Shadowing Practice: Speaking English: Master The Dark L - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You can't master the American accent without mastering the dark L sound.
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If you've never heard this term before, dark L, I'm not surprised.
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If you look these words up in a dictionary, they'll all have the same phonetic symbol for L, but they're not the same sound.
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These L's are light L's.
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And these L's are dark L's.
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They're made completely differently.
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I'm Rachel, and I've been teaching the American accent for over 20 years.
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I've never met a student who naturally had this dark L sound.
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We've always had to work at it.
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But when my students master this sound, it brings a truly natural and relaxed quality to their voices.
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I've developed an extremely effective method for mastering the American accent.
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You can learn about it and sign up for my courses at RachelsEnglishAcademy .com.
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Join over 50 ,000 students who are now speaking English with confidence.
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What's the difference between these L's and these?
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How do you know when to make an L a light L and when to make it a dark L?
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It has to do with where it comes in the syllable.
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If it comes before the vowel or diphthong sound, it's a light L.
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When we write the word phonetically, you'll see either a space between syllables or mark like this or this.
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So remember, you're looking at where the L comes in the syllable.
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So if it's not at the beginning of the word or the end of the word,
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you'll have to know how the word is broken up into syllables.
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Long.
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It's before the AW vowel, believe.
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It's before the EE vowel, clean.
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Before the EE vowel, these are all light L's.
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Feel, it comes after the E.
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Valley, it comes after the AA vowel.
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Example, it comes after the schwa at the end of the word.
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These are all dark L's.
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The most important thing for you to know about the dark L sound is you don't lift your tongue tip up.
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This is probably the exact opposite of what you've learned, but what you've learned is the light L.
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Let's compare the light L to the dark L just by listening.
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I'm going to go back and forth.
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You can also look at the difference in the mouth position, but focus mainly on what you hear.
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Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
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Ll.
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So for the dark L, the tongue tip is down, and the back part of the tongue pushes down and back a little bit,
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narrowing the space here.
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That makes this dark sound.
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The pitch is low, the vibration is low here in my chest.
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Try to imitate this sound right now with me.
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It's hard to see because of the lips, but the tip of the tongue is still forward.
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Notice that the lips are relaxed.
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Let's compare the dark L to the mouth at rest.
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The tongue tip is down, touching the back of the bottom front teeth,
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and the back part of the tongue is stretching back a bit to make this part of the throat a little narrower.
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That creates the dark sound.
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Jaw doesn't drop much and the lips are relaxed.
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That's an important note.
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The lips are relaxed.
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Some of my students, I'm thinking especially of my Vietnamese students, want to round the lips.
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That totally changes the sound.
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We don't want to do that.
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E -mail, e -mail.
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L, l, l.
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Look what happens if I round my lips.
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E -mail, e -mail.
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We do not want lip rounding, we want relaxed lips.
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Email.
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L, L, L.
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You know, this really feels more like a vowel than a consonant.
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L, L, L.
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I've seen so many students struggle because the habit to lift the tongue tip for the L is so strong.
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Just practice the dark sound, feel the tongue tip touching the backs of the bottom front teeth.
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Ll, ll.
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Feel what you have to do to your throat, ll, to get that sound down into your chest.
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Lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll part of the word comes at the end as the pitch falls down.
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Feeel, feel, feel.
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When you do it slowly, you can focus on how the tongue moves from the E position to the dark sound.
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Feeel, by relaxing and then pressing down and back a little bit in the back.
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Now a dark L, feel.
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The sound and vibration really comes down lower to bring that dark sound into my chest.
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Feel.
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But there's no symbol for this.
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In the dictionary, you'll see the word like with a light L with this symbol, and you'll see the word feel with the same symbol,
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but we know that's not right.
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I wish there was another symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the dark L that was used regularly.
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I don't know why there isn't one.
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Other dark L words?
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Pool.
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Smile.
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The sound itself is tricky to get, but you can get it.
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Expose yourself to the sound enough times and your body will pick it up.
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That's exactly what we do in Rachel's English Academy me.
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You get so much exposure and audio training that your body naturally picks it up and makes it a habit.
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There's one other tricky thing to know about the dark L.
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You already know tongue tip down.
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Sounds more like a vowel than a consonant.
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But what about when the next sound is a vowel?
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Then after the dark sound, we do lift the tongue tip to separate it from the next vowel.
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So, dark sound, lift the tongue tip, and connect into the next vowel.
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Do not leave out the dark sound.
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We know the word feel, L has a dark sound, but let's look at the word feeling.
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The L comes after the E vowel in the first syllable, so it's still a dark L, but the next sound is a vowel,
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the beginning of the ING ending.
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I'm going to say it slowly.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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I have the F, the E vowel, the dark sound.
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Then I lift my tongue tip and go into the ING ending.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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Feeling.
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Let's look at another example.
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He He fell in love.
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Fell in.
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F -ell -en.
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F consonant, eh sound, dark sound, lifting the tongue tip quickly, and the word in.
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Fell in.
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Fell in.
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He fell in love.
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What does it sound like without the dark sound?
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It sounds like this.
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Fell in, fell in.
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No dark sound.
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Fell.
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I want that dark sound.
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It's so important in American English.
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Fell, fell in, fell in.
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He fell in love.
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I'll say it again.
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If it's a dark L, make that dark sound, L, even if you're linking into a vowel and need to lift your tongue tip.
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In Rachel's English Academy, I have students really lock in the dark sound before moving on to this idea of linking into another word.
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L is what's most important.
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Let's work on that one more time.
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Now I want you to be repeating out loud with me.
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L. L.
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Feel.
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Feel.
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Feel.
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Fill.
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Smile.
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Smile.
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Great work.
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Keep your learning going now with this video, and don't forget to check out RachelsEnglishAcademy .com to learn more about the American accent training courses
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that can help you develop a truly American voice.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה

שיעור הדיבור הזה מבוסס על הסרטון “Speaking English: Master The Dark L”. המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: sound, dark, tongue, vowel, word. בסרטון הזה יש 229 משפטים ו-1357 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 10:03. הדובר שומר על קצב יציב של כ-135 מילים בדקה, קצב נוח לתרגול Shadowing. רק 73% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית, כך שאוצר המילים מאתגר.

אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה

15 מילים מהסרטון שכדאי ללמוד, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:

מילההגייהמשמעות
lip שם עצם/lɪp/שָׂפָה
symbol שם עצם/ˈsɪmbəl/סֵמֶל
accent שם עצם/ækˈsɛnt/טַעַם
compare פועל/kəmˈpɛɚ/השווה \ הִשְׁוָה
narrow שם תואר/ˈnæɹəʊ/צר
throat שם עצם/ˈθɹoʊt/גָּרוֹן
habit שם עצם/ˈhæb.ɪt/הֶרְגֵּל, מִנְהָג
dictionary שם עצם/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/מִלּוֹן
tricky שם תואר/ˈtɹɪk.i/טְרִיקִי
vibration שם עצם/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/תנודה, ריטוט
audio שם תואר/ˈɔ.di.oʊ/שמע
connect פועל/kəˈnɛkt/חיבר
stretch פועל/stɹɛt͡ʃ/מָתַח
vowel שם עצם/ˈvaʊ.əl/תְּנוּעָה
syllable שם עצם/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/הֲבָרָה

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משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם

משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:

  • We've always had to work at it.
  • I'm going to go back and forth.
  • We don't want to do that.
  • I don't know why there isn't one.
  • I'm going to say it slowly.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

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

מבנהבסרטון
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיוyou've never heard · I've never met · We've always had
משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דברstudent who naturally · students who are

הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה

הדובר משתמש ב-30 קיצורים וצורות מקוצרות, כמו I'm, don't, I've. אמרו אותם בצורה הקצרה, כפי שאתם שומעים אותם.

  • הצלילים של “th”: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, diphthong /ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/
  • הצלילים של “sh” ו-“zh”: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, schwa /ʃwɑ/
  • מילים ארוכות — שימו לב להטעמה: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, phonetically /fəˈnɛtɪkli/

צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:

  • /æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, accent /ækˈsɛnt/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/
  • /r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/

איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה

  1. הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
  2. תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט במהירות רגילה, וחזרו על כל משפט עד שהקצב שלכם תואם את הדובר.
  3. הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו lip, symbol, accent.

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.

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