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So you've been learning English for three years, imagining yourself having natural conversations with people in English.
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You're buried in verb conjugations, you're practicing pronunciation until your jaw hurts, and maybe you've even started watching dramas and TV shows in English already.
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You started all of this for a simple reason, to travel, to feel more connected with people on your next vacation.
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But what if I told you this?
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While you've been busy studying grammar and vocabulary, what if you've actually been rewiring your brain for a better life in ways you never expected?
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And what if the biggest and deepest impact of learning a new language has almost nothing to do with travel that you're planning?
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Because learning a language isn't just about learning how to speak.
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It's more than that because it's a tool for personal change.
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Welcome back to another episode of This is Hazel.
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Okay, honestly, these days when language feels hard, AI can translate almost everything so easily.
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So sometimes it feels like maybe we don't need to learn or study languages anymore.
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Because as a person who teaches Korean language, sometimes some people say that like AI will solve everything.
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So you're going to lose your job.
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I mean, yeah, but here's the thing.
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While you're studying a language right now, you're secretly upgrading your way of thinking, your personality, and the way you see the world.
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So today, I want to talk about the hidden reasons why learning a language is such a powerful tool for the personal growth.
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Okay, the first.
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And maybe the most surprising change is happening deep inside your brain.
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every time you struggle to remember a new word or try to put a sentence together you are
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literally changing your brain i know like scientists call this something let
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me okay let me switch i'll i'll give you the accurate neuroplasticity i'm using my brain so hard right now
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neuroplasticity neuroplasticity okay okay scientists call this neuroplasticity
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neuroplasticity neuroplasticity okay Simply put, it means your brain is flexible and able to create new connections.
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Language learning is one of the strongest ways to activate that ability.
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Because think of your brain like a muscle, like you gain your muscle.
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Learning a new language is like giving it, giving the muscle a high intensity workout and not just one kind of exercise.
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You do Pilates, yoga, and go to the gym, swimming, basketball, or a lot of different kinds of exercise.
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Through this process, actually we can make our brains stronger and even delay age-related cognitive decline like dementia or something by several years.
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It's a long-term investment in your future mental health.
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And what's really important is these studies show that adults like people like us, even people who start learning a new language later in their lives can experience these deep brain changes too.
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So when you're squeezing your brain trying to order something in English, at the restaurant, you're actually building a stronger and healthier brain that will support you for decades.
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The second reason is actually a human part of this journey.
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As you learn another language, you're quietly building a powerful sense of empathy.
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It's about truly understanding the people.
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Every language has a different sense of time, a different sense of personal distance, a different way of expressing emotions.
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Honestly, the biggest cultural difference that I felt since I came to Vancouver isn't about food or music.
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It's about how people express themselves.
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Because I started noticing things like, oh, people feel uncomfortable when I ask this.
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Or, oh, this is how they interpret their situations.
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Or this emotion doesn't even exist in this language.
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I realized that my reaction to the same story changes depending on the language.
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if someone said to me in english i've been having a hard time lately and i would probably say in english oh i'm
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sorry let me know if there's anything i can do i'm here for you kind of thing but in
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korean i would say what happened are you eating well that difference comes from the culture in fact
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in korean language i don't think we say i'm sorry to hear that i don't think we have a way to say I'm sorry to hear that.
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So the first time that I noticed myself naturally saying I'm sorry in English not like sorry just like feeling sorry I felt like I was meeting a new version of myself like what is this?
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The longer I stay in Canada the more I feel these cultural differences because now I'm not trying to understand grammar I'm trying to understand the culture.
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I can even feel the difference in my personality depending on whether I'm speaking Korean or English.
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Maybe you can relate if you speak different languages.
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Anyway, when you start understanding why certain expressions exist and why ideas are framed the way they are, you begin to see another worldview from the inside.
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You don't just understand what people are saying, but why they are saying it that way.
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This emotional intelligence helps you connect with people more deeply.
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Language is the most important gateway to real cultural understanding.
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You're no longer just a tourist watching from the outside.
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You become someone who can share jokes, notice subtle emotional moments, and you feel the connections.
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And the third reason brings everything together.
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Learning a new language is one of the most honest parts to self-growth.
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Most of us unconsciously believe that the way we see the world is the only way.
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because our native language becomes the default setting for our thoughts.
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But the moment you learn another language, you realize the same reality can be structured in completely different ways, different format.
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Some languages have words for concepts that you've never even thought about before.
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I've heard that like some languages have, I mean, I've seen some languages have like feminine, like the gender.
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So I've heard that the cup has gender, the chair has a gender, and that we need to switch the verb based on it.
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I've never thought about it.
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I've never thought about that could be possible.
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Probably my language has something shocking for them.
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Maybe English has something strange for other people.
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It breaks the illusion that your perspective is the only one that matters, and suddenly your curiosity starts flowing in so many different directions.
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You also experience something important.
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I think it's really important to me.
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You learn through real experience that small, consistent actions can lead to the big goals.
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That sense of achievement often makes you want to grow in other areas of your life too.
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Do you know what I've been doing lately?
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I've been re-watching dramas that I watched before I could understand English.
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If you've seen my videos about how I studied English, you know that I learned English through dramas and movies.
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I copied them.
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I repeated the same scene again and again, focusing more on sound than meaning.
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I mimicked the sound so I could learn the language.
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At one point, I was almost addicted to collecting those scenes.
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And I was, I got used to the sound, right?
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Of the scenes.
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So they were in my brain already.
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And I am watching the movies again and TV shows again and again.
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Recently, I listened to them again while I was watching the shows.
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Like, oh, that's the scene that I've saved.
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And it felt like wearing glasses for the first time.
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Everything sounded so clear.
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I started hearing things differently from what I understood before.
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Back then I understood the word.
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I understood the information of the scene but now I understand both the culture and the information together and suddenly so many things made sense at the same time.
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Realizing that I can truly understand something now brings me a deep kind of happiness.
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At first, I just wanted to order coffee at the cafe and eventually I became someone who understands myself and my place in the world much more deeply,
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more open-minded,
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knowing that my feelings can be expressed in many different ways and that I can share what I have in
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many different forms is a new experience and this is something that is hard to understand unless you've
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experienced it yourself from far away you can't really see it you have to step into the water you have to
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swim you have to cross that mountain like you have to get that and see the view there's nothing
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wrong with not having seen it it's like it's okay but hearing about the view from
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someone else who went that and actually walking through it and experiencing and seeing the view are two very different things.
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You didn't just learn a language, you became a bigger, wider version of yourself.
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I already know that many of you, many people watching my videos are bilingual or learning different languages.
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So I think some of you probably felt something while watching this video.
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If there's a hidden reason that you think that I didn't mention, please share that in the comments so I can see and learn about your journeys as well.
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See you.
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Bye-bye.
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There's a romantic set.
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TV show isn't for you.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « why does language change us? ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : language, english, brain, learning, watching. Cette vidéo contient 108 phrases et 1556 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 11:42. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 133 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
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| neuroplasticity nom | neuroplasticité | |
| verb nom | /vɝb/ | verbe |
| unconsciously adverbe | /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/ | inconsciemment |
| worldview nom | vision du monde | |
| pronunciation nom | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | prononciation |
| bilingual adjectif | /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ | bilingue |
| addict nom | /ˈæd.ɪkt/ | dépendant, dépendante |
| empathy nom | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | empathie |
| dementia nom | /dɪˈmɛnʃə/ | démence |
| activate verbe | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | actionner, activer |
| interpret verbe | /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/ | interpréter |
| vocabulary nom | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulaire, lexique |
| bury verbe | /ˈbɛɹi/ | enterrer |
| feminine adjectif | /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/ | féminin |
| translate verbe | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | traduire |
Des phrases à répéter
Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :
- I mean, yeah, but here's the thing.
- I've never thought about it.
- I've never thought about that could be possible.
- I think it's really important to me.
- Do you know what I've been doing lately?
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continu have/has been + -ing — une action commencée avant et toujours en cours | you've been learning · you've actually been rewiring · i've been having |
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | you've even started · you've been · you've never even thought |
| Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose | person who teaches · people who start · someone who can |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | are framed · can be structured · can be expressed |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 48 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, I'm, I've. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: conjugation /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, dementia /dɪˈmɛnʃə/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: conjugation /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, interpret /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, bury /ˈbɛɹi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
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 neuroplasticity, verb, unconsciously.
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.