How to Learn English: "How is it going?" and How to Pronounce It

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You want to learn English, but learning and speaking English takes time and practice. I am here to help. In these English learning videos I go over how certain phrases sound in spoken English. Sometimes when you are listening to an English conversation people speak way to fast, and you have trouble understanding. This is because in English speaking we tend to slur our words together. Hopefully this video will help you train your ear to better understand spoken English. Thank you for visiting Learn English with Bob the Canadian! ✅ **FREE** practice materials for each video if you sign up here: http://eepurl.com/dmbDYX ✅ Learn a new English word everyday with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/engbobthecanadian/ ✅ Ask me questions on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobthecanadian IMPORTANT ENGLISH LEARNING TIP: You should always watch the whole video, right to the end, and then watch it again right away. This is a great way to reinforce what you have just learned. My videos are short to make this easier. You should also return tomorrow and watch the same video for a 3rd time. This is easy to do, and will really help you to remember the lesson. FOR MORE HELP LEARNING ENGLISH CONNECT WITH ME ON: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/engbobthecanadian/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobthecanadian Google+: https://goo.gl/dWDvqA Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobthecanadian2 My Blog: http://bobthecanadian.com/ Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bobthecanadian2 A FEW THINGS: 1) Turn on CC for full subtitles while viewing, a great way to reinforce what you are hearing while you are learning English. 2) There is also a full English transcript below if you prefer to use that method as you practice. 3) Come back once a week for a new video! Thanks for visiting Learn English with Bob the Canadian. TRANSCRIPT: Hi Bob the Canadian here and I just wanted to talk to you a little bit about a phrase or question that you hear quite often in everyday speech and that question is, "How is it going?"” Now we're a little unfair. Uh, in everyday speech we don't speak that slowly. Uh, we don't normally greet each other by pronouncing and enunciating each word correctly. We don't walk up and say, "How is it going Dave?" "It is going fine Bob." Uh, but we normally start to compress things. So the question, "How is it going?", the first compression down sounds a little more like this, "How's it goin?". **Note: "goin" is pronounced this way, but it is still spelled, "going" So we take the "How is", and it becomes, "How's", and we take the "going" at the end and it becomes, "goin". We kind of drop the "g" off. So we say, "How's it goin?". How's it goin? The we get even faster. So you’ll hear people say things like, “Howzitgoin?” **Note: "Howzitgoin" is pronounced this way, but it is still spelled, "How is it going?" Howzitgoin? Howzitgoin? Howzitgoin? Uh, where they compress the entire phrase down into one word. Howzitgoin? Howzitgoin? Typical responses to, “Howzitgoin?” would be: It’s going fine. It is going fine. It’s going fine. It’s fine. Or It’s going. It’s going. Howzitgoin? It’s going. How’s it going with you? It’s going. It’s ok. Um, so again, that’s the question, “How is it going?” So listen for that when you hear English speakers speaking a little more rapidly. How’s it going? Thanks. Bob the Canadian here. Learn English with Bob the Canadian. Don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks for watching! Have a great English learning day! CONNECT WITH ME ON: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/engbobthecanadian/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobthecanadian Google+: https://goo.gl/dWDvqA Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobthecanadian2 My Blog: http://bobthecanadian.com/