Pratique du Shadowing: Describe a person who is good at learning and spea - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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I'd like to talk about Huang, one of my close friends from high school.
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We studied together when we were in grade 9, and I knew quite early that she was really interested in languages.
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She was always very good at both English and literature, and she often got high marks in these subjects.
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She even won third prize in a provincial literature competition.
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I think one reason she was good at languages was the way she learned them.
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Whenever we had to answer questions in front of the class, in our literature lessons, most of us simply answered the questions, but Huang could turn her answer into a short presentation.
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She spoke clearly, organized her ideas well, and used interesting expressions, which I found really impressive.
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She also told me that she really enjoyed watching the news, both in Vietnamese and English.
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She paid attention to how news presenters spoke and tried to learn useful expressions from them.
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I think this helped her improve not only her vocabulary, but also her pronunciation and speaking skills.
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As for the languages she can speak, she is fluent in both English and French.
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After high school, she got into foreign trade university in Ho Chi Minh City.
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She continued improving her English and also learned French there.
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After graduating, she worked for a global oil and gas company where her language skills were very useful.
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I really admire her because she is intelligent, hardworking and always willing to learn.
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Being friends with her also motivated me to study harder.
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I think having a friend like her had a positive influence on me
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and it helped me become more confident about my own studies and my future.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette vidéo contient 18 phrases et 283 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 1:24. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 202 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 86 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

13 mots moins courants de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

  • skill /skɪl/ (nom) — habileté, compétence. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
  • impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ (adjectif) — impressionnant, épatant. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
  • lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (nom) — leçon. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
  • intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ (adjectif) — intelligent. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
  • provincial /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ (adjectif) — provincial. Of or pertaining to a province.
  • organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ (verbe) — organiser. To arrange in working order.
  • admire /ədˈmaɪɹ/ (verbe) — admirer. To regard with wonder and delight.
  • vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (nom) — vocabulaire, lexique. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  • presenter /pɹɪˈzɛntə(ɹ)/ (nom) — présentateur, présentatrice. Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
  • motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ (verbe) — motiver. To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
  • fluent /ˈfluənt/ (adjectif) — parler couramment. That flows; flowing, liquid.
  • pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (nom) — prononciation. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
  • hardworking /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/ (adjectif) — industrieux, diligent. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Prononciation à surveiller

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, provincial /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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. Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme skill, impressive, lesson.

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 -ingenjoyed watching
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessairehad to answer

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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