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Improving your listening

Listening is a skill that is mainly acquired by practice and exposure to a language, this can be done in many ways like: Music, Shows, AudioBooks, etc. in your target language, but the one I most enjoy are: podcasts. Podcasts are a great way to acquire new vocabulary and train your ear, another great thing about them is that they are free.

Why I prefer podcasts

The reason I think podcast are so beneficial, is because you can hear real people talking, which is quite helpful, because you can train your ear to be able to understand the speed in which native speaker's talk, and you can also get used to different speech mannerism. 

The reason I don't prefer other methods, in songs people don't tend to focus on pronunciations, so it can be a bit harder to understand them. In shows and movies the actors tend to speak a bit slower and the pronunciation is a bit different, because the actor is trying to deliver a certain emotion while they speak, another thing to take into consideration are the dialogues, became these can quite differ from how people speak in real life. 

Podcasts recommendations:

The following podcasts are all in Spotify, but some you might also be able to find in Apple podcasts.

Podcasts to learn Chinese:

SMART mandarin: She has a lot of different content, some to learn new vocabulary, in others she also explains Chinese culture, and even some stories, but my favorite ones are the ones where she gives you the vocabulary for certain situations like: Ordering bubble tea or breakfast, asking for a favor, buying tickets, etc.

Chillchat Chinese: This is one of my favorite podcasts, most of the episodes are about different situations which give you a lot of different vocabulary. The topics are all so different, you just never know what to expect, they range from finance, to books, to history and so much more. 

Some other channels I also recommend are: Speak Chinese with Da Peng, this channel mainly focus in Chinese expressions, meanwhile Learn Chinese with Ju, focus on different topics and some a bit polemic like: is cilantro delicious or not, thoughts on influencers, etc. 

Podcasts that tell stories


Podcasts that are based in different situations 


Podcasts that are basically conversations between native speakers 

Shameless sisters ,  安可慢慢說 ,  喂，來認識我上海朋友 , 台女又怎麼 , 沒有在客氣 , 聊聊東西


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