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My 'UK' ears doesn't work ?! 2014.06 Start watching Eastenders with English subtitles from the get-go tho that was just torture. xD 2014.07 watching Eastenders It was just like '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD ...Too fast and what a weird accent! 2014.08 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2014.09 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2014.10 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2014.11 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2014.12 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.01 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.02 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.03 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.04 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.05 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD 2015.06 Still watching Eastenders for 1 yaer tho only this month I have had a go without any English subtitles and DinnerDate as well( It really killed me!). 2015.07 watching Eastenders with English subtitles again tho I keep going without any English subtitles only 1st time( Course I cannot help watching with English subtitles after 2st times!). 2015.08 watching Eastenders 2015.09 watching Eastenders My 'power level' is pretty much like this. Just wondering 5 or 6, utterly useless. lol However I get a feeling Im getting better compare to 1 year before at the moment. I got used to their pace. So I understand most of their episodes roughly without any subtitles. The point is the details tho. Its actually tough to catch 't', 'd' and 'l' sounds. But I love TH-fronting and Im beginning to able to catch it nine out of ten. How about your Japanese listening skills when you watch Anime or drama?

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My 'UK' ears don't work ?!

2014.06 Start watching Eastenders with English subtitles from the get-go tho that was just torture. xD
2014.07 watching Eastenders It was just like '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD ...Too fast and what a weird accent!
2014.08 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2014.09 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2014.10 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2014.11 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2014.12 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.01 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.02 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.03 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.04 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.05 watching Eastenders '＋☆￥＆？＃＊' xD
2015.06 Still watching Eastenders for 1 yeer tho only this month I had a go without any English subtitles and DinnerDate as well( It really killed me!).
2015.07 watching Eastenders with English subtitles again tho. The first time through I watch without Enlgihs subtitles. (Of course I cannot help watching with English subtitles when I watch it again!).
2015.08 watching Eastenders
2015.09 watching Eastenders

My 'power level' is pretty much like this. Just wondering 5 or 6, utterly useless. lol
However I get a feeling I'm getting better compared to 1 year ago. I got used to their pace. So roughly I understand most of the episodes without any subtitles. The point is the details tho. Its actually tough to catch 't', 'd' and 'l' sounds.
But I love TH-fronting and I'm beginning to able to catch it nine out of ten times.

How about your Japanese listening skills when you watch Anime or drama?
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I'm a native (American) English speaker and I have to watch Peaky Blinders and Shetland with subtitles because I can't understand half the words spoken so don't feel bad. Keep watching with subtitles. At least you're getting accustomed to the sound of various English accents.
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I love animes and I just understand greetings, some expressions and words...
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Wow! That would be difficult trying to learn English watching EastEnders! You definitely have my respect if you can understand that accent. My boyfriend and I (he is Japanese-American but doesn't speak Japanese) watch the British TV show "Come Dine With Me" sometimes and neither of us can understand some of the accents on that show. I love watching J-Horror and older Japanese programs-since they are the only ones I can find with subtitles. One Japanese show I like is called "Soko Ga Shiratai", they speak slowly and clearly, so I can try to follow along with the English subtitles.
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Hi cheers for your comment! I think watching anime/soap is sort of goals to learn foreign language. so it mean you'd be in front of the goals and could see it there. It'd be quite tough to get fluency soon though you must do the right thing to learn. Go for it!

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