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If you want to sound more natural when you speak English, you've probably been told to try shadowing.

You listen to a native speaker, you copy what they say, and the more you do it, the more natural you sound.

But if all you do is copy the speaker,

you could spend months shadowing and still sound a little bit stiff and robotic when it's your turn to speak by yourself.

So today I'm going to show you my four -step routine to help you make faster progress

and speak English much more smoothly and naturally, including one final step that most learners miss.

Okay, let's begin.

The first step is humming.

First, you need a short piece of audio.

Today, we're going to use this sentence from day one of my seven -day speaking challenge.

If you'd like to try the challenge yourself, the link is in the description.

Here's the sentence.

it gets any worse.

Okay so your first job is to listen to each short part, pause the recording and then hum what you hear.

So you're not supposed to be saying the words yet,

you're just supposed to be copying the tune of English and you can just hum like this.

Let's try it together.

Listen to each short part then copy the sound without saying the words.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

So what you're listening for here is the melody of the sentence.

Which parts are quicker or slower?

Which parts are louder?

Or where does my voice rise or fall?

By leaving out the words, you can give your full attention to the sounds.

You don't have to think about how to pronounce certain words

and you don't have to remember all the words in the sentence at the same time.

This exercise is quite useful because sometimes learners give every word the same amount of stress.

If I were you I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

It could be quite an unnatural thing for you to try

because I don't think every language has intonation and tone changes exactly like English.

So I definitely think it's a useful exercise to try.

Okay let's try the whole sentence now.

We're going to listen to it first and then I want you to hum it yourself.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

Okay, now your turn.

If it helps, you can even close your eyes whilst you're listening and humming.

It could even be helpful to try doing this without reading the sentence.

That way you're just totally focused on the sound.

Okay, once you start getting used to that rhythm, we're going to start bringing the words in and you're going to try

and keep the music of the sentence like we just practiced.

Okay, step two is imitating.

This time you're going to listen, pause and repeat the actual words.

I want you to try and copy the way I say them as closely as you can.

You're still paying attention to the rhythm, the stress and the intonation, but now we're just going to add the words back into the sentence.

So for this first attempt, just focus on what you can hear.

You don't really need to be worrying about the meaning of the sentence at this point.

Let's use the same three parts.

I'll say each one, leave a space for you, and then I'll say it again so you can compare.

Ready?

Three, two, one.

If I were you, if I were you,

I'd apologize to him, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

Before it gets any worse.

Notice how the words run together.

I didn't say I'd apologize to him.

I'm saying I'd apologize to him.

I'd apologize to him.

Try to copy that whole group of sounds, including the quieter words between the stressed parts.

Now let's try putting that sentence together.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

Okay, your turn.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

So we started by humming the sentence and now we've brought back in the words whilst trying to keep the same rhythm.

Okay, so now before we move on, make sure you understand what the sentence means.

The meaning matters because it can affect which words you stress and how you say them.

In this imaginary example, maybe your friend has upset someone and you think they should say sorry soon.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

So when you're practicing with the other recordings, make sure you can understand the meaning before you go to the next step.

Step three is shadowing.

So now we're finally ready to shadow.

The main difference between shadowing and imitating is when you speak.

When you imitate, you listen.

then you stop the recording and then you repeat.

When you shadow, the recording keeps playing and you're speaking along with it.

You'll usually be just a little bit behind the speaker so you can hear the sounds and follow along with them.

Okay, so now we're putting together what we've learned in step one and step two, but we're following along with the speaker's timing.

So let me show you.

Ready?

Three, two, one.

If I were you, I'd apologise to him before it gets any worse.

You can hear that I'm speaking while the recording is still playing, so I'm not waiting for it to finish first.

Now you try.

I want you to follow my voice through the sentence without pausing for any parts.

Ready?

Three, two, one.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

Okay, let's try that one more time.

If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

Okay, good job.

Try to follow the rhythm as well as the words and if you lose your place and it's too fast,

just listen again and have another go.

If one part is giving you trouble, maybe just pause it, imitate it a few times and then try again to shadow the whole complete sentence.

One thing is that you should always try to shadow sentences at natural speed without slowing them down

because this is how sentences are formed by native speakers and you need to practice forming these sounds at this natural speed.

Okay, step four, the final step is retrieval.

Now we're going to stop using the audio and we're going to see if you can use the sentence yourself.

So you've practiced copying it, but this time we're going to change a few words in the sentence so that it means something personal to you.

Let's look at the original sentence again.

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If I were you, I'd apologize to him before it gets any worse.

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So let's keep the beginning.

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If I were you, I'd.

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But think of someone you know

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and try to think of some advice you could give them that would change the meaning of this sentence.

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For example, maybe someone in your family has a problem with their car.

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You could change the sentence to, if I were you, I'd get the car checked before it breaks down.

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The structure of the sentence stays the same, but because you're changing the meaning to something personal to you, it makes it much easier to remember.

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Okay, so now it's your turn.

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So try to think of your own situation and what you could change the sentence to.

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Maybe try and think of who you're speaking to, what's the situation and what you would do if you were them.

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Okay, so now pause the video and say your sentence out loud starting with, if I were you, I'd...

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Okay, if you did it, good job

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and you can put your sentence in the comments below because I want to see how creative everybody was.

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Okay, one more tip is that you should record yourself whenever you can

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because it's quite hard to actually hear how you sound whilst you're speaking.

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But if you do record yourself and then listen to it back,

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you can hear where you sound different and what you might need to work on next.

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And you can do this very easily with the recordings in my seven day speaking challenge, which is where today's example came from.

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Day one from the seven day challenge has over 200 short example sentences like the one we used in today's lesson.

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Every exercise on every day of the challenge has recordings of my British voice

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and a space for you to upload your own recording where you can compare the two directly.

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The other six days give you different speaking exercises to help you build your confidence and your fluency.

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There's also a progress tracker that fills up as you complete the week.

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It's aimed at B1 and B2 intermediate learners but even

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if you're C1 or C2 you're going to learn something new and improve your speaking.

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And I've had lots of lovely reviews from all the people who've already tried my seven day speaking challenge.

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So thank you so much for supporting me and if you'd like to join them the link is in the description.

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Okay and you'll also find the free pdf for today's lesson down below as well.

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And if you enjoyed this video about outshadowing

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and you'd like to go a bit deeper into the techniques that I've taught you today, then watch this video next.

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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה

שיעור הדיבור הזה ברמה B2 מבוסס על הסרטון “Don't Shadow English, Do THIS Instead”. המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: sentence, apologize, word, worse, sound. בסרטון הזה יש 130 משפטים ו-1625 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 9:09. הדובר מדבר בקצב טבעי של כ-178 מילים בדקה, קרוב לשיחה יומיומית. 89% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית, כך שקל לעקוב אחרי אוצר המילים.

אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה

9 המילים המתקדמות ביותר בסרטון, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:

מילה	הגייה	משמעות
apologize פועל	/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/	הִתְנַצֵּל
pause שם עצם	/pɔːz/	אתנח
rhythm שם עצם	/ˈɹɪð.əm/	קֶצֶב
hum פועל	/ˈhʌm/	זִמְזֵם
distress שם עצם	/dɪˈstɹɛs/	מוּעָקָה
intonation שם עצם	/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/	אינטונציה
fluency שם עצם	/ˈfluːənsi/	רהיטות
imaginary שם תואר	/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/	דִּמְיוֹנִי
melody שם עצם	/ˈmɛl.ə.di/	מַנגִינָה, לַחַן

משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם

משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:

That way you're just totally focused on the sound.
Let's use the same three parts.
I didn't say I'd apologize to him.
I'm saying I'd apologize to him.
Let's look at the original sentence again.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנה	בסרטון
משפטי תנאי (Conditional sentences) if + clause, will/would + verb — תנאי ותוצאה שלו	If I were you, I'd apologize · If I were you I'd apologize · If I were you, I'd apologise
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו	you've probably been told · we've brought · we've learned
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה	been told · are formed

הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה

הדובר משתמש ב-67 קיצורים וצורות מקוצרות, כמו I'd, you're, we're. אמרו אותם בצורה הקצרה, כפי שאתם שומעים אותם.

הצלילים של “th”: rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
מילים ארוכות — שימו לב להטעמה: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, imaginary /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/

צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:

/æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, imaginary /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/
/r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, learner /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/, distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, retrieval /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/, robotic /ɹoʊˈbɑtɪk/
עיצור קולי בסוף מילה — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ בלי להפוך אותם לאטומים: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, pause /pɔːz/, upload /ˈʌpˌloʊd/

איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה

הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
התחילו במהירות 0.75×, תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט, וחזרו למהירות רגילה כשזה מרגיש קל.
הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו apologize, pause, rhythm.

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שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.

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