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Do you ever get into trouble during English phone conversations?
This is one of the biggest challenge for English students, especially at work.
Today we will show you how to get out of trouble if you aren’t understanding someone on the phone.
We’ll give you 8 things to do before or during the call to get the help you need.
How to Rescue Your Phone Call:
- Practice to listening to natives as much as possible in your daily life (podcasts, sitcoms, the news on TV)
- Ask the person to help you:
- “I’m sorry. I’m having trouble understanding you. Would you (be able to ) say that again?”
- “Could you repeat that (for me) please?”
- “Would you mind slowing down a bit? It’s hard to hear you.”
- Ask the person to follow up with a summary of the conversation by email
- See if it’s ok to record the conversation
- Breathe deeply before you get on the call with a native speaker
It’s important not to be ashamed if you can’t understand someone in English on the phone.
Don’t pretend to understand when you don’t.
Use one of our strategies above to save your English conversations on the phone.
What other tactics have you tried to rescue your English conversations?
Share them with us in the comments!
Come back to http://www.allearsenglish.com/287
Do you ever get into trouble during English phone conversations?
This is one of the biggest challenge for English students, especially at work.
Today we will show you how to get out of trouble if you aren’t understanding someone on the phone.
We’ll give you 8 things to do before or during the call to get the help you need.
How to Rescue Your Phone Call:
Practice to listening to natives as much as possible in your daily life (podcasts, sitcoms, the news on TV)
Ask the person to help you:
“I’m sorry. I’m having trouble understanding you. Would you (be able to ) say that again?”
“Could you repeat that (for me) please?”
“Would you mind slowing down a bit? It’s hard to hear you.”
Ask the person to follow up with a summary of the conversation by email
See if it’s ok to record the conversation
Breathe deeply before you get on the call with a native speaker
It’s important not to be ashamed if you can’t understand someone in English on the phone.
Don’t pretend to understand when you don’t.
Use one of our strategies above to save your English conversations on the phone.
What other tactics have you tried to rescue your English conversations?
Share them with us in the comments!
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Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, business English, life in America and Boston and New York, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You'll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from The Examiner of Excellence, Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join the community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!
