Shadowing Practice: 277 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hi everyone!

My name is Bo and this is Bo's Slow English.

Oh hi Nari!

We are going on a virtual walk together in Seoul, South Korea.

Lately, I've been thinking about my identity, culture, and language.

I was born in Seoul, South Korea.

My family and I immigrated to the United States when I was very young.

I am a Korean American.

I haven't been back to Korea in over 30 years.

I wanted to tell you about a personal story.

So this can be like a story time vlog.

And if you would like,

you can do a shadowing practice.

so that you can practice your speaking skills.

At the end of this video,

please let me know in the comments how you liked this format.

Please like, subscribe, and share this video with your friends.

And if you or anyone you know could benefit from my new YouTube channel,

where I teach in very slow English.

Please do check it out and share it with your friends and family.

Let's take a walk through Korea.

When I think about Korea,

the first word that comes to mind is identity,

not food, K-pop, or beauty.

Identity.

Because growing up, I always knew I was Korean,

but I also wanted to become American,

and I think those two things can exist together.

But when I was younger,

it didn't always feel that way.

I moved to America when I was very young.

At home, my parents spoke Korean.

Outside the house, everything was English.

School was English.

Friends spoke English.

Everything on TV was English.

So little by little, my Korean changed.

It became what many people call Konglish,

a mix of Korean and English.

And eventually, I think part of me stopped trying.

I remember my mom wanted me to go to Korean school.

I didn't want to.

At the time, I thought,

no. I want to be like everyone else.

I wanted to fit in.

And when you're a kid, fitting in feels important.

You don't think about regret.

You don't think, how will I feel when I'm older?

But now I do regret it.

I think if I stayed with Korean school,

maybe I would feel more confident speaking Korean today.

Maybe I wouldn't feel embarrassed.

And embarrassment is interesting.

Because sometimes embarrassment changes our choices more than fear does.

I think embarrassment may have stopped me from going back to Korea.

Not completely, but maybe a little.

I worried.

What if my Korean isn't good enough?

What if my relatives think my accent sounds strange?

What if I'm not Korean enough?

The last time I went to Korea,

I think I was around 8 years old.

I went with my mom for about a month.

And one memory I have is the first day we arrived,

I ate pizza with my aunt and cousins.

I was so jet lagged that I fell asleep in the restaurant.

I actually fell asleep at the table.

I don't know why that memory stayed with me.

Maybe because it was my first big trip.

Maybe because I was overwhelmed.

I remember Korea feeling busy.

Lots of cars, people, noise, summer heat, humidity.

I remember the streets feeling crowded.

I also remember my grandparents giving me money.

I think they wanted me to buy ice cream or some souvenir.

And somehow I lost the money I remember feeling terrible I felt guilty I felt disappointed in myself

and it's strange because I think that may be one of my earliest memories of of feeling like I let someone down.

It's funny how certain memories stay with you.

I was embarrassed by Korean culture sometimes.

I will admit that.

I remember having a birthday party as a kid.

Instead of pizza or hot dogs, we had Korean food.

and instead of sitting at a table,

we sat on the floor.

I remember worrying what my friends would think, but something surprising happened.

My friends liked it.

They liked the food.

They liked sitting on the floor.

And now that I'm older,

I think maybe I judged myself more than other people judged me.

I think many people do that.

Recently, I filmed with my parents in New York,

and afterward, I kept thinking,

I need more time with them, more conversations and stories.

Because parents get older and suddenly you realize there are questions you never asked.

I was planning to go to Korea this year.

The trip didn't happen.

But I still think about it.

If someone gave me a ticket tomorrow, I would go.

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I'd eat 김치찌개 first.

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김치찌개 is kimchi stew.

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I'd want to see Seoul,

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but also quieter places, like the smaller towns.

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And I really want to go to Busan.

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Busan is towards the south part of Korea.

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The biggest thing I realized recently is this.

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My Korean does not need to be perfect.

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The goal is communication and connection with other people.

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And learning English is the same many of you tell me

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my grammar isn't good my vocabulary is basic I'm embarrassed I understand what you're saying

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and I get what you're feeling I really do because I felt

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that way about my Korean throughout my entire life but

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if you spoke to me in person in English

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and tried your best I'm sure I would understand you

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and I would be proud of you language is not only about perfection Actually,

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it's not about perfection at all.

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It's about reaching another person.

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It's about building a connection.

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Maybe many of us spend years waiting to become perfect before we allow ourselves to connect.

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And maybe we waste time.

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I think I wasted a lot of time.

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But now I'm here talking to people around the world, including Koreans.

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And maybe in a strange way,

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this channel is helping me reconnect with a part of myself too.

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I didn't expect that, but I'm grateful.

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Thank you so much for listening to my story.

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I hope you find my story to be inspiring.

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And please know that I believe in you and I know that you can learn English.

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You just have to stick with it.

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Do not stop.

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Because as I mentioned in my story,

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if I had gone to Korean school,

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I would be in a different place right now with my Korean level and my confidence with speaking.

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So I highly encourage you to keep up your efforts and stay consistent.

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Let me know in the comments.

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Did you learn any new vocabulary words from this video?

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Thank you for your support.

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And let's go for another virtual walk soon.

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Bye.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: Korean, Korea, English, feeling, liked. Este vídeo tiene 139 frases y 1106 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:19. El hablante habla despacio, unas 98 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
embarrassment sustantivo	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/	vergüenza, corte
embarrassed adjetivo	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	avergonzado
vocabulary sustantivo	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	vocabulario
perfection sustantivo	/pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/	perfección
grandparent sustantivo	/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/	abuelo, abuela
immigrate verbo	/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/	inmigrar
overwhelm verbo	/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/	apabullar, arrollar
reconnect verbo	/ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/	reconectar
souvenir sustantivo	/ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/	recuerdo, tornaviaje
lag verbo	/læɡ/	rezagar, retrasar
humidity sustantivo	/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/	humedad, relente
inspire verbo	/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/	inspirar, infundir
subscribe verbo	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	suscribirse, subscribirse
accent sustantivo	/ækˈsɛnt/	acento léxico
aunt sustantivo	/ɑːnt/	tía

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
grow up verbo	crecer
keep up verbo	continuar con, continuar así
walk through verbo	explicar paso a paso, enseñar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

You don't think about regret.
You don't think, how will I feel when I'm older?
Maybe I wouldn't feel embarrassed.
What if my relatives think my accent sounds strange?
I don't know why that memory stayed with me.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Palabras largas — cuida el acento: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, humidity /hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, souvenir /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como embarrassment, embarrassed, vocabulary.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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