Real Talk #062 – What to say when you’re misunderstood
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Real Talk, Andrew and Kassy teach you how to handle misunderstandings in English conversations. They focus on common situations where people might get confused, such as unclear pronunciation or vague statements. Through practical examples, you’ll learn how to ask for clarification and how to correct yourself politely when you’ve been misunderstood.
What you will learn in this episode:
- Clarification expressions: Learn useful expressions to help you handle misunderstandings easily.
- Practical examples: Listen to two real-life conversations that show how to use these expressions in different situations.
- Pronunciation tips: Understand the difference between similar-sounding numbers, like 15 and 50, to avoid confusion.
How you will improve your English with this episode:
- Better vocabulary: Build your English vocabulary with new expressions for handling misunderstandings.
- Improved understanding: Improve your listening skills so you can understand and solve unclear statements or pronunciation issues.
- Fluency and confidence: Practice using these expressions in real-life situations to sound more fluent and confident in English.
- English speaking practice: Join discussions with other listeners on the Culips Discord server for additional speaking practice.
Important links:
- Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, and ad-free audio for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member.
- Join the Culips Discord server
- Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there everyone my name's Andrew and I'm Kathy and this is the |
| 0:07.6 | Qulips English podcast. |
| 0:22.0 | Hello you're listening to Real Talk, the Culep series where we teach you the English that you need to know for real world situations. Today, I'm joined by my co-host |
| 0:24.8 | Cassie. Hey Cassie, how's it going? |
| 0:27.2 | Hey Andrew, I'm doing well and I'm excited for today's episode. |
| 0:31.2 | Yeah, could you break it down and let us know what we are going to |
| 0:34.9 | study for today? Yeah, first of all, like you said, we're doing a real talk, which you know, |
| 0:39.8 | it's been a while since we did one of those, but today we will be teaching you listeners what to do and say when you are misunderstood or when you might misunderstand someone else. Whether that's due to a pronunciation problem or maybe |
| 0:57.0 | somebody said something very vague that you didn't really understand. |
| 1:00.9 | Yeah, sometimes native English speakers can be excellent at |
| 1:06.3 | pronunciation, right? They have perfect pronunciation, but maybe their communication |
| 1:10.8 | skills aren't so great and they say something that just |
| 1:14.6 | actually doesn't make sense or is very vague or ambiguous and ambiguous is a big |
| 1:21.2 | high-level word but ambiguous means that it's not quite clear and it could mean this or it could mean that and from the context is not clear what the speaker intended and wanted to actually say. |
| 1:36.0 | So in these kinds of situations, it's good to clarify and maybe ask again or something like that. So that's what we're going to break down and explain in today's |
| 1:46.2 | episode. But before we get to that everyone I do want to let you know that the best way |
| 1:51.5 | to study with this episode is with the study guide. |
| 1:55.2 | So we've prepared an amazing study guide and inside you will get an interactive transcript |
| 2:01.8 | plus detailed vocabulary explanations, real life usage examples, |
| 2:07.9 | a comprehension quiz, and more. |
| 2:10.8 | So you can download it or access it on your computer or your smartphone and follow along as you listen. |
| 2:18.0 | It's available for all QLPS members, and if you'd like to become a QLPS member member then you can sign up and get the study guide by |
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