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AP 8 – Checkout list
I haven’t things to add to your suggestions. When I am listening to an English conversation usually:
– Set my mind on the topic of the conversation (a job meeting is different from a TV show and a friendly chat, and the possible topics covered are different as well)
– Try to focus on the meaning of the speech and not on the single words
– If I can’t get what it is happening at all I interrupt and say on the line of “Sorry to interrupt you, but I think I may I am not understanding: are you saying <I try to rephrase what it is the last thing I get> ?” or try to signal that I am not following the conversation.
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Good sensible strategies @Lu_Corde 👌
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Thank you!
Anyway, I developed these strategies, then the last meeting I lost the plot a bit because I was checking to have sent the correct file and when I understood that my colleague had written a file-name different from the one I had said, I assumed I had made an error and interrupted the meeting to underline that actually the procedure was different from the one I had described.
Actually, I was right and it was only a spell error… I was super-ashamed! But it was like the third time in total I actively took part in a meeting, so I guess I will learn to keep track. Ahahahah
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Oh man! I can imagine it was pretty embarrassing, but good for you for taking a stand!
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You have no idea! But I assume it is a lesson learned 😂
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