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Nina Weinstein

Udemy Business

Rating: 5 out of 5

Umeshwar Reddy Kotha Udemy Business

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Maximiliano Saba Udemy Business

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Udemy Business

Rating: 5 out of 5

Umeshwar Reddy Kotha Udemy Business

Rating: 5 out of 5

Maximiliano Saba Udemy Business

Rating: 5 out of 5

"Valuable information

Clear explanations

Engaging delivery

Helpful practice activities

Accurate course description

Knowledgeable instructor"

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Easy, fun, step-by-step English language skills fast. If you need to talk to people using the English language, you need this class. It teaches you how to understand the English that speakers use every day. Your teacher explains English pronunciation lessons step-by-step in easy-to-understand English.

For English language learning and communication at work, you need great English listening skills. These days, most of us don't have hours and hours to learn to understand spoken English. If you have just sixty minutes, you can change your understanding of English conversation forever.

You could spend hundreds of hours learning to understand English pronunciation the way it's REALLY spoken.  But why do that when this one-hour class will get you there faster? Your teacher, Nina Weinstein, has taught English to some of the most powerful international executives in the world from Toyota, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Tatung, Sumitomo, and others. The takeaway busy people who don't have a lot of time to learn English, still need English. In one entertaining hour, Nina will give you many of the same listening lessons she gives to non-native, English-speaking employees from major companies employees who must understand English speakers to do their jobs. Most lessons are ten minutes or fewer.

Nina wrote the most widely used book to understand spoken English, "Whaddaya Say", published by one of the biggest publishers in the world, Pearson Education. Oxford University, Stanford University, UCLA and many other libraries include Nina Weinstein's famous listening book, "Whaddaya Say".

BONUS:  When you understand how native English speakers REALLY speak (the major differences between written and spoken English pronunciation), you can sound more like a native English speaker.

"Best ESL English:  English for Success (Fast), Beginning" is the "magic sauce" of English listening. In each lesson, you'll enjoy step-by-step, practice exercises to hear and understand more of spoken English. These practice exercises were written by Nina, the author of twenty English textbooks for major New York publishers.

The beginning level, "Best ESL English:  English for Success (Fast)"; intermediate listening class, "More ESL English"; and advanced listening class, "(How to Get) Your Best English" are all in the elite Udemy for Business program.  These three English classes are Nina's popular listening program.

Nina has a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and she taught her listening program at Harvard University as a teaching fellow. "Best ESL English:  English for Success (Fast), Beginning", "

"Easy, natural way to listen to real native English speakers. I would absolutely recommend it. Before taking this English course, I went through many English courses, but none of them were as comprehensive as 'Best ESL English:  English for Success (Fast), Beginning'. It takes you by the hand and teaches you the real secrets to understanding native English speakers. Easy to follow and entertaining. I would absolutely recommend it."  Salvatore Scaniglia"Exactly what I wanted to learn. I couldn't recognize those English sounds before going through these lessons." Vadim Dzyuban"This English course helps you a lot on your listening, 5-star recommended."  Sant Cheung

*Lots of practice exercises.

*Listen to many different native speakers male, female, young, older, etc..

*Easy explanations.

*Strong listening ability is the foundation for EVERY area of English pronunciation, conversation, grammar, vocabulary, etc.

*Those who listen more accurately speak more accurately.

Note:  There are three courses. "Best ESL English: English for  Success (Fast), Beginning" is the beginning listening course. " Please choose the right level for you. For the best results, take the whole listening program, but Nina suggests taking "ESL English: Strong English for Good Jobs, Beginning" first.

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İngilizce, английский, Inglés, Anglais, Englisch, Inglese, Inggris, angleščina, Anh

 

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Learning objectives

  • Step 1 in the same listening skills learning path my individual, online, international, toyota learners enjoy
  • For internationals: understand english speakers faster and better on the telephone and in person
  • Job success -- the best communicators have the most job success!
  • Step-by-step english conversation skills – strong listening is the foundation of not only strong conversation, but also better pronunciation, and grammar.
  • Upskill with lots of english speaking/listening practice exercises
  • Get a real native english speaker accent! conversation is 50% listening. strong listening skills equal stronger conversation skills.
  • Pronunciation – written english and spoken english sound different. learn the rules of spoken english and how to sound like a native english speaker!
  • Grammar – if you can hear correct english grammar, you can use correct grammar in your own conversation.
  • Toeic, toefl -- improve english listening skills for english language tests.

Syllabus

Begin to understand and sound more like a native speaker

Secret 1: Learn how native English speakers REALLY speak. Reduced forms are real pronunciations of spoken English. Practice and understand the first reduced form, *ya, in natural speech. If learners learn these real pronunciations, reduced forms, it's much easier to understand native English speakers. Includes practice exercises and a test.

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Step by step -- Learn how to understand almost every word of natural spoken English!

Secret 2: Learn a very common spoken English pronunciation, *Whaddaya. Practice hearing and understanding native English speakers say both real pronunciations in natural speech -- *ya, and *Whaddaya. Includes practice exercises and a test of Lessons 1 and 2.

Secret 3: Learn one of the three most common spoken English pronunciations, *wanna. Practice hearing and understanding native English speakers say all three real pronunciations in natural speech -- *ya, *Whaddaya, and *wanna. Includes practice exercises and a test of Lessons 1 through 3. In addition, after the lesson, download the Beatles exercise. Practice hearing *wanna with the Beatles, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"!

Here are the reduced forms (spoken English). What's the written English for each?

Secret 4: Learn the two steps you must have to understand how native English speakers will pronounce any phrase or sentence. You'll practice hearing and understanding real native English speakers say all four real pronunciations (reduced forms) so far -- *ya, *Whaddaya, *wanna, and *a. Includes practice exercises and a test of Lessons 1 through 4.

Secret 5:  Learn and practice a very popular English sentence with native English speakers -- *Whaddaya *gonna . . . . 

Real world practice is very important.  Millions of people have listened to this cool song, "When I'm Gone" (Cups) by Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect. After the lecture, download the "When I'm Gone" exercises and practice what you've learned so far with this fun song!  Then download the "When I'm Gone" answers.  How did you do?


Which spoken English sentence is correct?

Secret 6: Many learners don't know when an English speaker says "can" (positive) or "can't" (negative). Learn a very easy technique. Practice hearing and understanding all of the reduced forms you've learned so far, plus *kin. Includes practice exercises and a test of Lessons 1 through 6.

Secret 7: Add another real English pronunciation to your growing list -- *git. Practice understanding all of the reduced forms you've learned, including *git, by hearing native English speakers. Includes practice exercises and a test of Lessons 1 through 7.

Secret 8: Practice understanding more native English speaker conversations. Review everything you've learned. Add another reduced form to your growing list -- *ta. Bonus: Learn some important vocabulary. Includes practice exercises and a test of all of the secrets you've learned so far!

Understand accents better
Hear these natural pronunciations in British English -- Prince William Interview
Learn about Australian English!
Practice three words (in less than five minutes) that will make you sound more like a native English speaker!

Sound more natural, more like a native English speaker, with the important secret on this video! Includes a conversation with you and me!

By practicing a simple, quick exercise, every sound in the English language will improve!

For Step 2 -- adding power to your speech -- go to my next class, the intermediate level of this listening program, "More ESL English, English Language Learning, Intermediate", Lesson 11.

"Conversational strategies" are informal words or sounds like "uh", "you know", etc. Native speakers use them very often, so we need to understand them.  This lesson explains this very important part of listening to real speech.

Now that you've studied real spoken English, how much real English conversation can you understand? Take this challenge to find out, and then do some very fun listening exercises with these beautiful songs-- See Justin Bieber- "As Long As You Love Me".

Please review these lessons. If you have any questions, please ask me.

The textbook for this class is a complete book of reduced forms, "Whaddaya Say", Second Edition

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Know what's good
, what to watch for
, and possible dealbreakers
Provides a solid foundation in English listening skills for beginners
Taught by Nina Weinstein, an experienced English teacher with a strong reputation
Offers a step-by-step approach to improving listening comprehension
Includes practice exercises to help learners apply what they learn
Covers a range of topics and accents to enhance listening skills in real-world situations
May require additional effort and practice beyond the course duration to achieve fluency

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Review basic English grammar rules
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  • Review your notes from a previous English grammar course.
  • Take an online grammar test to identify any areas where you need to improve.
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  • Do the practice exercises at the end of each lesson.
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  • Find a study buddy who is taking the same course as you.
  • Meet with your study buddy regularly to review the material.
Listen to native speakers
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  • Find a native English speaker to talk to.
  • Watch English movies and TV shows.
  • Listen to English music.
Record yourself speaking
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  • Choose a topic to speak about.
  • Record yourself speaking for 1-2 minutes.
  • Watch your recording and identify any areas where you need to improve.
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  • Find a conversation group that meets regularly.
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