6 English Listening Comprehension Methods that Polyglots Use! (BONUS: My Favorite Free Resources)

I love mastering pronunciation when learning a foreign language, but if you want to have great, effective conversations, the most important thing is to improve your listening skills! And listening is actually really EASY to improve! So today I’m sharing 6 tips to help you understand EVERYTHING in English, plus a couple of my favorite resources for getting great study materials, so make sure to stick around to the end!
Partial Resource List:
Subscene.com
Yts-subs.com
Subtitleseeker.in
Audible.com
Thisamericanlife.org
Freakonomics.com/archive
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[@FisHeep1987]

当我发现一个美国人的中英文都比我厉害的时候，我的心情是复杂的

[@venuciaciojw429]

这叫做天赋，没办法

[@endlesswaltz1810]

不能保证、但通过努力真的每个人都能做得到

[@ijehfjuehdh1253]

请问老师，您学英语的时候有学连读音吗?

[@DE-xm6ju]

me toooooooooo

[@Maracuyamiamor]

😂😂😂

[@danlinteo4579]

I speak both English and Mandarin, albeit weaker in the latter. Your videos are really helping to brush up my Mandarin - your pronouncation is pure gold! Thank you for your videos Chris - please keep them coming!

[@faling4tar]

又是一期良心视频，很棒的总结，给老马点赞👍🏻

[@djjeltsinr]

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[@huahua9147]

满满干货，谢谢老马👍尤其是网飞的插件，必须要试一试！

[@loisphyllis]

超棒的，謝謝馬斯瑞的分享😊

[@gwanlaw7804]

谢谢马老师！你的建议很有用，有些自己有用过，很高兴能够知道更多方法去提高自己！

[@lucyandazhousing9926]

感谢🙏！太有料了！全是干货。

[@wangmingjin5929]

很棒的方法！謝謝分享！

[@ivyh9286]

谢谢小马哥儿！这期都是干货啊！

[@user679jk7]

好實用啊 謝謝分享 立刻收藏起來

[@suyuanyu4445]

干货满满啊谢谢Chris！

[@qingmeng69]

给大家强烈推荐听写，真的很有用

[@autumnratledge]

Can we have a version of this for us who are learning Mandarin? 😛😅

[@user-op3ol3pz6u]

yes

[@2000newguy]

Yes I would pay please

[@a13xhackintosh]

You got Chinese name what . Same surname with Huawei founder

[@tenchichrono]

oh yeah for sure... come on bro make one and it'd be awesome... but tbh.. I think these techniques also apply for any language really.

[@sachra7838]

Yes please!

[@zcwzgh]

老师，谢谢你。点赞！

[@user-id1rs2jc6l]

视频做的很精心🙏

[@vanessachou2104]

很有用，谢谢分享

[@yongluo9791]

马老师很用心,收藏

[@jainchen5830]

多谢指导跟你学到了英语的秘诀。

[@ly6107]

Thank you so much for this video! Probably the most useful listening comprehension video I've watched so far. If only I knew some of these tips during school... T_T

[@peppersdinosaur6200]

I bought your class, it is really useful and helpful.

[@user-kb1yn5ox9r]

當我發現一個外國人講中文還這麼6時， 我的心裡是充滿陰影的

[@YiranE]

太棒了！感谢

[@Wymin111]

这视频刚是拍摄就非常的专业哦.!

[@d82210005]

他是個有教學有邏輯有方法的老師 2:30~3:50英文連音 8:07 app 10:36六重點 至於京片子，如果閉起眼睛來聽，好奇會有多少人喜歡這種京片子？

[@seanc2298]

就冲你这期视频关注了

[@wongsimon2387]

Excellent advice.

[@syrax2022]

Wow, that Language Learning with Netflix extension is really helpful. Thanks Chris!

[@user-iq3wz4qy9l]

感谢老师，我就想学好英文。

[@qianhu8607]

你太棒了，又学到了一样，之前在Nextflix上剧的时候，没有双语翻译看着好累，现在终于知道Language Learning with Netflix.Thank you very much teacher.

[@pedroduarte11]

Hola mi cumpa, saludos desde Bolivia desde ayer miro tus vídeos y me quede sorprendido como hablas muy bien el idioma chino

[@willianjairperenguez9422]

Tus vídeos son muy buenos e inspira a aprender otras leguas, gracias por tu contenido

[@xiaoxuanhe5986]

这期真精彩！

[@phoswings3653]

Very helpful video for learners who’s trying to improve its ability that speaking in English , thanks for sharing.

[@csy1111]

太好了竟給我看到這個，我的英語聽力多年來都差，只有說還可以，文法也不好，為了練聽力我開始聽博客（聽一個月放棄了，因為真的太快聽不到說什麼）。然後看美劇和KZbin至今快半年了（不看中文字幕但看英文字幕）感覺有點進步，但不太有效，得試試老師的方法，謝謝！

[@motojojo_]

Solid tips here, didn't knowabout the looping apps so learned something myself (learning Japanese and Korean atm). I always suggest to my Japanese friends they search out British English like the BBC as pronunciation is quite clear (ymmv)

[@user-vp1un2mg3p]

Mr.Ma is a great language professor.

[@bookofeye]

Thanks! TED is super good resource.

[@b.brandonurrutiaacosta.9036]

con tus videos he mejorado mi ingles y estoy empezando a entender de apoco el mandarin por mis clases de kung fu aqui en colombia , sos un Crack hermano .

[@xyp8688]

Great ideas! Plus your ears acquire languages much fast than your eyes. Reciting is also a good way.

[@CW0203]

雖然我不用學英文了,不過我還是推你,因為你教學非常信服人

[@looklook9999]

很棒的技巧分享

[@lofeiwong1426]

多謝你吖!😍👍

[@stevewung1]

非常有质量的视频

[@fanywg]

已經上你的課了，雖然只上了三課，但感覺口語已經進步不少了。希望課程能一直持續下來。畢竟都三十了，一直工作，很難找到這麼好的老師了。而且一直看你的視頻，感覺像朋友多過老師XD

[@xiaoxuanliu4512]

Wallace W. 请问您马思瑞英语课堂在哪里呢 没有在KZbin上找到呢

[@yyys6192]

同学好啊！

[@yyys6192]

xiaoxuan liu 微信公众号上学的，现在已经开课了，如果想报名的话可能要等到今年下半年吧

[@xiaoxuanliu4512]

yyy s 谢谢🙏

[@tianjiaoyue2569]

他是不是看不太懂繁体字？？

[@liyanzhang3204]

Thank you for your tips. 方法比努力更重要

[@kirastark6148]

Didn't know about the Netflix app, thanks for that Chris.

[@Kosty36910]

老师你好，感谢你的付出。如果视频背景音乐声音可以小一点，我们会听得更清晰。谢谢你。

[@julianjiang6379]

再生活一点就是，看美剧，听英歌，跟着唱，跟着说，多开口，勤模仿，多动笔，深记忆。

[@yinliu6158]

老师总结的很棒👍🏻个人感觉，纯英文环境学习，如果敢逼自己 提升也很快🤓 学习单词也用英文注释去学习 菜鸟也能起飞🤪

[@user-uq6jc6ko8d]

Thank you so much

[@LiangZhang-cy2qi]

excellent tips

[@user-bn4mf2iu4w]

I'll watch your video every day😜

[@weivivan7802]

I feel like listening is a tough part for me .it’s really annoying if you can’t catch others’ words ! Thank you for your help !

[@user-vp1un2mg3p]

马大哥还是个不错的语言教师

[@AlenLi-fx3wv]

用复读机反复听，不听的跟读，我试了一个月，效果真的太好了。我觉得这个是最好的练习口语和听力的方法。不过听说读写是一个整体，你构造不出的语句肯定说不出来，你看不懂的语句一定听不懂。

[@ragemydream]

Good tips - non English speakers note 6:02, just remember it's quiet not quite.

[@leikejia116]

perfect learning lesson

[@sergiofranco4970]

Saludos desde mexico , me encantan tus videos

[@sergioqi9723]

哈哈 雅思听力老师表示辅元连读这个每次第一节课都会讲，还会讲到吞音。第一个方法我称之为视听，就是边听边看原文。第四个听写的方法我也会推荐给学生，效果很好。

[@halloweenz6618]

感谢，Netflix那个插件很实用，只有原音字幕的影片也可以用翻译

[@jiruichen3821]

nicki manaj真的respect节奏快发音又清晰，感觉每次听他的歌都是不经意间的也在练听力了

[@mkstlz]

Chris, like very much learning Chinese from your videos :) sono russo e parlo anche in italiano, un poco en espanol tambien :)

[@christopherchavezs.6741]

Saludos amigo desde Chile, acá trabajo con clientes chinos y no entiendo más que 你好 y 谢谢你. Ahh y también 啤酒 ya que a mi compañero de trabajo le encanta . En el video donde vas a la óptica a compra anteojos me di cuenta que eres hijo de un alemán-chileno . Saludos espero aprender algo de mandarín con tu canal. Saludos desde santiago de 🇨🇱

[@user-zb6nb6sk9o]

支持马老师

[@iam_carat]

有沒有可能出一集總結語音語調規則的視頻或者課程呢😂

[@user-lh8rj7kh7m]

Thanks for sharing, SpeaterLite is nice.

[@malkahu3039]

老师的中文真好

[@alexzhang9055]

特棒，哥们儿

[@heroisme18]

已收藏

[@luisgustavoaquino2111]

Hi. Wow Your chinese is too Nice. I'm peruvian , a new fan XD

[@hongyiluo544]

Awesome! As a tofel learner, I totally agree with your advices which are very useful. Keep practicing, I hope next time I will get a good score.

[@ziqiangxu5768]

Advice, uncountable.

[@JustinTsang168]

马老师我发觉你的教学理念跟我以前在珠海去学的零基础口语老师ken厚嘴唇英语我的启蒙老师的一模一下！

[@maosaa7053]

Chris de que país sos? Su pronunciación es muy fluida, tienes un vídeo de tu historia?? 👍, Saludos desde colombia 🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@yixuanma4637]

老师的中文真棒

[@skylaryang626]

well I'm going to improve my IELTS speaking and listening

[@ytz8422]

老马，不知道你有没有推荐的跟你视频类似的但是教西班牙语的频道。最好视频也是都有西语和英文字幕或者西语和中文字幕的。如果有的话麻烦推荐一下，不胜感激。

[@asiangirlhost2560]

Tnx for sharing the speaterlite! Can you demonstrate how to play in very slow path?

[@andrewsun3094]

还推荐一个比较有趣的方法就是找些Stand up Comedy的频道 (比如Dry Bar Comedy)，然后配合KZbin右侧的解说词(字幕)面板，调节适当的倍速来shadowing。就资源的内容本身来说会更有趣味性也更容易坚持。

[@Gabriel-sl7xl]

Viendo varios de sus videos me hizo dar ganas de aprender mandarín..se bastante de Inglés pero igual

[@MarceloPereira-wo8fw]

I hope someday I can speak Mandarin like you!

[@julieqwang5442]

喜欢

[@vanessachou2104]

我还想学习英语写作，期待分享

[@jackiekao2161]

哇啊！字正腔圓的京片子。 先生您是怎麼做到的呀！！ 超感動超佩服的咧。

[@vicentcarro]

我還有一個更棒的 男生專用的 Podcast: Bill Burr's Monday Morning 適合進階用戶 ！哈哈

[@hebersalgado8512]

Saludes desde Honduras!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@user-nq2lm6ln3y]

老师，你是混血么？中文非常好，除了发音标准，词汇量大，遣词造句也特别棒！ 支持你！

[@bangliu5884]

啥也不说了，先点赞观看！

[@hernanpinto8286]

Hola mi gustan muchos tus vídeos, ¿Como aprendiste a hablar varios idiomas? Y que recomiendas para aprender varios idiomas, por cual empiezo

[@zhouquanlin]

请带着我们使用，谢谢

[@2000newguy]

Guys let’s get him to make mandarin learning videos! Also I would pay for courses for mandarin

[@adriantee5219]

Yes yes!

[@oldsix]

you guys are evil

[@inconfuciusinstituteunbchi8966]

I have mandarin leaning videos for beginners. Free and easy to follow. Both on Twitter and KZbin. Welcome you guys to join me.😃😃

[@armandz2137]

To be honest, he has an accent while speaking mandarin. But it's still acceptable.

[@kindswordhuang1042]

@@armandz2137 yes, you can definitely tell he is not native mandarin speaker, but his pronunciation is 100% correct. That accent actually makes him sounds cuter. I wouldn't use "acceptable", I would use "wonderful".

[@tesstan8806]

环境第一最重要，没有环境自己制造的话，一个人傻傻练习，身边也没人和你说，非常无趣，比较容易放弃，很多人会说不在那个环境也能自己创造环境和学习，那学到的肯定不可能接近母语者那样，在国外生活的环境是你不说他们的语言就没人会说你的语言，根本没得你放弃，而兴趣也会一直持续，进步非常快，沟通上也是一些生活化比较实际的情况 然后就是自己不断大量时间去重复学习，不明白就多问，多接触外国人，台上一分钟台下十年功，学习一门语言没有捷径或什么快速的方法 再来可以上课和买课程，最后只有自己能帮助得到自己，老师教了然后就是自己的吸收和学习，别人是控制不了自己的大脑的吖

[@user-gm7uv5xn1u]

這位頻道主的中文說得真是溜

[@a5htmas838]

Nice haircut🤗

[@mingzhang9741]

其他的不说，就你这一口北京口音，让我佩服，

[@maychau8091]

好

[@sidbonshawn6910]

Hi Chris, I am a native French and English speaker and consider myself fluent in Spanish. I am currently learning Chinese and have some comments on what you say in your videos. I do understand what you are saying when you emphasise on the consonant/vowel connection but from my experience these technical details tend to be quite confusing and are not really applied once you are faced with a real life conversation. I think it is the Chinese equivalent of saying 不 becomes a second tone when it is followed by a 4th tone. I mostly focus on word pairs, for instance 不要 for me is not 不 + 要 in which case I would have to remember to change 不 s tone to a second tone. I actually just see it as 不要 I've been learning Chinese for a little over 2 months now (I am currently in Beijing) and I can understand basic conversations and participate in them. I have put 0 focus on rules and pure grammar as I've read some papers saying that it doesn't make sense to do so as long as you have not reached basic fluency in the language. I spend 5 hours a day learning the language or speaking it so I am not in the same situation other people might be. Also I am far from being good in Chinese and so my opinion might change in the future. Overall I guess my point is that exposure to the language as well as learning patterns and sentences are more important than learning rules. Then again, your impressive language skills and your different approach to learning languages are a proof that your method works, I just think that focusing on rules might not be for everyone.

[@cks6368]

Absolutely i think the basic rules are important But after you are familiar with the language, you should definitely expose yourself to the environment I am also learning Spanish through Duolingo and i found that although i have learnt the rules, my progress starts to plateau Btw i think for chinese, the difficult point is that every character bear multiple meanings, and they have to be considered as both separated and combined Eg 不要= dont/ i dont want 不= no/ dont/ generally negative meanings So you have to know when to separate it or combine them

[@morrispreordained9258]

Chinese is easy for me somehow. 🤔

[@calvinramirez8690]

Hola Chris nos podrias decir que tan dificil fue para ti aprender chino? O darnos consejos para aprender?

[@dingaudrey1457]

中文太棒啦厉害👍

[@basantnaser8073]

Please make a video on how to improve your Chinese listening comprehension for us mandarin learners