English 3 It is really difficult for me to understand English speech by listening. I can understand it when I listen to the audios when getting ready to my exams or on my school lessons. But I can't u

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English 3 It is really difficult for me to understand English speech by listening. I can understand it when I listen to the audios when getting ready to my exams or on my school lessons. But I can't understand most of what people say in films or interviews. It is sad and I want to improve it very much :(

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I'm trying to watch films and interviews that are made in England, because I prefer British English. But I understand that there are many accents in England too. I will practise. I normally watch films with English subtitles and I hope it will help me. Thank you for your help!

If you want to understand American accents, try LearnRealEnglish.com. I've spent about 300 hours on it and can understand American speakers quite well. It's every day work - you spend at least one and a half hours a day for the period of 6 to 9 months. That's the way to improve your listening sufficiently.

I forgot to mention one more thing. American films are renowed for the very poor quality of their audio recordings. I refer to the sound of American films as "American mumble". So that might be another issue for you.

English 3

It is really difficult for me to understand English speech by listening. I can understand it when I listen to the audios when getting ready for my exams or on my school lessons. But I can't understand most of what people say in films or interviews. It is sad and I want to improve it very much :(

Notes: by listening is redundant.

There are many different English accents. Your problem with understanding may be due to this issue. There are a number of accents within England itself, then there are the Canadian, Australian, Irish, Scottish, New Zealand and US accents. Within the US group, there are multiple subgroups.

So it is possible, that you are learning from British audios with one accent type, and then listening to American films and interviews with another different accent.

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