Shadowing Practice: Empathic Responses and the Use of Silence - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This video is a short simulated counseling session demonstrating the basic communication skills of empathic responses and the use of silence.
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So Joe, we've been talking about school and the conviction
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and I'm wondering if we can talk a bit about what's been going on at home.
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Yeah sure.
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How have things been going with your mom?
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I mean not great.
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She's been really really pissed with me ever since the conviction so yeah I don't know.
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It's been a while and nothing's changed so I don't know.
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Yeah, she was pretty upset about the stealing when it happened.
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And you're worried that it's going to impact your future relationship?
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Yeah, I mean, I've never, ever seen her yell the way she did.
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And it was shocking.
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She hates my friends.
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But, you know, other than her, that's all I have.
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So what am I supposed to do?
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How does it feel when your mom gets angry like that?
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I mean, I don't like it, but I don't really think it's justified.
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I think she has to be around more for her to really get a say in my life.
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So you're feeling annoyed that she's getting so mad when she isn't even around to see.
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Yeah, I mean, she's got this new relationship with Tom.
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So on weekends, she's in White Rock at his place.
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Two, three nights a week, she's out.
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It is what it is, you know, come home, empty house.
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So how could she be mad at me for what I get up to if there's no one at home?
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It sounds like you feel somewhat neglected by your mom.
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I mean, yeah, I guess, you know, we used to, we were never like the closest, but I thought we had a pretty good relationship.
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You know, we'd talk, we'd have meals together.
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It wouldn't be a, yeah, I'd come home, we'd talk.
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Now that just doesn't happen.
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I'm often home alone, don't see anybody.
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She's, you know, all she cares about is him.
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It feels more alone now, and you're worried that you're not a priority for your mom anymore?
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Yeah, I guess so.
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I'm not a perfect person,
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but parents are supposed to stick by their kids, good and bad. So, yeah.
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Must feel pretty vulnerable to not know how she's feeling.
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Yeah, I mean, I just, I wish she cared about what's going on in my life.
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Are you scared that you no longer mattered to her as much as you used to?
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Yeah, I mean, she has every right to, you know, be happy in a relationship.
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But it just feels like she's not prioritizing me at all.
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And it hurts.
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It hurts.
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She's all I have.
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You care about your mom.
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And you want her to be happy.
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And you want her to have a life.
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But at the same time, you hope that you could be a part of that life.
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Yeah.
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And I mean, like, my dad's not in the picture.
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so she really is all I have.
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She's the only family I have.
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Right.
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So you're feeling protective over that real significant relationship.
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Yeah.
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She's my mom.
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I know I'm supposed to, you know, I'm supposed to, as I grow up, be independent, but it doesn't mean you don't need your mom anymore.
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It doesn't mean you don't need someone still there for you.
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Yeah.
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How about your relationship with your dad?
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I mean, what relationship?
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I have so little to do in his life that it's like I don't even matter to him.
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You feel pretty disconnected from him.
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Yeah.
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I mean, he seems more like a person I see occasionally instead of a father.
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He's got his new family now, so that is what it is.
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Do you feel resentful towards your dad for having this new family?
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no um i mean he was young when they
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when they divorced i was only four
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so you know i can't blame him for for finding a new relationship
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and having a new family but just
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because you have new kids doesn't mean you just give up
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on the one you already have i just i don't think that he should have just written me off.
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I can hear some sadness about about your dad not being able to prioritize all of his children.
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Yeah it does make me sad sometimes you know um
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I basically don't have a father and um
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if it hasn't happened by now it basically never will
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so you know I just have to accept that this is the way it's going to be.
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So part of you has resigned to that acceptance of superficial relationship between the two of you.

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¿Para quién es este video?

Este video es perfecto para aprendices de inglés intermedios que quieren mejorar su capacidad de comunicarse de manera empática y dominar la fluidez en conversaciones reales. Si tus metas incluyen entender matices emocionales, responder de forma natural o practicar técnicas como el shadow speech, este diálogo simulado es una herramienta ideal. Además, es excelente para quienes usan el shadowing como método de aprendizaje, ya que la conversación fluye de forma coloquial, con pausas y expresiones auténticas que imitar.

Palabras y modismos que valen la pena aprender

El video está lleno de expresiones cotidianas que te ayudarán a sonar más nativo. Aquí algunas claves:

  • "pissed": En este contexto, significa "enfadado/a" (muy coloquial). Ejemplo: "Mi mamá está muy pissed conmigo".
  • "it is what it is": Expresa resignación, como "así son las cosas". Útil para situations donde no hay solución inmediata.
  • "written off": Significa "dar por perdido/a". En el diálogo: "No creo que deba haberme written off".
  • "stick by": "Mantenerse a lado de". Importante para hablar de lealtad: "Los padres deben stick by sus hijos".

Cómo mejorar el acento con este video

El hablante usa una pronunciación clara pero coloquial, con pausas naturales que son clave para el shadowing. Para practicar bien:

  • Imita las pausas: Nota cómo Joe tarda en responder ("I mean, not great... uhm") y replica esas pausas para sonar más realista.
  • Enfoca la entonación en emociones: Cuando Joe dice "it hurts", la voz baja, transmitiendo tristeza. Practica variar el tono según el sentimiento.
  • Repite frases largas: Frases como "She's got this new relationship with Tom, so on weekends she's in White Rock at his place" tienen conectores como "so" y "on" que son fáciles de omitir. Usa la técnica de shadowing para seguirlas sin errores.

Este video es una joya para aprender inglés con videos, ya que combina vocabulario práctico, emociones reales y oportunidades para entrenar el shadow speech. ¡No lo pierdas si quieres mejorar tu speaking de forma efectiva!

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúawe've been talking · what's been going
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraShe's been · It's been · hasn't happened

¿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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