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Hey everyone!
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Welcome to 5-Minute English Practice, your quick daily shot of natural English.
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I'm Jessica, and today we're diving into something every A2 learner dreams of.
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Training your brain to think straight in English.
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No more translating in your head.
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It might feel weird at first, but it's all about tiny everyday habits that add up fast.
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I'm super excited to have my friend Peter here to share his best tips.
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Peter, hi.
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Hey, Jess.
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Hi, everyone.
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So glad to be here.
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Peter, why is thinking in English such a huge game changer?
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Because once your brain starts thinking in English, everything flows so much faster.
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You don't have to stop and translate in your head anymore.
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The words just come out more naturally.
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For A2 level, we don't need anything complicated.
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Just little things you do every day, and over time your brain rewires itself.
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I went through this myself, and after about a month I could feel the difference.
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It was like my inner voice switched languages.
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That sounds amazing.
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Okay, Peter, take us through the exercises you recommend.
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Let's start with the first one.
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The first one is my favorite because it's so simple and you can do it anytime, anywhere there.
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Just look around and name things in English in your head.
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For example, when you wake up you see your phone.
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Instead of thinking the word in your native language, just think phone.
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You pick up your cup.
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Cup, water, glass.
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You look out the window, tree, sky, car passing by.
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No need to say it out loud if you don't want to.
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Just think the English word quietly to yourself.
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I usually do this during my morning routine, while eating breakfast or walking to the bus stop.
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Even five or ten minutes scattered through the day adds up.
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At first it might feel a bit slow or forced,
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but after a few days your brain starts making the connection straight from the object to the English word.
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No translation step anymore, that's the magic.
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I love how every day that is.
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It's like giving your brain a gentle English shower all day long.
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What about the second exercise?
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The second one is talking to yourself in simple sentences.
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I do this whenever I'm doing routine things alone, brushing my teeth, cooking, getting dressed, washing dishes.
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For example, while brushing my teeth, I am brushing my teeth.
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The toothpaste taste minty, it feels fresh.
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Or while making lunch.
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I am cutting the vegetables, now I add some salt, this smells really good.
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You can say it quietly out loud if you're home alone, or just think the sentences in your head if you're around people.
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Keep the sentences short and easy.
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Mostly present simple tense is perfect at A2.
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The point isn't perfect grammar, it's training your brain to build full English sentences automatically.
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I usually spend two to three minutes at a time, a few times a day.
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It feels a little silly at first, but it quickly becomes natural.
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And the best part?
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You're practicing real-life situations you already do every day.
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That's so smart.
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Turning ordinary moments into English practice without extra effort. And the third one?
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The third exercise is my favorite way to end the day.
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Before going to bed, take just three or four minutes to think back over your day in English.
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something like today i woke up at seven i drank coffee
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i went to work by bus for lunch i ate chicken
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and rice it was tasty in the afternoon i felt a bit tired
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but i was happy when my friend sent me a message you can keep it very simple
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or add a few feelings if you want I felt excited when.. or it was fun because...
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Do it in your head while lying in bed or whisper it quietly.
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This one is powerful because it helps your brain replay real memories in English.
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Over time, you'll notice that when you remember something that happened, the inner voice describing it is already in English.
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It's like turning your daily life into an English story.
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Wow, that's beautiful.
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It's not just practice, it's connecting English to your actual experiences.
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So overall, three gentle daily habits, naming things around you in English,
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talking to yourself in simple sentences during routines and reviewing your day in English before sleep.
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No pressure, no big time commitment, just consistency.
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Even 10 to 15 minutes spread out over the day can make a real change.
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Exactly.
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And if you catch yourself thinking in your native language sometimes, that's completely normal.
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Just smile, switch back to English, and keep going.
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Your brain is like a muscle.
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The more you use it this way, the stronger and quicker it gets.
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Thanks so much, Peter.
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These tips are so simple yet powerful.
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Listeners, pick just one to try today.
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Even naming five things around you in English right now counts.
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Huge thanks for listening.
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If this resonated with you, drop a quick comment below.
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Which exercise are you starting with?
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Peter and I read every single one.
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See you in the next episode.
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Keep practicing.
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You've got this.
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Bye for now.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau A2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « [A2] 3 Daily Exercises to Start Thinking in English ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : English, brain, Peter, simple, sentences. Cette vidéo contient 89 phrases et 868 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:09. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 141 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 87 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc facile à suivre.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
routine nom/ɹuˈtin/routine
brush nom/bɹʌʃ/brosse
quietly adverbe/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/paisablement, tranquillement
habit nom/ˈhæb.ɪt/habitude
gentle adjectif/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/gentil
translate verbe/tɹænzˈleɪt/traduire
naturally adverbe/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturellement
complicated adjectif/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/compliqué, alambiqué
everyday adjectif/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/usuel
wash verbe/wɑʃ/laver
muscle nom/ˈmʌs.əl/muscle
commitment nom/kəˈmɪtmənt/engagement
ordinary adjectif/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ordinaire
silly adjectif/ˈsɪl.i/sot, insensé
translation nom/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/traduction, transmission

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
add up verbeadditionner
come out verbe/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/sortir
go through verbetraverser
look around verberegarder autour de soi
look out verbeprendre garde
pick up verbesoulever
wake up verbe/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/se réveiller

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

StructureDans la vidéo
Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ingstarts thinking · starts making · keep going
Possibilité avec « might / may » might/may + verbe — quelque chose de possible mais pas certainmight feel
Superlatifs the -est / the most … — le plus haut ou le plus bas d’un groupehis best · the best
Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce momentwe're diving · is thinking · is talking

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 13 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, you're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: brush /bɹʌʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: gentle /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, changer /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: routine /ɹuˈtin/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme routine, brush, quietly.

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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