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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

586. The Importance of Listening

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

Luke Thompson

Pronunciation, London, British, Education, Teaching, Language Learning, Comedy, Grammar, Learn, Listening, Speaker, Learning, Vocabulary, Accent, Uk, Podcast, Language

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

586. The Importance of Listening

Recently I was reading a book about listening and learning English. This episode is a summary of what I read, including details of how listening fits in with learning English, some considerations of the importance of listening and also some tips for how to improve your English with audio.

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0:00.0

Hello listeners this podcast is supported by sponsors who provide services which could be useful for you

0:06.8

and today I have a new sponsor to tell you about and that is Camley

0:15.0

that's spelled C am B L Y.

0:21.0

Camley. So this is another service that you can use to have conversations and English lessons with native English speakers online.

0:24.0

It's similar to I-talkie in that it's another very convenient way

0:29.0

to find teachers or speaking partners

0:32.0

and then have regular conversations or lessons online

0:35.0

based on your schedule and your needs wherever you are, but it's different to

0:39.5

I-talkie in a few ways. First of all no reservations are necessary. You can essentially jump

0:46.0

into a conversation with Camberley whenever you want. No need to book in advance

0:50.6

although you can do that too. But essentially it's English conversation whenever

0:55.4

and wherever you want at your fingertips. Also there's no need to use Skype or Zoom or any other software like that because all the video calls are handled

1:06.4

by the Cambly app which is available for your computer and also for iOS and Android devices. It's all done in the app. Just download the app, sign in

1:16.4

and the rest is done right there in the app. Also, Camberley's pricing is competitive and

1:22.1

they have an offer for you. They are offering all of my

1:25.8

listeners 10 free minutes of talking time and that's 10 minutes that you can use at

1:31.6

any time without reservation.

1:34.4

So right there you've basically got 10 minutes of free conversation time with a native speaker.

1:39.4

It's just there, it's yours for the taking.

1:42.2

To get your 10 minutes and to find out more about

1:45.3

Camley which is a well-established company already very big in some places like

1:50.0

Japan it's a very professional and proper service, you get a certificate at the end of your course

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