Pratique du Shadowing: How to Connect Words in English - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Hey everybody welcome back to my YouTube channel.
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My name's Ariannita la Gringa.
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In today's video, I'm going to  help you connect words in English.
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Hm... that didn't sound natural.
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Let's see if I can say that a little bit smoother.
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I'm going to help you connect words in  English just like a native speaker would.
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Did you notice how I just  connected those words in the intro?
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So what are connecting words?
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Connecting words sometimes called linking is  basically joining the sounds of words together.
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Not necessarily speaking faster.
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It's about creating a smooth flow of speech.
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For example, listen to this.
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My car is red.
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Now listen to this.
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My car is red.
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My car is red. Hear the difference?
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Native speakers do this all the  time without even realizing it.
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It's a natural part of spoken English.
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Let's look at another example.
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Hold on. Now...
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Hold on. Much smoother right?
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And every word either begins or  ends with a vowel or consonant.
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Vowel sounds are open and  flowing like a, e, i, o, u.
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And a consonant is a sound that  stops like k, ch, r, th, y, w.
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All right so now that we know what  connecting words are and that we know the difference between vowels and consonants  let's see how all this stuff actually works.
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Let's start with rule number  one consonant plus vowel.
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This is the most common type of linking.
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It's when a word ends in a consonant sound  and the next word starts with a vowel sound.
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You simply join the sounds together  and treat them like one word.
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For example, look at.
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Look at. Look at the bird.
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Look at. Hold on becomes hold on.
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Can you hold on a second?
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Hold on. Pick it up sounds like pick it up.
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Pick it up.
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A cup of tea sounds like a cup of tea.
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A cup of tea so this sounds  more like "uhv" or even "uh".
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A cup of tea.
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A cup of tea.
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Turn on sounds like turn on.
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Turn on the light.
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Turn on. Hand it it over sounds like hand it over.
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Hand it over now.
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Hand it over.
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And the last example ran out sounds like ran out.
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I ran out of gas.
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Ran out. Now let's go to the next rule.
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The next rule is consonant plus consonant.
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When a word ends in a consonant  sound and the next word begins with a consonant sound you often  blend or slightly change the sounds.
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So let's check out the first example.
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This shop. This shop.
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So the s in this can sometimes  change into a sh sound.
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So it almost sounds like this shop  and it's something that happens naturally and most people don't  even realize they're doing it.
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And another example is: is she.
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Is she. Is she.
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That can easily become is  she where the 's' in 'is' turns into a 'sh' sound to match the 'sh' in she.
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So you want to keep the air flow going from the ending consonant sounds into  the beginning of the next one.
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And why do we do this?
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Well, sometimes our mouths are lazy.
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It's easier to say two similar sounds  together than to switch sounds quickly.
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So instead of saying feel like we say feel like.
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Feel like. I am connecting both consonants and  it sounds like one long consonant.
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For example, gas station sounds like gas station.
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Gas station.
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It's almost like these two words are together  and the 's' connects both words: gas station.
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Another thing that happens when we  link consonants together is that sometimes a sound just disappears all together.
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For example, next door might sound like nex' door.
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Next door. The 't' is dropped.
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And old man might sound like ol' man.
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Ol' man. The 'd' is dropped.
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Best friend might sound like bes' friend.
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Bes' friend.
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The t is dropped here.
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And lastly just saying might  sound like jus' saying.
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Jus' saying.
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The t is dropped here.
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Now let's move on to the third  rule: vowel plus consonant.
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So what happens when a word  ends with a vowel sound and the next word starts with a consonant sound?
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Well, the word ending with a vowel just connects  right to the word starting with a consonant.
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It's really simple.
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Me too sounds like me too.
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Me too. As you can see there's not a big difference.
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Pay rent sounds like pay rent.
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Pay rent. Really nice sounds like really nice.
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Really nice.
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This is one of the easiest connecting rules  because the key is to not pause between the words.
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There's not a huge difference between the sounds.
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Just let the sounds flow smoothly  from one word to the next.
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Now the next rule is vowel-to-vowel linking.
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If a word ends with a rounded vowel sound like  the "ooh" in do or the "oh" in go and the next word starts with a vowel you'll often hear a  little "w" sound slip in to make it flow better.
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For example, go out can sound like go out.
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Go out. You're just adding a 'w' in there.
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Go on becomes go on.
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Go on. Do it becomes do it.
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Do it. Who is it becomes who is it.
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Who is it? Then if a word ends with a vowel sound  like I, say, or see and the next word also starts with a vowel we usually  add a little 'y' sound in between.
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For example, I am sounds like I am.
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I am. See it becomes see it.
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See it. Say it becomes say it.
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Say it. And finally, we are here becomes we are here.
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We are here.
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I just taught you the four  ways to link words in English.
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But I want to make something really clear.
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Linking words does not mean speaking faster.
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Many learners think they have to speed up their speech to connect words  and that's simply not true.
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Linking is about smoothness, not speed.
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It's about avoiding choppy, abrupt speech.
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All right time for a bonus round!
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This one's still about connecting  consonants, but it's a little trickier.
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Sometimes when you connect certain consonants  they actually turn into a completely new sound.
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The first common one is when a word ends with  a 't' and the next word starts with a 'y'.
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These two blend together to create a 'ch' sound.
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For example, can't you  often sounds like can't you.
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Can't you see I'm busy!
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Can't you see I'm busy!
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Get your sounds more like get your.
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Get your coat it's cold outside.
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Get your coat it's cold outside.
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Won't you sounds like won't you.
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Won't you please come in?
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Won't you please come in?
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Don't you sounds like don't you.
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Don't you remember me?
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Don't you remember me?
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Got you sounds like gotcha.
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Gotcha I win!
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Gotcha I win!
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Or you can also say I gotcha a present.
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I gotcha a present.
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You can say each word separately like can't  you, but blending them together is very common.
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Now something similar happens when a word  ends in 'd' and the next word starts with 'y'.
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In that case, the 'd' and 'y'  combined to make a 'ju' sound.
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For example, did you becomes did you.
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Did you. Now it's totally fine to say did  you, but you can say did you.
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Did you. Did you see that movie?
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Did you see that movie?
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Or you can also say: "Did you  know about the surprise party?" Did you know about the surprise party?
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Another example is could  you this becomes could you.
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Could you. Could you help me with this?
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Could you help me with this?
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Or you can say could you  please turn down the music?
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Could you please turn down the music?
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Hide your becomes hide your.
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Hide your. Hide your wallet there are pickpockets around.
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Hide your wallet there are pickpockets around.
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Okay, everybody! I hope you found this  lesson on connecting words super helpful.
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The more you listen to and try to connect  toward yourself the more natural it will become.
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Let me know down below in the comments  what your favorite part of the video was.
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If you enjoyed this video give me a like and  subscribe and I'll see you guys next week.
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Bye.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette vidéo contient 150 phrases et 1388 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 12:29. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 111 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 85 % 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

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

MotPrononciationSens
connect verbe/kəˈnɛkt/accoupler, connecter
smooth adjectif/smuːð/doux, facile
blend verbe/blɛnd/mélanger, mêler
coat nom/ˈkoʊ̯t/manteau, paletot
wallet nom/ˈwɑl.ət/portefeuille, portemonnaie
naturally adverbe/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturellement
necessarily adverbe/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/absolument, nécessairement
lesson nom/ˈlɛs.ən/leçon
bonus nom/ˈbəʊ.nəs/bonus
helpful adjectif/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/utile, serviable
slip verbe/ˈslɪp/glisser
lazy adjectif/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/paresseux, fainéant
combine verbe/kəmˈbaɪn/combiner
disappear verbe/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/disparaître
separately adverbe/ˈsɛp.ɹət.li/séparément

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
go out verbesortir
run out verbeépuiser, être à court
turn down verberefuser, décliner
check out verbemater, regarder
speed up verbe/spiːdˈʌp/accélérer

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 23 contractions et formes réduites, comme can't, don't, I'm. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « th »: smooth /smuːð/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/

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 connect, smooth, blend.

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitis dropped
Possibilité avec « might / may » might/may + verbe — quelque chose de possible mais pas certainmight sound
Superlatifs the -est / the most … — le plus haut ou le plus bas d’un groupethe most common · the easiest
Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédictionyou'll often hear · Won't you · will become

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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