30-Day Challenge Listening 1

Transform your listening in 30 days!

Native English speakers talk so fast!

And they don't pronounce words carefully! The sentences sound like one long noise - it's really difficult to catch.

I'm always worried that someone will say something to me that I don't understand.

It's SO embarrassing asking people to repeat (and sometimes I don't understand the second time either!).

Have you ever been in this situation? It's so stressful!

It's even worse when you're in a job interview!

However, a lot of students don't actually know HOW to improve their listening.

Maybe they watch TV series and movies.

Maybe they listen to podcasts or the BBC.

Maybe they go to English classes.

But none of these things help much!

So how can we really improve our listening?

When I was teaching English for exams, my students always found the listening sections the most difficult.

And they struggled to understand fast, native English in conversations.

I had the same problem myself with French.

I wanted to make serious progress and be able to understand.

So, I started to read the research about improving our listening.

(You know, I did a master's degree in psycholinguistics at Cambridge, so I like reading scientific studies!)

Here's what I found:

In most English classes, we listen to a recording and answer a few questions about the topic. But this doesn't help AT ALL!

We need to do a much more focused kind of study to really improve.

We need to train our ears to hear all the different sounds.

We need to know how the pronunciation of words changes in fast speech.

The good news is that when we study listening properly, it's possible to make very fast progress!

Introducing the 30-Day Listening Challenge

Seriously improve your listening in 30 days

In this challenge, you will learn to:

Separate the words so that you can hear what the person said, instead of one long noise.

Get comfortable with the way that English speakers use different pronunciation when they're speaking quickly.

Understand the extra noises and sounds English speakers use when they're talking (uhh, um, er, hmmm).

After 30 days, you'll be able to understand fast spoken English much more easily.

Fast progress in 20 minutes a day

Easy to use - just follow our system

Understand fast English better from the first day

What our students say about the listening challenges:

The Listening 30-Day Challenge is inside our Perfect English Grammar membership.

How does it work?

You sign up for the Perfect English Grammar Membership.
Inside the membership platform, you choose the Listening 30-Day Challenge.
You do the online lesson every day for 30 days. The lesson is a real, natural conversation with native speakers. It includes full transcripts and explanations.
It will take you around 20 or 30 minutes to do the lesson.
You can study whenever you like - maybe with your morning coffee?
In 30 days, you can improve your English listening a lot and understand native speakers more easily.
Then you can choose another course inside the membership, if you want!

More of our students' comments about the listening challenges:

Semih:

I have been watching movies for five months with English subtitles. But after the course, I don't feel like checking what's written in the subtitles!

Raquel:

I feel more comfortable and confident when I'm listening to English conversations during a meeting (at work or with friends), so I take part in them. I like this feeling! Honestly, I can't think of anything better that you should change in this course. It's perfect!

Ramakrishna:

Last night (the 29th day) of this challenge, I spoke with a bank customer care executive and I got all her question clearly. I felt my efforts paid off!

The Perfect English Grammar Membership ALSO includes:

35 more in-depth online courses
A daily email to keep you motivated
PDFs, flashcards, online quizzes - everything you need to improve
A certificate when you finish each course
Help from our lovely teachers whenever you need it
No contract - cancel anytime with one click

Hi, I'm Seonaid, your teacher!

And together with the Perfect English Grammar team, I've helped *tens of millions* of students improve their grammar.

I'm a British native speaker of English. I have a Master's degree (MPhil) from Cambridge University in English and Linguistics and I've been teaching English for more than 20 years.

I live in London, I've studied French, German, Spanish and Japanese myself and I love learning, culture, books and ideas.

(My name is pronounced "show-na"!)

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Frequently Asked Questions

It costs $25 (USD) per month or $240 per year. Everyone gets the same courses, it's just a bit cheaper if you pay for a year in advance.

Of course! You can cancel your membership any time with one click inside your account or by sending us an email. There's no contract or obligation.

We have thousands of happy students! But if you decide that the membership isn't what you need, we offer a full 30-day guarantee. Just send us an email in the first 30 days and we'll give you your money back.

No, all the lessons are already recorded so that you can study whenever you want.

Yes! You can get a certificate at the end of every course.

You have full access to everything for as long as you stay in the membership.

Yes! Just write a comment inside the courses or send us an email and a qualified British teacher will answer you.

We really recommend studying a little bit every day! Fifteen or twenty minutes is perfect.

The free website has written explanations and some exercises. The membership has full online courses, which are carefully organised and go into a lot more detail. They have videos, audios, flashcards, PDFs, infographics, summaries and hundreds of review exercises. In the membership, you can also have your questions answered by us and you can get a certificate when you finish a course.

Yes! You are very welcome to use this material in your classroom or with your private students. Everything can be printed and photocopied.

A few more student comments about our courses

Natalita:

My English makes a good impression on my colleagues and business partners. I feel more confident and powerful.

Farah:

I've got great accuracy and confidence to express my ideas or thoughts.

Paul:

I became more self-confident, and today I started an international business course in English. I'm so proud!

Hubavina:

The course is marvellous. I can understand and read a lot of articles and books in English.

Oksana:

This is the best-structured and the most clear course I've ever seen (I'm 52 :-)). Thank you so much! At last! I can speak confidently and understand how to build my sentences.

Maria:

It was easy to learn, you explained it perfectly. I can speak more easily and I am more confident in conversation.

Kelly:

I have noticed that I use several of these idioms naturally in my conversation in English. I say them naturally, it's very rewarding.

Guillermo:

The course is helping me to hold better English conversations with others. It's also helping me improve my English writing skills and is giving me great self-confidence.

Alessandra:

I realised that I am actually able to use the phrasal verbs when speaking and writing. They just keep coming to my mind.

Michel:

I can already enjoy movies more and get a better understanding of Bloomberg papers. I'm confident it will be helpful in my career.

Zsuzsanna:

I use much more sophisticated grammar in my communication now. I love reading novels in English and with the help of the course, many types of sentence structures, which were weird for me before, became familiar. And I adore this feeling :)

Lyudmila:

I can see that my self-confidence is raised sharply. I can pass those tests on which I was previously unsuccessful, practically without errors.