Is it OK to slow English down to improve listening? @juliannorthbrook
Is it OK to slow English down to improve listening?  @juliannorthbrook
Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
You want to improve your listening, but native English is too fast... should you slow it down?

I answer this question in the video.

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Creator of the infamous MEFA English course and leader of the League of Extraordinary English Speakers.

Went to Tokyo to be an Artist and failed. Lived there for 13 years anyway. Now I live on the beautiful coast of West Cork, Ireland.

Published author and researcher.

Oh, and I'm Autistic (a very good thing for you and your English).

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