Shadowing Practice: ๐ฃ I call this: The Alysa Liu Method โธ๏ธ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video โ๐ฃ I call this: The Alysa Liu Method โธ๏ธโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: goal, outcome, input. This video has 11 sentences and 172 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks fast, about 216 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| input noun | /หษชnpสt/ | The act or process of putting in; infusion. |
| outcome noun | /หaสtkสm/ | That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process. |
| output noun | /หaสtpสt/ | Production; quantity produced, created, or completed. |
| consistent adjective | /kษnหsษชs.tษnt/ | Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. |
| habit noun | /หhรฆb.ษชt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| generate verb | /หdอกสษn.ษ.ษนeษชt/ | To bring into being; give rise to. |
| distress noun | /dษชหstษนษs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| alignment noun | /ษหlaษชn.mษnt/ | An arrangement of items in a line. |
| subscriber noun | /sษbหskษนaษชbษ/ | A person who subscribes to a publication or a service. |
| detach verb | /dษชหtรฆtอกส/ | To take apart from; to take off. |
| detachment noun | /dษชหtรฆtอกสmษnt/ | The action of detaching; separation. |
| measure noun | /หmeษช.สษ/ | A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) |
| achieve verb | /ษหtอกสiv/ | To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish. |
| category noun | /หkรฆt.ษช.ษก(ษ.)ษนi/ | A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| step back verb | /stษp หbรฆk/ | To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | I've noticed ยท I've developed ยท I've set |
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | women who are |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like input, outcome, output.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.