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The English you learnt at school may not sound very natural.
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In this video, I'm going to give you four tips to make you sound much more like a native speaker.
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Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy
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and the YouTube channel English Speaking Success here today to help you sound more natural,
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more like a native English speaker.
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OK, so today I'm going to show you four things that 80% of students don't get right.
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And these are the basics.
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OK, so if you fix them,
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you're well on the way to sounding much more natural and like a native speaker.
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A warning, this may seem too easy for you.
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It's not.
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Trust me.
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Okay.
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Look carefully and listen carefully and you're going to learn something new.
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This is ideal, whether you're A1,
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B1 or C1, it's going to help you right across the levels.
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Another warning is I'm going to use some strange pronunciation techniques, maybe.
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Be patient, trust me and just go with the flow.
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See what happens.
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Are you ready?
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Let's begin.
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Right.
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Number one.
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This is a.
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And when you're at school,
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you learn this is a.
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This.
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There are two animals, right?
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There's the snake that goes ssss.
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And there's the bee that goes zzz.
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This is the snake.
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This, this, is, is the B,
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is, is the B, is,
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is, is, is, the A is A,
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is, this is, this is, this is.
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Do you know this in English?
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Scissors, right?
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I guess because plural, because there's two.
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are scissors.
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Imagine it's singular, scissor.
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The scissor.
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Now say the scissor pen.
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The scissor pen.
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The scissor book.
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It's exactly the same sound.
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But your brain is going a bit mad,
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going the scissor pen, because it's forcing you to really listen to the sound.
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The scissor pen.
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This is a pen.
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It's the same.
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So this is the key.
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Really, really focus on listening to sounds rather than words.
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And this is from A1 to B1 to C1 because we use this.
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It's the most, probably the most common chunk in the English language.
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This is a book.
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This is a house.
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This is a beautiful house.
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This is a wonderful home you have.
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Oh, this is a great place for a picnic.
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This is a great idea.
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Oh, God, this is a hard question.
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Right.
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So get this right and you'll start sounding much more natural in English.
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Let's move on.
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And just a note, in the negative,
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this snake, s isn't, b isn't.
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So in the negative, this isn't a.
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Okay.
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This isn't a.
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And link it.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a book.
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You know the word season,
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season, like spring, autumn, summer.
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Change season to si-zon, si-zon,
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si-zon, si-zon, si-zon-ta, si-zon-ta, this isn't a.
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Again, I'm driving you crazy,
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forcing you to focus on the sound with different words.
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The season, ta.
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The season, ta.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a book.
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This isn't a book.
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This isn't a.
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Phone.
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Bam.
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Okay, good.
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Let's move on.
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Okay, number two.
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Are there any?
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That's okay, but not very natural.
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are usually becomes a, a,
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there any, the renny, the r,
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the r, renny, the renny,
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are there any people here?
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Are there any cars on the street?
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Are there any apples in the shop?
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Are there any themes that are standing out to you?
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Are there any distinct colours?
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Are there any distinct styles?
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The renny.
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The renny is interesting because there's a medicine in England called renny,
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the renny, the renny.
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Are there any?
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Are there any?
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And that's it.
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Are there any people here yet?
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And the answer also has the link there are, there are.
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There are lots of people.
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There are two people.
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There are.
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There are.
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There are.
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That's it.
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There are lots of people.
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OK.
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The one situation where it's not a is when you say, yes, there are.
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And are is at the end, right?
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So you ask, are there any people?
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Yes, there are.
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Then you would use the full form.
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Yes, there are.
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There are lots of people.
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In the negative, we've got, there aren't any.
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So there are in the positive, but there aren't, aren't.
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A bit like your auntie Charlotte or your auntie Mary.
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They're aunt.
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And again, the R is there.
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They're aren't.
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Ra, ra, ra, ra.
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They're aunt.
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And you can link the T and the A.
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They're auntenny.
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Listen carefully and repeat with me.
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Any.
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Tenny.
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Auntenny.
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Rantenny.
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There aren't tenny.
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There aren't tenny.
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Because there aren't any.
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Brilliant.
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Let's move on.
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Next, I want to show you the invisible sounds that often appear with many question words.
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This is very common when a word ends in a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel.
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So see if you can hear the invisible sound.
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I'll say the phrase like a book and then I'll say it more naturally.
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Where are you?
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Now listen for the invisible sound.
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Where are you?
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It's the r.
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Where are you?
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Where are you?
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Most people don't even use or say the R.
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Change this, it'll make a huge difference.
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Where are you?
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Okay, listen to the next one.
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Who are you?
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Altogether, more naturally, who are you?
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Can you hear the invisible sound?
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W, W.
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Most people say, who are you?
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Who are you?
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So who are you really?
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Who are you?
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Now you can hear it, right?
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Next one.
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How are you?
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More naturally, how are you?
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You get the invisible sound?
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How are you?
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It's the same, right?
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How are you?
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How are you?
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One more.
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Why are you here?
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More naturally.
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Why are you here?
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Can you hear the invisible sound why are yah yuh yuh
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it's the yuh why are you here why are you here why are you here it's very subtle
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but it's yuh it's there
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if you start noticing this listening to it hearing it you
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can start pronouncing it you're going to a sound a lot more natural.
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Next.
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Right, I'm going to look at losing sounds.
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One particular example where the sounds change and we lose a sound.
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Such a common phrase.
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Does he?
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So if we're asking questions about another person,
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you know, does he live in England?
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Does he, and this is the way we learn at school,
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however, the H or the H of he usually disappears in more natural English and it becomes does zee.
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The z, the s is the z, the b.
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Does zee.
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Look at this.
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Do zee.
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Do zee.
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Do zee.
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Right?
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Forget about the h.
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Does he?
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Does he?
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Does he live in England?
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Does he like potatoes?
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Right?
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So there we have it.
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Some unusual pronunciation techniques to help you sound more natural in English.
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Your action point today, number one,
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go back, listen and repeat these sounds again.
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Secondly, you can also shadow,
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which is repeating at the same time some of the phrases from this lesson that will really help you.
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Thirdly, as you start listening to English,
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see if you can notice more invisible sounds appearing or sounds disappearing as you listen to English.
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Hopefully, you'll start noticing this more and more.
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If you want to go a step further
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and really work at sounding much more natural with your pronunciation and intonation in English,
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you can check out my Fluent Grammar course.
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you can check that out in the description below.
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In the meantime, thank you so much for listening and watching me today.
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I hope you've learned something new and I can't wait to see you very,
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very soon, maybe in the next video.
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All the best now.
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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 B2 se basa en el vídeo “Sound More Like A Native Speaker in English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sound, English, scissor, natural, renny. Este vídeo tiene 228 frases y 1309 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:42. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 112 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 49 de sus 228 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| invisible adjetivo | /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ | invisible |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| auntie sustantivo | /ˈæn.ti/ | tiita, tiíta |
| vowel sustantivo | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | vocal |
| scissors sustantivo | /ˈsɪzəz/ | tijeras |
| disappear verbo | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | desaparecer, desparecer |
| aunt sustantivo | /ɑːnt/ | tía |
| intonation sustantivo | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | entonación |
| plural sustantivo | /ˈplʊəɹəl/ | plural |
| chunk sustantivo | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | trozo, pedazo |
| singular adjetivo | /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ | singular |
| picnic sustantivo | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | jira, pícnic |
| secondly adverbio | /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ | en segundo lugar |
| meantime sustantivo | /ˈmiːntaɪm/ | entretanto |
| altogether adverbio | /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/ | por completo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Altogether, more naturally, who are you?
- Can you hear the invisible sound?
- Most people say, who are you?
- More naturally, how are you?
- You get the invisible sound?
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 44 contracciones y formas reducidas, como isn't, aren't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thirdly /ˈθɚdli/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, vowel /ˈvaʊ.əl/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: scissor /ˈsɪzɚ/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, scissors /ˈsɪzəz/
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 invisible, pronunciation, auntie.
¿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.