more common in spoken than written English Tip 10 Don t worry about hearing every word. Often, English words are linked together or shortened so you cannot hear every word clearly. For example, speakers often use contractions(cant instead of cannot) and reductions(wanna instead of want to). Try to focus on the most important words and you will understand the main idea Tip 11: Listen to how speakers voices go up and down. This is called intonation What kinds of questions are they asking you? What kinds of responses do they expect from you? Listening to the rise and fall of their voices can help you understand more clearly Tip 12: Listen for new thoughts. When speakers finish one thought and start a new one, their voices fall to a slightly lower pitch and they may pause between the two thoughts. Also, the words within one thought are often linked together and sound like one big long word Tip 13 Listen for organization words such as first, then, next, after that, and finally. These words can tell you that a speaker is explaining something in chronological ordermore common in spoken than written English. Tip 10: Don´t worry about hearing every word. Often, English words are linked together or shortened so you cannot hear every word clearly. For example, speakers often use contractions (can´t instead of cannot) and reductions (wanna instead of want to). Try to focus on the most important words and you will understand the main idea. Tip 11: Listen to how speakers´ voices go up and down. This is called intonation. What kinds of questions are they asking you? What kinds of responses do they expect from you? Listening to the rise and fall of their voices can help you understand more clearly. Tip 12: Listen for new thoughts. When speakers finish one thought and start a new one, their voices fall to a slightly lower pitch and they may pause between the two thoughts. Also, the words within one thought are often linked together and sound like one big long word. Tip 13: Listen for organization words such as first, then, next, after that, and finally. These words can tell you that a speaker is explaining something in chronological order