Shadowing Practice: How do I Remember the English Words| Tips to Learn better - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone and welcome back to the podcast.
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I'm Sahar and today I want to talk about something that people ask me about all the time.
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How do I remember English words?
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And especially, how do I learn new vocabulary?
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Now that I'm an English teacher,
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you might think that Because I'm a teacher, I know every English word,
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and I never forget anything.
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But honestly, that's not true.
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I forget words too.
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There are words that I have known for years, and there are also words that I sometimes forget.
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And actually, learning vocabulary has been one of the most interesting parts of my English journey.
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Because the way I learn vocabulary today is completely different from the way I used to learn it.
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When I was younger and I was learning English, I thought vocabulary meant memorizing.
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I thought if I wanted to improve my English, I had to learn as many words as possible.
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So I would take a notebook and write down a long list of English words and their Persian meanings.
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You know, my mother tongue is Persian.
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I could sometimes learn 20, 30 or even more words in one day.
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And when I finished, I felt really proud.
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I thought, wow, I learned 30 new words today.
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But there was a problem.
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I didn't really learn those words.
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I only remembered them for a short time.
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Maybe that evening, I could remember most of them.
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Maybe the next day, I could still remember some of them.
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But a week later, when I saw the same words again, many of them looked completely unfamiliar.
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And that was incredibly frustrating.
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I remember looking at my vocabulary notebook and thinking, I started this word before.
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How can I forget it?
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At that time, I thought there was something wrong with my memory.
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I thought maybe I wasn't good at memorizing
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but as I became more experienced as a learner
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and later as a teacher I realized
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that my memory wasn't the problem my method was the problem
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I was trying to memorize words instead of learning them I was collecting words instead of building a relationship with them.
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And that sounds like a small difference.
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But it completely changed the way I learn English today.
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One of the first thing I changed was the number of words I tried to learn.
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Before I continue, I want you to write for me in the comments that how many words do you memorize a day?
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Tell me please.
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okay one of the first things I changed was the number
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of words I tried to learn I stopped trying to learn huge lists I realized
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that knowing 10 words really well was much more valuable than knowing 50 words for two days
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so instead of asking myself how many words did I learn
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today I started asking how many words can actually remember and use
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that question changed my learning completely I also stopped learning words
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completely by themselves this was a very important change before I
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would see a word write the translation next to it
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and move on but now when I meet a new word I want to see how
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that word behaves I want to know what words usually come before it what words usually come after it
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and how people actually use it in real in real conversation for me a word becomes much easier to remember
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when it has a story around it for example if I learn a word
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while reading an interesting story I remembered where I cite I remember the situation I remember the sentence
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and sometimes I even remember what I was thinking when I cite
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that is very different from memorizing a random translation from a vocabulary list
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and this is one of the biggest lessons I learned I
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don't try to force my brain to remember every new world
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instead I try to give my brain enough opportunities to meet the world again this is something i didn't understand
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when i was a beginner i thought
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if i studied a word once i should remember it forever
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but that's not how memory works you can learn something today and forget it tomorrow
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that doesn't mean you failed it it means your brain needs to meet
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that information again so i started reviewing vocabulary differently i didn't sit down every day
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and try to memorize my entire vocabulary notebook instead i let old words come back naturally i would see them
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while reading i would hear them in podcasts i would notice them in videos
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and sometimes i would use them when i was speaking
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or teaching and every time every time
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and every time i met the word again it became a
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little more familiar after some time i noticed something really interesting
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i didn't have to translate the word anymore i just understood it
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that was a huge moment for me because
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when you are a beginner you often see an english word and immediately search for the
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mother tongue mother tongue meaning but eventually you want to move you want to move away from that
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you want the english word to have a meaning directly in your mind you don't want to go through
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your mother tongue every time and for me reading and listening were two of the biggest reasons
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this started happening i spent a lot of time around english i listened to english even
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when i wasn't actively studying i watched videos i listened to conversations i read things
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that were interesting to me and because of
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that i kept meeting the same vocabulary again
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and again sometimes i would learn a word on monday
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and completely forget it by wednesday then i would hear it again on friday
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and suddenly i would think oh i remember this word then maybe two weeks later i would see it again
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and this time it felt even more familiar that's how vocabulary
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slowly become permanent for me not by sitting for hours
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and repeating the same word not by trying to memorize hundreds of words in one night in one night
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but by allowing the same vocabulary to come back into my life again
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and there was another thing
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that helped me a lot I started paying attention to the
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words I actually wanted to use this might sound obvious
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but it's extremely important there are thousands
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and thousands of English words you don't need all of them you need the words
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that are useful for your life your work your interests
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and the kind of English you want to speak
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when I was learning English I used to think every word was equally important But now I know that's not true.
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Some words are extremely useful.
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Some words are much less common.
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And some words are simply not necessary for your current level.
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So I became much more selective.
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And that made learning vocabulary feel much easier.
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I wasn't trying to carry the entire English dictionary in my head.
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I was building my own personal vocabulary.
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And honestly, that made me much more confident.
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Because instead of constantly thinking about everything I didn't know,
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I started noticing everything I did know and
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that changed my relationship with english i stopped thinking i don't
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know enough words i started thinking i know a lot
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and i can keep adding to it and
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that small change in mindset made a huge difference but there was still one problem i was still forgetting some words
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so in the second part I'm going to tell you what
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I did then I want you to pay attention to my
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tips to my experiences I'm here to help you to speak English
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and just I want you to support me
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and my channel by liking by subscribing and by writing small
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and short comments thank you so much if you have any question about memorizing.
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If you have any question about memorizing, you can write for me in the comments.
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You know that I answer all of the comments.
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Thank you guys.
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Good luck and have a very good journey in learning English.
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See you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “How do I Remember the English Words”. Las palabras que más se repiten: word, english, learn, vocabulary, learning. Este vídeo tiene 118 frases y 1360 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:25. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 119 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| memorize verbo | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memorizar |
| notebook sustantivo | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | cuaderno, libreta |
| beginner sustantivo | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | bisoño, novato |
| cite verbo | /saɪt/ | citar |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| frustrate verbo | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustrar |
| learner sustantivo | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | aprendiz, aprendedor |
| unfamiliar adjetivo | /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/ | no / poco familiar |
| mindset sustantivo | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | mentalidad, actitud |
| selective adjetivo | /səˈlɛktɪv/ | selectivo |
| translate verbo | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | traducir, trasladar |
| behave verbo | /bɪˈheɪv/ | portarse |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| dictionary sustantivo | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | diccionario, tumbaburros |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| sit down verbo | sentarse |
| write down verbo | apuntar, anotar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto | used to learn · used to think |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have known · has been |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | stopped trying · started asking · stopped learning |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was learning · was trying · was thinking |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, selective /səˈlɛktɪv/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, actively /ˈæktɪvli/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
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 vocabulary, memorize, notebook.
¿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.