ESL English: Understand Native English Speakers, Beginning (Udemy.com)

Popular ESL listening course helps you understand English speakers--from the author of twenty English textbooks! ESL/EFL

( 188 Reviews )

Created by: Nina Weinstein

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Understand English conversation much better!
Practice the most important "rules" of spoken English in recorded conversations with many native English speakers!
Improve your own English conversation. Conversation is 50% listening. When your listening improves, your conversation can also improve.
Learn to understand how words in sentences "blend" when English is spoken at a natural speed. Learn the "music" of English and how it helps you to understand more!
Get better scores on the listening sections of tests like the TOEFL and the TOEIC!
Become more comfortable with common English accents!

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

Course Description

"ESL English" is the "magic sauce" of English listening. In each lesson, you'll enjoy many practice exercises written by Nina, the author of twenty English textbooks for major New York publishers, including her bestselling listening book, "Whaddaya Say". "ESL English" is for people who are serious about understanding English -- people who want to be the best. Both the beginning level,"ESL English", and her intermediate listening course, "More ESL English", are in the Udemy for Business program. Nina teaches business English to employees of some of the biggest companies in the world; Toyota, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, and others. She has a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and she taught her listening program at Harvard University as a teaching fellow. "ESL English", "MORE ESL English", and "(How to get) Your Best English" areSteps 1, 2 and 3in her popular English listening skills program. "Easy, natural way to listen tonative English speakers. I would absolutely recommend it. Before taking this English course, I went through many English courses, but none of them were as comprehensive as 'ESL English'. It takes you by the hand and teaches you the real secrets to understanding native English speakers. Easy to follow and entertaining. I would absolutely recommend it." Salvatore Scaniglia"Exactly what I wanted to learn! I couldn't recognize those English sounds before going through these lessons." Vadim Dzyuban"This English course helps you a lot on your listening, 5-star recommended." Sant CheungLet's look at two sentences. One is written English and the other is spoken English. Nina will teach you the most common rules for pronunciation changes when English is spoken at a natural speed.
Example:
Written English: Can you get me a cup of coffee.
Spoken English: Step 1: *Kin *ya *git me a cup *a coffee? Nina will teach you to hear the most popular pronunciation changes in natural spoken English and what the "rules" are! Step 2: *Kin *ya *git me a cupa coffee? She'll teach changes at the sentence level --sentence blending rules, and you'll learn how to be more comfortable with the "rhythm" of natural English. Listening is the heart of English. What does that mean? It's the foundation. If your listening isn't top level, then your conversation can't be top level, either. Think about conversation. You talk, THEN YOU LISTEN. If you don't understand what the person said to you, your conversation can't work.
After this course, you'll be able to understand English spoken at a natural speed much better. When you can understand the real spoken English around you, you can also improve your English conversation, grammar, vocabulary, and even pronunciation. If you can hear it more correctly, you can say it more correctly. Very important -- You'll get lots of practice exercises with many different native English speakers from the real world in each lesson. This practice will help you to test and improve your hearing and understanding of real English speakers in real situations.
Note: There are three courses. "ESL English" is the beginning listening course. "MORE ESL English" and "(How to get) Your Best English" are the intermediate and advanced levels. Please choose the right level for you. If you'd like to take the whole listening program, please take "ESL English" first.
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Udemy for Business learners who want to understand English better -- focus on listeningNon-native English speakers who work in or want to work in an English-speaking company -- focus on pronunciationEnglish as a Foreign Language learnersInternational studentsEnglish learners who want to sound more natural -- focus on accent reduction

Time: 1 hour on-demand videoh

Instructor Details

Nina Weinstein

4.5 Rating
188 Reviews

Nina Weinstein has a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of California, Los Angeles. She wrote twenty English textbooks that are held in libraries such as MIT, Oxford University, New York University, Kyushu University, etc. She was "the English Doctor" for Voice of America Radio, where she was one of the first people to teach English live on Facebook to thousands of people in countries around the world.
She was a teaching fellow at Harvard University, where she taught all skills, and an early version of her custom course in listening to real spoken English. She tested the first edition of her real English listening book, "Whaddaya Say", while she was at Harvard. "Whaddaya Say" is a bestselling book (Pearson Education, about 45 printings) and is used all over the world.
She's created all-skills English programs and taught custom listening courses at companies such as Toyota Motor Sales, Mazda Motors of America, Tatung, Sumitomo, and various universities and online programs. She's spoken all over the world on real spoken English and written many academic articles.
Recently, Nina Weinstein wrote, designed, and produced an interactive, English-learning website, Nina's Easy English. It teaches beginning through advanced learners all skills, including how to understand real spoken English.
Currently, she's writing a TOEIC preparation book for an Asian publisher.
Nina Weinstein cares about her