Pratique du Shadowing: Think in English Challenge (A1 to C2) - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Most students translate a lot when learning English instead of thinking in English.
La plupart des étudiants traduisent beaucoup lorsqu'ils apprennent l'anglais au lieu de penser en anglais.
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Today's challenge will help you change that habit.
Le défi d'aujourd'hui vous aidera à changer cette habitude.
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Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy.
Bonjour, c'est Keith de la Keith Speaking Academy.
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Today, I will show you how to start thinking in English.
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From A1 level right up to C2 level.
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Different strategies for different levels.
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I challenge you to try this for the next few days and let me know how it goes.
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Let's begin.
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A1 beginner.
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Hello.
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How are you?
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Now, look at something and say it in your head.
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A cup.
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a pen a phone
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use adjectives a black pen a nice cup a blue phone
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imagine you are a child Everything is amazing.
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Wow, a beautiful cup.
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Water, I'm thirsty.
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Wow, delicious.
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This is good at home,
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alone, and when you are waiting and bored.
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In the bank, in the shop, in the office.
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Try it.
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Next, A2 beginners.
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Hi, are you good?
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OK, you describe every action,
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doing words, in your head.
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I'm walking.
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I'm stretching.
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I'm rolling my shoulders I'm taking a cup I'm drinking I'm putting the cup down
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Okay, imagine you are a YouTube influencer recording everything in your head
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B1 students, intermediate.
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Okay.
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How's it going?
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Great.
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Now for you, in the morning,
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describe in your head your day ahead,
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what you're going to do.
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Ask yourself, what am I going to do?
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First thing in the morning,
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in bed, in the shower, on the toilet.
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Think, what am I going to do?
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I'm going to work after breakfast.
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I've got a meeting with Barry.
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We might have lunch together.
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Oh, I've got the dentist in the afternoon.
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Okay.
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In the evening, in bed,
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in the shower, on the toilet,
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describe in your head what you did.
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I went to work in the morning.
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I had a meeting with Barry.
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We didn't go for lunch in the end.
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And then, oh, I went to the dentist.
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Got it.
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That's it.
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And here's a tip for you.
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Try mumbling.
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Mumbling is speaking quietly, very little.
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A bit like this, you know,
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when you're thinking, oh, what am I going to do today?
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Yeah, I'll do that.
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I'll go to the bed.
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I'll do that.
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Oh yeah, and then I'll add one.
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So, as well as thinking, you can mumble.
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Because mumbling activates your mouth muscles.
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You'll notice your thinking voice is more fluent than your spoken voice.
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Mumbling can help.
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Let's move on.
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Now, this video is a challenge to you to get thinking in English.
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Remember, translating is useful sometimes, but not too much.
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If you're always translating when you're speaking,
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it affects your fluency and you're going to be making more mistakes, basically.
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Thinking in English helps fluency, helps your overall English.
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If you want to do the challenge and carry on practicing, download the PDF.
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It gives you a summary of all of these tips by level and lots more tips to get you thinking in English.
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Download that.
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For the moment, though.
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Oh, the link's in the description.
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For the moment, let's get to the next level,
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which I think is B2.
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Right, B2.
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Upper intermediate.
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How are you doing?
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So for you, I want you to do some silent reading.
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A book, newspaper, blog post.
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As you read, reflect.
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Think about what you are reading.
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And reflect in your head.
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Reading is really good because it's passive.
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So you're already in your head and you're having like a dialogue in your head with the author, right?
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Who wrote it.
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As you're reading, imagine it's a novel or a book, whatever.
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You can think about your opinion.
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If you agree or disagree, what would you do?
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Anything.
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And at the end, when you finish, summarize in your head.
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Okay?
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It might look like this.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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Oh yeah, that's true.
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That happens to me too.
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Oh no, don't.
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Are you crazy?
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Don't go down to the cellar.
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So this guy gets home late.
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It's dark.
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He drops his key.
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He hears a noise and he goes down to the cellar to investigate.
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And there you have it.
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Now, reading is great.
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equally good is listening to a podcast
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because again it's passive you're having this dialogue in your head
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with the speaker in the podcast you can do the same
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thing you can be giving your thinking of your opinion do you agree what would you do
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and then at the end of the podcast summarize
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so either silent reading or listening to a podcast that is your challenge to think in English
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A quick word of warning and a tip.
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Keep it as simple as possible, your thinking.
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It's very easy to start thinking about,
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oh, what does that word mean?
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Vocabulary.
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Oh, I'll just check.
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Forget about vocabulary and grammar.
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Focus on fluent thinking.
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Just getting your ideas.
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It's about thinking.
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It's not about vocabulary.
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So kind of avoid the dictionary for this activity.
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Okay, that's it.
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Right, C1, advanced learners.
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Sup?
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So your challenge is to do some dubbing.
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I want you to dub a clip of a film or a TV series.
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For some people watching may not know,
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So dubbing is where you put another voice on top of a film clip.
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For example, in Spain, you can watch an English film,
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but they put a Spanish voice on top so people understand.
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That's dubbing.
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So you are going to be the dubbing artist.
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You're going to watch something for a minute or two, mute it.
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So it doesn't matter on the language because you're muting it.
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But then you imagine in your head and you think and you make up the dialogue.
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It can be quite fun and interesting.
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You can say anything, but try and sync your voice with their voice.
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Do it once for about a minute.
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Then with the same program, do it again.
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Do it several times and try and do it for a longer period each time.
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All the time, not speaking,
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just thinking the dialogue in your head.
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Try it out.
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It might look something like this.
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There you go.
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Try it out.
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Let me know in the comments what film or TV series you used for your dubbing and how it went.
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OK, finally, C2, we've arrived.
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Proficient learners.
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All right.
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Good.
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So, thank you for waiting to getting here.
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Your challenge is this.
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I want you to listen to some music without words or lyrics.
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So it could be classical music,
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meditation music, that kind of loathy style music.
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OK, listen to the music and then one, think of a problem.
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Two, think of how you feel about the problem.
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Three, think of solutions to the problem.
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OK, one problem, two, feeling, three, solution.
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The key question for you is how can I handle this?
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and that's what you're thinking.
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Do it for two or three minutes and see how it goes.
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It might look something like this.
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The problem.
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This morning I found an empty cigarette packet in the garden next to the neighbour's wall.
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He smokes like a chimney.
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Maybe he threw it into my garden.
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The feeling, I feel a bit frustrated and annoyed about it.
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He may have done it intentionally or maybe without thinking.
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Solutions.
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I could just pick it up and put it in the bin.
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I could go round and ask him if it's his.
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I could spy on him and check if it's the same brand.
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or I could just throw it over the wall back into his garden.
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I'll think more about it.
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That's it for C2 learners.
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Let me know in the comments what music you chose to do this and how it went.
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That's it.
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So are you going to take the Think in English challenge?
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Here's what you need to do.
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First, download the PDF.
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There are actually three activities per level.
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I've put in extra activities for you.
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Okay, make it more interesting.
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Second, decide your level and choose one activity.
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Third, practice it just five to ten minutes a day over seven days and see how it goes.
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Most importantly, let us know how it went.
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You can post your feeling,
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your results on hashtag ThinkInEnglishChallenge.
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on Instagram or Facebook.
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So, are you ready to take the challenge?
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Whatever your level, have a go.
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Thank you so much for watching today.
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I hope this helps you on your journey to fluency and being a confident speaker of English.
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I look forward to seeing you very, very soon.
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Take care.
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Bye-bye.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Think in English Challenge ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : thinking, English, challenge, voice, reading. Cette vidéo contient 208 phrases et 1430 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 13:05. Le locuteur parle lentement, environ 109 mots par minute, ce qui laisse le temps d’imiter chaque son. 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
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| dubbing nom | /ˈdʌbɪŋ/ | adoubement |
| mumble verbe | /ˈmʌmbəl/ | marmonner |
| learner nom | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | apprenant, apprenante |
| vocabulary nom | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulaire, lexique |
| translate verbe | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | traduire |
| summarize verbe | /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ | résumer, récapituler |
| fluent adjectif | /ˈfluənt/ | parler couramment |
| beginner nom | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | débutant, débutante |
| cellar nom | /ˈsɛləɹ/ | cave |
| mute adjectif | /mjut/ | muet, assourdi |
| dentist nom | /ˈdɛntɪst/ | dentiste |
| passive adjectif | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | passif |
| intermediate adjectif | /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/ | intermédiaire |
| adjective nom | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | nom adjectif, adjectif |
| frustrate verbe | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustrer |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| look forward to verbe | avoir hâte de, attendre avec impatience | |
| make up verbe | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | constituer, composer |
Des phrases à répéter
Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :
- Today's challenge will help you change that habit.
- Hi, are you good?
- Ask yourself, what am I going to do?
- Think, what am I going to do?
- If you agree or disagree, what would you do?
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 35 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, I'm, I'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: proficient /pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/, hashtag /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, influencer /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, chimney /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: learner /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/, cellar /ˈsɛləɹ/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme dubbing, mumble, learner.
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.