Beating Speaking Anxiety: 3. I’m scared I won’t understand people

Speaking is only one side of the conversation. You also have to listen to and understand the other person.

In this episode of our new series, Georgie and Hanan talk about how you can improve your listening in real life conversations.

With Erhan Aslan, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading.

WATCH – Find Georgie’s videos with tips to improve your speaking here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety/not_understanding-video

TRANSCRIPT – Read along with this podcast and learn useful vocabulary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/beating_speaking_anxiety/not_understanding-podcast

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