Listening P: Hi You're listening to Ask t he expert and in today ’ s ( 1 ) we ’ re talking about lan guages and how to learn a language. Our ( 2 ) today is Sally Parker, who is a teacher. Hi Sally. S: Hello P: Sally, our ( 3 ) today is from Andy. He says, ”I’ ve just started learning English. My problem is that I 'm ( 4 ) . My grammar is not ( 5 ) good, so I ’ m worried about ( 6 ) the wrong thing. "Have you got ( 7 ) for Andy? S: OK. Well, the first thing is I think Andy should ( 8 ) speaking to himself . P: Speaking to himself? I ’ m not ( 9 ) that's a good idea. S: I know it ( 10 ) silly, but talking to yourself in a ( 11 ) language is a really good way to practice. You don ’ t have to feel ( 12 ), because nobody can hear you . You can talk to yourself ( 13 ) anything you like what you had for breakfast , where you're ( 14 ) the weekend anything. And the more you do it, the more you will get used to ( 15 ) and your pronunciation, so you won ’ t feel so ( 16 ) i n the classroom. Andy should try i t. P: Hm, I suppose so. Anythi n g else? What about his grammar? S: He has only just ( 17 ) learning English, so he is going to ( 18 ) lots of mistakes, but that ’ s not a ( 19 ) . That's ( 20 ) he ’ ll learn. Andy shouldn't ( 21 ) making mistakes . P: You're right. So Andy, ( 22 ) yourself, and don ’ t worry about making mistakes. Our next problem ( 23 ) Olivia in Brazil . She is worried about ( 24 ) . She says, ” The problem is I can ’ t understand ( 25 ) . They speak ( 26 ) and I can't understand their pronunciation. "So Sally, ( 27 ) for Olivia ? S: Well, first of all it's a good idea for her to ( 28 ) her listening skills. She should listen to English ( 29 ) to get used to how it sounds. Listen to ( 30 ) , listen to po d casts,(and)watch English television . P: Ok . T hat's a good idea. S: And another thing she should do is to ( 31 ) listening and reading at the same time. If you listen to something ( 32 ) , you can often read ( 33 ) . If you listen and read at the same time, it ’ll help you see what the words ( 34 ) and how the words sound when a native speaker is talking . P: Great. Thank you Sally. Well, huh, I'm afraid that' s all we ( 35 ) for today , but next week we'll be ...