Shadowing Practice: NE2 U2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Tongue Twister Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can.
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She sells seashells by the seashore.
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The shells she sells are surely seashells.
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So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
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Not very easy, was it?
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What you've just read is called a tongue twister.
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It is an exercise made up of sounds
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that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more accurately.
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Try the next example.
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
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If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? or Piper picked.
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Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning.
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They are just designed to challenge people's ability to pronounce words.
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Although they may seem very annoying, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English accurately.
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This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
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They also help people to pronounce words more smoothly.
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So if you wish to improve your pronunciation skills, try picking out some tongue twisters and practicing them.

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¿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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