Shadowing Practice: SEtalk: What Silence Says - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'd like to begin with a few seconds of silence.
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There. How did that feel?
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I noticed a few of you reaching for your phones!
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Was it peaceful, or a little uncomfortable?
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For many of us, silence feels like something's gone wrong.
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Researchers in the Netherlands studied exactly this feeling.
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Volunteers imagined a conversation that suddenly went quiet.
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Just four seconds of silence was enough!
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People felt anxious, and they felt rejected.
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Four seconds, and we start to doubt we belong.
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But does everyone feel silence the same way?
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In the 1980s, John Graham recorded real business negotiations.
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He counted every silence of ten seconds or more.
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Japanese negotiators had about five every half hour.
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Americans had three or four.
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And the Brazilians? Almost none at all!
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Instead, they interrupted each other all the time!
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So what does a silence actually mean?
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That depends on where you learned to talk.
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The same pause can say very different things.
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In Finland, friends can sit together without saying a word.
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Nobody feels awkward. It's simply comfortable.
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In Japan, a pause often shows respect and careful thought.
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But in many English-speaking places, silence signals a problem.
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Years ago, I flew to Tokyo for my first big deal.
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I made my offer, and the room went completely quiet.
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Five seconds. Ten seconds. I started to panic.
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So I kept talking, and I lowered my own price.
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Later, my host told me, 'We were just thinking!'
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Silence isn't empty. It's full of thinking.
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So here's my challenge for you this week.
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When a conversation goes quiet, count slowly to five.
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Ask someone a real question, and then actually wait.
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You might hear the most honest answer of all.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “SEtalk: What Silence Says”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: silence, seconds, quiet. This video has 35 sentences and 286 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:31. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| awkward adjective | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. |
| volunteer noun | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay. |
| panic noun | /ˈpænɪk/ | Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| uncomfortable adjective | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
| anxious adjective | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | Nervous and worried. |
| researcher noun | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | One who researches. |
| negotiation noun | /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The process of achieving agreement through discussion. |
| interrupt verb | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| negotiator noun | /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/ | One who negotiates. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
- Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like silence, pause, belong.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
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.