Shadowing Practice: This Trick Will Change Your English Pronunciation FOREVER! (Fluent Speaking Practice) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Here's a simple rule that will instantly improve your English pronunciation.
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If a word ends in a suffix that starts with I, like I -F -Y or I -O -N,
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this syllable right here is the key, because most of the time, this is the stressed syllable,
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and this tells us exactly how to pronounce this word.
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If you master this one pattern, you will know exactly how to pronounce hundreds of vocabulary words.
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Don't worry, you don't need to learn hundreds of new words to do this.
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In fact, there are tons of words that native speakers don't know.
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And just like in your language, we know when something sounds right or wrong.
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But this is more than just a feeling.
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This is something you can learn.
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So in this lesson, I'll explain exactly when and why we use this pattern.
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So you too can correctly pronounce new vocabulary words that you encounter,
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and you can create different forms of words that you already know.
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Also, you can download the free PDF worksheet for this lesson by clicking the link in the description below this video.
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Let's review a few very important things.
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Words are made of smaller parts called syllables.
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A syllable is a combination of sounds that contains only one vowel sound.
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If a word has two or more syllables, one of them is always stressed.
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A stressed syllable is easier to hear because it's louder, a little longer, and your voice is higher.
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For example, let's look at the word academy.
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This word has four syllables.
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A -ca -de -me.
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And we know this because there are four vowel sounds.
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And the second syllable is stressed.
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Academy.
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Notice the vowel sounds in the first and third syllables.
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Different spelling, but in speaking, they're both reduced to a schwa sound.
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This happens all the time in English.
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If a syllable is unstressed, there's a very high chance that the vowel will be reduced to schwa.
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Knowing where the stressed syllable is,
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is really important because sometimes when we change the form of a word by adding a suffix or a word ending,
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the location of the stressed syllable can move.
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When a stressed syllable becomes unstressed, or when an unstressed syllable becomes stressed,
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this can change the pronunciation completely.
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Let's compare the noun academy to the adjective academic.
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Academic.
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So what happened?
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Now the third syllable is stressed.
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So we pronounce the full vowel sound here with a short e -demic.
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Also, the vowel in the second syllable changed.
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It's not ca anymore.
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It's kuh.
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Unstressed with a schwa sound.
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Academic academic.
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So the big question here is, how do you know that?
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Why does the word stress change?
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Well, this is something that happens very often with suffixes that are Latin in origin.
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In fact, the origin of most English vocabulary comes from Latin directly or indirectly via French.
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If you speak a romance language like Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, etc., you have an advantage.
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Maybe you need to change the spelling or change the suffixes a little bit, but you already know most of these words.
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But you need to be really careful.
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I often hear speakers of romance languages making more pronunciation mistakes because they try to use the stress patterns from their language,
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not from English.
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So remember that in English, we don't stress the suffix.
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We stress the syllable immediately before the suffix.
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So anytime you see these suffixes,
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which we'll practice today, you will always know exactly how to pronounce that word with the correct word stress.
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Let's continue with some more examples of the I -C suffix.
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Anytime you see a word like this, you know that it's an adjective that was formed from a noun.
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For example, if someone has a lot of energy, he or she is energetic.
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Energetic.
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If something has the power of a magnet, magnet, it is magnetic, magnetic.
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An athlete is a person who's very athletic, athletic.
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Next, let's talk about adjectives that end with the suffix I -C -A -L.
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For example, the noun magic becomes the adjective magical.
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In both words, the first syllable is stressed.
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Magic.
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Magical.
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The next one is very important.
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In English, when we talk about this subject, politics, politics, this is always a plural noun.
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Just like the subject mathematics, you can study politics.
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The first syllable is stressed, and this is a short O, politics.
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So something that is related to politics is political.
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Political.
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So we move the stress from the first syllable to the second syllable in the adjective form.
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The vowel in the first syllable is unstressed and reduced to a schwa.
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Political.
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Also, if you want to know exactly why the pronunciation of T changes in American English,
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I highly recommend watching this lesson next.
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If you're talking about something that's the usual type or representation of something, it is typical.
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Typical.
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Next, we have the subject of philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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This is the study of the meaning of life and why we exist.
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Deep thoughts something that is related to philosophy is philosophical.
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So you can have a philosophical argument, a philosophical problem.
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You can be a philosophical person, etc. Let's keep going with our next suffix, i -a -n.
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Now you will see two different variations of the spelling.
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Sometimes c -i -a -n, sometimes s -i -a -n, both pronounced with a sh sound, shun.
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Most of the time, this suffix refers to people who are professionals or specialists.
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A person who plays or writes or performs music is a musician, music, musician.
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A person who works in the field of politics is a politician.
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Politician.
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So the third syllable has the primary stress.
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But notice that the first syllable has some secondary stress.
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We don't reduce this syllable to a schwa like in the adjective political.
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But it's not the main stress.
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The primary stress comes immediately before the suffix politician, politician.
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We also have a strong t -t sound there.
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Okay, pay attention because my pronunciation is going to change in the next two examples.
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Sometimes we separate these two vowel sounds and pronounce them independently with two syllables, i -in, i -in.
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And this only happens when the sound before this suffix is voiced, like r or d.
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Don't worry, our rule has not changed.
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Just remember that this rule still applies if the suffix has more than one syllable.
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Let's keep going.
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A person who works in a library, library, is a librarian, librarian.
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What's the name of a person who performs comedy?
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A person whose job is to make you laugh.
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That person is a comedian.
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So comedy changes to comedian.
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Next, we have a very useful suffix that forms adjectives from nouns or from verbs.
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I -A -L.
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You will see a couple of different variations of the spelling, including C -I -A -L and T -I -A -L.
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A perfect example is special.
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Special.
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This is related to the word species, which describes a particular type or group of plants or animals.
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Notice that I'm not saying special.
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These sounds come together to form a sh sound.
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And we really reduce that final vowel to the point where you really only hear the dark L sound.
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Special.
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Special.
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Benefit.
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Beneficial.
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Benefit.
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Beneficial.
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Part.
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Partial.
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Part.
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Partial.
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Okay, you try the next one.
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You can do something in confidence or something can be confidential.
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This means secret or private, like confidential information, confidential documents,
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etc. Next, an extremely useful suffix that forms nouns from verbs, I -O -N.
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Again, you'll see two different spellings.
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T -I -O -N, which is pronounced with a voiceless sh sound, shun, and S -I -O -N,
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which is usually pronounced with a voiced j sound, shun, shun.
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But there are exceptions, of course.
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English always has exceptions.
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So the verb create becomes the noun creation.
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Create, creation.
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You can decide something or you can make a decision.
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Decision.
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This changes from a long I sound in decide to a short I sound.
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And we're pronouncing the voiced Z in decision.
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Here's a really good spelling tip.
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Anytime you see a Latin -based verb that ends with U -D -E in English,
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the noun form will change to S -I -O -N.
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The verb conclude changes to the noun conclusion conclusion.
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Intrude, intrude changes to intrusion, intrusion.
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Here's another tip for Latin -based verbs in English that end with I -B -E.
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To create a noun, the B becomes a P, and then we add T -I -O -N.
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So the verb describe becomes the noun description.
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Describe with a long I, description with a short I in the stressed syllable.
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Another example, the verb transcribe becomes transcription.
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Transcription.
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Your turn.
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A doctor can prescribe something, prescribe, or you need a...
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Prescription.
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Prescription.
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Almost done.
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This is another extremely useful verb suffix for talking about making or causing to become.
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And that is I -F -Y, pronounced as if I. If I.
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For example, to make something simple is to simplify.
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Simplify.
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Now here's the noun identity.
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Identity.
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You can say identity, but it's very common in American English to drop the T after the N in an unstressed syllable.
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To correctly show the identity of something is to identify.
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Identify.
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Or identify is also fine.
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To cause someone to notice or become aware of something is to notify.
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Notify.
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And this is the moment when everything we've talked about comes full circle.
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When something comes full circle, that means we return to an old idea, but with new context or new understanding.
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We can take these verbs with I -F -Y and we can create the noun form.
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And you will already know how to pronounce it because now you know the correct stress pattern.
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So with these words, change the y to an i, add c -a, and then add t -i -o -n.
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So what is the noun that describes the action of simplifying something?
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Simplification.
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Simplification.
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Five syllables.
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So again, Then the long vowel sound I becomes short, I in this unstressed syllable.
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Simplify, simplification.
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Identify changes to identification.
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Identification.
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Wow, six syllables.
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And finally, to notify becomes notification.
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notification.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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I'm Gina.
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This is Your World in English, and I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 194 frases y 1764 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:32. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 75 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| noun sustantivo | /naʊn/ | nombre, nombre sustantivo |
| distress sustantivo | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | distrés, distress |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| spelling sustantivo | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | deletreo, espeleo |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| politician sustantivo | /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/ | político, política |
| philosophical adjetivo | /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/ | filosófico, filosofal |
| notify verbo | /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ | notificar |
| anytime adverbio | cuando sea, sea cuando sea | |
| notification sustantivo | /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ | notificación |
| confidential adjetivo | /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/ | confidencial |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| conclusion sustantivo | /kənˈkluːʒən/ | conclusión, neta |
| exception sustantivo | /əkˈsɛpʃən/ | excepción, salvedad |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are made · is unstressed · was formed |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who are · person who plays · person who works |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has not changed · we've talked |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'll, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/, philosophical /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
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 noun, distress, verb.
¿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.