Pratica di Shadowing: After 20 Years Teaching English, Here’s the Truth - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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So, I've been teaching English for nearly 20 years and I've been learning languages for even longer.
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So, I've been teaching English for nearly 20 years and I've been learning languages for even longer.
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So, today I'm going to share with you five big truths that everyone learning English should know.
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I did have 20 truths,
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but I thought not many people would watch a video with 20 things.
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So, here they are.
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So, the first truth I want to share with you is that you can't buy English.
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You can buy courses and teachers and apps,
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but you can't buy real engagement with the language.
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What do I mean?
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mean you can't outsource the skills the four skills reading writing listening speaking you have to do
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that okay and i think a lot of people don't think about this
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or realize this i've taught so many students in my life maybe a thousand
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or more than a thousand and i've had parents come up to me and give me wads of cash, right?
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Lots of cash at me saying, teach my child English.
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Like they can just buy it.
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You can't buy it.
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That student needs to put in the work.
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They have to engage with the language.
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They need the right skills, the right habits.
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So I want to say to you sure you can buy an app
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or a course or anything like that but just know
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that it depends on you at the end of the day my recommendation is sure choose one resource
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and go deep with that resource don't choose ten different resources
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and you don't even need to buy anything just choose a YouTube video like one of my podcast episodes.
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And you can spend a week on that episode.
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So you will learn the vocabulary,
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the phrases, practice shadowing, maybe answer some questions of your own.
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Join a discussion group and talk about the things from the video.
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There are so many things you can do with just one free resource.
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Alright guys, it's starting to rain,
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so I hope we can finish this video.
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We've actually tried to do this video three days in a row,
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and every single day it was just a downpour.
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That means heavy rain.
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So, my next truth for you is that passive English creates passive results.
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And because so many students spend hours and hours around English just watching videos,
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but never speaking or repeating or engaging with the content,
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So passive activities are still important, right?
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They can still help you with sounds and rhythm and vocabulary.
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But I would say real results come from active English, active activities.
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So speaking out loud, writing,
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journaling, doing dictation, where you listen and you write down what you hear.
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Pausing and repeating.
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Shadowing.
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I have a big, well,
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I have a controversial opinion about shadowing.
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I think I will make another video about that.
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If you want that, let me know in the comments and put shadowing because I have a really good video for that.
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Other things you can do is just having real conversations,
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making lots of mistakes and correcting them.
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Because your brain learns much faster when you actually participate.
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So the third truth is always be very careful walking into a field when there is a bull.
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Sorry, I was just joking.
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Well, I'm not joking.
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You do need to be careful.
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But the real tip three is motivation fades, habits remain.
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You see, many people think that successful learners are more motivated,
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more inspired, or more passionate.
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And that might be true.
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But if your English depends only on motivation,
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you will constantly stop and restart.
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And I know this all too well,
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okay, in my own language learning journey too.
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And what I've noticed is the most successful students I've met and just language learners all have one thing in common.
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And it is consistency.
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And that comes from discipline, habits, routines and systems.
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So for example, maybe you listen to English every morning while you're making coffee.
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Maybe you check your vocabulary,
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you review vocabulary for 10 minutes as soon as you get home.
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Or you practice speaking regularly every week,
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regularly being the operative word.
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And this leads perfectly to my next point.
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my next truth is very simple
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and it is you improve at speaking by speaking it's
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that simple i've met
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so many students who just don't practice speaking they don't speak
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with others they don't do self-talk they don't meet native speakers
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so in any way you can practice speaking so
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if your question is should i practice with ai
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or a teacher yes yes to both okay ai yes teacher yes
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or should i have should i join a speaking group
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or do one-on-one classes yes it doesn't matter just make sure you're practicing speaking practicing with ai is really useful
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and it's quite cheap you don't need to buy any apps
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really i use chat gpt you can use whatever you want
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but make sure you also practice with real people because
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if you don't you will freeze when you meet native speakers
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or when you go out in groups you need to make yourself feel a little bit uncomfortable okay so practice speaking.
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Now, how do we get out of here i think it's this way
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my next truth is probably the hardest one to hear
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and it is fear is holding most learners back
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that means fear is stopping you from reaching your goal not intelligence not talent not even grammar fear Fear of being judged,
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fear of being laughed at,
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fear of making mistakes, fear of sounding stupid,
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fear of having a strong accent,
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fear of not sounding perfect.
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There is a long list, right?
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I'm sure you can relate to one of these fears.
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And I really believe that this is one of the main things stopping you from becoming a fluent speaker.
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I have taught hundreds and hundreds of students and some of them they know the grammar,
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they know the vocabulary, but when it's time to speak they just freeze.
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They freeze in front of native speakers
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and this is the biggest problem I have seen in the
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past 20 years probably um now i have done a playlist on these problems
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and i give you some really useful tips
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and activities to help you overcome these issues
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so i'll put a link somewhere here in the video
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and please if this is a problem for you watch that playlist and i'm i'm sure it will help right well
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these were my five truths from being a teacher
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and a language learner for so many years I feel
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so old but I hope you enjoyed it let me know
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which truth you relate to the most anyway that's it from me
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but I'll see you in the next episode bye bye Oh,
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take us back past the fence in stone Wind in the branches carved our names in the bone

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Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Praticare il parlato è fondamentale per chi sta imparando l'inglese con youtube. Questo video offre la possibilità di ascoltare un insegnante con quasi 20 anni di esperienza, il che significa che le sue osservazioni sono preziose. L'interazione attiva con il contenuto del video, come il shadow speak, permette di migliorare le proprie competenze linguistiche. Infatti, il relatore sottolinea l'importanza di coinvolgersi attivamente nella lingua, piuttosto che limitarsi a ricevere passivamente informazioni. Perciò, un'attività come ripetere ad alta voce ciò che si ascolta nella clip non solo aiuta nella pronuncia, ma rafforza anche la memoria linguistica.

Grammatica ed espressioni in contesto

Nel video, l'insegnante esplora alcune strutture grammaticali e frasi efficaci che possono fornire indicazioni utili agli studenti. Ecco alcuni esempi:

  • “You can't buy English” - Questa frase evidenzia che l'apprendimento richiede impegno personale.
  • “You have to engage with the language” - Qui si incoraggia l'uso attivo della lingua, importante per l'insegnamento di pratica di conversazione in inglese.
  • “Real results come from active English” - La distinzione tra attività passive e attive chiarisce l'importanza di praticare attivamente la lingua.
  • “Spend a week on that episode” - Sottolinea il valore di approfondire un argomento specifico piuttosto che disperdere l'attenzione su più risorse.

Trappole comuni nella pronuncia

Durante il video, alcuni suoni e parole potrebbero presentare difficoltà per gli studenti. Ecco alcune trappole di pronuncia da tenere d'occhio:

  • “Engage” - Spesso, gli studenti possono pronunciare questa parola in modo errato. La corretta articolazione include una chiara distinzione tra le vocali.
  • “Results” - La 's' finale può essere una sfida; prestare attenzione a questa sfumatura può migliorare notevolmente la fluidità.
  • “Active” e “Passive” - Questi termini, sebbene comuni, richiedono attenzione nella pronuncia per evitare confusione.

Incorporare aule pratiche di conversazione e tecniche come shadowspeaks può aiutare a superare queste difficoltà. Ogni errore rappresenta un'opportunità di apprendimento che contribuisce al tuo progresso nell'imparare l'inglese.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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