Even more surprising was being to understand her - I'm almost never able to hear her words, have to rely on catching the overall meaning... has to be the clearest she's ever enunciated
Off topic, but, as a German, when I was in New Zealand, I was asked to use the „penn“ when paying with my card. So I asked for a pen and where to sign. „Just use the penn“ - „Have you got a pen?“ - „No, use the penn of your card.“ - „Oh, my pin?“ - „Yes, your penn.“
I also live in newzealand and i am really struggling with the english specially with Māori people..one day my neighbour told me “bring your k” so I just standing like a fool and thinking what is k then I understand k means car🥹
So #9 sounds like understandable English to me. I don't understand why you guys have so many accents and people are so proud of them. Once I met a Scotsman who is a literature teacher at one of London's universities. So he speaks perfect RP. I didn't even believe him when he said he was from Scotland. And he said: "Man if I speak to you how I speak at home, you wouldn't be able to understand me... The main function of the language is communication, therefore I speak understandable and correct English"
While this statement is true, it leaves out the second most important function of language. Which is to convey and conserve culture. That's why accents exist and need to continue to exist. Every list accent also means the loss of a piece of culture that it belongs to and that's a terrible tragedy.
Erm... There are so many accents is because English is spoken by so many people. English, Irish, Scots all have different accents unique to them. Moreover There are accents depending on the territory where the person grew up. Yes, the main function of the language is communication, but that is where the trick is. People in one area had some way to pronounce the same words so they are accustomed to hearing it like that and it was going on for centuries. Remember, Internet and telephones weren't available when the accents were made. And probably your language has some accents too. Even my native Russian language has accents despite Soviet trying to standardize it for almost a century.
I bet he is bullied when he goes back to Scotland for speaking RP, or does he have a Scottish accent as his natural accent and the RP is a learned accent?
English is my first language, but I couldn't understand one or two of them the first time. Fluency and articulation are two different things. People who are learning English shouldn't be overwhelmed by this. I am surprised they didn't include anyone with dysphemia or speech impediment in the examples, because according to me, a few of them lie in that spectrum, especially Ed Sheeran. Having good listening skills doesn't mean you have to understand someone with dysarthria.
#13 cracked it for me. If you have even one sentence to get used to the voice of the speaker, understanding them becomes *much* easier. In #13, there was a full sentence first, so I completely understood and started laughing at the joke after the first play. I have more trouble in the beginner clips... I'm not a native speaker, though.
It´s important to hear different accents, that actually helps a lot to improve your english, and you won't get confused when going to other countries, thanks a lot.
I agree, I think as a native we hear so many accents on TV and real life over our lifetime we just get so used to their quirks and don't even think about it, but it must be hard for non natives who only see and hear "textbook" English and then come over here and hear all our crazy accents and what they do to our sentences 😂
I believed I was pretty good at English but hearing these beginners clips brought me back to reality, missed a few words here and there but the 5th was the easiest and 15th was the hardest
The beginner ones were the toughest because of bad diction and background noises. You're probably very good at English but this vid is specificaly designed to make you feel bad about it and convince you to have courses.
@@niktniewiem4785 Really? these example are real life example of how lazy most native English speaking people are, when using the language. most people cut corners with the English language...christ some regions have their own words for things, that are already in the language. Ie northerners using 'bairne' for baby. its not a different pronunciation they use their own word.
@@OMT988 it's not really lazy, it's our accents causing the majority of these things, there are so many accents in the UK and it means we commonly pronounce certain letters in certain ways that create what you believe to be "lazy" English. It does make going around the UK fun though as sometimes even natives can't understand other natives because of it 😂 I got all 15 but am a native and was watching as I was intrigued as to what she was going to use.
All those years of watching foreign films from all around the world paid off when I started to live in Ireland. I spent three years there and travelled the length and breadth of the Irish landscape. People were delightfully surprised at my grasp of the various Irish accents. Even though I hadn't heard all of them before, they seemed pretty understandable (except a few situations). And then I visited Scotland, and all my training returned to null. 😂 There were towns and villages I visited where I couldn't make out anything of their accent and colloquialisms. But I must say that the Scottish people were so lovely, and patient enough to understand my difficulty and made the effort to make communication better. This made me feel so welcome.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the incredible team work behind making this video lesson for us? I mean it's fascinating how every clip is premised upon a pet/animal themed conversation with the celebs!! My heart goes out to the amazing efforts and ideation work behind this lesson ❤ Love your work ethic and self-discipline Lucy
on number 15 i understood "the cow" as a spanish english interpreter, i just discovered your videos and i love them, will use them to improve my listening skills. im a spanish speaker so scottish accents FOR ME have always been hard but thats also cos i was always more "exposed" to usa accent rather than uk
Interesting, Im a spanish speaker too and I inderstood "the cow" too, but I got the "yellowfish" and thought the last one was "in" couldn't catch that fff sound he made.
I’m American and couldn’t catch “yellowfish.” English in the UK has a different accent like every 10 miles so I’m sure if that’s the English you’re learning, it can make it more difficult
@ Now I don't feel bad, I studied mostly british english, but I learned quite a lot on my own by ear on youtube. Which has been mostly american english.
I've lived in the UK for almost ten years now so I've picked up quite a lot on top of what I'd learned in school but, after having had to deal with the SFE customer service over the phone for my university loan (their offices are in Scotland so all their call center employees have a very strong Scottish accent) only the second year I'd moved to the UK, nothing can defeat me. I got 15/15.
I got all 15. the only real challenge was the word "left" in clip 15, but even then, I just made an educated guess and got it right, moments before you said it. Side note, David Tennant has the most hartwarming voice ever.
@@WebDevAnjaliI had all of them to. I am not a native speaker and I have dyslexia. However in my daily life I use English all the time. I speak with people from all over the world. I do wish to emphasize that what is considered the right way in American English can be completely wrong in UK or Australian English. That makes these language test particularly tricky..
I got all of them right as well, but my main problem with the last one was the "my". I was hearing "the" for some reason, but wasnt sure. I listened a third time and caught the "my". And I had a good laugh because Im an English teacher in my country and it's usually not me the one who struggles to understand. My pupils would've loved to see this moment lmao
One thing I used to do with "advanced" speakers was give them plenty of examples of how English sounds in casual, or even business conversations. Especially if they were going from their home countries to an English-speaking country, particularly for work.
As a Filipino who grew up listening to English on RUclips videos since 2014, and with my mom and sister being fans of The Hobbit in 2012, I swear I only got number 7 wrong. I didn’t comprehend the word ‘granted,’ lol. I almost got Advanced #12 wrong, I heard ‘battery’ as ‘battered,’ but I realized it sounded more like ‘battery.’ I love this video because she explained how the pronunciations and meanings play out, helping us trace where we got it wrong and how to correct it. Cool stuff. 🙌
15 of 15. I watch a great amount of British TV and I have heard a lot of these actors and comedian on panel shows and chat shows. I listen to David Tennant audiobooks and radio plays every day.
To be fair, as a native English (from U.K.) speaker who’s good with this stuff, these examples were tough and I couldn’t understand all of the words as they mumbled out a lot of them.
I'm not a native speaker but I worked for a huge international IT company and I dealt with all sorts of accents. That was quite easy for me and I guess it is due to a broad experience rather then being a native speaker or not :)
@@alexkachur6358 im a native english speaker with a stutter and lisp which make it hard for people to understand me. i, too, understand most accents though. i only have somewhat a hard time with understanding my peruvian stepgrandma and my filipino therapist, but i think thats bc they kinda have broken english
I didn't keep track, but I'm native English speaker and I was listening before sending this to a very dear Russian friend whose English is very good & I'm sure she would appreciate this! I think I struggled with hearing about 3 words before seeing them... I obviously understood the context, but just not the specific words! Fun to listen to I didn't realise quite how many people do those contractions... Also I've never considered that the "correct" "th" sound is difficult for some people and that's why they use their lip instead of their tongue. I always just assumed that nobody had ever taught them that the sound is made with your tongue!...
I got them all except the very last word "Left". But i am very pleased with myself. I remember watching shows and movies with David Tennant and being like: "What is this man saying?" But now i completely get him. Thank you for a great video.
Native speaker, that last one was really tough, the "left" sounded almost like an audio glitch to be honest. I thought it was "left" or "left over" said extremely quickly like lif' o'er
it was "a cow" for me and "lft" which is not even a word, since you need a vowel for that.
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Wow! I was a bit scared not to be able to understand a lot of the sentences, but I did pretty well, even tough I don't consider myself as bilingual or fluent in English (born and raised in France). The last one was impossible for me, ouch! Very good exercise, thanks alot Lucy!
I could catch almost everything, (I'm a native spanish speaker) excepting some single words in a couple of exercises. Thanks for the video! Really helpful and perfectly edited!
Hi ,Lucy.. As a non English speaker, I like your English spoken. Clear and articulate. I understand what are you saying. In reality, some native speakers talking too fast and didn't clear, like chewing gum.
I couldn't catch the "Granted" in nr.7 and at 15 I only heard the yellowfish otherwise I'm completely stunted that I've git the rest of it....thank you for this video!!🎉
Well, thanks for the confidence boost. After listening to all kinds of english RUclips videos daily for well over 10 years now, I even understand most accents and can differentiate betweeen them. I understand all of these clips easily. But it was interesting to test it with what a native speaker believes to be difficult. I had a good head start with my school english, but being able to fluently speak (or at least understand) english opens up a whole new world of communication and entertainment. And I don't rely on german dubs anymore, if I like the english original better or whatever I'm watching/playing isn't dubbed at all. Pretty handy, can't lie.
Lucy, can you come back to your personal channel? I love watching your vlogs! Plus, I want to improve my English. I love the way you pronounce words! ❤ I hope you read my comment.
Lucy, I'm British and I'm very good around accents and even I couldn't catch the final words from Paul O'Grady typically I would say that was a bit of a mean one but Paul O'Grady doesn't have the worst accent and also the British accent is so challenging for people that I feel like being British you get to pick up other accents easier but I do have the ability to catch content clues say that's how I got the gist of what Paul O'Grady was saying
That was amazing lesson, thank you Lusy ❤that has really boosted my listening skills, but the audios for Advanced were easier for me than for the intermediate😅
This is especially good at explaining the nuance. as a non native speaker who is somewhat good at English , i often dismiss these as the speaker being poor at pronouncing the words which feels like is not really my problem . but explaining how and why, like the 'f' sound in teeth gives a lot of context . since it stops my brain from rejecting the idea of acknowledging the difference and chalking it to their fault and instead gives context of how and why it happened and how it would have been beneficial to do so in their circumstances. makes it easier to learn alternatives from a mental block standpoint. Kudos Lucy, Keep up the good work
14/15 Non-native. Here in Finland we start learning english sometimes even before school and we consume a lot media in english. Only word that didn't make sense at all was "Granted", I'm familiar with British people dropping (almost like swallowing) the T but somehow James Acaster misses the R too. Your pronunciation of Granted without the T was clear as day but James's was totally incomprehensible for me. He says it almost like "gan'ed"
Damn, I have a Finnish friend who is terrible at english. I thought it's not that common. "gran ed", like he intentionally was saying 2 words. Kind of ridiculous if you could just pronounce 't' easily...
@hihtitmamnan Well yea, but for me the issue was missing the R too. I know english has a very soft R anyways when compared to something like finnish or german for example. I didn't hear James say the R at all so the word granted never even crossed my mind.
I'm having a lot of fun by these listening tests. Thanks for making this (surprisingly) free and available through the platform. The tests were quite challenging for me, keep it up! 🤟🏼🔥
the only two gaps I didn't get were 'granted' in 7 and 'my' in 15. I was a little surprised by David Tennant getting ranked at 14 because I'm a fan of his work and by now I'm so used to both his accent and the general way in which he speaks that it doesn't at all register to me as something that could be difficult to understand lol
As a professional translator, albeit a non-native English speaker, I found them easy... Love Sarah Milican!! Gervais is a bit more difficult, but you shudda added Billy Connolly in his thick Glasgow element :) I love Scottish accents myself, as they love their glo'al stops and "ten' t' ommi' a lo'a le'ers" :D
Did it for fun and its nice to see how far I have come. I am German and terrible at it in school, but after years of watching shows in English I got better. Than I got an English gf and moved to the UK, living here for 5 years now and it's just normal to me now. Thick scottish, Geordie or Scouse is no problem either anymore, only Cumbrian somewhat. People also often think I am a native speaker and ask where I am from, as they cant put my Northern German accent on top of the Northern English one I melted it with over time. :D (I got all correct btw.)
I found it much harder to understand when they were mumbling, but got all words besides 2 of them. I'm proud of myself as a non-native english speaker. :D
Tbh i am an indian and as everybody knows here english is like a mixup of american and british english. Usually i watch anime dubs in english and those are easy to understand and catch and usually they are dubbed in american accent. But when it comes to british accent , i got a little bit confused but still i did all the questions pretty well 😅😅.
For all non-native English speakers, I’m American and even I don’t understand British English sometimes. So if you have a hard time, just know you aren’t the only one😂
I agree. Every time an Indian scammer calls me pretending to be from Amazon, I can immediately pick up the accent and without fail tell them to get screwed.
I'm watching this really high i don't even know what the video even is about. But I've answered most questions and learnt with her. Also thr background is soooo good, that's what keeps my tiktok brain focused enough to learn with whatever we're learning. tldr - the yellow background is what gets me to watch the video the most
As a Hungarian non-native english speaker, for me it was Tom Hardy to understand the hardest, but everyone loves Tom, so I give myself a honest 15/15 score :) (I lied)
Bro, I tried not reading the sentences and even the beginner ones had some tough spots for me. I think it's got more to do with the British accent than English 😂
@Romy--- Slow down the video and listen. The English ear automatically corrects this, apparently detecting "poor sound", making a correction on the usual word, but I hear the sound itself, since I have no language habit for this word.
@@Phil535 Yes "Quitted". If you have any problems go to school. The past simple of the verb "Quit" is "Quit" or "Quitted". At most, you can call it a non-standard version.
I'm a french Canadian and clip #6 was the most challenging for me, I was pleasantly surprised to have almost all answers. We used to start english classes just 1 or 2 years before high school. Now our kids starts in kindergarten, it's going to be so much easier for them to travel the rest of Canada and most countries ☺️
I got everything except for the two words in the last one. 'my' and 'left'. English isn't my first language and I've come across this type of video teaching accents for the first time. It was very helpful.
Non-English speaker here, I had fun in this. I used to work in a voice-to-text account in an Aussie company and this reminds me of all the audios we transcribe everyday! 😁
I struggled a bit at the last one, cause I didn't catch "left" at first. However, 15 out of 15 still. I think I've been quite fluent in English for the better part of 10 years now, however, I sometimes struggle to understand other people with a thick accent whenever there is someone else talking nearby or just noise surrounding us. This was great fun. Thanks for doing these kinds of videos. Helps a lot!
Been watching a lot of acorn tv, really is training my ears to different accents and English. I only missed 3 words. I am a very pleased, as a francophone, that i almost nailed this. Thanks, I really enjoy your videos.
Native speaker of American English here. Got em all but I'd never heard of a 'battery chicken'...I kinda guessed it from the context. Definitely not easy though, especially the last one. I find the Irish accent a bit easier to understand than a lot of the stuff from the more obscure corners of Britain. Entertaining at any rate. Needed more Ricky Gervais!
I am a brazilian whos self taught english online by listening to music, having conversations with english speakers and playing games! I'll write my results here: 1 - all correct 2 - all correct 3 - all correct 4 - all correct - the most challenging begginer stage, mostly because of the word "heart" 5 - all correct 6 - missed the 2 last words. - couldn't understand most of it before hearing it the second time 7 - missed "granted" 8 - all correct 9 - all correct 10 - i thought the "and" was an "an" 11 - forgot the " 'd " in "they" 12 - missed the words havoc and nurtured 13 - all correct 14 - all correct (wasn't expecting hand towel to be the actual answer!) 15 - completely wrong! i thought the words were: the - fish - out Pretty fun! I have alot to improve in my english and i plan to study and get a certificate soon!
By listening these audio clips I can assure I am bilingual now. Thanks for the exercises, they are really good for intermediate and advanced english students.
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hey lucy does this video really help us can you make a video on verbs
@emialsembiring4670 @EnglishwithLucy hey lucy does this video really help us can you make a video on verbs
Your video is enough, to be honest.
Very interesting lesson . And you very beautiful teacher.
If i count more accurately then i will get 9.75
Not sure why but as a native English speaker I found the beginner phrases harder to decipher than the intermediate and advanced ones.
Yups, I was gonna say the same.
What I heard was a lot of mumbling
I agree
because tom refused to open mouth while speaking.. Sadly most ppl are like that...
im from Argentina.. and the first ones are like hard asf until i hear the last one xd
Finding Adele in the beginner section of hearing exercises was honestly perplexing 😂
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ahahah, I also wondering IF Adele's easy, I don't know what's gonna happen after then..
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Exactly
Even more surprising was being to understand her - I'm almost never able to hear her words, have to rely on catching the overall meaning... has to be the clearest she's ever enunciated
Off topic, but, as a German, when I was in New Zealand, I was asked to use the „penn“ when paying with my card. So I asked for a pen and where to sign. „Just use the penn“ - „Have you got a pen?“ - „No, use the penn of your card.“ - „Oh, my pin?“ - „Yes, your penn.“
Pin-pen merger 😂
pin pen :)
she ment a ping-pong ball used as a replacement for an ipen to sind on an ipad
I also live in newzealand and i am really struggling with the english specially with Māori people..one day my neighbour told me “bring your k” so I just standing like a fool and thinking what is k then I understand k means car🥹
@@prenomnom2812 I’ve never heard of it, before😅 but thanks for the information.
So #9 sounds like understandable English to me. I don't understand why you guys have so many accents and people are so proud of them. Once I met a Scotsman who is a literature teacher at one of London's universities. So he speaks perfect RP. I didn't even believe him when he said he was from Scotland. And he said: "Man if I speak to you how I speak at home, you wouldn't be able to understand me... The main function of the language is communication, therefore I speak understandable and correct English"
While this statement is true, it leaves out the second most important function of language. Which is to convey and conserve culture. That's why accents exist and need to continue to exist. Every list accent also means the loss of a piece of culture that it belongs to and that's a terrible tragedy.
Erm... There are so many accents is because English is spoken by so many people. English, Irish, Scots all have different accents unique to them. Moreover There are accents depending on the territory where the person grew up.
Yes, the main function of the language is communication, but that is where the trick is. People in one area had some way to pronounce the same words so they are accustomed to hearing it like that and it was going on for centuries. Remember, Internet and telephones weren't available when the accents were made.
And probably your language has some accents too. Even my native Russian language has accents despite Soviet trying to standardize it for almost a century.
I bet he is bullied when he goes back to Scotland for speaking RP, or does he have a Scottish accent as his natural accent and the RP is a learned accent?
14/15 !! From a Frenchie, I am so ridiculously proud 🥰😭❤️
And it was a delight to hear dear Colin among them ❤️❤️❤️
English is my first language, but I couldn't understand one or two of them the first time. Fluency and articulation are two different things. People who are learning English shouldn't be overwhelmed by this. I am surprised they didn't include anyone with dysphemia or speech impediment in the examples, because according to me, a few of them lie in that spectrum, especially Ed Sheeran. Having good listening skills doesn't mean you have to understand someone with dysarthria.
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#13 cracked it for me. If you have even one sentence to get used to the voice of the speaker, understanding them becomes *much* easier. In #13, there was a full sentence first, so I completely understood and started laughing at the joke after the first play. I have more trouble in the beginner clips... I'm not a native speaker, though.
True that
Exactly! even I as a native spanish speaker can't understand some songs or phrases in spanish, so I get what you say
It´s important to hear different accents, that actually helps a lot to improve your english, and you won't get confused when going to other countries, thanks a lot.
Scottish, Irish and Adele's North London accent is garbage. That's not English. That's utter garbage 😂
Time to improve my ghetto hood English
I agree, I think as a native we hear so many accents on TV and real life over our lifetime we just get so used to their quirks and don't even think about it, but it must be hard for non natives who only see and hear "textbook" English and then come over here and hear all our crazy accents and what they do to our sentences 😂
I believed I was pretty good at English but hearing these beginners clips brought me back to reality, missed a few words here and there but the 5th was the easiest and 15th was the hardest
The beginner ones were the toughest because of bad diction and background noises. You're probably very good at English but this vid is specificaly designed to make you feel bad about it and convince you to have courses.
TF are you talking about@@niktniewiem4785
@@niktniewiem4785 the beginners were the easiest to me and I'm not native.
@@niktniewiem4785 Really? these example are real life example of how lazy most native English speaking people are, when using the language. most people cut corners with the English language...christ some regions have their own words for things, that are already in the language. Ie northerners using 'bairne' for baby. its not a different pronunciation they use their own word.
@@OMT988 it's not really lazy, it's our accents causing the majority of these things, there are so many accents in the UK and it means we commonly pronounce certain letters in certain ways that create what you believe to be "lazy" English. It does make going around the UK fun though as sometimes even natives can't understand other natives because of it 😂
I got all 15 but am a native and was watching as I was intrigued as to what she was going to use.
I’m American, but grew up in PBS over the air television and after like 8pm, it was all British programming. Thanks to that, I got all 15
All those years of watching foreign films from all around the world paid off when I started to live in Ireland. I spent three years there and travelled the length and breadth of the Irish landscape. People were delightfully surprised at my grasp of the various Irish accents. Even though I hadn't heard all of them before, they seemed pretty understandable (except a few situations).
And then I visited Scotland, and all my training returned to null. 😂 There were towns and villages I visited where I couldn't make out anything of their accent and colloquialisms. But I must say that the Scottish people were so lovely, and patient enough to understand my difficulty and made the effort to make communication better. This made me feel so welcome.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the incredible team work behind making this video lesson for us? I mean it's fascinating how every clip is premised upon a pet/animal themed conversation with the celebs!! My heart goes out to the amazing efforts and ideation work behind this lesson ❤ Love your work ethic and self-discipline Lucy
Sending this to my awesome team right now!!! Thank you for this wonderful comment, you lovely person! ❤️
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on number 15 i understood "the cow"
as a spanish english interpreter, i just discovered your videos and i love them, will use them to improve my listening skills.
im a spanish speaker so scottish accents FOR ME have always been hard but thats also cos i was always more "exposed" to usa accent rather than uk
Yup same here it didn't sound like "my" more like a the.
Same i heard the cow and fish
Interesting, Im a spanish speaker too and I inderstood "the cow" too, but I got the "yellowfish" and thought the last one was "in" couldn't catch that fff sound he made.
I’m American and couldn’t catch “yellowfish.” English in the UK has a different accent like every 10 miles so I’m sure if that’s the English you’re learning, it can make it more difficult
@ Now I don't feel bad, I studied mostly british english, but I learned quite a lot on my own by ear on youtube. Which has been mostly american english.
I love that kind of exercise using real conversations, and I love your explanations afterwards. You really point out all of my questions.
Agreed so much.
The amount of work that you've put into this is amazing.
I've lived in the UK for almost ten years now so I've picked up quite a lot on top of what I'd learned in school but, after having had to deal with the SFE customer service over the phone for my university loan (their offices are in Scotland so all their call center employees have a very strong Scottish accent) only the second year I'd moved to the UK, nothing can defeat me. I got 15/15.
Chat GPT suggested me this channel and it is really good for learning English.
Suggested this channel to me
@@rw1213, to me too😊
You could also get rid of the ‘me’ And it’s grammatically correct
@@rw1213 Who cares when even punctuation doesn’t matter anymore.
Lmfao
I got all 15. the only real challenge was the word "left" in clip 15, but even then, I just made an educated guess and got it right, moments before you said it. Side note, David Tennant has the most hartwarming voice ever.
tell me you're a native cuz there's no way one can get it all right not even the natives r getting all right
@@WebDevAnjaliI had all of them to. I am not a native speaker and I have dyslexia. However in my daily life I use English all the time. I speak with people from all over the world. I do wish to emphasize that what is considered the right way in American English can be completely wrong in UK or Australian English. That makes these language test particularly tricky..
@@WebDevAnjali nah, I am not a native speaker and got them all right. (but I lived in the UK for 5 years)
I got all the left was so quick though.
I got all of them right as well, but my main problem with the last one was the "my". I was hearing "the" for some reason, but wasnt sure. I listened a third time and caught the "my".
And I had a good laugh because Im an English teacher in my country and it's usually not me the one who struggles to understand.
My pupils would've loved to see this moment lmao
One thing I used to do with "advanced" speakers was give them plenty of examples of how English sounds in casual, or even business conversations. Especially if they were going from their home countries to an English-speaking country, particularly for work.
As a Filipino who grew up listening to English on RUclips videos since 2014, and with my mom and sister being fans of The Hobbit in 2012, I swear I only got number 7 wrong. I didn’t comprehend the word ‘granted,’ lol.
I almost got Advanced #12 wrong, I heard ‘battery’ as ‘battered,’ but I realized it sounded more like ‘battery.’
I love this video because she explained how the pronunciations and meanings play out, helping us trace where we got it wrong and how to correct it. Cool stuff. 🙌
I am addicted to Benedict Cumberbatch's voice and accent. I really liked him when he played Sherlock.
It's strange isn't it 😅
Omg have you heard his alan rickman impression??
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@@blackswan5034 "Shut up, don't say anything, it's annoying." Even though it's silent 😂😂😂
@pickleBOB405 Yes, yes, I have heard it. Benedict sounds more like Alan than Alan himself 😂 It's hilarious!
Easy Peasy... I've been listening to US media / radio talk hosts / podcasts for most of my life so it's easy for me to understand.
Ironically I struggled more with the beginner ones. I got all the intermediate and advanced ones right away, but not the beginner ones XD
same here
Me too
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Exactly, latter ones seem to be easier
Maybe she wanted to lower our morale with the first 4
I just want to emphasize the pure accent that Lucy has all throughout the video. That, my friends is AMAZING!
15 of 15. I watch a great amount of British TV and I have heard a lot of these actors and comedian on panel shows and chat shows. I listen to David Tennant audiobooks and radio plays every day.
cool
Oh lord I’m so cooked 💀
Me too ahaha 😂
To be fair, as a native English (from U.K.) speaker who’s good with this stuff, these examples were tough and I couldn’t understand all of the words as they mumbled out a lot of them.
I'm not a native speaker but I worked for a huge international IT company and I dealt with all sorts of accents. That was quite easy for me and I guess it is due to a broad experience rather then being a native speaker or not :)
@@alexkachur6358 im a native english speaker with a stutter and lisp which make it hard for people to understand me. i, too, understand most accents though. i only have somewhat a hard time with understanding my peruvian stepgrandma and my filipino therapist, but i think thats bc they kinda have broken english
As an Italian 14 year old girl I proudly announce that I got 'em all right! 🎉
Bravo
Bravissima !! Un caro saluto da Verona. Stefano
Bravo mala! 🎉🖐😁
Dont lie
Italian? wow i thought you are forbitten from learning English in Italy haha
I didn't keep track, but I'm native English speaker and I was listening before sending this to a very dear Russian friend whose English is very good & I'm sure she would appreciate this! I think I struggled with hearing about 3 words before seeing them... I obviously understood the context, but just not the specific words!
Fun to listen to I didn't realise quite how many people do those contractions... Also I've never considered that the "correct" "th" sound is difficult for some people and that's why they use their lip instead of their tongue. I always just assumed that nobody had ever taught them that the sound is made with your tongue!...
I'm from Slovakia. I got 15/15. I just love the english language 🥰
It is brilliant to hear you use a contraction as well. "Gonna" instead of "going to".
Keep at it making these great videos, dear Lucy.
I got them all except the very last word "Left". But i am very pleased with myself. I remember watching shows and movies with David Tennant and being like: "What is this man saying?" But now i completely get him. Thank you for a great video.
Native speaker, that last one was really tough, the "left" sounded almost like an audio glitch to be honest. I thought it was "left" or "left over" said extremely quickly like lif' o'er
But yeah easy from context
@@bjcj123 same here.
Somehow the “My” was harder for me. I understood “left” immediately
it was "a cow" for me and "lft" which is not even a word, since you need a vowel for that.
Wow! I was a bit scared not to be able to understand a lot of the sentences, but I did pretty well, even tough I don't consider myself as bilingual or fluent in English (born and raised in France). The last one was impossible for me, ouch! Very good exercise, thanks alot Lucy!
thank you lucy, you really do a lotsa favor for me and my friends in order to speak better than before, god bless you! ❤
How difficult it is to learn English with such a beautiful teacher.
Lucy continuing to fly the British English language flag...
You go girl! 👍🏻🇬🇧🎄
Please more videos like this teacher Lucy
I could catch almost everything, (I'm a native spanish speaker) excepting some single words in a couple of exercises. Thanks for the video! Really helpful and perfectly edited!
Except not excepting
Lucy, I could listen to you talk all day, but time to get back to work. I am an American so the British english is fun to listen too.
Hi ,Lucy.. As a non English speaker, I like your English spoken. Clear and articulate. I understand what are you saying.
In reality, some native speakers talking too fast and didn't clear, like chewing gum.
I love you Lucy❤You helped me to learn English😔you’re so Good!! Thank you so much😭Love from Italy 🇮🇹
I would like you to release more videos like this, Lucy!
Thank you.
I couldn't catch the "Granted" in nr.7 and at 15 I only heard the yellowfish otherwise I'm completely stunted that I've git the rest of it....thank you for this video!!🎉
its crazy to see a person has this much of knowledge and beauty, marvelous
Well, thanks for the confidence boost. After listening to all kinds of english RUclips videos daily for well over 10 years now, I even understand most accents and can differentiate betweeen them. I understand all of these clips easily. But it was interesting to test it with what a native speaker believes to be difficult.
I had a good head start with my school english, but being able to fluently speak (or at least understand) english opens up a whole new world of communication and entertainment. And I don't rely on german dubs anymore, if I like the english original better or whatever I'm watching/playing isn't dubbed at all. Pretty handy, can't lie.
I’m a native English speaker. I don’t know why I’m here 😂
how did you do?
lol
😂😂😂
Hi where are you from? How old are you.. I need friend who is a native English speaker
Lucy, can you come back to your personal channel? I love watching your vlogs! Plus, I want to improve my English. I love the way you pronounce words! ❤ I hope you read my comment.
Lucy, I'm British and I'm very good around accents and even I couldn't catch the final words from Paul O'Grady typically I would say that was a bit of a mean one but Paul O'Grady doesn't have the worst accent and also the British accent is so challenging for people that I feel like being British you get to pick up other accents easier but I do have the ability to catch content clues say that's how I got the gist of what Paul O'Grady was saying
I found a great channel today , thanks Lucy 🎉
The last phrase was a real challenge , thank you , you are the best English teacher
That was amazing lesson, thank you Lusy ❤that has really boosted my listening skills, but the audios for Advanced were easier for me than for the intermediate😅
Thank you ma’am, greetings from Uzbekistan! 🇺🇿👋🏻
I never knew my English was this good 👍 glad
Good for you👍
But I never knew my English was this bad 😞😭🤧
@@SriSri04395lol same 😂😂
15/15 correct. I work as a transcriber and this was a fun test! Thank you! 👍
This is especially good at explaining the nuance. as a non native speaker who is somewhat good at English , i often dismiss these as the speaker being poor at pronouncing the words which feels like is not really my problem . but explaining how and why, like the 'f' sound in teeth gives a lot of context . since it stops my brain from rejecting the idea of acknowledging the difference and chalking it to their fault and instead gives context of how and why it happened and how it would have been beneficial to do so in their circumstances. makes it easier to learn alternatives from a mental block standpoint. Kudos Lucy, Keep up the good work
14/15 Non-native. Here in Finland we start learning english sometimes even before school and we consume a lot media in english. Only word that didn't make sense at all was "Granted", I'm familiar with British people dropping (almost like swallowing) the T but somehow James Acaster misses the R too. Your pronunciation of Granted without the T was clear as day but James's was totally incomprehensible for me. He says it almost like "gan'ed"
I’m a native English speaker (American), and I agree, he hardly pronounced that word correctly. It sounded more like “guided” to me!
Damn, I have a Finnish friend who is terrible at english. I thought it's not that common.
"gran ed", like he intentionally was saying 2 words. Kind of ridiculous if you could just pronounce 't' easily...
@hihtitmamnan Well yea, but for me the issue was missing the R too. I know english has a very soft R anyways when compared to something like finnish or german for example. I didn't hear James say the R at all so the word granted never even crossed my mind.
Thanks teacher for teaching us
your English is perfect I wish I would've been following you long time ago 😂
Your teaching style is great. Keep it up Lucy.
@EnglishwithLucy hey lucy does this video really help us can you make a video on verbs
I'm having a lot of fun by these listening tests. Thanks for making this (surprisingly) free and available through the platform. The tests were quite challenging for me, keep it up! 🤟🏼🔥
the only two gaps I didn't get were 'granted' in 7 and 'my' in 15. I was a little surprised by David Tennant getting ranked at 14 because I'm a fan of his work and by now I'm so used to both his accent and the general way in which he speaks that it doesn't at all register to me as something that could be difficult to understand lol
As soon as she said "Irish" I logged off
😂
Why is that?
When?
😂😂😂
Same here
As a professional translator, albeit a non-native English speaker, I found them easy...
Love Sarah Milican!!
Gervais is a bit more difficult, but you shudda added Billy Connolly in his thick Glasgow element :)
I love Scottish accents myself, as they love their glo'al stops and "ten' t' ommi' a lo'a le'ers" :D
ok crinqe
WTF in all caps!
Explain yerself :)
13:34 Why was Orlando Bloom‘s No. 9 easier than some of the beginners examples?
Is it may be because I’m used to AE pronunciation?
Did it for fun and its nice to see how far I have come. I am German and terrible at it in school, but after years of watching shows in English I got better. Than I got an English gf and moved to the UK, living here for 5 years now and it's just normal to me now. Thick scottish, Geordie or Scouse is no problem either anymore, only Cumbrian somewhat. People also often think I am a native speaker and ask where I am from, as they cant put my Northern German accent on top of the Northern English one I melted it with over time. :D
(I got all correct btw.)
I found it much harder to understand when they were mumbling, but got all words besides 2 of them. I'm proud of myself as a non-native english speaker. :D
Tbh i am an indian and as everybody knows here english is like a mixup of american and british english. Usually i watch anime dubs in english and those are easy to understand and catch and usually they are dubbed in american accent. But when it comes to british accent , i got a little bit confused but still i did all the questions pretty well 😅😅.
the last one was ten times harder than the others combined 🤣 what? a cow in the kitchen is eating a yellow fish? That can't be right
In the beginning i found this video very interesting but at this point 1:40 I'm out man!😂 Kya hoga mera yaar...😮💨
Brilliant! So well done. Thank you! Can and Can't, it is just amazing and reminds me my time in Hove for Eglish classes. Love you. You are the best😊
Dear teacher Lucy, I love you from true love ❤️🔥🔥
For all non-native English speakers, I’m American and even I don’t understand British English sometimes. So if you have a hard time, just know you aren’t the only one😂
For me the intermediate section was a lot easier than beginner 😂
That's why I love my India accent..No modification or whatsoever, we speak what we're actually supposed to.
No
Honestly, indian accent in english is almost impossible for me 😂 unless they speak slowly and separate words clearly
I agree. Every time an Indian scammer calls me pretending to be from Amazon, I can immediately pick up the accent and without fail tell them to get screwed.
well it is true you speak what you're supposed to, but at 10x the speed you're supopsed to 🤣🤣🤣
I'm watching this really high i don't even know what the video even is about. But I've answered most questions and learnt with her. Also thr background is soooo good, that's what keeps my tiktok brain focused enough to learn with whatever we're learning.
tldr - the yellow background is what gets me to watch the video the most
As a Hungarian non-native english speaker, for me it was Tom Hardy to understand the hardest, but everyone loves Tom, so I give myself a honest 15/15 score :) (I lied)
Bro, I tried not reading the sentences and even the beginner ones had some tough spots for me. I think it's got more to do with the British accent than English 😂
im an indian and i got 15, my listening skills were always good and im very proud of myself.
You got 15 and you are an Indian. I' m an idiot and I got 0 !!!!
2:47 SHerry
Nope.
@Romy--- Slow down the video and listen.
The English ear automatically corrects this, apparently detecting "poor sound", making a correction on the usual word, but I hear the sound itself, since I have no language habit for this word.
Ofc Benedict 😂… love this actor :)
Its help a lot, 'cause english is my third language and still learning a bit by bit
I didn't really keep track of my score but of the few I got wrong I only missed one word at most so I'm still happy with how I did
0:30 I quitted as soon as I heard "British" because their English is from some other planets.
'Quitted'?
@@Phil535 that's english from another planet
@@Phil535 Yes "Quitted". If you have any problems go to school. The past simple of the verb "Quit" is "Quit" or "Quitted". At most, you can call it a non-standard version.
My chatGPT said that "quitted" is not correct, but i agree that "British" makes me feel.. sad
Quitted is not usually used but it's not actually incorrect.
A great example of how so many British people mispronounce their own language much more so than us Americans pronounce English.
14/15 and I’m Indonesian. So proud of myself. (I learned English since 4 and i have a bad grammar🤓)
I'm a french Canadian and clip #6 was the most challenging for me, I was pleasantly surprised to have almost all answers.
We used to start english classes just 1 or 2 years before high school. Now our kids starts in kindergarten, it's going to be so much easier for them to travel the rest of Canada and most countries ☺️
I'm losing heart. Advanced level is not challenging. It's absolutely impossible to understand :)
losing* not loosing
@@brazenserpent7 Yes:) A typo:)
I already cut hope
@@Healthlife_livelong I have corrected the mistake!
I got everything except for the two words in the last one. 'my' and 'left'. English isn't my first language and I've come across this type of video teaching accents for the first time. It was very helpful.
Non-English speaker here, I had fun in this. I used to work in a voice-to-text account in an Aussie company and this reminds me of all the audios we transcribe everyday! 😁
I struggled a bit at the last one, cause I didn't catch "left" at first. However, 15 out of 15 still. I think I've been quite fluent in English for the better part of 10 years now, however, I sometimes struggle to understand other people with a thick accent whenever there is someone else talking nearby or just noise surrounding us.
This was great fun. Thanks for doing these kinds of videos. Helps a lot!
My second language is English. I love these kinds of exercises Lucy. I love you Lucy.
Been watching a lot of acorn tv, really is training my ears to different accents and English. I only missed 3 words. I am a very pleased, as a francophone, that i almost nailed this. Thanks, I really enjoy your videos.
Nailed it! Yellowfish nearly threw me off, I hesitated. Nice work, this is all very well put together. Keep it up!
I don't know this type of fish, so I considered it to be jello fish, undoubtedly a local delicacy 😋
I'm happy I got them all 15 and I'm not a native English speaker
Your innovative methods are interesting
I'll check your lessons for sure !👍🏼😉
Native speaker of American English here. Got em all but I'd never heard of a 'battery chicken'...I kinda guessed it from the context. Definitely not easy though, especially the last one. I find the Irish accent a bit easier to understand than a lot of the stuff from the more obscure corners of Britain. Entertaining at any rate. Needed more Ricky Gervais!
Thank you, teacher! Greetings from Southern Brazil!
I'm from New York City. I think that lends to why I can understand such a wide array of different accents when people are speaking English.
I am a brazilian whos self taught english online by listening to music, having conversations with english speakers and playing games!
I'll write my results here:
1 - all correct
2 - all correct
3 - all correct
4 - all correct - the most challenging begginer stage, mostly because of the word "heart"
5 - all correct
6 - missed the 2 last words. - couldn't understand most of it before hearing it the second time
7 - missed "granted"
8 - all correct
9 - all correct
10 - i thought the "and" was an "an"
11 - forgot the " 'd " in "they"
12 - missed the words havoc and nurtured
13 - all correct
14 - all correct (wasn't expecting hand towel to be the actual answer!)
15 - completely wrong! i thought the words were: the - fish - out
Pretty fun! I have alot to improve in my english and i plan to study and get a certificate soon!
First timer here, I'm from Germany and I understood 13 of 15 clips perfectly,. The last two were a little bit complicated. :D
By listening these audio clips I can assure I am bilingual now. Thanks for the exercises, they are really good for intermediate and advanced english students.
Ahh, my old linguistic days. Fun stuff here, Lucy, very illuminating. 😉