglês. E eu notei que na língua americana( inglês) vocês falam um pouco rápido, o que é parecido com uma região aqui do Brasil, onde as pessoas falam da mesma forma( falam rápido). Enfim, eu sei que logo estarei ouvindo seus vídeos e entendo praticamente tudo o que você diz, pois por hora, eu entendo bem pouco. Mas é só questão de tempo e logo estarei fluente no meu novo idioma. Muito obrigado por seus vídeos, eles fazem uma enorme diferença no meu aprendizado. Você é nota 1000!
Eu entendo ela com facilidade (se todos nativos falassem assim eu taria no paraíso), mas quando assisto uma série , vídeo de pessoas tendo conversas informais, etc, aí parece que eu voltei a estaca zero kkkk
Hey man you did already get this goal?
But, ur speaking is more understand for me, very clearly😁
And also I've subscribe and I've confidence myself, i'm healing when I listen to who speak clearly, your accent is awesome thank you for everything.
Last thing I'm native speaker in Turkish
Thank u so much. You really help me with your videos, 'cause I can understand some words when I listen and this is good for me 'cause my English still working in progress
While you were telling the story about the Chilean guy´s accent, I thought to myself "He may be Chilean" ... and I was right hehehehe!!. Sometimes I don´t understand myself!!! Do you get me? Saludos!!
OMG she's soooooo cute 💜
Thanks for your help 🙏
You are the best! ♥️