Pratique du Shadowing: You Dream Big But Do Nothing? | English & Chill with Jennie | English Podcast - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec YouTube
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Hi, my dear friends.
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It's Jenny here.
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Recently, I started reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig,
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and it stayed with me in such a quiet, thoughtful way.
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The book talks about choices,
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possibilities, and all the different lives we imagine for ourselves.
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There was one line that I softly underlined because it felt so true.
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You don't have to understand life.
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You just have to live it.
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Sometimes we spend so much time thinking about what our future should look like,
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the version of ourselves we want to become,
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the life we hope to have,
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the perfect path we imagine,
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that it almost starts to feel real inside our mind.
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And that made me wonder something gently.
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Have you ever spent so much time imagining your future that it almost felt like you were already living it?
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Maybe you've pictured a version of yourself who is calmer,
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stronger, and more focused.
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A version of you who finally wakes up early without hitting snooze.
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Who speaks English with confidence.
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Who works on that dream project after work.
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who reads more, learns more, grows more.
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In your mind, that life feels vivid.
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You can almost touch it.
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You see the morning sunlight coming through the window,
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a cup of coffee on the desk,
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a notebook with clean, clear plans,
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a version of you who seems to know exactly what they're doing.
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And honestly, dreaming like that can feel good.
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It gives comfort.
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It gives hope.
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For a few moments, you feel connected to something bigger than your current reality.
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But then the real day begins.
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The alarm rings.
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You feel tired.
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You reach for your phone.
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One message becomes ten minutes.
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Ten minutes becomes forty.
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And suddenly, the day has already started without intention.
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The dream stays in your head.
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Your real life stays where it was.
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I think this happens to more people than we admit.
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Sometimes we fall in love with the feeling of potential.
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Potential is beautiful because it asks nothing from us yet.
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It lets us imagine success without facing discomfort.
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And that's why dreaming can quietly become a place of escape.
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Not because you are lazy.
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Not because you don't care.
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Sometimes it's because dreaming feels safer than doing.
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In your imagination, nothing can fail.
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No one judges you.
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No mistakes happen.
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Nothing feels messy.
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But real action is different.
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Real action is imperfect.
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It's writing the first page badly.
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Recording the first video nervously.
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Speaking English even when your sentences are not perfect taking one small step without knowing exactly where it will lead.
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I have had moments like this in my own life, too.
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There were times when I spent more time thinking about what I wanted this space to become than actually creating it.
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I would imagine the people listening,
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the messages they might send,
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the comfort they might feel.
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The vision was warm and beautiful,
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but vision alone changes nothing.
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At some point, I had to stop loving the idea of growth more than the process of it.
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Because the truth is, your future is not built by the version of you in your thoughts.
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It is built by the version of you in your daily choices.
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The small, almost invisible things.
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Getting up.
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Starting anyway.
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Trying even when it feels awkward.
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repeating one habit until it begins to shape your identity.
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So maybe today, instead of asking yourself why your dream still feels far away,
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ask something gentler and more honest.
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What am I doing today that belongs to the life I say I want?
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Even one small action matters.
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Because sometimes the difference between a dream and a life is not talent.
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It is simply the courage to begin.
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There is something strangely comforting about dreaming.
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It gives us a feeling that we are moving,
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even when nothing in our life is actually changing.
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Have you ever noticed that?
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You spend an evening planning your future.
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Maybe you write down goals.
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Maybe you watch motivational videos.
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Maybe you imagine the life you want so clearly that it almost feels real.
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For a moment, you feel inspired.
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Your heart feels lighter.
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Your mind says, yes, this is it.
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My life is about to change.
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But then the next day comes, and nothing happens.
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The notebook stays closed.
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The first step is delayed.
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The dream remains beautiful, but untouched.
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I think this is one of the quiet traps many of us fall into.
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Dreaming gives an emotional reward before any real effort begins.
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It feels good to imagine success,
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to picture yourself fluent in English,
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to see yourself healthier, more disciplined, more confident.
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To imagine the applause, the pride,
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the relief of finally becoming who you want to be.
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And because that feeling is pleasant,
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the mind can start returning to it again and again.
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Not for growth.
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For comfort.
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Sometimes we confuse emotional excitement with real movement,
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but they are not the same.
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Thinking about change is not the same as changing.
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Wanting is not the same as building.
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A dream can become a very comfortable room,
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a place where you visit often, where everything feels possible.
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But if you stay there too long,
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it quietly turns into avoidance.
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I remember once planning a new routine for myself.
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I spent almost an hour organizing the perfect morning.
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Wake up early.
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Read for 20 minutes.
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Exercise.
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Write.
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Work deeply.
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The plan looked wonderful.
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It even made me feel proud for a moment.
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But the next morning, I did none of it.
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That experience taught me something honest.
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Sometimes planning is just another way to delay discomfort.
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Because the plan feels clean.
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The real work feels messy.
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The plan makes you feel in control.
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The action asks something harder, effort.
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And sometimes effort means facing the possibility that you may not be as consistent,
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focused, or ready as you imagined.
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That can be uncomfortable.
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But discomfort is where real life begins.
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Dreaming can only show you who you want to be.
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Action is what teaches you who you are becoming.
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Maybe this is why some people spend years talking about the same dream.
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Not because they don't care,
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but because dreaming keeps giving them the feeling of movement without the risk of failure.
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Yet life does not change through feelings alone.
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It changes through repetition.
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One uncomfortable step, then another, then another.
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Maybe you just needed someone to say this gently.
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Your dream does not need more imagination right now.
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It needs one real action.
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A sentence spoken in English.
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A page written.
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A walk taken.
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A task started.
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Something small enough to begin today.
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Because sometimes the most dangerous thing about big dreams is that they make us forget the power of small movement.
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And sometimes one tiny action carries more truth than a thousand beautiful plans.
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Sometimes we call it procrastination.
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Sometimes we call it laziness.
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But if we're honest, delay is often hiding something much deeper.
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Fear.
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I think many people are not actually afraid of work.
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They are afraid of what the work might reveal.
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What if I'm not as good as I thought?
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What if I fail?
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What if people judge me?
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What if I try my best and nothing changes?
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Those questions can quietly stop a person before they even begin.
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And because fear feels uncomfortable to admit,
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the mind often gives it a different name.
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I'm just tired.
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I need more time.
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I'm waiting for the right moment.
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I need a better plan first.
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Do you see how gentle fear can sound?
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It rarely says I'm scared.
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Instead it hides inside delay.
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I remember a time when I wanted to start something new for this space.
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I had the topic.
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I had the notes.
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I even knew exactly what I wanted to say.
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But I kept postponing it.
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I told myself I needed to make it better first.
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A stronger opening.
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A more perfect structure.
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A clearer message.
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The truth?
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I was afraid it wouldn't be good enough.
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And sometimes perfectionism is just fear wearing beautiful clothes.
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It looks responsible.
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It sounds intelligent.
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But often it is simply the fear of being seen before you feel ready.
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Maybe you've felt this in your own life.
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You want to speak English,
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but you wait until your grammar feels perfect.
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You want to apply for something,
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but you You wait until your skills feel stronger.
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You want to start a healthier life,
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but you wait until Monday,
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next month, or the beginning of a new year.
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Sometimes waiting becomes a way to protect the image of yourself.
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Because as long as you don't start,
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the dream stays untouched, still perfect, still full of possibility.
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Once you begin, reality enters.
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Mistakes happen.
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feel slow.
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You see your weaknesses.
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That's exactly what fear wants to avoid.
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But here's something gentle and important.
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Mistakes do not destroy dreams.
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Avoidance does.
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A dream survives imperfection.
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It does not survive endless delay.
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The life you want is not asking you to be fearless.
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It is asking you to move while afraid.
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That is what courage really looks like.
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Not confidence first.
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Movement first.
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Confidence often comes later.
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Sometimes much later.
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Don't rush.
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Good things need roots first.
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The first time you do something,
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it will probably feel uncomfortable.
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That doesn't mean you're not ready.
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It often means you're finally doing something real.
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So maybe today, instead of asking,
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why am I so lazy?
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Ask something kinder and more honest,
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what am I afraid this action might show me?
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Because sometimes the answer is not about discipline.
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Sometimes it's about healing the fear that has been quietly delaying your life.
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And once you name the fear,
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it begins to lose some of its power.
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That is often the first true step forward.
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I want to tell you something simple today.
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Your life does not change the moment you dream bigger.
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It changes the moment you move.
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And sometimes that movement is so small that it almost feels unimportant.
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One page, one sentence, one push-up,
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one email, one 10-minute study session.
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But tiny movement has a power that dreaming alone never has.
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It changes identity.
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When you stay in the dream,
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you keep seeing yourself as someone who wants.
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Someone who wants to speak better English.
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Someone who wants a healthier life.
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Someone who wants confidence.
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But the moment you take one small action, something shifts.
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You begin to see yourself as someone who does.
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And that difference is everything.
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Because identity is built through repetition, not imagination.
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The mind believes what it sees you repeatedly do.
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If every day you tell yourself,
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I want to improve my English,
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but never speak, your identity remains the same.
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But if you speak for even five minutes every day,
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your mind starts collecting evidence.
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I am someone who practices.
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I am someone who shows up.
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I am becoming this person.
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That is why tiny movement matters so much.
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It gives your mind proof.
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I remember once wanting to build a more consistent writing habit.
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At first, I kept waiting for the perfect long block of time.
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An hour, a quiet afternoon, a perfect mood.
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But those moments rarely came.
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So I changed the rule.
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Just 10 minutes.
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That was it.
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At first, it felt almost too small to matter.
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But something surprising happened.
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The 10 minutes removed the pressure.
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It became easy to begin.
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And once I began, those 10 minutes often became 20, sometimes 30.
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But even on the days it stayed at 10,
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I still kept the promise.
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That promise slowly changed how I saw myself,
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not as someone who wanted to be consistent, as someone who was.
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This is the quiet power of tiny action.
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It is not about the size of the step.
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It is about what the step teaches your mind.
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Every small action is a vote for the person you want to become.
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One day of movement may not change your life,
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but repeated movement changes your identity and identity changes everything
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because once you start believing i am a person who starts
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action becomes easier the resistance becomes smaller the dream stops feeling so distant maybe you just needed someone to say this
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You do not need a dramatic breakthrough.
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You need a small beginning.
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A tiny movement today carries more truth than the perfect plan you keep postponing.
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So ask yourself gently, what is the smallest action that belongs to the life I want?
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Not the perfect action.
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Not the biggest action.
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Just the smallest real one.
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because sometimes the life you dream about begins with something almost invisible.
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One brave, ordinary step.
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And sometimes that one step is the moment your identity begins to change.
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I want to leave you with one thought that may stay with you long after this episode.
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Dreams are beautiful.
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They give direction.
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They give hope.
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They remind us that something inside us still wants more from life.
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But dreams alone do not change reality.
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Starting does.
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I think one of the biggest differences between people who transform their lives and people who stay stuck is not talent.
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It is not intelligence.
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It is not even motivation.
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It is the willingness to begin before feeling ready.
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Because if you wait to feel fully prepared,
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fully confident, fully sure, you may wait forever.
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The truth is, most meaningful things in life begin awkwardly.
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The first sentence you speak in English may sound imperfect.
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The first day of a new routine may feel messy.
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The first step toward a dream may feel embarrassingly small.
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But that is how real life works.
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It does not begin with perfection.
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It begins with movement.
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I've learned that the people who grow are often not the people with the biggest dreams.
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They are the people who have learned to respect small beginnings.
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They start when the room is still messy.
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They start when the plan is incomplete.
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They start when fear is still present.
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And every time they begin,
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they strengthen something invisible inside.
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Trust.
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Self-trust.
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That quiet belief that says,
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I can rely on myself to move.
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This kind of trust is powerful because once you trust yourself to start,
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your dreams stop feeling like distant fantasies.
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They begin to feel reachable.
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One action at a time.
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One ordinary day at a time.
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I want you to remember this.
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You do not become your dream life all at once.
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You become it through repeated beginnings.
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Each day asks the same quiet question.
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Will I remain the person who only imagines?
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Or become the person who acts?
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Sometimes the answer is not dramatic.
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Sometimes it is just sitting down and doing 10 minutes of the thing you've been postponing.
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That is enough.
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Don't rush.
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Good things need roots first.
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The future you want is not built in one perfect moment.
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It is built in all the small moments when you choose action over comfort.
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So maybe today, don't focus on the whole mountain.
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Just focus on the next step.
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Open the book.
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Write the first line.
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Speak the sentence.
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Take the walk.
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Send the message.
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Become the person who starts.
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Because once you start, something inside you changes.
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The dream stops being a place you visit in your mind.
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It becomes a life you're actively building.
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Thank you for spending this time with me.
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If this episode spoke to something you've been quietly carrying,
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I'd love for you to stay with this journey.
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Subscribe to Jenny's English Podcast,
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and let this be your space to grow your English and your life,
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one small step at a time.
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And before you go, I want to ask you something.
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What is one tiny action you can take today toward the life you keep dreaming about?
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I'd love to hear it in the comments.
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Bye-bye.
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Thank you.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice your English speaking skills by engaging with the themes discussed in the podcast episode "You Dream Big But Do Nothing?" by Jennie. The lesson emphasizes the power of dreaming and the contrast between imagination and action. You will not only learn to understand the nuances of English in a conversational context but also explore how to translate your dreams into reality through practical steps. This approach will help you feel more confident in speaking English spontaneously, making it a valuable addition to your English speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Choices - The options available to you when making a decision.
- Possibilities - The potential opportunities that might come from different actions.
- Life feels vivid - An expression used to describe how real and lively a dream can seem.
- Comfort - A feeling of ease and contentment, often derived from familiar situations.
- Intention - The purpose behind your actions; doing something with a goal in mind.
- Potential - The inherent ability or capacity for growth and development.
- Wake up early - The act of getting out of bed at an early time to maximize productivity.
- Face discomfort - To confront challenging or uncomfortable situations as part of growth.
Practice Tips
To maximize your learning from this podcast episode, consider using a shadowing app or a shadowing site to enhance your practice. Here are some concrete tips to help you shadow effectively:
- Start by listening to the episode a few times to familiarize yourself with Jennie’s speaking style and tone. Pay attention to her rhythm and intonation.
- Use a shadow speak technique. Repeat sentences immediately after you hear them, mirroring Jennie's pronunciation and pacing.
- Since Jennie speaks at a comfortable pace, attempt to follow her cadence and energy to improve your fluency. This is especially useful for those looking to learn English with YouTube content.
- Record yourself while practicing to compare your pronunciation with that of the speaker. Listening to your recordings can help you identify areas for improvement.
- Set specific goals for each practice session, whether focusing on vocabulary from the podcast or improving your overall clarity and confidence.
By engaging with the material in an interactive manner, you'll find that the dreams you visualize can quickly transform into actions you can take, enhancing both your English proficiency and your approach to personal growth.
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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