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Hello, today I thought we could do a longer speaking video like a podcast in English to practice listening to natural English.
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So I'm going to speak at the normal pace
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that I would speak if I was speaking to a friend or somebody I know well.
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Often I find myself slowing down the pace at which I talk so that people can understand me.
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And this is because in my own experience, when I've been learning a language, often I don't understand the first time somebody tells me something.
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So I do appreciate it when people slow down their pace
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and the rhythm with which they're speaking so that I can understand.
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But I know as well that for more advanced or intermediate learners,
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that this becomes a little bit futile after a while because you want to speak natural English, right?
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So if somebody is always slowing down what they're saying, then it's not natural.
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And it can be infuriating if people continue to speak to you like a child, almost.
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So today I'm just going to speak at the normal pace that I would speak, like I said.
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And I thought that would be an appropriate topic to talk about learning languages in general.
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So as I say, it's helpful to hear the natural rhythm with which people speak.
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And another thing that I think is always very helpful is to hear multiple different voices,
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to hear different accents so that you become used to different voices
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and how the language actually sounds when people are really speaking it
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and you're not just listening to a book designed for beginners for example
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so um to talk about my experiences learning languages I've always liked listening to audiobooks um
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when I first start learning a language I'll obviously look for A1
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or A2 content and if I need to I'll listen to it a couple of times
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or maybe I will slow down the pace with which people are speaking.
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It depends on the book, it depends on the language, it depends on how challenging I find it.
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If it's easy then obviously I don't want to listen to it on repeat.
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This goes with films as well.
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I recently read that one of the best ways to really learn from watching films is to watch it about three times.
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One time with no subtitles, just the audio in your target language then try with the subtitles in the target language as well
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and then finally
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if you still don't understand to use the subtitles of your mother tongue of your natural language apparently
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this is a more effective way of learning than just watching it
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with the audio in your target language and reading the subtitles apparently this is not very effective.
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I don't know.
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I'm just repeating what I've heard, but I can believe it.
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I do see why that might be the case.
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For example, like if I'm watching a foreign movie, like a Korean film, I don't know any Korean.
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So if I'm just reading the subtitles in English,
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I start to just tune out the real audio like it doesn't go in I'm purely reading
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if that makes sense
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so I do think it's better maybe it activates your brain a bit more it engages your brain
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so that you really understand
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and you take the time to process what you're both listening to
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and reading at the same time anyway I think
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that movies can be a really effective way to learn a language for sure um ultimately
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I think the best way to learn a language is to choose the method
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that works well for you people have all different kinds of learning styles for example
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I um I think I learn best when I hear something
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if somebody explains it to me and I listen to it
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or if I listen to a podcast this helps me a lot more than uh than visual cues
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but for some people visual cues are really important
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they they won't learn the vocab they don't learn from flashcards unless there's a picture
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and something you can associate it with in your mind
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um so it depends on the person it depends on your language style or your your learning style sorry
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um so everybody has their own method and
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if you don't know yet then you need to just experiment
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with different things maybe one thing is really helpful for you and another thing is not helpful and that's a game.
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You just need to go through trial and error and see what works well for you.
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That being said, as a teacher, I think that it's important to kind of hit all aspects of a language,
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to spend some time on grammar, spend some time on vocabulary, do reading, listening, writing, speaking, hit all four of them.
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Maybe if you prefer to read, dedicate more time to reading and less time to writing whatever works well for you
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but I do think it's important to hit all four skills
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at some point in the week which brings me on to another thing i want to talk about
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and that's how much time should you spend learning a language
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i think again this is highly individual some people have a
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lot of free time some people can maybe spend three hours
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a day learning a language some people have a full -time job some people have a family
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and they can't commit to an hour a day
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and in this case i think you know 15 minutes a day is perfect
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it's progress it's the same with anything in life like any sport any hobby
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if you spend 15 minutes a day doing something proactively then of course over time it builds up
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and it amounts to something and you will see progress even
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if you're maybe frustrated in the beginning
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that you can't dedicate more time to this pursuit ultimately doing something is always better than doing nothing
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so if you only have five minutes a day to learn vocab than do it
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because five minutes is better than zero minutes.
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For me, I have obviously noticed a bigger change if I've dedicated three hours to learning a language a day.
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I've noticed bigger progress.
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For example, the first language I learned after my mother tongue was Italian and for a long time I didn't have...
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I was studying so I didn't have a lot of time to dedicate to learning Italian
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and I was frustrated because it felt like so much time was passing
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and every year I had the same goal to improve my Italian
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and every year I was always so disappointed because I didn't feel
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or notice a big difference and then one summer I spent three
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or four hours a day studying Italian
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and it was great
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I noticed a really big amount of progress in a relatively small amount of time however I burnt out
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because it wasn't really sustainable as soon as I started
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I went back to my job as soon as I went back to my studies
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and I had a full schedule I didn't have time for three
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or four hours a day of studying a language you know as educational
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and beneficial as it is it's a hobby and you still have to work you still have responsibilities
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so in the long run it wasn't um maintainable for me
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and so what actually happened was I crashed out for a month for a month I did no Italian
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so overall my progress in two months was the same as it was in one month
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because I yeah I spent a really long amount of time working on it for one month
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and then I did nothing
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and in this case I think it would have been better to have spent maybe an hour a day
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or 30 minutes a day every single day doing something instead of having
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this one period where I did a lot
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and then followed by another period where I did nothing like I say
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so ultimately as of everything discipline is really crucial
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when it comes to learning a language
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because learning a language can be fun I I find it fun that's now why I like to learn languages
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because it's very rewarding.
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I feel very proud of myself when I make progress in a language.
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I love to be able to communicate with people in different languages and I think you discover so much about yourself.
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Your personality changes or if you talk about a topic in one language and talk about the same topic in another language,
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sometimes you realise things that you didn't realise the first time round.
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Like you can almost see it from a different perspective.
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I don't know if this is real or not, this is just my experience,
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but sometimes if I talk to myself about a situation in English in my head,
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sometimes I feel very emotionally about the issue and I'm not really able to look at it logically.
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I'm too emotionally invested, but if I start to explain the situation in its bare bones in another language,
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like Italian for example then maybe I'll become less emotionally attached
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and I can start to see it more rationally see the situation as it is without the embellishments of emotion or attachment
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and that's really helpful
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that's an important skill to be able to think critically to be able to think rationally is
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so important and I think it's something
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that language learning really um permits you to do
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so I think it's important for this reason um
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which is kind of in itself as well a good way of learning a language
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I think by speaking to yourself by um cooking
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and explaining what you're doing in your target language or
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if you're in the shower talk about your day in your target language
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and your process um um you'll process everything
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that you've been thinking about all day which is good for you anyway
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but also it's great practice because you'll be using the words
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that you need in your target language and if there's a word
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that doesn't come to your mind you can't think of something
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or you don't know how to explain something then that's the thing
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you need to learn now you know what specifically what vocab you need to learn
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because it's all very well learning like a thousand most common words
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or 3 ,000 words to get you to level B2, that's fine.
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But if you're not using those words often, I guarantee you, you will not remember them in the long term.
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So it's better to, I think, better to learn the words that you will use to talk about your day,
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to talk about subjects that are interesting for you, than to learn a lot of vocabulary that you're not actually going to use
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and you're not actually going to remember so that's my opinion on
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that realistically I think that learning languages has so many benefits
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and very little cons I think the cons
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you could really just call challenges like time commitment is a big is a big challenge
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because like I say everybody has commitments everybody has work so sometimes it's difficult to put time aside for a hobby
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and also another challenge is
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that it's not always easy to learn another language for example with grammar grammar can be
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so boring and if you're not somebody
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that likes grammar to force yourself to learn these grammar rules about another language can be really demotivating
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it makes you think I don't want to continue with this anymore it's not interesting for me
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and especially if you couple of this if you couple this with the idea
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that you've not been feeling like you're making progress recently
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then it can be really um really difficult quite like it puts
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you down it makes you feel like you are not clever enough to learn a language
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which of course is silly
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because learning a language is not about how intelligent
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you are anyone can learn a language babies learn languages
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it's nothing to do with intelligence I think
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it's purely about exposure how often you hear this language how often
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you use this language that's why I think people that people
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that live in a country
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that speaks their target language will learn the language more quickly than somebody who is learning the language
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but are not surrounded by the language on a daily basis
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and I always think of it as like
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if you live in a country where your target language is spoken
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you've really been thrown in the deep end like baptism by fire is a difficult situation
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and first to adapt to for sure but ultimately i think the most rewarding
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and the best method for learning i also think language courses can be really um helpful as well
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because you have the incentive that you've paid money to do it
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so um not only have you dedicated your time
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but you've also now dedicated your finances to learning something
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and I think that when you have
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that kind of commitment it makes you more motivated to learn
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and more dedicated to the task at hand so I do think
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that those are two really good methods in the future for me personally
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I would love to to maybe save up and then spend three
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or four months in a country where I'm learning the language
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and maybe working online or maybe go to a language center there
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and learn the language as an experiment for myself see how much progress I can make in
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that time that's really a goal of mine for sure um
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in terms of other ways of learning languages like uh language learning apps are very popular
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now I don't know how effective these really are I think something is better than nothing
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if you spend five minutes on Duolingo that's better than zero minutes doing anything
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so obviously I can support that
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but for me for me I don't think they're the best
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I think I spend too much time on my phone anyway to to excuse using um language apps
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I it's really boring
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but books are the are a really good way to learn either just reading a book
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or studying grammar from a book
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or making vocab lists from a language course book is boring
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but it's the traditional method and it's been used for centuries
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and there's a reason why because it works so I think
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that this is a good way of learning as well some apps
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I think can be useful I used to use Busuu
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which was essentially like a language course in app form
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so for the same reason it would teach you like a grammar lesson then it would give you a vocabulary lesson
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the same as if you were doing it with a grammar book.
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So I think that that was quite effective, but there were gaps.
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I don't think that it explained the grammar rules very well.
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Like I kind of could memorize the answers to the questions it gave me
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or memorize some structures but not really understand how it works or why it works or anything like that.
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So it was good.
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It was good, but it wasn't great um yeah
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and I'm not sure
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that same with things like AI AI makes mistakes now maybe in the future it will be better
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but AI does make mistakes so it's difficult to know um
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if what you have done is actually correct or if uh
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if it's has more mistakes in it and AI just isn't showing you yet
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so it's a little bit problematic I think some of the traditional methods as boring as they are do work
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and they have stood the test of time for a reason.
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I also think that communication, real talk with a native speaker can be so insightful and so helpful for language learning.
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I think it can be daunting at first.
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The first time I spoke in another language with
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native speakers of that language was terrifying because I know
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that I'm making mistakes and I feel embarrassed
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because I sound like a child and I don't want to sound like a child.
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I want to sound like me I want to be able to express myself
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and say what I want to say without not knowing the word
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but it's natural it's part of the progress nobody speaks a language fluently from day one
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it's impossible I think it's so revealing of your character
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if you can spend the time and have the motivation
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and discipline to learn a language by yourself
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and then have the confidence to talk to people to native speakers knowing
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that maybe your grammar is not perfect
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or maybe you want to use a better word than big
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but you don't know the word it's it's daunting it makes you feel very vulnerable
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so I think you have to have a lot of bravery
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and a lot of confidence to do it
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and I feel very um proud I guess or I admire people
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that learn languages um because I think it's a really good skill to have
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and I think it like I said it reveals somebody's true colors
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if they can do a challenge like that by themselves
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so with that being said I hope
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that this has been useful to practice listening to real um real English being spoken at my natural pace
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I've not tried to alter anything maybe some of it is a bit challenging maybe you need to listen to it twice
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But hey, that's part of the process.
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I would need to do exactly the same thing too in a different language.
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It's completely normal, completely human.
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If you would like to see more videos like this, please let me know.
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I will try to make some more longer videos to practice comprehensible input
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because I think this style is really useful for learners.
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It's useful for me when I'm learning. But that's everything.
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So I hope you have an amazing day.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “English Podcast 1: Learning Languages”. Las palabras que más se repiten: language, learning, learn. Este vídeo tiene 238 frases y 3055 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 17:50. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 171 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grammar sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | gramática |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
| dedicate verbo | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | dedicar |
| pace sustantivo | /peɪs/ | paso |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| audio adjetivo | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | de sonido, de audio |
| commitment sustantivo | /kəˈmɪtmənt/ | compromiso, promesa |
| emotionally adverbio | /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ | emocionalmente |
| hobby sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | afición, hobby |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| reveal verbo | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | revelar, propalar |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| slow down verbo | desacelerar, decelerar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| save up verbo | ahorrar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | I've been learning · you've been thinking |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've always liked · I've heard · I've dedicated |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | being said · was frustrated · are not surrounded |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | day which is · somebody who is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 71 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/, discover /dɪˈskʌvə/, invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: baptism /ˈbæptɪzəm/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: engage /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, logically /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grammar, helpful, dedicate.
¿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.