Beating Speaking Anxiety: 3. I’m scared I won’t understand people
2/2/20269 min
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
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Georgie· Host1:04
You're listening to the Learning English Conversations podcast from BBC Learning English. We'll have another episode of The English We Speak soon, but today we're continuing with our special series, Beating Speaking Anxiety, a podcast to help you fight your fears of speaking English. This episode is called I'm Scared of Not Understanding People. Do you struggle to understand people