Pratique du Shadowing: Speak English Fluently with CHUNKING - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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Today, I want to share something very important with you.
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It's called the chunking method.
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Chunking is an easy but powerful way to learn English.
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If you want to speak English fluently and naturally, and if you want to think in English, chunking can really help you.
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In this lesson, I will explain what chunking is and how you can use it in your daily practice.
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I will speak slowly and clearly so you can understand step by step.
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But before we go further, let me share a quick story about one of my students.
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His name is Jake.
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Jake recently started working in a coffee shop.
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One day, a customer came in and asked, Hi, could you recommend something sweet?
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Jake wanted to answer, but he tried to build the sentence word by word.
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I recommend.
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You, maybe, he got nervous and froze.
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That evening, Jake told me about his problem.
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I said, Jake, you need to start using chunks.
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He learned a few simple chunks like, Let me think.
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How about this one?
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It's really popular.
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He practiced these phrases again and again, while walking, while making coffee, even before going to bed.
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The next day, the same customer came back and asked the same question.
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Hi!
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Could you recommend something sweet?
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Sure, let me think.
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How about this one?
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It's really popular.
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Sounds great.
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I'll take it.
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Awesome!
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Here you go.
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Have a great day!
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The conversation was smooth and natural.
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No translation, no stress.
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That's the power of chunking!
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Ready-made phrases that help, you speak confidently.
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So now that you know how useful chunking can be, let's begin.
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When you speak English, you don't need to make every sentence word by word.
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That is slow, hard and takes too much time.
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When you do that, you may feel nervous and forget words.
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There is a better way.
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You can use chunks.
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But what are chunks?
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Chunks are groups of words.
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They are small phrases that people often use together.
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We don't change them.
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We don't make them from zero.
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We just use them as they are.
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Think of chunks like Lego blocks.
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Each chunk is one block.
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When you speak, you join these blocks together.
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For example, how's it going?
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I don't think so.
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Let me think.
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Long time no see.
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Have a nice day.
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No worries.
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These are all chunks.
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You don't stop to think about grammar.
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You don't say how is it going slowly.
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You say how's it going in one smooth phrase.
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That is why chunks are powerful.
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When you learn a chunk, you learn a complete idea.
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Not just single words.
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It makes you sound natural and confident.
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When you try to speak English word by word, your brain works too hard.
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You think about every word, the grammar, and the sentence structure.
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That takes time.
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You pause, you get nervous, and you lose confidence.
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Now imagine this.
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You use a whole phrase without thinking.
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You say it naturally and correctly.
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That is what chunking gives you.
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Native speakers talk in chunks.
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They don't build every sentence from zero.
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They use ready-made phrases.
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When you do the same, you speak faster, sound natural and feel confident.
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Your brain will do less thinking and more communicating.
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When you listen to English, you will hear the same phrases many times.
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For example I'm not sure let me check it's up to
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you these are chunks you don't need to memorize them like vocabulary lists
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if you hear them again
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and again they become natural for you the more you use
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them the more fluent you become chunking is not just a
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method it is a way of thinking in English it helps you stop translating
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and start speaking freely here are some very useful chunks i'm
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on my way this means i am coming let's keep in
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touch this means let's stay connected that's not the point this means
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that is not the important part that makes sense this means
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that is logical
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or easy to understand do you see each phrase gives a
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clear message you don't need to think about grammar you just
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say the phrase today you learned about chunking why it helps
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and how to use it remember english becomes easier
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when you speak in chunks not word by word just a few chunks every day can make a big difference
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so keep listening keep speaking and keep believing in yourself thank you for learning with me bye for now

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Speak English Fluently with CHUNKING ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : chunk, word, chunking, phrase, speak. Cette vidéo contient 94 phrases et 752 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:36. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 164 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 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

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
chunk nom/t͡ʃʌŋk/pièce, morceau
phrase nom/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/expression
grammar nom/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/grammaire
confidently adverbe/ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/candidement, confidemment
fluently adverbecouramment
memorize verbe/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/mémoriser, apprendre par cœur
fluent adjectif/ˈfluənt/parler couramment
vocabulary nom/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/vocabulaire, lexique
translate verbe/tɹænzˈleɪt/traduire
distress nom/dɪˈstɹɛs/détresse
pause nom/pɔːz/pause
freely adverbe/ˈfɹili/librement
freeze verbe/ˈfɹiːz/geler, glacer
logical adjectif/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/logique
communicate verbe/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/communiquer

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
come back verberevenir

Des phrases à répéter

Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :

  • Could you recommend something sweet?
  • We don't make them from zero.
  • For example, how's it going?
  • You don't stop to think about grammar.
  • You don't say how is it going slowly.

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 -ingstarted working · stop translating · start speaking
Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédictionwill explain · will speak · I'll take
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessaireneed to start · need to make · need to memorize

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 12 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, I'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: chunk /t͡ʃʌŋk/, logical /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/

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 chunk, phrase, grammar.

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