Listening: Understanding Different Accents & Varieties of English B2 - Lesson 2: Understanding Fluent Speech from Non-Native Speakers with Various Accents

B2 GLOBAL

Global Accents

ការស្តាប់ភាសាអង់គ្លេសពីជនជាតិដទៃ

🎯 Scenario: International Team Sync.
You must understand updates from colleagues who speak fluent English but with strong L1 (First Language) influence.

🇪🇸

Maria (Spain) Project Manager

Hint: Spanish speakers often add an 'e' sound before words starting with 's' (e.g., e-start, e-school).

🇯🇵

Kenji (Japan) Developer

Hint: The 'L' and 'R' sounds often merge. "Arrow" likely means "Error" or "Log".

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Hans (Germany) Analyst

Hint: Final consonants are often "devoiced" (hardened). 'D' sounds like 'T'.

What word did they actually say?

"E-special" A special email.

"E-special" Special (Adjective).

"Croud" Cloud (Computing).

"Croud" Crowd (People).

Type the Standard English Spelling:

1. Maria says: "I will sent the re-porrrt."

2. Hans says: "We need to fix the buck."

Did you understand the intent?

Hans said: "The bat was bad." (Context: Finance Meeting)