Shadowing-Übung: A1 English Listening - Why Learn English? - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Hey English learners, welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
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Today let's talk about some different reasons why people learn English.
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There are many reasons to learn English.
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You probably have one or two or maybe more reasons why you're learning English.
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English.
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I want to talk about different reasons to learn English today because this is important.
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It's important to have a good reason to learn because when you have a good reason,
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it helps keep you focused on your learning,
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it helps you continue to learn and not give up, and it motivates you.
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It gives you the motivation you need to learn English.
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So that's what we're going to talk about today.
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And before we do that,
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I want to remind you that if you need my help to understand native English speakers when they speak fast,
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then make sure to join my membership
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so you can watch my listening practice seminars in which I help you understand fast English.
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So that link is down below.
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Alright, let's talk about some different reasons why people learn English.
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The first one I want to talk about is entertainment.
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Many people want to learn English because they like English language entertainment.
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Maybe they like watching TV, TV shows or TV series in English.
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Maybe they like watching American movies, for example.
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Or perhaps they really like music and they want to listen to music in English.
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Or maybe they're interested in video games
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and they want to talk to other people while they're playing video games and they need to talk in English.
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So entertainment can be a really good motivator for people to learn English.
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And it can also be really effective as well.
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Because when you enjoy something, you do it more, right?
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When you like doing something, it's not that hard for you to do it.
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You enjoy it, so you do it easily.
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And when you enjoy doing something,
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you focus more on it when you do it, right?
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And also you learn more when you enjoy something, when it's entertaining to you.
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You focus more and learn more.
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You probably remember more from what you watch or hear.
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So, I know people who have accidentally learned a language,
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maybe not fluently, but they've learned some language to a good level,
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maybe, because they're so interested in the entertainment from some country.
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Like, for example, they might really like Korean dramas.
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And so they watch so many Korean dramas and eventually they start to understand Korean.
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I've heard of this before.
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Or maybe they're really interested in Japanese anime,
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and they watch so much anime that eventually they start to understand Japanese.
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Maybe they can't speak it, but they can already understand a lot.
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This is pretty crazy because these people might not even care about the language of that drama or that anime,
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but they're so interested in that entertainment that they learn the language.
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That's pretty cool.
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So many people can learn English because they want to watch things in English
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or listen to things in English or maybe they get good at English because they like playing video games.
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This is common.
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So this can be a good reason to learn English.
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I'm not saying that this is the best reason to play video games,
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but I'm saying that many people learn English because of this reason.
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So that's one thing.
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Another reason why many people want to learn English is because they like traveling.
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Learning English makes traveling easier.
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So when you travel to an English-speaking country and you can speak English,
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this makes things a lot easier.
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This makes things simpler and even if
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If you're traveling to a country where the people don't speak English as a native language,
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many people probably speak English as a second language.
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So you can also use English a lot when you travel to countries that aren't the US or the UK.
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If you travel to other European countries perhaps you'll probably be able to speak English with many people there.
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So that can really help you when you travel.
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It can help you communicate with local people,
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maybe read signs or websites or
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whatever you need when you're traveling or you're planning a trip.
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So that can help.
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And you can also make friends when you're traveling.
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I've known people that have made friends
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when they travel to other countries because maybe they take a tour
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and in that tour group they speak English to the other tourists who are taking
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that tour so that can help them make friends with other tourists or they can make friends with locals as well.
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So learning English can make traveling easier and funner, right?
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That's another good reason to learn English.
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Another reason why people might learn English is because of their career.
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This is a very common reason.
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Maybe you're learning English to help you in your career.
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So if you can speak English,
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maybe you can work with international clients or customers.
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Maybe you can work in an international company
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and you need English because your co-workers speak English
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or maybe if you speak English you'll have more opportunities in your work
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or maybe you'll have the opportunity to work abroad work in another country
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so there are many opportunities that that you can have if you speak English.
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And also for academics, for school, right, university.
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Knowing English can be very helpful because it can help you research things in English.
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internet is full of information in English.
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So if you can speak English,
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you have a lot of information that you can use when you are doing different types of of school,
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work, when you're writing things for your university, etc. Right?
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You have a lot of information that you can use when you speak English.
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If this is your reason for learning English,
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you want to have more career opportunities,
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or it helps you in your academics, your school.
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This is great, but you should still have a reason that's more personal.
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You don't want to only learn English because you have to,
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because your boss makes you learn English or your school makes you learn English.
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It's also good to have a personal reason why you want to learn.
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Not because you have to learn, but because you want to learn.
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If you have a more personal reason, it will help you be more motivated.
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So one more reason why some people learn English is because of love.
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Because they fall in love with someone who speaks English.
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If you meet someone who speaks English and they don't speak your language,
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this is the greatest motivation to learn English.
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Because you love this person and you need to communicate with them.
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And you can only do this in English.
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This is a great motivator.
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This is probably the top reason.
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The reason that gives you the most motivation.
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So I know this from experience.
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I learned Spanish because of love.
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Because I I fell in love with someone who speaks that language.
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So this was the best motivator.
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This gave me the most motivation to learn.
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So most of you won't do this,
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but it's a good lesson for you to know this.
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Even if you don't do this,
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it's good to know this because it shows you how important it is to have a good
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personal reason to learn a language.
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When you have this, it makes learning English much easier.
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You want to do it.
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You spend more time doing it.
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It becomes easier to do the necessary things to learn English.
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So even if you don't fall in love with someone who speaks English,
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you should still find a good personal reason to learn.
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Okay?
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I hope this video was helpful for you and for your listening.
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Remember that if you need my help to understand native speakers when they speak fast,
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join my membership and you'll get my listening training.
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Thank you all for watching this video and I'll talk to you in the next one.

Kontext & Hintergrund

In diesem Video geht es um die verschiedenen Gründe, warum Menschen Englisch lernen. Der Sprecher, ein erfahrener Englischlehrer, hebt die Bedeutung des Lernens hervor und ermutigt die Zuschauer, ihre persönlichen Motivationen zu erkennen. Durch das Teilen von Geschichten und Beispielen zeigt er, wie Lernen durch Interesse und Leidenschaft erleichtert wird, sei es durch Unterhaltung, Reisen, Karriere oder persönliche Beziehungen. Diese Einsichten sollen Lernende dazu ermutigen, sich auf ihre Gründe zu konzentrieren, um motiviert zu bleiben und ihr Englisch sprechen zu üben.

Top 5 Phrasen für die tägliche Kommunikation

  • „Ich lerne Englisch, weil ich Filme und Musik mag.“ – Diese Aussage betont die Bedeutung von Unterhaltung als Motivator.
  • „Englisch macht das Reisen einfacher.“ – Ideal, um den Nutzen von Sprachkenntnissen beim Reisen zu verdeutlichen.
  • „Durch Englisch habe ich mehr Karrierechancen.“ – Eine wichtige Botschaft für Berufstätige.
  • „Ich möchte mit Freunden kommunizieren, die kein Deutsch sprechen.“ – Veranschaulicht persönliche Motivationen.
  • „Die Liebe motiviert mich, Englisch zu lernen.“ – Eine kraftvolle Inspiration, die viele erkennen können.

Schritt-für-Schritt Shadowing-Anleitung

Um das Englisch sprechen üben durch Shadowing effektiver zu gestalten, folgen Sie diesen Schritten:

  1. Hören Sie aktiv zu: Hören Sie sich das Video an und konzentrieren Sie sich auf die intonierten Phrasen.
  2. Wiederholen Sie die Sätze: Nutzen Sie die shadow speech Technik, um die Phrasen nachzusprechen, während der Sprecher spricht.
  3. Langsame Wiederholung: Spielen Sie die Stellen langsam ab und üben Sie die Aussprache. Dies hilft, die richtigen Klänge zu erfassen.
  4. Aufnahme: Nehmen Sie sich selbst beim Nachsprechen auf, um Ihre Entwicklung zu verfolgen und Ihre Aussprache zu verbessern.
  5. Feedback einholen: Teilen Sie Ihre Aufnahmen mit Freunden oder Lehrern und bitten Sie um Feedback, um gezielt an Ihrer Aussprache zu arbeiten.

Durch diesen zielgerichteten Ansatz können Sie Ihre Fähigkeiten im shadowspeak deutlich verbessern und gleichzeitig Ihre Motivation steigern. Nutzen Sie die oben genannten Phrasen als Ausgangspunkt, um in Ihre tägliche Praxis einzutauchen!

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.