Pratica di Shadowing: How to Force Yourself To Speak Coherently - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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There is such thing as a mind to mouth connection.
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Being able to think and then say what you're thinking
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and still in the process of that sound coherent is a skill set.
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And just like any skill, your mind and mouth connection can be trained.
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So if you are really good at thinking, but you're not really good at speaking your thoughts, then what tends to happen is, what I'm trying to describe is there's like a,
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you know, it's kind of connected to your mouth And that's how I used to do it.
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I wasn't able to speak my thoughts and have it come across concise, clear and coherent.
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And if you ramble like this, especially in high-stake moments like a team meeting or a performance review or a job interview,
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then you're not going to get the outcome that you desire.
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I've spent over a decade teaching communication skills to thousands of professionals who struggle with this specific thing.
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And in this video, I'm going to show you the one exercise that's had the biggest impact on myself
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and many of my students.
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To help them be able to strengthen their mind and mouth connection.
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So they can speak their thoughts with ease.
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It's called the, wait for it, the random word generator exercise.
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I know, how creative of me.
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Go to a random word generator online, generate a random word, and then speak on that topic.
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Once you know how this works, and you do it just once, you immediately notice where you struggle, and you want to do it again and again and again and again.
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This is all in the reps.
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And the more reps you do, the better you'll be able to speak your mind with clarity.
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So when your boss puts you on the spot and you have to speak about a certain topic, or someone maybe pulls you aside and asks you a random question,
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you'll be able to speak your mind without lagging.
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This is the random generator and you can go to randomgenerator.com, literally, and if you hit the blue button, it will generate a random word.
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So can you see the word to the right there?
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Right now it's cultural.
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I'll click a random word and then I'm going to talk on it.
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Here we go, random word, grave.
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Now I have to speak on the word grave for at least a minute to three minutes.
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I still remember there was a book that I read and the book said,
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the richest place on earth is the graveyard.
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And I was like, what?
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What does that even mean?
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That doesn't make sense.
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And then the author further explained
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that the reason why the graveyard is the richest place on earth is
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because so many people live their lives in desperation
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and they fear what other people think and as a result they don't bring their dreams to life.
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So when they die, all of their dreams, their ideas, all die with them.
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So when you go to the graveyard, it's the richest place on earth, it's the wealthiest place on earth because there are inventions
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that were never invented because
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that person was scared of what other people think there was impact
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that never was realized because people didn't learn how to use their voice and bring their ideas to life
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there are visions there are dreams there are gifts and talents
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that are all buried with the person who unfortunately died and
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that has always stuck with me because i i never thought about it
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that way and it just goes to show the power of communication
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because even though that communication was in the written form
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that book and then the book i read it from was uh think and grow rich
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it's it's inspired millions of people around the world and it just goes to show that
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communication no matter verbal or written it has the power to change the world because it was that metaphor alone,
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it was that analogy alone that made me rethink my life.
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I didn't want to go to the grave with all of my ideas, all of my dreams, all of my impact.
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I wanted to live full and die completely empty because I want my grave slot
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to be the poorest place in the graveyard.
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I want to live full and die completely empty.
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All right, so that's an example of me just speaking my mind, right?
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And you have to appreciate that while you're practicing this, it will never be crystal clear wisdom.
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Now, this is you practicing speaking your mind.
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There are more techniques to be able to speak your mind in a more structured way
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and that's by you learning how to use communication frameworks.
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I've recorded a free two-hour training on this
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which you can access via the link in the description or the pinned comment below.
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And when you practice the random word generator exercise combined with the knowledge of communication frameworks,
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you're going to become a communication master.
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So do check out the free training
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when you finish this video i didn't know the word grave was going to come up i had no idea
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that this is genuinely random
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so then as a result i was able to still be
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fairly eloquent i was able to still be fairly concise
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and i was able to still be fairly coherent the first
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time i did this no way was it like this i'll
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give you a sense of what it was like the first
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time i did this i'll go back to the screen let's
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get another one i'll give you a sense of what it was like it was like eliminate um eliminating people,
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you know, in sports that sometimes happens because, you know, like dodgeball, someone throws it at you and then you get eliminated,
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you know, eliminate, you know, it's like game shows, people in game shows, you know, you get eliminated.
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And that's how I used to do it.
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And when you do it for the first time, it's going to be like that, It's got to be like that too and that's okay.
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Most people are not willing to pay the price of being a little bit crap to then ultimately become great.
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The reality is most people want to start out great.
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And then as a result, they don't start at all because it's impossible to start great.
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You must start poorly.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.
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Inside the stage community, we have an area called the practice lounge.
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So many students upload videos every single day of them doing the mind and mouth connection.
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Going, okay, the random word is monkey.
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Oh crap, I gotta talk about monkey.
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And then they're talking about monkey and you'll see their first video, you'll see their second video, you'll see their third video, fourth video, and you'll start to notice they get better and better and better.
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Why?
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Because they're starting to strengthen the mind and mouth connection.
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And if you don't practice, well, you'll never have that strong connection.
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And you will always forever be in a state where someone asks you a question, you know the answer, you know the answer in your mind, but then you go, well,
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I think it's, and then you just fall apart.
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Well, that's because the connection is not strong.
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It's not because you're not capable.
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It's not because you didn't know the answer, but rather because you haven't worked on a skill that has been holding you back.
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So I need you to understand that as you're going on the journey of strengthening your mind and mouth connection, please, please, please, please don't beat yourself up when you do the first one and it's absolutely terrible.
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Record a video of yourself on your computer and then you just do a selfie video and you go, all right, I'm about to hit the random word.
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So I'm genuinely gonna do this.
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Click random word, show the word on the phone and then go, all right, I'm gonna talk about pigeons and then go.
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99% of people won't do this exercise.
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So if you do it, post it on social media and tag me at AskVin and hashtag the hashtag VinsRandomWordChallenge.
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I know, I'm just super creative.
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I'm amazing.
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And I'll check it out.
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I might even share it.
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And if, listen, you want to take this to the next level, then make sure you combine that exercise with communication frameworks.
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And if you want to access that free training, the link is just in the description below.
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And I'll remind you of the quote again.
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In order for you to become great, you first must be a little bit crap or as I like to say it, you must be a little bit shit.
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I know, potty mouth, so naughty, Vin, so naughty.
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It's who I am.
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It's who I am.

Perché praticare a parlare con questo video?

Praticare la comunicazione orale può sembrare una sfida, soprattutto in situazioni di alta pressione come colloqui di lavoro o riunioni di squadra. Tuttavia, il video offre spunti essenziali per migliorare la pratica di conversazione in inglese. La connessione tra mente e bocca è fondamentale: non basta pensare chiaramente, ma è altrettanto importante saper esprimere i propri pensieri in modo coerente. Questo esercizio specifico, noto come random word generator, è progettato per affinare questa abilità. Parlando di un termine casuale, gli studenti possono immediatamente identificare le proprie difficoltà di espressione e lavorare per superarli. Con la ripetizione, i partecipanti possono notare un netto miglioramento nella loro capacità di parlare senza esitazioni, rendendo ogni interactione più fluida e naturale, un passo importante verso la padronanza della shadow speak.

Grammatica ed Espressioni nel Contesto

  • Think and say: Questa struttura mette in evidenza l’importanza di formulare i pensieri prima di esprimerli, un aspetto cruciale della comunicazione efficace.
  • The richest place on earth: L'uso di questa espressione metaforica crea un’immagine potente riguardo il valore delle idee non realizzate e degli sogni che non vengono espressi.
  • Speak your mind: Questa frase è un invito a esprimere liberamente le proprie opinioni e pensieri, un concetto che incoraggia la sostanziale pratica di conversazione in inglese.
  • Go to a random word generator: La spiegazione dell’esercizio è cruciale per comprendere come integrare le tecniche di shadowing in inglese nei propri studi.

Trappole di Pronuncia Comuni

Quando si parla in inglese, ci sono alcune parole che possono risultare complicate da pronunciare correttamente. Ad esempio, il termine grave può causare confusione se non si presta attenzione alla pronuncia. Assicurati di enfatizzare correttamente le vocali e la consonante finale. Inoltre, l'accento sulla parola richest deve essere posto in modo da far sembrare il discorso fluido e naturale. Praticare queste parole attraverso il shadowspeak può davvero aiutarti a superare queste trappole, rendendo la tua espressione orale più chiara e incisiva. Utilizzando il generatore di parole casuali nel tuo esercizio, non solo migliori la tua scorrevolezza, ma acquisisci anche più familiarità con la pronuncia corretta.

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.