How To Better Understand Native English Speakers | Connected Speech

"Native English speakers talk too fast and I can't understand them!"

This is a complaint that I hear all the time. As a native speaker of English, I use relaxed speech or connected speech to make it easier to pronounce whole phrases and sentences.

This can be confusing for learners because the sounds of speech are different from the way individual words are pronounced.

Here is a great example: "Eyemill buttall metre necks tweak."


Watch this video to find out what it means:



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You know your English is good enough. So why does it feel so difficult to speak up in that meeting, lead that presentation, or push back in a negotiation? The problem isn’t your grammar. It’s your confidence. I’m Paul, a British English coach with 20 years of experience helping professionals communicate with the same confidence in English that they already have in their own language. I specialise in business English for non-native speakers at B1 level and above. In our lessons, we work on real situations you face at work: team meetings, client presentations, negotiations, and delivering difficult news. I use proven communication frameworks (like PREP, SPIN, and STAR) to give you practical tools you can use the same day. My approach is simple. I believe the best communicators in English as a second language aren’t the ones with perfect grammar. They’re the ones with the confidence to stand up and speak without overthinking every word. That’s what I help you build. If you w...
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You know your English is good enough. So why does it feel so difficult to speak up in that meeting, lead that presentation, or push back in a negotiation? The problem isn’t your grammar. It’s your confidence. I’m Paul, a British English coach with 20 years of experience helping professionals communicate with the same confidence in English that they already have in their own language. I specialise in business English for non-native speakers at B1 level and above. In our lessons, we work on real situations you face at work: team meetings, client presentations, negotiations, and delivering difficult news. I use proven communication frameworks (like PREP, SPIN, and STAR) to give you practical tools you can use the same day. My approach is simple. I believe the best communicators in English as a second language aren’t the ones with perfect grammar. They’re the ones with the confidence to stand up and speak without overthinking every word. That’s what I help you build. If you w...
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