Shadowing-Übung: How I Improved My Listening and Speaking in English 🇺🇸 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit YouTube

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Hey you guys, welcome to this channel.
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My name is Alba and I'm an English teacher.
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I've been teaching English for more than eight years now
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and today I just wanted to sit down and have a nice little chat with you.
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English is my second language.
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I learned it as an adult.
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So in today's video, I'm going to share with you some of the tips that have helped me improve my speaking,
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listening and just overall confidence.
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So here's the thing.
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Back in school, I was really good at English.
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At least that's what I thought.
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Well, English was my favorite subject.
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I absolutely loved it and my teachers were very happy with my performance.
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And later I went to college, studied business English there.
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Then something happened.
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I moved abroad and I started making friends who were native speakers as well as non-native speakers and I realized something.
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My vocabulary was so limited.
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I struggled to understand people,
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especially in fast casual conversations.
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And don't even get me started on speaking.
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I couldn't express myself.
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I was hesitating and just felt stuck all the time.
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And that's when it hit me.
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Even though I had studied English for years,
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I had almost no real practice.
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In school, we did a lot of grammar exercises like filling in the gaps,
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reading, and stuff like that.
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But we almost had no listening or speaking practice.
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At that time, I decided to do something with it.
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You know, I made a decision to start improving my speaking and listening.
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I started watching TV shows,
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movies, YouTube videos in English every single day.
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So sometimes I would just play it in the background,
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you know, while doing some chores and stuff.
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But most of the time I was really paying attention.
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And my goal was not to understand every single word or like translate every unfamiliar word.
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No, my goal was to help my ears and my brain get used to hearing English speech every day.
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And here's something that I've noticed,
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not just in myself, but also in my students.
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I can immediately tell when a student watches content in English.
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It's just so obvious.
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The ones who do, they sound more natural,
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they understand native speakers better,
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they're more comfortable with different accents,
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and most importantly, they have a better sense of the language.
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It's just like they can feel it, you know?
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So if you're not doing this already,
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seriously, pick a show or a YouTube channel you like and make it a daily habit.
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And also what I usually recommend to my students,
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do not try to understand every single word, you know?
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Don't pause every time you hear an unfamiliar word and look it up in the dictionary or translated.
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That's not the whole point of watching videos or TV shows.
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The point is to enjoy this process, right?
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Trick your brain into learning English in this easy, lazy way.
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If you start translating every word and writing the words down,
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this is not enjoyable.
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Yeah, this is a daunting task and your brain will not like it.
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So yeah, you can turn on the subtitles if you wish,
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but you don't have to understand every single word,
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especially if you are a beginner.
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Moving on to the next tip, let's talk about shadowing.
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Boy, do I love this method.
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I just wish I was more consistent with it.
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So shadowing is when you repeat what a native speaker says immediately and as accurately as possible,
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and you imitate, you try to copy their tone,
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their rhythm, their pronunciation, everything.
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However, a lot of people find this technique uncomfortable.
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They say that it just doesn't feel natural.
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They feel like they're pretending to be somebody else.
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And they say, what if I lose my voice?
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What if I lose my individuality?
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But shadowing is not about becoming a different person.
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It's about training your mouth and your muscles to produce the correct English sounds.
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Think about it.
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When you speak in your native language,
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you use a certain set of muscles, right?
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But for English, we need to use different ones.
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And if those muscles aren't trained,
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you simply cannot produce the sounds correctly.
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So when we shadow or imitate native speakers,
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our goal is not to copy their identity,
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but to build muscle memory to train those pronunciation skills and to become more comfortable and fluent.
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So how do you choose a native speaker that you would like to shadow or copy?
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I personally have a couple of girls,
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bloggers, YouTubers that I follow and I love their voice.
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I love how they express themselves.
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I love their accent, their pronunciation.
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I also noticed that it's not just about their voice but also about their personality.
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So if their personality matches my vibes,
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I'm more willing to practice shadowing with them.
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This technique changed the way I speak and it's done the same for many of my students.
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So highly, highly recommend you try it as well.
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Another thing that I absolutely love doing is reading out loud.
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I truly believe that people who read a lot express themselves better.
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They sound more sophisticated, more clear,
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their speech is well structured.
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So whether it's a book,
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an article, a magazine, a newspaper,
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or whatever you enjoy, just read it out loud.
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And the last tip, I just have to mention it.
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It's not going to surprise you because all the teachers talk about it all the time.
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Practice English with real people.
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The only way to get comfortable with speaking is to speak.
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And I'm talking about real people,
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not AI, not chatting online, which is also good.
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It can be useful, right?
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But nothing can replace real human communication because this is how we develop soft skills,
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how we build connections with the language and with the people,
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how we start using it as a tool, a communication tool.
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That's the whole point of learning a language, isn't it?
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And how do you do that?
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How do you find somebody you can practice with?
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Well, there are lots of different apps and platforms available where you can find teachers,
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tutors, language exchange partners.
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You just try them and see what's best for you.
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So that's pretty much it.
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I have a lot more to say but it's getting dark outside and I have to wrap it up.
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Anyway in the end I just wanted to mention that the key to learning a language in my opinion is consistency.
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Stay consistent, stay curious, and surround yourself with English every day.
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Let me know in the comments below what you think of these tips.
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If you find this video helpful,
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give it a like, subscribe,
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and share it with someone who's learning English too.
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Thanks so much for watching.
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I'll see you next time.
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Bye!

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In dieser Lektion werden Sie lernen, wie Sie Ihre Fähigkeiten im Hören und Sprechen auf Englisch durch gezielte Übungen und tägliche Praxis verbessern können. Anhand eines persönlichen Berichts erfahren Sie, welche Methoden effektiv sind, um Ihr Hörverständnis und Ihre Sprechfertigkeiten zu fördern. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die Bedeutung von regelmäßigem Kontakt mit der Sprache und wie dies Ihr Selbstbewusstsein im Umgang mit Englisch steigern kann.

Wichtiger Wortschatz & Phrasen

  • Vokabular - der Wortschatz, den man hat, um sich auszudrücken
  • Hörverständnis - die Fähigkeit, gesprochene Sprache zu verstehen
  • Native Speaker - jemand, der die Sprache von Geburt an spricht
  • Akzent - die regionale oder persönliche Aussprache einer Sprache
  • Zuhören - den Klang der Sprache aufnehmen und verstehen
  • Selbstbewusstsein - das Vertrauen in die eigenen Fähigkeiten, Englisch zu sprechen
  • Schattensprechen - eine Technik, bei der man mit einem Sprecher nachahmt

Übungstipps

Eine der effektivsten Methoden, um Ihre Englischausprache zu verbessern, ist das Shadowspeak oder Englisch Shadowing. Wählen Sie ein Video oder eine Fernsehsendung, die Sie mögen, und versuchen Sie, die gesprochene Sprache nachzusprechen, während Sie sie hören. Hier sind einige spezifische Tipps, um shadowspeaks in Ihren Alltag zu integrieren:

  • Wählen Sie Inhalte mit einer Geschwindigkeit, die für Sie angenehm ist. Wenn notwendig, können Sie die Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit verlangsamen.
  • Versuchen Sie nicht, jedes Wort zu verstehen; konzentrieren Sie sich darauf, den Fluss und Rhythmus der Sprache aufzuschnappen.
  • Hören Sie regelmäßig, um Ihr Gehör für verschiedene Akzente und Sprechstile zu schärfen.
  • Führen Sie beim Anhören von Inhalten eine Art Lautlesen durch – sprechen Sie die Sätze laut nach, um Ihre Aussprache zu verbessern.
  • Wenden Sie diese Technik täglich an – auch nur 10–15 Minuten können einen großen Unterschied machen.

Mit der Zeit werden Sie feststellen, dass Sie sicherer im Sprechen werden und Ihr Hörverständnis sich erheblich verbessert. Machen Sie das Hören und Sprechen auf Englisch zu einem festen Bestandteil Ihres Lernprozesses!

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.

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