#374 The 90% Rule: How to choose English listening level
3/5/202621 min
How to choose English listening level?
Listening is powerful… but it must be comprehensible
You already know that I insist on one thing again and again: you need to listen a lot.
You need to listen every day, and you need to repeat the same lessons many times, because repetition helps you consolidate:
- vocabulary
- grammar patterns
- pronunciation
…in a natural way.
But today I want to make something very clear, because some students misunderstand this idea:
✅ Listening is powerful only when the content is comprehensible.
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First 90 secondsGeorgiana· Host0:02
Listening is powerful, but it must be comprehensible. [gentle music] Hi, I'm Georgiana, and I'm back with a new episode of the Speak English Now podcast, the podcast that helps you speak English fluently without grammar or textbooks. Before we start, get the transcript. Visit speakenglishpodcast.com/podcast. Okay, let's start. You already know that I insist on one thing again and again. You need to listen a lot. You need to listen every day, and you need to repeat the same lessons many times because repetition helps you consolidate vocabulary, grammar patterns, and pronunciation in a natural way. But today, I want to make something very clear because some students misunderstand this idea. Listening is powerful only when the content is comprehensible. In other words, you should understand most of what you're listening to, and if you don't, you're not really training your brain. You're mostly training