Shadowing Practice: how I journal to have my life together (simple & efficient) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, today I wanted to show you how I journal and I journaled for over 10 years now.
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I'm back in my childhood room so I can even show you the journals that I already filled.
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This is just one part of it.
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The other ones are in the back which I'll show you as well.
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Basically because I've done it for this amount of time, I just want to share what has worked for me and what has stuck with me throughout this decade of journaling.
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As someone who has a lot of thoughts and this can be quite existential at times, journaling has been really great let's just start with my setup
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this is my current journal it is the muji pocket note
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and this one doesn't open flat it's also very bendy so
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if you write on it you need a surface you know what i like about this journal is
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that you can just really decorate it how you want it
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this is my first year actually putting some drawings on it
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and some like some personalization before my my journals look like
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this i never really decorated my journals every Every time I open a new journal, I usually get a new notebook,
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but I think I will stick with the Muji one because I really like it.
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It will just look more used and more loved in because you don't have that when you have like these hardcover journals.
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In terms of pens, I'm very not anal about my pens, but I do have a favorite pen.
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It's the 0.38 pencil by Uni.
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I got it from Adaiso.
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It comes out really thin and super aesthetic.
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but i also have a bunch of other ones
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that i just grabbed i saw a lot of people with like a leather journal
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and have multiple journals in one this is my next evolutionary step
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but for now i am afraid
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that i put everything in one journal like i put my dreams in one journal like everything
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and i found it to be the most simple i don't have to carry all these journals
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but i do believe
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when i have like a leather strap i can put more journals in like i have some journals open
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that are just for goals
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but i don't find myself writing in them i would just
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put everything in here now moving on to the actual journal practices
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that have stuck with me throughout these 10 years number one is monthly wrap-ups i don't know
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if it's because when you get older time just goes faster
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when i do my monthly wrap-up i feel like i have some sense of control over the crazy time
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that like it just goes by so fast when you have intention
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which monthly wrap-ups make you face you just move through life not asleep
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and that's kind of my biggest fear is having all this time flying by
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and not using it intentionally
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and then at the end of life i'm dying with all these regrets
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but let's not go so existential i will share with you the monthly prompts
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that i use monthly wrap-ups are great to keep a bigger picture your bigger goal in mind
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but at the same time they help you acknowledge the good
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and the blessings
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and the cool thing is what i've been enjoying is i read back what has worked the habits
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that have worked the mindset that have worked and
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and then I can just be reminded every single day or when I need them.
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Yeah, I just feel like life is not linear.
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It's like a spiral.
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You kind of lose some mindsets or lose some habits throughout, but you can always pick them up,
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especially when you have them kind of documented what has worked this is number one number two is gratitude journaling
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and i was introduced to journaling actually through gratitude journaling i had a face
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so i would religiously write down what i'm thankful for every single day i think i did it morning
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and night and i did it for consecutive years
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and this is how i kind of got introduced to journaling
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the key is to be very specific about what you're grateful for not just i'm grateful for kindness
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but like for example i'm I'm grateful for a stranger smiling at me today and actually feeling it.
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Another thing that I can recommend is when you have down phase
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or like a phase where life just feels very challenging sometimes, start saying thank you for it.
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Like just write in your journal, thank you for this particular problem.
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And then you kind of continue to write.
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And that is not to bypass the negative emotions, but to kind of open this new perspective in your brain of potential growth opportunities
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or good sides of being in this challenge, you know, in this discomfort.
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And lastly, number three is brain dumps, expressive writing or morning pages, however you want to call it.
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It is essentially just writing without lifting your pen for let's say one, two, three, four pages.
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And the goal is to fill up the pages what it
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does it just helps you organize your thoughts reduce the pressure
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because when you just have the goal to finish a page
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or two pages you just start writing
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but what i found very romantic about writing is
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that you spend time with yourself
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so intimately you share your thoughts there's no barrier there's no
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limits don't have to hold back your negativity don't have to filter anything
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because you don't have to worry about dragging someone else down you know
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and you can just vomit your thoughts and it's just
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so intimate to be with yourself and give yourself the space to just express
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and listen it's really kind to yourself
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so apart from just listening to yourself this also has great benefits for me when i write i process things.
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I close thoughts in my brain through writing.
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I don't know I just feel it lighter.
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In the book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron she does I think four Dina four pages every single morning.
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For me it took 25 minutes to do it every morning so I stopped doing it.
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These days what I do is just write in these Dina five pages.
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I don't really have a set routine timing anymore.
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I just do it when I feel like it and it tends to be almost every single day.
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When I'm not doing great I don't write
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but I don't really beat myself up for that anymore too
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because self-care or these tools should be there to help you not another source of insecurity
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or thing that you beat yourself up over
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so my attitude towards like journaling has really evolved
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so these are all the ways that I journal currently and
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that I have picked up along those years
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and what has stuck with me I hope this was helpful in any way
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and I hope to see you in the next video bye-bye
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Thank 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 I journal to have my life together”. Las palabras que más se repiten: journal, journaling, write, page, writing. Este vídeo tiene 93 frases y 1196 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:14. El hablante habla rápido, unas 192 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| wrap verbo | /ɹæp/ | envolver, fajar |
| decorate verbo | /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/ | decorar, engalanar |
| existential adjetivo | /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/ | existencial |
| mindset sustantivo | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | mentalidad, actitud |
| gratitude sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | gratitud, conoscencia |
| habit sustantivo | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | costumbre, hábito |
| expressive adjetivo | /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/ | expresivo |
| hardcover sustantivo | /ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə/ | tapa dura, cartoné |
| intimately adverbio | /ˈɪntɪmətli/ | íntimamente |
| negativity sustantivo | /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/ | negatividad |
| personalization sustantivo | /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ | personalización |
| religiously adverbio | religiosamente | |
| vomit verbo | /ˈvɑmɪt/ | vomitar, devolver |
| discomfort sustantivo | /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ | falta de confort, incomodidad |
| lastly adverbio | /ˈlæstli/ | postreramente, postrimeramente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| fill up verbo | llenar, repletar | |
| hold back verbo | frenarse, refrenarse | |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir | |
| wrap up verbo | envolver, arrebujar | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've done · has been · have stuck |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be reminded · was introduced |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | start saying · start writing |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | I'll show · will stick · will just look |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: existential /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/, personalization /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, evolutionary /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: intimately /ˈɪntɪmətli/, negativity /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/, personalization /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, evolutionary /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strap /stɹæp/, spiral /ˈspaɪɹəl/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: expressive /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/, hardcover /ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə/, negativity /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/, vomit /ˈvɑmɪt/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: existential /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/, personalization /ˌpɝs(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
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 wrap, decorate, existential.
¿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.