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5 habits that are secretly ruining your Portuguese listening skills: 1. Listening to the same audio multiple times. If you just listen and do nothing with what you are hearing, it's just passive repetition. Your brain doesn't learn anything new. 2. Turning on the captions. This trains your brain to read instead of listen. While it's great for Portuguese pronunciation and language maintenance, it is NOT an efficient Portuguese listening practice for fast improvement. 3. Trying to understand everything at once. This causes anxiety and frustration when listening to native speakers. Normalise having a clear goal every time you try to understand spoken Portuguese. 4. Ignoring the short sounds. In conversational Brazilian Portuguese, prepositions mix with other words and make you misunderstand what was said. You need to focus on how sounds connect in real life. 5. Relying on luck. Listening doesn't improve just with quantity. If you just "listen again" without a mission, you're not training, you're waiting for a miracle. ​(📌 SAVE this reel to stop letting these habits kill your potential) ​THE FIX: You need "Active Listening". Every listen should have a mission: understand the big picture, identify new Portuguese vocabulary, and notice sounds. If you don't know how to put this into practice, send me a message with the word "APP" and I'll share a simple tool I created that you can start using right now.

Why you still struggle to understand Brazilians speaking and HOW TO SOLVE IT? Most students think that improving their listening skills is just about “listening more”. So they: – listen to the same audio multiple times – turn on the captions – try to understand everything at once And even so... they progress very slowly. Because listening without a clear goal is passive repetition. If every time you hit play you do the exact same thing, your brain doesn’t learn anything new. Listening doesn't improve just with quantity. It also needs focus. So if you want to get better, every listen should have a mission: – understand the big picture – identify words or meanings – notice sounds – connect everything If you just “listen again”, you’re not training. You’re just relying on luck. If you want to know exactly how to put this into practice, just send me a message! I'll share a tool I built to systematize all of this for you using music that you can start using for free. 🎧

A maioria dos estudantes acha que melhorar o listening é só “ouvir mais”. Então eles: – escutam o mesmo áudio várias vezes – colocam legenda – tentam entender tudo de uma vez E mesmo assim… evoluem muito lentamente. Por quê? Porque ouvir sem um objetivo claro não pode ser seu principal recurso pra melhorar. É repetição passiva. Se toda vez que você aperta play você faz exatamente a mesma coisa, seu cérebro não aprende nada novo. Listening não melhora só com quantidade. Melhora com foco. Cada escuta deveria ter uma missão: – uma vez pra entender o geral – outra pra identificar palavras – outra pra perceber sons – outra pra conectar tudo É assim que o ouvido é treinado para se acostumar com as pessoas falando o idioma que você tá tentando aprender. Se você só "ouve de novo" então você não tá treinando. Você tá apenas esperando pela sorte.

A few months ago, I shared a podcast in Argentine Spanish here on italki in honor of my bunny, Pucky, who passed away. Today, I’d like to invite you to listen to it again. This podcast is important to me because it’s not just about loss — it’s about language as a way of processing emotions, memory, and affection. I recorded it in a very honest moment, speaking slowly, naturally, and from the heart. If you’re learning Spanish (or simply enjoy listening to real, personal stories), this episode might resonate with you. And if you do listen, know that it truly means a lot to me. Thank you for being here 🤍

This week we're learning about the Grand Canyon 🏜️ Let's try a listening exercise today 🔊 Listen to the excerpt and follow along, then answer the question below ⬇️

Herkese Merhaba, Türkçe Dinleme dersime hoş geldiniz. Bu dersi dinlediğinizde dinleme yeteneğiniz gelişecek ve yeni kelimeler öğreneceksiniz. Bugünkü dersimizde evcil hayvanları konuşacağız. Bu güzel bir konu çünkü birçok insan günümüzde evlerinde evcil hayvanlara sahipler. Peki Türkler evlerinde hangi evcil hayvanları beslerler? Sadece evlerinde mi beslerler? Türkiye’ye geldiğiniz zaman göreceksiniz sokaklarda çok fazla kedi ve köpek var. Ve Türkler hem sokak hayvanlarını hem de kendi evcil hayvanlarını çok severler Öncelikle kedilerden bahsetmek istiyorum. Ben İstanbul’da yaşadığım için İstanbul’da hem sokaklarda hem de evlerde çok fazla kedi var. Bir kediye sahipseniz mutlu olmanız için çok fazla sebebiniz vardır😊

🇯🇵Japanese Quiz🇯🇵

Do you have a basic or intermediate level of Spanish? Do you enjoy learning with short podcasts? If the answer to both of these questions is YES, then I invite you to listen to my new podcast!! =)