AEE 287: SOS! Are You in Distress? How to Rescue Your English Phone Conversations

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Come back to http://www.allearsenglish.com/287 Do you ever get into trouble during English phone conversations? This is one of the biggest challenge for English students, especially at work. Today we will show you how to get out of trouble if you aren’t understanding someone on the phone. We’ll give you 8 things to do before or during the call to get the help you need. How to Rescue Your Phone Call: Practice to listening to natives as much as possible in your daily life (podcasts, sitcoms, the news on TV) Ask the person to help you: “I’m sorry. I’m having trouble understanding you. Would you (be able to ) say that again?” “Could you repeat that (for me) please?” “Would you mind slowing down a bit? It’s hard to hear you.” Ask the person to follow up with a summary of the conversation by email See if it’s ok to record the conversation Breathe deeply before you get on the call with a native speaker It’s important not to be ashamed if you can’t understand someone in English on the phone. Don’t pretend to understand when you don’t. Use one of our strategies above to save your English conversations on the phone. What other tactics have you tried to rescue your English conversations? Share them with us in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 287.
0:04.4	S-O-S-S- are you in distress how to rescue your English phone conversations.
0:11.2	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 7 million times.
0:18.0	We believe in connection not perfection with your American hosts hosts Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and
0:26.6	Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Boston and New York City, USA.
0:35.0	Does the thought of speaking on the phone give you anxiety?
0:41.0	Here are eight things you can do before and during the call to get the help you need.
0:46.0	Are you afraid of making mistakes when you talk with native speakers? Do you just
0:56.9	want to be able to have a smooth conversation with clients or friends in English?
1:00.5	Maybe you want to be able to speak in a group.
1:04.0	You need vocabulary, confidence, and connection.
1:07.0	Our connection method will get you there.
1:10.0	Start your study plan now in our English fluency course. All ears English.com your English
1:15.0	and fluency course. All ears English.com slash connection.
1:20.0	Hey Michelle, how's it going today?
1:22.0	Hi Lindsay, it's going well. How are you?
1:25.0	Glad to hear it, glad to hear it. I'm doing awesome.
1:28.0	And today I want to address a question that one of our listeners sent in.
1:32.0	Would you like to hear what happened to this listener?
1:34.0	I definitely would.
1:35.0	Yeah, so one of our listeners was on the phone
1:39.0	with a New York businessman talking about a certain investment and he said that the
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