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Okay, let's start.

In this episode, I'll be talking about how many times we have to repeat an audio material in English.

After that, you'll practice your conversation skills with a new mini-story.

Okay, let's get started. As you may know, I always recommend you to listen in order

to improve your English speaking. There are many studies which suggest that there is a correlation

between our level of the language and the hours we have been listening. In other words, the more you listen,

the better. The more hours you spend listening, the quicker you improve. Here's an interesting

question you might ask. How many times do I have to listen to every piece of content?

Do I have to listen just one time or more than that?

What most students do is listen to certain content once or twice and then change to another material.

The typical student thinks that the more variety the better.

Well, variety is useful, but what you want is to consolidate what you listen.

And the most effective way to achieve this is through repetition.

So, let's say you are starting with English.

You're a beginner. This is the situation where you need a lot of repetition. The reason is that you need to create most common patterns in your head. That's why you need to repeat many times. For example,

let's say you have a five minutes audio adapted to your level. Then you can repeat the audio

20, 30 or even more times. Yes, you heard me well. 20, 30 or more times. I'm not saying you have to do it in one day.

For example, you can't repeat the audio three times every day for one week. This is only 15 minutes a day

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