Understanding real-world English

It doesn’t get more difficult than this. You’ve arrived at the top of the mountain.

Native English speakers tend to speak quickly, often blending or linking one sound or word into another. This is called “connected speech”. We will give you lots of practice listening to connected speech from in-game video clips or gameplay tutorials. You’ll be happy to know that this is the real-world English of native speakers talking with other native speakers.  It doesn’t get more difficult this. You have arrived at the top of the mountain

Teachers on the web

Before you begin you might want to learn more about the basics of connected speech. There are many lessons on the internet and we have chosen six of them, three American, two British and one Australian. We suggest you start with Larissa whose excellent short presentation will give you the background to understand the next five.