The Fluency Space Academy

Listening

YouTube and TED Talk Listening Exercises

by David Cox

Training

Listening

Level

Advanced

Lessons

Every 2 weeks

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Sample Exercise

Train Advanced English Listening with Different Accents

Our listening exercises are based on real YouTube interviews and real TED talks by prominent academics, politicians, business people, actors and musicians.

Challenging questions to challenge your understanding of the meaning of the statements along with the

Detailed accent guide and answers included.

Our exercises contain the following people, all speaking advanced, articulate English with strong accents:

Professor Brian Cox - Physicist - Northern English accent

Adele - Musician - London Accent

Russell Brand - Actor, Comedian, Philosopher - Essex Accent

Jamie Carragher - Football Pundit - Liverpool Accent

Nicola Sturgeon - Politician - Scottish Accent

James McAvoy - Actor - Glasgow Accent

Cillian Murphy - Actor - Irish (Cork) Accent

Matthew McConaughey - Actor - South USA (Texas) Accent

Chris Hemsworth - Actor - Australian Accent

Honor Harger - Artist, Museum Curator - New Zealand Accent

The author of materials

David Cox

David is a Business English coach with 11 years' experience solely in advanced Business English. He is also the founder of Fluency Space. He has taught professionals from around the world in a range of industries. He has also studies linguistics and phonetics extensively, and has experience in training students with accent reduction.

Accent Breakdown and Short Transcript

As well as comprehension questions, our listening exercises also include questions whereby you have to work out the exact words that the speaker is saying. This is quite challenging in a strong accent spoken completely naturally and at full speed. This helps English learners to really understand the differences between the regional accent and standard English.

Learn the key consonant features of each accent, and learn how you can identify them in listening.

See how the key features are applied in a short colour-coded transcript of a short section of the video.

All explanations and transcripts clear, easy to follow and easy to understand.

Join the Fluency Space Academy to get all of our listening exercises and accent guides plus 1 new exercise every 2 weeks!

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240 Diagrams to boost your knowledge of grammar and verb tenses with the book 'How to Use Verb Tenses in Business'
+ 2 new diagrams per month

32 Vocabulary lessons to make up my complete ‘vocabulary curriculum’ covering the most important advanced Business English vocabulary based on 11 years of experience.
+ 4 new 'workout' exercises per month based on this curriculum

Vocabulary curriculum glossary based on 11 years of teaching

Grammar Curriculum based on the most common grammar errors made by advanced Business English learners.
+ 4 new 'workout' exercises per month based on this curriculum

7+ Adapted Business English texts complete with exercises and vocabulary guide.
+ 2 new texts per month

Grammar Guides and Diagrams
+ 1 new grammar diagram per month

Fun idioms worksheets
+ 1 new worksheet per month

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