Pratique du Shadowing: I Learned More English in 24 Hours Than in 6 Months of Studying - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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I studied English for six months, 360 hours of practice, two hours every single day.
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Then someone asked me a six-word question and I froze.
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My mind went completely blank.
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I couldn't even say, I don't know.
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Then I realized something.
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I was not learning English wrong.
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I was learning the wrong skill.
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In 24 hours, I completely changed my approach and everything changed.
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If you have studied for months or even years and still can't speak, this is why. In 12 minutes,
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I will show you why your brain is wired to fail at the way most people practice English
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and why 24 hours of the right practice can rewrite everything.
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And this is not a concept.
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This actually happened to me.
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And by the end, you will know exactly what to do differently.
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So let me take you back to those six months, right?
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Every morning at 7am, I would sit at my desk, open my laptop and start practicing English.
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YouTube videos about grammar, podcasts while I worked, Instagram pages with daily vocabulary, articles, notebooks full of words.
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Two hours every single day.
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And at the end of every single day, I felt productive, accomplished, like I was moving forward.
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I wasn't.
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I was consuming, not producing.
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I was learning about English, not to speak English.
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But I didn't know that yet.
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Then one day, six months in, everything fell apart.
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Through a video call with my cousin that I was living in the US at the time, one guy that was with her asked me a simple question.
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Hey man, how's it going?
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Five, six words.
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I understood every single word but I completely froze.
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I felt like my throat was closed like you try to speak something but nothing comes out.
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He waited five seconds and then he just gave me a little smile
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and I stood there feeling like the biggest failure in the world
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and then I sat in my room thinking about all the things that I had been done for the last six months.
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Pages of pages of vocabulary, 360 hours of practice, but I still couldn't answer a simple question in English.
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How many of those 360 hours did I actually speak?
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I grabbed a pen and I started counting.
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Real conversations?
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Maybe one or two.
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Speaking a lot to myself?
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A few minutes here and there.
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writing original sentences?
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Almost never.
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Out of 360 hours, maybe 15 were actually output.
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That is 4%.
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4% of my time was spent producing English.
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96% was spent consuming it.
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And I wonder why I couldn't speak.
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That night, I made a crucial decision.
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I would spend the next 24 hours doing only one thing, producing English.
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Not watching, not listening, not consuming.
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Just speaking, writing, creating.
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And what happened next changed my life and everything else.
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6 a.m.
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I woke up, set a timer, and started speaking English out loud to nobody.
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I just woke up, now I'm going to start working, then I'm going to eat something and work out.
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It felt insane.
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And after 10 minutes, I ran out of things to say.
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Had to search for words, construct sentences, think in real time and that struggle right there was learning.
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I was really motivated that day so I kept the momentum going.
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I was really afraid of speaking with someone in a live conversation but that day I was at a different level.
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I scheduled a call with someone that I was talking to in English through messages
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and I said I'm going to do this right now.
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My hands were already shaking i scheduled a call for 8am
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30 minutes away i spent those 30 minutes panicking what
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if i freeze again what
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if they think i'm stupid 8am the call started his name was john
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and he was living in canada at the time he said hey how are you the same question
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that the other guy asked me and i responded not perfectly not smoothly
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but i responded we talked for 30 minutes I made mistakes, I paused, but I kept going.
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And when that call ended, something had shifted.
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I did three more conversations that day.
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By the fourth one around 3 p.m something strange happened.
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The person asked me a question and for just a split of seconds I responded without thinking.
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Not a translation in my head, not like searching for words every single second.
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The words just
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flowed like i had unlocked something that was always there
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and i froze not because i couldn't speak but
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because i realized for the first time in six months i
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was actually thinking in english not translating thinking that's what i
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knew it was working by the end of the day i
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had done eight hours of pure output speaking writing producing creating in one day more than i had done in six months.
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But here's what convinced me this actually worked.
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The next morning I woke up and I felt something different.
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I started to think in English right away.
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Not on purpose.
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It just happened.
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My internal monologue was changing, was switching languages so fast.
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And this is not magic, right?
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One day of the right practice and the right actions had rewired my brain more than six months of the wrong practice.
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So why did this work?
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Let me show you the science.
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Here's what actually happens in your brain when you learn a language.
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There are two modes, recognition and production.
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Recognition is passive.
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It's when you see a word and think, I know that.
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When you hear a sentence and you understand it, this feels easy, safe, comfortable.
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And it can be tricky for fluency because at some point it becomes the most useless for truly fluency.
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Production is active.
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It's when you have to truly find the word yourself.
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Construct the sentence in real time.
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respond to pressure, uncertainty and nowhere to hide.
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This feels hard, uncomfortable, scary and it's the only way to truly become fluid.
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Think of your brain like a forest.
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Recognition is walking on the trails that somebody else made.
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Easy and fast, but you're not building anything.
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Production is cutting through the forest with a machete.
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Slow, hard and exhausting.
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But every time you do it, you create a new path.
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And the more you walk that path, the easier it becomes.
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Here's the key.
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Intensity beats duration always.
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You can lift light weights for 10 hours and make no progress.
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Or lift heavy weights for 30 minutes and transform.
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Same with language.
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Six months of comfortable passive practice, weak stimulus.
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24 hours of uncomfortable active practice, massive stimulus.
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Here's the final piece.
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stress enhances learning not chronic stress
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but intense pressure like during a real conversation triggers chemicals
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that strengthen memory
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that is why 30 minutes of a real uncomfortable conversation teaches
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you more than 30 hours of comfortable videos for six months I walk on other people's trails
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but for 24 hours I cut my own now you might be thinking
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but how do I actually start how do I not freeze
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like you did let me show you what I learned from
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talking to dozens of people who were in the same exact position here's what I realized about myself
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and what I've heard from dozens of subscribers
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that I've talked to over the last few weeks we all
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follow the same pattern I did it in the past
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and you're probably doing right now I started asking people one
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question in many different ways how much time do you spend
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speaking versus consuming every Every single person without exception said the same thing.
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I watch English content most days or every single day and I barely speak.
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Some said 90% input, 10% output.
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Some said 95% input, 5% output.
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One person told me I haven't speak English out loud in three weeks.
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Three weeks of practicing English, zero speaking.
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Here's what happens.
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You want to speak English but speaking is scary.
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So you tell yourself, I'm not ready yet.
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I need to learn more first.
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And you go back to watching videos.
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It feels like learning.
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It feels productive, but you're not learning.
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You are procrastinating.
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And I'm not judging you.
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I did it for six months.
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But here's the truth.
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You don't become confident by building confidence first, then speaking.
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You become confident by speaking, even if you're not confident yet.
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Your brain doesn't adapt to preparation.
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It adapts to pressure.
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Six months of preparing to speak versus one day of actually speaking.
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One of these creates fluency.
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The other creates an expert at preparation.
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If you're like me, if you're being stuck in the same pattern, there's a way out.
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You don't need to do like what I did for 24 hours straight, but you need to flip the ratio.
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I call the fluence flip.
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For six months, I did 95% input, 5% output.
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Then I flipped it.
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80% output, 20% input.
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Same time investment, different results.
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One kept me stuck, the other made me fluid.
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Here's what 80-20 looks if you practice one hour a day.
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Morning, 20 minutes of speaking out loud about anything.
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Your day, your goals, random topics.
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No pausing, no searching for words, no dictionary.
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Afternoon, 10 minutes of writing.
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No translation, just write.
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Evening, 30 minutes of real conversation with real people real pressure
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that's it this is just an example do this for 30 90 days
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and you produce english more than most people do in a
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year comfortable practice keeps you a beginner uncomfortable practice makes you
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fluent imagine this 30 days from now someone asks you a simple question in english
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and you don't freeze you don't translate in your head you
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just answer naturally confidently like it's the most natural thing in the world
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that is not a fantasy that is what happens
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when you flip the ratio that is what happens
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when you choose discomfort over comfort that is what happens
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when you stop preparing to speak and actually speak
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so here's what i want you to do after this video set a timer for 15 minutes
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and speak out loud in english about anything you feel weird your brain will resist that resistance is the gap between
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where you are and where you want to be
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and the only way across is true start now i see you in the next video
Context & Background
The journey of learning English can often be filled with challenges, as highlighted by a learner's experience in the video titled "I Learned More English in 24 Hours Than in 6 Months of Studying." After dedicating six months and over 360 hours to traditional English study methods, the speaker faced a common obstacle: the inability to respond to simple questions during real-life conversations. Despite consuming vast amounts of English content—such as grammar lessons, vocabulary lists, and podcasts—he discovered that the majority of his efforts were focused on understanding rather than actively using the language. This realization led to a transformative shift in his approach, emphasizing the importance of producing English through speaking and writing.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
Here are five essential phrases derived from the video transcript that can enhance your daily English conversations:
- “How’s it going?” - A common greeting to ask someone about their well-being.
- “Can you help me?” - A polite way to request assistance from others.
- “What do you think?” - A phrase that engages others and prompts them to share their opinions.
- “I’m not sure.” - Useful for expressing uncertainty or need for clarification in a conversation.
- “Let’s talk later.” - A friendly way to set up future discussions while maintaining the current flow of conversation.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
Improving your English speaking skills can be effectively achieved through a technique known as shadow speech. Here’s a step-by-step guide to tackle the speaking difficulties highlighted in the video:
- Choose Content: Select a video or audio clip from learn English with YouTube that features natural conversation in English.
- Listen Actively: Play the clip and listen carefully to the pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm of the speaker.
- Repeat Out Loud: Use a shadowing app or simply your device’s playback feature to pause after each phrase. Repeat what you hear in real time, mimicking the speaker's tone and speed.
- Practice Interaction: After a few rounds of shadowing the audio, try to use the phrases you've learned in your own conversations. This could involve finding a language partner or speaking to yourself.
- Evaluate and Adjust: Record yourself speaking and compare it to the original audio. Identify areas of improvement and focus on refining your pronunciation.
By dedicating even a short period of time each day to shadow speech through practical speaking exercises, you will foster greater fluency and confidence in your English-speaking abilities. Remember, quality output in your practice is crucial—consider how you can transform consuming English into producing it effectively.
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.