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You spent years learning a language and still can't speak.
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Let me guess, you did everything right.
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Grammar, classes, vocabulary, and still it didn't work.
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Good news, it is not you, it is the system.
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And I will show you how to fix it.
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My name is Anna, I speak five languages and these are the three things I wish I knew earlier.
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Number one, mistakes.
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At school, if you make a mistake,
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you get a bad grade.
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So now you think that if you make a mistake,
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you get a bad reputation.
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people will think that you're stupid,
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but they actually don't care.
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They will talk to you and forget in two minutes.
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When I first started learning Chinese,
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I did not care much about the tones.
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I wanted to say dead,
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so I kept saying ba ba first tone,
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and at some point a native speaker started laughing.
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I was like, why are you laughing?
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And she said, because you just said poop three times.
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Apparently ba ba first tone is poop,
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and ba ba fourth tone is dead.
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Stupid?
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Maybe.
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But I I opened a new door.
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And after that, I actually started paying attention to the tones.
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That's how my speaking got better and people understood me better.
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Here's how I think about this.
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Fluency is opening new doors.
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For each person and for each language,
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the number of doors is different.
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One mistake is one door that you open.
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No mistakes, no progress.
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So now making mistakes actually takes you further than being perfect and not making mistakes because you learn more.
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and even if you get a funny moment like I did,
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you will remember that.
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And your speaking will get better.
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Number two, use the easiest option.
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I know you want to sound smart,
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so you make long and difficult sentences,
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but then you can't find the right word,
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start translating, pause too long,
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and it just feels awkward.
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And the worst part, next time you don't even want to try.
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Let's look at two examples.
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Anna number one makes long and difficult sentences because she wants to sound smart,
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but then she can't find the right word and freezes.
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She gets stressed and thinks that languages are just not for her.
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Anna number two uses the easiest option.
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Gestures when she doesn't know how to say something and gets excited because even though she only started,
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people can already understand her.
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And that is how I learn languages.
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I use the easiest words I know and instead of making one long sentence,
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I make too short.
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And suddenly, when you don't overthink, speaking gets easy.
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But I don't want to sound simple.
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I want to sound more advanced.
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You can't skip levels.
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The only way to sound more advanced is to start simple
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and then build up naturally when you learn more words your sentences are gonna get better
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and this last one is the biggest mistake
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that people make you think of languages as of a subject you go to classes learn grammar new words
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and it feels productive like you do something you learn
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but nothing changes somehow you still can't use all of this knowledge
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when you need it the most
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and it's demotivating like you sit you work you study
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but what for all of these grammar rules are are just way too abstract for your life.
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So learning languages feels like work when it should be fun.
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And that is the mistake because languages are not school.
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Languages are life.
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Yes, you do need a base.
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You will have to learn some basic grammar and some basic vocabulary,
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but afterwards ask yourself, how can I use this in my life?
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If you can get a better job,
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find articles in your field or try writing emails.
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If you want to reconnect with your family, talk to them.
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And if you want to travel,
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watch 10 minute travel videos.
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That is exactly what I did.
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Instead of trying to set aside time to study,
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I replaced it with what I already did.
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So I could just scroll through some articles
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while I was on the subway or turned on some music or podcasts while I was doing my laundry.
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I learned as I lived.
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And that is when learning stopped feeling like work,
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because now it had a purpose.
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And when learning stopped feeling like work,
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I was excited about this and I spent a lot more time than I did in class.
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Now you might be thinking,
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okay, but what if I don't understand anything yet?
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How do I listen then?
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How do I read?
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That is the hardest part.
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That is why I'm making an app that is going to help you use your own content and learn as you go.
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So if you want to use real content without feeling lost,
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Let me know what other problems you have or what other videos you would like to see.
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I'd be very happy to help.
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Thank you for watching and I'll see you next time.
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Bye

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “How to get fluent FAST in any language?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: mistake, language, learn, tone, learning. Este vídeo tiene 101 frases y 855 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:08. El hablante habla rápido, unas 207 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % 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 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
poop sustantivo/ˈpuːp/popo, pupú
vocabulary sustantivo/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/vocabulario
fluency sustantivo/ˈfluːənsi/fluidez, fluencia
overthink verbopensar(lo) demasiado / demasiadamente, pensar(lo) de más
reconnect verbo/ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/reconectar
scroll sustantivo/skɹoʊl/rollo, pergamino
gesture sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/gesto, ademán
translate verbo/tɹænzˈleɪt/traducir, trasladar
pause sustantivo/pɔːz/pausa
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/suscribirse, subscribirse
subway sustantivo/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/metro, subte
laundry sustantivo/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/colada, lavado

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
set aside verbo/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/provisionar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • I was like, why are you laughing?
  • Here's how I think about this.
  • Let's look at two examples.
  • How do I listen then?
  • How do I read?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, can't, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, demotivate /ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, demotivate /ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪveɪt/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, pause /pɔːz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como poop, vocabulary, fluency.

¿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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