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Words for Gamers: COMEBACK
Here’s a word that is popular among gamers and people in general. It is easy to learn and remember. Watch Video
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Words for Gamers: META
The word META is used a lot by experienced gamers and it is really worth understanding. Is there a META for your favorite game? Watch Video
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Halloween listening practice
Halloween listening special: Trick or treating is a Halloween tradition and even Fortnite players are joining in this year. The conversation here is very fast, but you get four chances to understand. Watch Video
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Meet AOC: US lawmaker, video gamer
A young American congresswoman joins Twitch and plays a few games of Among Us with top gamers. A very good introduction to the popular game. She’s easy to understand. Watch Video
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Words for Gamers: GOOSEBUMPS
You may not know it, but you certainly have had goosebumps. There are two great video game clips to help you understand and perhaps even experience some goosebumps. Watch Video
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In-Game Examples 3: THE PRESENT
As a gamer, you will use the present tense a lot becomes you will obviously be focused mainly on what is happening now. Here are a dozen in-game examples from a wide variety of video games. Watch Video
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Words for Gamers: STREAK
Gamers use the word “streak” a lot. It can be good (“a winning streak”) or bad (“a losing streak”). The video will give you its meaning and, at the end, it includes a very clear example from the popular game “Fall Guys”.
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Fast-speech Listening Practice now has 60 units
We now have 60 short listening units posted in which you get 3-4 chances to understand short clips from video games with and without subtitles. The language is fast and you’ll hear many different accents, but with practice, you will understand them.
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In-game examples: Vocabulary building
Learning new words from video games can be very effective because you can see the words in action. Here are more than a dozen examples from a wide variety of games.
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Words for Gamers: Shambolic
What does “shambolic” mean? Here’s a perfect example from the video game Fall Guys . You will get the meaning even without a dictionary definition and you will likely remember the word as well. That is the advantage of learning from real-world content