Pratique du Shadowing: Speaking English: Master The Dark L - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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You can't master the American accent without mastering the dark L sound.
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If you've never heard this term before, dark L, I'm not surprised.
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If you look these words up in a dictionary, they'll all have the same phonetic symbol for L, but they're not the same sound.
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These L's are light L's.
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And these L's are dark L's.
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They're made completely differently.
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I'm Rachel, and I've been teaching the American accent for over 20 years.
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I've never met a student who naturally had this dark L sound.
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We've always had to work at it.
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But when my students master this sound, it brings a truly natural and relaxed quality to their voices.
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I've developed an extremely effective method for mastering the American accent.
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You can learn about it and sign up for my courses at RachelsEnglishAcademy .com.
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Join over 50 ,000 students who are now speaking English with confidence.
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What's the difference between these L's and these?
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How do you know when to make an L a light L and when to make it a dark L?
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It has to do with where it comes in the syllable.
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If it comes before the vowel or diphthong sound, it's a light L.
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When we write the word phonetically, you'll see either a space between syllables or mark like this or this.
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So remember, you're looking at where the L comes in the syllable.
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So if it's not at the beginning of the word or the end of the word,
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you'll have to know how the word is broken up into syllables.
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Long.
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It's before the AW vowel, believe.
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It's before the EE vowel, clean.
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Before the EE vowel, these are all light L's.
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Feel, it comes after the E.
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Valley, it comes after the AA vowel.
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Example, it comes after the schwa at the end of the word.
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These are all dark L's.
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The most important thing for you to know about the dark L sound is you don't lift your tongue tip up.
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This is probably the exact opposite of what you've learned, but what you've learned is the light L.
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Let's compare the light L to the dark L just by listening.
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I'm going to go back and forth.
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You can also look at the difference in the mouth position, but focus mainly on what you hear.
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Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
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Ll.
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So for the dark L, the tongue tip is down, and the back part of the tongue pushes down and back a little bit,
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narrowing the space here.
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That makes this dark sound.
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The pitch is low, the vibration is low here in my chest.
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Try to imitate this sound right now with me.
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It's hard to see because of the lips, but the tip of the tongue is still forward.
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Notice that the lips are relaxed.
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Let's compare the dark L to the mouth at rest.
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The tongue tip is down, touching the back of the bottom front teeth,
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and the back part of the tongue is stretching back a bit to make this part of the throat a little narrower.
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That creates the dark sound.
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Jaw doesn't drop much and the lips are relaxed.
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That's an important note.
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The lips are relaxed.
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Some of my students, I'm thinking especially of my Vietnamese students, want to round the lips.
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That totally changes the sound.
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We don't want to do that.
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E -mail, e -mail.
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L, l, l.
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Look what happens if I round my lips.
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E -mail, e -mail.
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We do not want lip rounding, we want relaxed lips.
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Email.
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L, L, L.
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You know, this really feels more like a vowel than a consonant.
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L, L, L.
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I've seen so many students struggle because the habit to lift the tongue tip for the L is so strong.
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Just practice the dark sound, feel the tongue tip touching the backs of the bottom front teeth.
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Ll, ll.
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Feel what you have to do to your throat, ll, to get that sound down into your chest.
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Feeel, feel, feel.
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When you do it slowly, you can focus on how the tongue moves from the E position to the dark sound.
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Feeel, by relaxing and then pressing down and back a little bit in the back.
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Now a dark L, feel.
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The sound and vibration really comes down lower to bring that dark sound into my chest.
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Feel.
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But there's no symbol for this.
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In the dictionary, you'll see the word like with a light L with this symbol, and you'll see the word feel with the same symbol,
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but we know that's not right.
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I wish there was another symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the dark L that was used regularly.
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I don't know why there isn't one.
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Other dark L words?
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Pool.
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Smile.
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The sound itself is tricky to get, but you can get it.
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Expose yourself to the sound enough times and your body will pick it up.
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That's exactly what we do in Rachel's English Academy me.
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You get so much exposure and audio training that your body naturally picks it up and makes it a habit.
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There's one other tricky thing to know about the dark L.
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You already know tongue tip down.
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Sounds more like a vowel than a consonant.
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But what about when the next sound is a vowel?
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Then after the dark sound, we do lift the tongue tip to separate it from the next vowel.
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So, dark sound, lift the tongue tip, and connect into the next vowel.
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Do not leave out the dark sound.
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We know the word feel, L has a dark sound, but let's look at the word feeling.
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The L comes after the E vowel in the first syllable, so it's still a dark L, but the next sound is a vowel,
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the beginning of the ING ending.
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I'm going to say it slowly.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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I have the F, the E vowel, the dark sound.
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Then I lift my tongue tip and go into the ING ending.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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Let's look at another example.
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He He fell in love.
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Fell in.
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F -ell -en.
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F consonant, eh sound, dark sound, lifting the tongue tip quickly, and the word in.
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Fell in.
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Fell in.
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He fell in love.
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What does it sound like without the dark sound?
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It sounds like this.
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Fell in, fell in.
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No dark sound.
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Fell.
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I want that dark sound.
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It's so important in American English.
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Fell, fell in, fell in.
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He fell in love.
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I'll say it again.
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If it's a dark L, make that dark sound, L, even if you're linking into a vowel and need to lift your tongue tip.
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In Rachel's English Academy, I have students really lock in the dark sound before moving on to this idea of linking into another word.
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L is what's most important.
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Let's work on that one more time.
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Now I want you to be repeating out loud with me.
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L. L.
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Feel.
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Feel.
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Feel.
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Fill.
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Smile.
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Smile.
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Great work.
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Keep your learning going now with this video, and don't forget to check out RachelsEnglishAcademy .com to learn more about the American accent training courses
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that can help you develop a truly American voice.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « Speaking English: Master The Dark L ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : sound, dark, tongue, vowel, word. Cette vidéo contient 229 phrases et 1357 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 10:03. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 135 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 73 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

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

MotPrononciationSens
lip nom/lɪp/lèvre
relax verbe/ɹɪˈlæks/relâcher
symbol nom/ˈsɪmbəl/symbole
accent nom/ækˈsɛnt/accent
naturally adverbe/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturellement
compare verbe/kəmˈpɛɚ/comparer
pitch nom/pɪt͡ʃ/tir, jet
narrow adjectif/ˈnæɹəʊ/étroit
throat nom/ˈθɹoʊt/gorge
habit nom/ˈhæb.ɪt/habitude
dictionary nom/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/dictionnaire, dico
tricky adjectif/ˈtɹɪk.i/épineux, compliqué
vibration nom/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/vibration
audio adjectif/ˈɔ.di.oʊ/audio
exposure nom/ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/exposition

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
check out verbemater, regarder
come down verbedescendre, tomber
fall down verbe/fɔl ˈdaʊn/tomber
go back verberentrer, retourner

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • We've always had to work at it.
  • I'm going to go back and forth.
  • We don't want to do that.
  • I don't know why there isn't one.
  • I'm going to say it slowly.

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantyou've never heard · I've never met · We've always had
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chosestudent who naturally · students who are

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 30 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, don't, I've. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « th »: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, diphthong /ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/
  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, schwa /ʃwɑ/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, phonetically /fəˈnɛtɪkli/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, pitch /pɪt͡ʃ/, stretch /stɹɛt͡ʃ/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/

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 lip, relax, symbol.

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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