English in the spoken form

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English in the spoken form
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• It is harder to understand spoken English than
  written English. There are two reasons for this
• Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between
  words, so when you dont understand something,
  you dont know if its one word, two words, or
  maybe part of a word.
• People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in
  regional accents.

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• It is also generally harder to learn vocabulary
  from audio content. If you hear a new word, it
  may be difficult to look it up in a dictionary
  because you will have to stop the recording
  (which is inconvenient and sometimes impossible)
  and guess the spelling (which may be hard).
• Even though it is difficult, listening to spoken
  English is a hugely important activity with many
  advantages over reading

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• It teaches you to understand speech. As mentioned
  before, people speak in different accents. Some
  of them talk fast or unclearly. It takes a lot of
  practice to get used to it.
• A lot of audio content (especially podcasts and
  radio talk shows), contains informal English.
  Informal English is the kind of English that is
  spoken in everyday situations. It is the opposite
  of formal English, which is used in books,
  newspapers, TV news, official speeches, etc. In
  particular, informal English teaches you

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• Informal vocabulary, e.g. to knock yourself out,
  to be fed up with something, horny, whatnot,
  psycho.
• Delaying expressions, e.g. you know, um..., let
  me think. These phrases are useful because they
  give you the time to organize your thoughts when
  you are not sure what to say next. It is
  important to know them.
• Correcting expressions, e.g. I started in
  March, I mean April. You live in New York?
  Actually, Jersey City. These expressions let
  you correct yourself or the other person.

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• Qualifying expressions, e.g. I feel sort of
  stupid. Shes basically the boss around here.
  With these expressions, you show that what you
  said is not 100 true.
• Other useful everyday phrases, e.g. What do you
  mean?, Come again? (when you didnt hear what
  someone said), Wait a minute (to interrupt
  someone).
• It shows you how to pronounce English sounds.
  While listening to a recording, you can (and
  should) repeat words and phrases to practice your
  pronunciation.

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• It teaches you connected speech. You can learn
  natural intonation and rhythm for example,
  which words are pronounced more strongly in a
  sentence, when to make a pause, how the
  pronunciation of certain sounds changes in
  sentences.
• English is accepted as an international language
  or at least a primary business language across
  the world. In the age of globalization, where
  different countries across the world with
  different languages trade, English is becoming an
  intermediary language. . To find better
  opportunities in life and career on should learn
  to read, write and speak English as the grass is
  always greener on the other side. Spoken English
  skills can be that differential factor which can
  give one the edge over the competition prevalent
  around.

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