Wondering why TED talks are easier to understand than two native speakers chatting?
I'll explain why by comparing the way Brené Brown speaks in her TED talk on shame compared to an interview with Marie Forleo.
You'll learn what the differences are and why listening to spontaneous, native speech in English can be so tough.
Links mentioned in this video:
Personal development and listening videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkzUq7XYDsg-oO0TTtdslgNb-_NP9ViY0
More on Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
Brené's talk on Vulnerability: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
Brené's listening to shame talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
3 tips to spice up your TED talks: https://www.leo-listening.com/ted-talks/
What are the disfluency features I mention: https://www.leo-listening.com/stop-translating-start-understanding/
Brenés interview with Marie Forleo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FopgKyAfI&feature=youtu.be
Hey, I’m Cara and I help advanced learners who love TV and cinema fall back in love with their favourite films and series by getting subtitle free.
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Wondering why TED talks are easier to understand than two native speakers chatting?
I'll explain why by comparing the way Brené Brown speaks in her TED talk on shame compared to an interview with Marie Forleo.
You'll learn what the differences are and why listening to spontaneous, native speech in English can be so tough.
Links mentioned in this video:
Personal development and listening videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkzUq7XYDsg-oO0TTtdslgNb-_NP9ViY0
More on Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
Brené's talk on Vulnerability: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
Brené's listening to shame talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
3 tips to spice up your TED talks: https://www.leo-listening.com/ted-talks/
What are the disfluency features I mention: https://www.leo-listening.com/stop-translating-start-understanding/
Brenés interview with Marie Forleo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FopgKyAfI&feature=youtu.be
Hey, I’m Cara and I help advanced learners who love TV and cinema fall back in love with their favourite films and series by getting subtitle free.
Join the Leo Listening Movement and get my free video on how to understand what you watch in English: https://www.leo-listening.com/join-the-movement/
To read along with the blog post as you listen, go to: www.leo-listening.com/blog/
Discover my products and services to help you break free from subtitles: www.leo-listening.com/learn-with-me/
Struggling To Understand Never Let Me Go Without Subtitles? Don’t Panic
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8 years ago
Struggling To Understand Never Let Me Go Without Subtitles? Don’t Panic
Last week on the blog we had an amazing post, (I think it's one of the best on there), a guest post from Trisha of Vagabond English where she talked about using books and other types of literature to better understand films that you watch so that you can get rid of the subtitles.
One of the book and film pairs that Trisha and I absolutely loved and talked about when we were discussing putting together this article is "Never let me go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. He's Japanese and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year.
The film came out in 2010, so it's a few years old. I remember seeing it at the cinema. I came out of the cinema and thought "did that actually happen?"
The book and film are based in a kind of dystopian society and it looks and feels very similar to our own, and I think that's why I came out thinking "Gees, did that actually happen?"
It's a really haunting book and film pair, and my task now is to actually read the book. But what I'm doing with you for the next few weeks is helping you to understand the film, because even if you have read the book and implemented Trish's tips, there's always going to be some difficulties when you come to actually watching the film.
Cara's fast, natural English podcast
Wondering why TED talks are easier to understand than two native speakers chatting?
I'll explain why by comparing the way Brené Brown speaks in her TED talk on shame compared to an interview with Marie Forleo.
You'll learn what the differences are and why listening to spontaneous, native speech in English can be so tough.
Links mentioned in this video:
Personal development and listening videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkzUq7XYDsg-oO0TTtdslgNb-_NP9ViY0
More on Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
Brené's talk on Vulnerability: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
Brené's listening to shame talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
3 tips to spice up your TED talks: https://www.leo-listening.com/ted-talks/
What are the disfluency features I mention: https://www.leo-listening.com/stop-translating-start-understanding/
Brenés interview with Marie Forleo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FopgKyAfI&feature=youtu.be
Hey, I’m Cara and I help advanced learners who love TV and cinema fall back in love with their favourite films and series by getting subtitle free.
Join the Leo Listening Movement and get my free video on how to understand what you watch in English: https://www.leo-listening.com/join-the-movement/
To read along with the blog post as you listen, go to: www.leo-listening.com/blog/
Discover my products and services to help you break free from subtitles: www.leo-listening.com/learn-with-me/
