Shadowing Practice: Learning A Language In My 20s 🇵🇭 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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They say you can learn new things at any time if you're willing to be a beginner.
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And I agree.
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It makes you brave, keeps you young, keeps your brain elastic.
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There's numerous studies that show that those who embrace new experiences tend to have greater resilience and good emotional well -being.
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Except what they don't tell you is that being a beginner can also be the most embarrassing thing of your life.
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Hello!
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Okay, I've been back and forth on this idea for a while now, and I think it has come to the point where I just have to commit to it.
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So there is this one thing that I've always wanted to do, and it is to learn a language.
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But not just any language, but my family's language.
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You see, my parents immigrated to Canada from the Philippines in the 90s.
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And I grew up here like any other North American kid.
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Iconic.
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Born here, went to school here, asked for ham sandwiches for lunch, and as a kid, I had no patience nor interest in learning to speak the language.
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Wait, this is an iconic photo.
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It's my Lola, my mom, and my tita literally getting off the plane in Canada for the first time.
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end up learning the language.
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Either way, I didn't.
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And it really wasn't even a big deal to me until I got out of school.
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I started traveling, seeing the world, and I think that's why you start questioning your identity a little bit more.
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My frontal love was developing.
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That being paired with feeling completely useless
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when someone tries to speak to you in the language and you have no idea what to say back.
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Top 5 worst feelings.
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Honestly, if you know, you know.
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But if there's a time to do it, It is now.
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But wanting to learn a language is very different from actually learning a language.
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Filipino is a category three language meaning it's significantly different from English.
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Category three, bro.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm literally screwed.
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I'm actually...
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concerned right now like
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when I say I am I'm a beginner like I sometimes
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I feel like I speak 0 .7 language like sometimes I
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can barely speak English some days like it is embarrassing how little I know
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and then most of the videos
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that I have watched of people learning this fast they already have some sort of background in languages
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or maybe they know another language or maybe they even understand it but for me I don't even understand it as much.
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I know keywords, but that's it.
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Let me give you some context as to where I'm starting out.
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Things I do know.
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Counting to 10, the alphabet only up to letter H, most foods, just the dishes, not the actual ingredients, few swear words, and when I'm getting in trouble.
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I'm not proud.
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It's not that I don't hear the language either.
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I hear it pretty much every day of my life.
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We'd be at the dinner table and my family would talk to each other in Filipino and talk to me in English.
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And it's pretty much been like that my entire life.
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And same with my cousins, okay?
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None of us speak the language.
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We're all basically cooked.
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But I've always been curious if I just really commit, how much can I actually learn Within a week.
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How far can I take it?
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Is it even possible?
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We are literally almost at the end here I've been avoiding this for last.
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Well almost last so in other words I'm starting from ground zero.
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So here's this Buhay means alive.
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Life.
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Buhay!
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means life, buhay, means alive, I thought Bahai means like...
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how?
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Isbahai.
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It's gonna be a long week.
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It's day one officially.
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According to all the videos that I've watched, I should start with learning the most popular 1000 words.
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So we'll go from there.
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So after scouring the internet, I decided to loosely base my plan off of this framework.
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Phase one would be learning the top 1000 words based off
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of the 80 /20 rule to get me familiar with the vocabulary.
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Phase two will be learning sentence structure, tenses, and going full immersion with music and shows.
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And at the end of the week, I'll be tested in conversation by my very own mother.
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I know
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that there's no way I could become fluent in such a short amount of time based on where I'm starting out
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but my goal is to at least be conversational.
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Enough to get by.
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Okay.
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Okay, so maybe I do know just really really really really basic words.
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I went through my first flash card set, 22 words.
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And honestly, I knew most of these, you know?
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If I didn't know exact translation, I've at least heard the word before.
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Also, this is just the first 22 words I've heard, so...
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I have a hunch that there is another reason why I never learned any language, and that is because I am painfully shy.
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I never was a kid who liked popcorn reading or giving presentations, and that has not changed much at all.
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So even the thought of talking out loud in another language
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is a whole other thing I know I'll eventually have to get over if I want to see this through.
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I thought this would be the easiest part but it's so long.
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I actually know more words than I thought, which is, Quite reassuring, but it's frustrating because I wanna start using the vocabulary, but I only know the word for things
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but i don't know how to formulate a full thought yet i honestly can't wait to get to that part
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and i just want to be done i just want to
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be done the vocabulary i am around 800 words in i have two 200 more to go oh my god
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so i am just gonna try to beast it so i can move on to the next
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I'm at a loss for words, loss for words, loss for words.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I'm at a loss for words, loss for words.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I'm at a loss for words, loss for words.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I'm at a loss for words, loss for words.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I'm at a loss for words, loss for words.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I got nothing to say anymore.
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I'm had a loss for you .
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Maganda umaga bayan!
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Today is the day that we finally get into conjugations.
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I have been wanting to get to this point for the past three days And now we're here.
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So we are entering the second phase.
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So now that I know the words for certain things, now it is time to learn the in between words that I can string my thoughts together.
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It is time.
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So I quickly found out that I am indeed not a textbook person.
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They'd probably be better for long -term study, but I ended up finding some videos online that were way easier to understand the basics.
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Shout out to Tagalog Time with Pat,
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she was holding it down. which was extremely helpful.
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Learning a language is such an emotional rollercoaster.
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One minute I think I'm doing good and the next feels like,
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"What the heck?" Okay, I'm learning and my head hurts. But we're getting there.
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For the next couple of days I continued on while also starting to say things out loud.
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Okay, this is a text message I sent to my mom.
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I was working on my work.
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I ate spaghetti.
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Para tangalihan.
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Accent is so cooked.
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But that was from memory.
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Okay, that was from memory.
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and my favorite which was immersing myself more in the language.
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So I found this playlist.
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Literally, it's called Filipino songs to scream to and honestly straight up bangers on this.
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I feel like it's good to find songs you want to belt out to, but you will not be hearing me sing in this video.
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I did not get that gene.
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yummy yummy Growing up in North America,
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I think everyone's relationship to their culture is a little different.
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I'm going to go ahead and put it in the middle.
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I never felt removed enough to entirely question my background.
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But I also had my fair share of moments I felt inadequate to.
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My culture was a big part of my life growing up, especially through food and family and traditions.
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But when people ask me where I'm from, or meeting someone so naturally in tune, that's usually when I feel the distance the most.
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I can understand parts of it, but never all of it.
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It's such a nuanced thing.
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Some people grow up fully fluent, some don't, some people feel a strong gap, some barely feel it at all.
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And I feel like I'm sitting somewhere in the middle.
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Moments of disconnect never felt super obvious or dramatic.
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It's more like not fully knowing what I'm missing.
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But I know there's some things that I don't have access to, and layers to this I don't quite have the words for.
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But I guess it doesn't always have to be like that either.
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Good morning, people.
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My final test.
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is tomorrow and honestly i think we can do good we can we can salvage this
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seeing as though this was my last day to study i
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had to put all my reservations behind me no matter
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if i previously felt shy to practice speaking out loud the plan was just to focus
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and review what i already did know up until that point and hope for the best
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Oh, the color test.
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OMG.
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Today I'm going to ask my mom to test me and we can see my knowledge until now.
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I'm impressed with how much I've learned.
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However, I am shy to literally showcase it to all of you
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because what's impressive to me may not be impressive to you.
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I studied until pretty late last night.
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I also recorded myself saying these phrases.
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So let's see how much I've with more confidence.
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I hope for the best.
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I told her to have some questions to ask me.
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So we'll see what I can do.
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We'll see.
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I have my notes in front of me just in case, but I am going to try my best to not look at my notes at all.
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Don't believe it.
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Come on, stag on.
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- I'm going to put my mouth on the phone.
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- I'm going to put my mouth on the phone.
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So in this moment, I unlocked a whole new kind of exposure therapy trying to converse with someone.
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It took us a while, but we eventually...
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locked in.
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How's your day?
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Okay.
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I'm at 10 :00 a .m.
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at the day.
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Don't tell me.
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I'm eating a meal for dinner.
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That's a tank of history.
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Yeah.
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Then I'm working at the office and I'm studying Tagalog.
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Ooh!
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How is that good?
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I'm like going through my memory like, "Oh my god, what are these words?" from most of it.
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Even though my replies were pretty rough, the more I was speaking, the less I felt intimidated.
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Just a little bit.
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I like this.
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I like this.
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Obviously, so far from being perfect.
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What's your favorite Filipino food?
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Cinegan.
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Wow.
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Salmon.
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I don't know how to say salmon. But...
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Also, Kind of getting it.
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We went to Aria, to our house.
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We went to a scene.
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Aww.
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Ultimately, I think once you actually break the ice and are okay with sounding bad and making mistakes, Learning a language, especially your families,
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actually becomes kind of fun.
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You're tired.
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My tired.
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My tired.
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My heart hurts.
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I'm tired.
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Well, that was fun.
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Honestly, I'm just so surprised and I'm really happy with my progress.
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I know that it is far from perfect, literally so far from perfect.
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However...
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This is the most Tagalog I have I've ever known in my entire life, literally entire life.
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So, It's still a big deal to me.
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It is a massive, massive step up from what I started like a week ago with.
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So I feel like it was such a nice way for me to like bond with my family over.
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And once they knew that I was super serious about it, then they were 100 % supportive.
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So I'm not a bilingual queen just yet.
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But one day, but one day.
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Hope you guys enjoyed seeing that.
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I know it was painful a little bit probably if you know the language.
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Accent, real bad, but it's fine.
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Salamat po for watching.
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Oh gosh.
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Must say uncle.
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road to take?
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Who told you that it was too late?
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Mmm.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 226 frases y 2148 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:00. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| beginner sustantivo | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | bisoño, novato |
| impressive adjetivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | impresionante |
| commit verbo | /kəˈmɪt/ | encomendar |
| accent sustantivo | /ækˈsɛnt/ | acento léxico |
| salmon sustantivo | /ˈsæmən/ | salmón |
| yummy adjetivo | /ˈjʌm.i/ | delicioso, rico |
| fluent adjetivo | /ˈfluənt/ | fluyente, fluente |
| meal sustantivo | /ˈmiːl/ | comida, pitanza |
| naturally adverbio | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | naturalmente, a natura |
| curious adjetivo | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | curioso, tener curiosidad |
| flash verbo | /flæʃ/ | destellar, flashear |
| uncle sustantivo | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | tío |
| exposure sustantivo | /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ | exposición |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grow up verbo | crecer | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| get off verbo | bajarse | |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de | |
| get over verbo | superar, sobreponerse a | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 73 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: flash /flæʃ/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, inadequate /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
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, beginner, impressive.
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 avoiding · have been wanting |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've been · I've always wanted · have watched |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | being paired · be tested · be done |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | those who embrace · kid who liked · thought, which is |
¿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.